The BelgianKats are back with a mid-year reviewof Belgian patent litigation The emerging case law of the UPC has understandably drawn most of the attention in European patent litigation over the last years. National courts, however, remain central to the system.
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California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has released an Executive
Order concerning the regulation of artificial intelligence including the
creation of a “kill switch.” The Press Release is below and includes a summary of other actions taken by the Newsom
administration and…
OxFirst Club’s 15th IP & Competition Forum at the University of Oxford and 16th IP & Competition Forum at Residenz Palace Munich to Examine Global Patent Enforcement
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OxFirst Club’s 15th IP & Competition Forum will take place on 13–14 January 2027 at
the University of Oxford, followed by the 16th IP & Competition Forum on 3–4 June 2027 at the Residenz Palace in
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Some assembly required: The CJEU on balancing trade mark rights and freedom of expression in Inter IKEA Systems
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Patent Litigation Europe returns to Amsterdam with IPKat readers’ discount
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U.S. Undersecretary and Director John A. Squires Provides Remarks on U.S. Innovation
By IP Finance
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Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office John A. Squires gave
a speech titled, “Protecting U.S. IP and Tech Leadership through International
Trade Policy Tools,” at the USC Gould…
ERA’s ‘Shifting Borders in EU Industrial Property Law’ online conference returns with IPKat readers’ discount
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[Book Review] Patent Claims: Interpretation, validity and infringement
This is a review of the book Patent Claims:
Interpretation, validity and infringement (Federation Press, 2025) by
David Brennan, a Visiting Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Law Faculty.
This is a rare textbook that is worth reading…