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WDTX Jury Clears Bitcoin Mining Co. In Patent Suit

By Adam Lidgett ( April 17, 2026, 7:50 PM EDT) -- A federal jury in the Western District of Texas let bitcoin mining...

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Upcoming Senate Judiciary Hearing

China IPR I was asked to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22, 2026. The link is here: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/stealth-stealing-chinas-ongoing-theft-of-us-innovation-04-22-2026. My comments...

Adapting To The Shift Toward Ex Parte Patent Challenges

By Ryan Schermerhorn, Greg Smith and Matt Jorge ( April 16, 2026, 5:36 PM EDT) -- For over a decade, inter partes review...

WIPO warning signals dangerous new phase in email fraud targeting trademark users

According to updates from WIPO and the EUIPO, scams targeting IP applicants are becoming more sophisticated, more convincing and more financially ambitious. ...

USPTO’s AI Search Pilot May Reshape Patent Filing Strategy

By Abdullah Akhtar and James De Vellis ( April 15, 2026, 3:44 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Artificial Intelligence...

Qatar adds Class 33 for alcoholic beverages; CNIPA ups scrutiny of overseas IP transfer – IP office updates

Our latest round-up also covers a fraudulent email warning from the Polish Patent Office and the first engagement activities of Korea’s new IP mascots.  ...

ANI v OpenAI: Not Everything an LLM Does is Copyright Infringement

With judgment now reserved in ANI v OpenAI, India stands at the cusp of what might be its first major judicial reckoning with the...

ANI v OpenAI: Not Everything an LLM Does is Copyright Infringement

With judgment now reserved in ANI v OpenAI, India stands at the cusp of what might be its first major judicial reckoning with the...

ANI v OpenAI: Not Everything an LLM Does is Copyright Infringement

With judgment now reserved in ANI v OpenAI, India stands at the cusp of what might be its first major judicial reckoning with the...

Analyzing Trade Secret Protections: 2025 Civil Trends in China

Zhao Ye of the Jingtian & Gongcheng law firm in Beijing has written an excellent report, “Trade Secret Adjudication Trends of the Supreme People’s...

Anna’s Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight

Anna’s Archive is generally known as a meta-search engine for shadow libraries, helping users find pirated books and other related resources. However, last December, the...

Patent PCT Filing to Protect Your Invention Globally

Inventors filed 273,900 PCT applications in 2024 alone, according to WIPO, and the reason is straightforward: filing one international patent application under the Patent...

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