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Join Managing IP and CAS on December 11 for a practical discussion on why critical references are still missed in intellectual property searches, and how strategic search design can reduce risk and improve outcomes
November 10, 2025
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Ralph Schroeder, president of RightHub, North America, outlines why businesses must rethink their IP models to align with modern technology -
Robert Guthrie at Osborne Clarke runs through the government’s AI and copyright consultation and considers the expected challenges
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Lawyers at Aksoy IP discuss why a delay in implementing a new procedure for cancelling trademarks in Türkiye is causing a headache for practitioners
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Peng Lei and David Webb of Herbert Smith Freehills assess what battery innovators need to know to protect their investments
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Lawyers at A&O Shearman discuss six clauses typically found in a brand licence and identify the main points to consider
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Lawyers at Maiwald and Sterne Kessler analyse how patents with claims directed to medical treatments are handled in the US and in Europe
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Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Xiaoping Wu of Wanhuida Intellectual Property explains how the CNIPA’s recent invalidation of a sustained-release patent illustrates key considerations in assessing inventive step for pharmaceutical formulation patents
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Shiga International Patent Office
Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office says the decision by the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court provides a practical benchmark for calculating damages in cosmetic and medical patent infringement cases
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Berken IP
María Aurora García of Berken IP explains how Argentina’s evolving non-use cancellation system strengthens trademark integrity, streamlines registration, and promotes fairer market competition through efficient, partial, and administrative cancellation mechanisms
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Licks Attorneys
How UK extraterritorial decisions are undermining Brazilian judicial sovereignty and violating TRIPS
Senior patent attorneys at Licks Attorneys say recent UK court decisions on FRAND licensing conflict with Brazilian judicial sovereignty and the TRIPS framework governing the territorial independence of patents
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Gün and Partners
Selin Sinem Erciyas of Gün + Partners explores the growing alignment between Turkish courts and the Unified Patent Court in applying a strictly technical-functional standard for patent infringement by equivalence
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Liu, Shen & Associates
Wenjing Zhu of Liu, Shen & Associates explains how China’s administrative adjudication system is reshaping patent enforcement, offering faster, cost-effective, and technically expert resolutions for patentees, while preserving rights to pursue court remedies
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Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Minnan (Miranda) Xie of Wanhuida Intellectual Property analyses how China’s patent authorities and courts assess second medical use inventions, with key CNIPA decisions clarifying the treatment of dosage regimens and patient subgroups in novelty determinations
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Inventa
Vítor Palmela Fidalgo of Inventa examines how Portuguese case law diverges from EU rules on acquired distinctiveness, highlighting the Pão de Rio Maior decision and its implications for trademark interpretation and consumer protection
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Tilleke & Gibbins
Vietnam’s boom in AI-generated songs raises fundamental copyright questions, say Linh Duy Mai and Diep Thi Bich Le of T&G Law Firm LLC (TGVN), the local associate of Tilleke & Gibbins
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Hanol IP & Law
Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains why the ruling by South Korea’s Intellectual Property High Court marks a key development in online patent enforcement