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Patenting Quantum Computing: Challenges, Trends, and Future Prospects

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Predictions about the arrival of fault-tolerant quantum computing and commercially viable quantum computing vary widely. Some experts estimate that within the next three to five years, we may see early quantum advantage in...more

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2024 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends - Global Shifts in Design Law and Policy

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2024 was a year of both big leaps and incremental advances in design law and practice globally. Years-long efforts came to fruition in the European Union and internationally with the Design Law Treaty, adopting significant...more

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AI IP Year in Review - AI Inventorship: Navigating Patent Rights Around the Globe

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The USPTO released proposed guidelines addressing the complex issue of AI inventorship. The USPTO is not the only agency attempting to tackle this issue; jurisdictions across the globe have been grappling with whether...more

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2024 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

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As we predicted in our 2023 report, 2024 was a banner year for design rights in the U.S. and elsewhere. In last year’s report, we noted that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) agreed to consider en banc...more

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Global Perspective on Patenting of AI Technologies

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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination standards for such inventions...more

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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - January 2024

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This marks the first issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that will highlight developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed...more

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Akin Intelligence - September 2023

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Welcome to the September edition of Akin Intelligence. As the U.S. Congress reconvenes after the August recess, we continue to see bipartisan interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch,...more

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MarkIt to Market® - August 2023

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Thank you for reading the August 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we conclude our series that explores ways to lose trademark rights with an examination of naked licensing, discuss a...more

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Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, July 2023

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Completes the Launch of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Opportunities - On July 14, 2023, the EPA announced two notice of funding opportunities for up to $20 billion. Up to $14 billion...more

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The AI Legal Pulse: Legal and Tech Updates on Disruptive Technologies

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The AI landscape is rapidly evolving. To help you stay abreast of the various developments, we share a recap of the latest legal and tech updates related to AI and other emerging technologies. The “Godfather” of AI resigns...more

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MarkIt to Market® - April 2023

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Thank you for reading the April 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss practice tips for the two new petition processes instituted by the Trademark Modernization Act and highlight...more

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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: International Design Law: Global Law and Policy

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Design protection continues to be a priority for governments around the world. Global design protection is gradually becoming more modern and harmonized. Building on earlier developments, China made progress to implement...more

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CNIPA Issues Significant Draft Amendment to the PRC Trademark Law

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The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) circulated a draft amendment to the PRC Trademark Law (TML Draft Amendment) for public comment on January 13, 2023. The TML Draft Amendment is the product of...more

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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

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Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of...more

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Year in Review: Top Biosimilars-Related Regulatory Developments of 2022

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As 2022 comes to a close, we review Big Molecule Watch’s top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - December 2022

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TTAB Emancipates “Queen of Christmas” from Mimi - Mariah Carey lets mark registration go unchallenged - Breakdown - Mariah Carey takes a lot of guff for...strange behavior. We won’t review the stories here; poring...more

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Signature Moves: Trademarked Poses Raise Questions in IP Law

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A trademark, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), can be “any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things that identifies your goods or services.” Can a body movement be...more

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2021 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends

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This year, we will mark the 10-year anniversary of the first jury verdict in the landmark IP litigation between Apple and Samsung, which resulted in the jury awarding more than $1B to Apple. More than $500M of that award was...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Benefits and Considerations for Patent Prosecution under Patent Prosecution Highway in the U.S., Europe, China, and Singapore

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Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. PPH allows the...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 15

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Bye-Bye, Bitcoin: It's Time to Ban Cryptocurrencies - "International banking officials say cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are speculative assets, not sustainable, usable money." Why this is important: This opinion piece...more

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Anticipating President Biden’s Intellectual Property Policy in an Historical Context

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Presidential administrations have affected intellectual property (IP) policy since the very beginning of United States history. In his first State of the Union address in 1790, President George Washington addressed patents....more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - June 2021

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USPTO Leadership - ..Drew Hirshfeld is still performing the functions and duties of Director.  No announcement from the Biden Administration as to who will be nominated to become the next Director. IP Toolkit - ...more

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The Trademark Modernization Act Of 2020 Is Enacted

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Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Signed Into Law- On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (the “Act”), which had rare bipartisan support, into law. The Act makes substantive...more

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Overview of USPTO Webinar: Understanding Patenting in China

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Patent protection in China has been a hot topic of discussion and strategy for U.S. companies. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) China team within the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs is a...more

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Global Patent Prosecution - August 2020

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In April, the Supreme People’s Court of China published a draft for comment for “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving Patent Authorization and...more

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