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The automaker and its affiliates are growing their portfolios in technologies that will be critical for developing the car of the future

Lawsuit against Lenovo’s Motorola Mobility signals shift in company’s strategy as it turns to its patent portfolio for value creation opportunities

Taiwan’s UMC will pay an undisclosed sum to end a long, complex and remarkably successful IP enforcement campaign by the Idaho semiconductor firm

Europe leads the way among the IP5, say IAM readers in our annual benchmarking survey, but service standards have slipped

Guidelines unveiled by semi-governmental trade body are country’s first IP-specific rules for a tool Chinese patent implementers say they favour

The agreement is the first granting non-exclusive and royalty free rights to sub-licensees of a covid therapeutic or vaccine

The USPTO opposes the iPhone giant’s cert petition, but the company has drawn wide support from implementers that want to take down the NHK-Fintiv rule

Prosecution firms will be able to advise local clients on overseas filings and IP risks, but Chinese patent practice will remain out-of-bounds

Landmark designations highlight strategic IP ramifications of automatically-substitutable biosimilars

The Long Read: Data from Docket Navigator and analysis of 35 Federal Circuit mandamus rulings show that the judge presiding over the US's busiest patent litigation venue has changed some of his procedures, writes Angela Morris, but that there are other practices he has been slower to address