The STRONG Patents Act has been introduced in the Senate, including provisions that would overhaul PTAB proceedings. It has support from the Association of American Universities and BIO but critics labelled it “a patent troll-led effort to draft a ‘fig leaf’ bill”
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The combined firm has strong IP credentials across the US, Middle East, UK and Europe, despite Taylor Wessing’s German and French practices not joining
A UKIPO campaign aimed at combating fakes in the pre-loved fashion market and registration of the first Portuguese craft and industrial geographical indication were also among the top talking points