Nokia hails licensing surge; Audio codec pool to launch; Vossius and Brinkhof create UPC JV; Court time lags nix Fintiv denials; Top IP firms honoured; plus much more
Everything we covered on IAM over the last seven days – and all you need to know from the global IP market to set yourself up for the start of another busy week
The Long Read
Following a selection process that ran between March and May, IAM announced that four individuals had been chosen to become new members of the IP Hall of Fame in 2022: Pravin Anand, Justice Stephen Breyer, Louis Foreman and James Malackowski. They were officially inducted in June at this year’s IPBC Global in Chicago. Read more here
MONDAY 12 September
German IP firm Vossius and Dutch law firm Brinkhof are to offer clients a joint, pan-EU service for the new Unified Patent Court when it gets underway next year. Read more here
Covid has triggered long delays in the busiest US district courts, reducing the chance of the PTAB issuing Fintiv discretionary denials in IPRs with parallel litigation. Read more here
TUESDAY 13 September
In an NYSE presentation, Nokia’s Jenni Lukander reveals the company’s licensing income in new areas such as automotive and consumer electronics has leapt to €100 million. Read more here
The latest IAM Special Report finds that the covid pandemic has had a long-term impact on the patent filing strategies of many businesses. Read more here
A US university is suing Novartis for alleged patent infringement relating to the company’s blockbuster heart failure treatment Entresto. Read more here
WEDNESDAY 14 September
Data shows that 32 of the largest oil and gas producers and oilfield services companies have filed only 45 US patent suits since 2017 – and that just one is responsible for 51% of them. Read more here
As the US mid-term elections near, some wonder whether the Senate’s IP sub-committee will survive in the next Congress. Read more here
THURSDAY 15 September
Dolby and Fraunhofer are founding licensors of a soon-to-be-launched patent pool covering technology instrumental in videoconferencing and live audio. Read more here
Analysis of EPO data indicates that the Women Inventor Rate lags in patent applications submitted at the office in comparison to both the USPTO and WIPO. Read more here
Jasminder Brar, Vice President of IP and Legal at Titan Medical, believes that robotic surgery could be the next frontier for standardisation. Read more here
FRIDAY 16 September
The winners of the third Global IP Awards, which recognise law and attorney firm excellence in the fields of trademark and patent work, were announced at a gala dinner in London last night. Read more here
Patent transactions in the US dropped to a four-year low in the second quarter of 2022, according to data released by AST. Read more here
Samsung Electronics, Qualcomm and TSMC have been hit with lawsuits in the US and Germany which allege infringement of former Intel patents now held by NPE Daedalus Prime. Read more here
SATURDAY 17 September
Choices made by mobile network operators will continue to be pivotal in shaping the future of connectivity standards-setting and IP, argue Xiaohui Jia from China Mobile and Chunli Bi of CAICT. Read more here
