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12 November 2025 A well-known figure who oversaw acquisitions of Smart & Biggar, ROBIC, and Bereskin & Parr, will step down after nearly nine years in the top job.
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Trademarks
The court’s rejection of the sportswear company’s appeal underlines the importance of clarity in appeals, write John Linneker and Robyn Trigg of Osborne Clarke.
Trademarks
China’s e-commerce company is taking on AI counterfeits with a mix of human and advanced AI tech of its own—and getting results.
Patents
Quantum computing is entering mainstream R&D—and establishing an IP strategy from a position of understanding the technology is key, says Gregory Aroutiunian of Bird & Bird.
Patents
From determining who will own newly developed IP, to confidentiality and regulatory issues, Ana Neves of Inventa discusses what to consider when establishing partnerships.
Patents
Parties impacted by exclusion orders need to carefully weigh their options for seeking clarity or rulings on redesigns, explain Daniel Muino and Charles Provine from Morrison Foerster.
Trademarks
More than 1,500 brands are now partnering directly with the online marketplace to reinforce intellectual property safeguards.
Trademarks
Brands now have a better idea of what will pass the test after the EU General Court set a new threshold for distinctiveness, explains João Pereira Cabral of Inventa.
Diversity
A spike in agency investigations and more female lead counsel still leave a notable gender gap at the venue, find Troutman Pepper Locke’s Emma Mann, Gwendolyn Tawresey, Brittany Reeves, and Gillian Schutt.
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Patents
Generative AI is redefining patent drafting and prosecution, and Chris Parsonson of Solve Intelligence demonstrates how these tools are streamlining workflows and delivering measurable results.
Copyright
Owen Wolfe of Seyfarth explores how generative AI is reshaping copyright and authorship rules, offering practical guidance for IP professionals navigating this emerging creative landscape.
AI
Experts from Desmarais, Siemens, PayPal, Moderna, and DeepIP AI examine how artificial intelligence is transforming IP protection, bringing unprecedented efficiencies as well as complex new risks.
AI
Melanie Jennison of Colgate-Palmolive discusses who holds responsibility when AI systems fail at the AI & IP Summit in New York, offering actionable insights for IP professionals.
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AI
7 November 2025 The decision didn’t resolve the big copyright questions, but a narrow trademark win for Getty offers important guidance for future AI-related disputes—and warns model developers to clean up their act.
Patents
7 November 2025 WIPR’s China Patent Rankings detail the firms and individuals most capable of handling patent matters in the country, from litigators with winning streaks to global strategists.
Patents
7 November 2025 The CAFC refused to disturb deputy director Stewart’s discretionary-denial regime, rebuffing petitions from Motorola, Google and SAP America.
Careers
7 November 2025 US firm adds three IP partners from IP specialist in California, continuing its West Coast expansion.
Patents
6 November 2025 Barley Snyder partner Sal Anastasi—woodworker, pilot, and now head of the AIPLA—speaks to WIPR about the urgent need for clarity in patent eligibility, and why collaboration and engagement are essential as the USPTO ushers in a period of rapid change.
Patents
5 November 2025 USPTO director says that two prior art references raise “substantial issue of patentability” of Nintendo’s “summon-and-fight” patent.
Patents
5 November 2025 Lawyers from Meta, Adobe and Recursion Pharmaceuticals offer advice for external counsel on working with their in-house partners to maximise the benefits of AI. Sarah Speight reports.
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