There is reason for optimism this Patent Quality Week as intellectual property (IP) leaders in Congress contemplate options to strengthen the mechanisms in place to weed out weak and overly broad patents. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Intellectual Property Subcommittee, recently reflected on these priorities on the Senate [...]
On 15 June 2021, ACT | the App Association held an event covering the fundamental issues companies may experience when trying to license patents in the internet of things (IoT) context. Although Nokia and Daimler reached a licensing agreement, and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will, [...]
For those of us following the Epic v. Apple case, it was sometimes difficult to follow or immediately grasp the relevance of the meandering lines of questioning that covered a wide range of themes. Intermingled with all of the evidence that found its way into the record via testimony and [...]
Questions Asked of the Court: A Fireside Chat on Standard-Essential Patents Online Event 5 May 2021, 16h00 – 17h00 CET/10h00 – 111h00 EST Technical standards for interoperability enable billions of devices connected to the internet, opening new avenues of growth for innovative firms, including thousands of small and medium enterprises [...]
As the European Union’s (EU) largest market, Germany is a frequent venue for patent litigation in the region. We now live in a world of increasingly complex devices, where a simple connected device can depend on hundreds, if not thousands, of patents. Under current German law, the burden of attaining [...]