The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers to amend the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions so that companies are prevented from ...

With the European Commission heading towards a second reading of its patent legislation, there's still more heat than light in discussions on the subject. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has of late been ...

Tomotoshi Shimano of Shiga International Patent Office examines the implications of recent High Court decisions relating to the interpretation of ‘working of a patented invention’ IP High Court (IPHC) ...

Unwired Planet, LLC v. Google Inc., (Fed. Cir. Nov. 21, 2016) (Before Reyna, Plager, Hughes, J.). Google petitioned for Covered Business Method (“CBM”) review of ...

The legal rights to an invention that is created or purchased by an organization to fight, avoid or help settle a patent infringement lawsuit levied against it in the future. Contrast with the ...