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Tesla eyes 5G rollout in UK as landmark Supreme Court ruling ‘shifts balance towards implementers’
28 July 2026   By allowing Tesla’s appeal against InterDigital and its licensing platform Avanci over patent royalty rates, the UK's highest court has made a pivotal decision that alters the course of global SEP disputes heard in England & Wales.

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16 July 2026   Chinese companies such as Tencent continue to dominate the top 25 filers, while Japan’s SoftBank leads and only one European company appears on the list, according to new data.
14 July 2026   Kevin Scott takes the baton from Rolls-Royce’s Sarah Vaughan to lead the organisation representing in-house counsel in the UK.
10 July 2026   Surrounded by sea, the UK has a golden opportunity to benefit from offshore wind energy, but is losing two-thirds of its investment overseas. What role can innovation play in anchoring a much-needed energy source onshore?
9 July 2026   Winston Taylor's latest arrivals join in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley, boosting the newly formed transatlantic firm’s ability to serve global clients in high-stakes patent infringement cases.
7 July 2026   After almost 20 years at Goodwin, the patent and trade secrets supremo whose clients include Meta, IBM and Novartis, joins his new employer’s Washington, DC office.
2 July 2026   A first-chair trial lawyer with two decades in high-stakes patent and trade secret disputes brings experience across wireless, semiconductors, software, and medical devices.
1 July 2026   On the last leg of a bitter licensing dispute, the rate that judges decide Apple should pay to use SEPs in its wireless products will be the most consequential since Unwired Planet.
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Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines—which collectively form a key production and consumption hub—are competing with one another for high-value foreign direct investment. Kin Wah Chow of Rouse firm Suryomurcito & Co explains how.
Missing an EPO deadline doesn't always mean the end of the road. Susana Rodrigues of Inventa explores when re-establishment of rights is available, and what recent appeal decisions reveal about the office’s approach.
Twin executive orders send a signal to the quantum computing market, with the supply chain emerging as a critical focus, say Erik Huestis and Alexander Akhiezer of Foley Hoag.
Ownership is central to the concept of IP, but what happens when the what, or even the who, is unknown? Ana Neves of Inventa explores.
The English courts have long highlighted the lack of enforceable arbitration as the core reason for "dysfunctional" global FRAND dispute resolution, but Acer v Nokia creates a potential solution, says Robert Lundie Smith of Charles Russell Speechlys.
A major patent hearing has concluded at the UK Supreme Court. Eeva Hakoranta—formerly chief licensing officer at InterDigital and senior vice president at Nokia—argues that no national court should act as arbiter of global FRAND disputes.
While Nigeria’s IP Policy is a significant step to modernising the country’s IP framework, effective implementation across existing statutes is key, write Victress Elechi & Boluwatife Oshikoya of Inventa.
WIPR Leaders is a trusted global community of leading IP professionals, inspired by personal connections made at events like the INTA Annual Meeting, says Baron Armah-Kwantreng of WIPR Rankings.
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