UK lawmaker Chris McDonald has won a welcome from industry after being handed responsibility for intellectual property. The former chemical engineer will oversee the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Cop... (more story)

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)

Germany’s busiest standard-essential patent court has set out a test for patent user willingness and a rebuttable 15 percent discount for portfolios held by Chinese companies in new detailed guidelines for ass... (more story)

UPC appeal judges clarified how national and UPC law interact for pre-2023 infringement, while also setting rules for conditional revocation appeals and strict evidence-production deadlines. Elsewhere, Abbott,... (more story)

Shenzhen SKE Technology, a Chinese vape maker, has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in security ahead of a UK hearing for its claim of design infringement against UK-based competitor Vapepen... (more story)

The Indian Performing Right Society has secured another court victory in its effort to collect music royalties from hotels, with a Varanasi court dismissing a hotel's challenge to its licensing demands. The ru... (more story)

China’s market regulator plans to strengthen trade-secret enforcement and formalize links between administrative and criminal authorities, while stepping up protection in sectors including integrated circuits,... (more story)

Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that it had informed the country's three major broadcasters in 2018 and 2020 of its plans to use their news content to develop artificial intelligence models, as the ... (more story)