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Future of IP

Patent pollution: Emissions charter aims to clean up IP

A new charter aims to decarbonise IP operations and contribute to the energy transition. Its founders—Fabrice Mattei of Rouse, and Simone Frattasi of Maersk—tell Sarah Speight how.   8 August 2025

Patents

Nike loses key footwear patent in Lululemon feud

Nike fails to uphold key patent covering Flyknit shoe manufacturing methods | PTAB invalidates all claims after prior art challenge by Lululemon.   8 August 2025

Careers

Weil adds leaders from Latham to head up tech and life sciences

The trio bring experience in patent, trade secret, and commercial disputes across high tech, biotech, and life sciences, with two returning to Weil after more than a decade.   8 August 2025

Trademarks

Crocs stamps out challenge to EU shoe design over Amazon listings

German shoe company told EUIPO that Crocs’ design had appeared on Amazon before filing date | Appeals board found designs differed.   7 August 2025

Trade secrets

Taiwan detains trio over alleged theft of TSMC’s chip secrets

TSMC fired employees after internal investigation flagged unauthorised data access | Case marks first under revised National Security Act | Secrets allegedly relate to sensitive information concerning 2-nanometer chip technology.   6 August 2025

Careers

EIP strengthens UPC offering with new hire

A litigator, who led the Unified Patent Court group at his previous firm, brings experience spanning the physics, software, and medical device sectors.   6 August 2025

Patents

In focus: EPO's landmark G1/25 referral and what it could mean

A much-anticipated referral could upend the EPO’s controversial description amendment rule—and reshape European patent practice, as the Enlarged Board of Appeal prepares to weigh in on G 1/25. Marisa Woutersen reports.   5 August 2025

Patents

From patent to podium: The role of innovation in athlete training

Powerful patents lie behind the latest breakthroughs in sports—helping athletes train effectively, recover faster, and perform at their peak, explains Marisol Cardoso of Inventa.   5 August 2025

Unified Patent Court

Samsung triumphs as Unified Patent Court voids wireless network patent

UPC partially revokes Headwater patent in Germany and France | Court finds removal of key verification feature impermissible | Samsung entitled to recover hundreds of thousands in legal costs following dismissal of infringement claim.   4 August 2025

Trademarks

The $53m cutback to $1: Lessons from MGA Entertainment v OMG Girlz

The slashing of damages in a case involving MGA shows brand owners that punitive damages rarely go unchecked by federal district court judges, say Mark Sommers and Maxime Jarquin of Finnegan.   4 August 2025

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