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Getty Images (US) Inc (and others) v Stability AI Limited

November 2025 | Europe

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“Tales From the Ethics Crypt” CLE Program

October 2025 | Americas

Global IP & Technology Law

The USPTO Director De-Delegates – But What About the Rules?

There have been hundreds of summary discretionary denial decisions from the Acting Director regarding inter partes review and post-grant review. We blogged on these decisions here, here, here, here, and here. On October 17, 2025, newly appointed Director Squires issued an open letter and memorandum to the public and to the Patent Trial and Appeal...... Continue Reading

October 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

Ofcom Confirms Participants for Upcoming mmWave Spectrum Auction

The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has officially confirmed the mobile network operators that will participate in the highly anticipated millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum auction. The auction, which will release valuable spectrum in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands, is a key step in advancing the UK’s 5G infrastructure, particularly in densely populated urban areas....... Continue Reading

October 2025 | Blog

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The PPE Medpro Judgment

October 2025 | Europe

Global IP & Technology Law

What Patent or Trade Secret Chemistry is Right for You?

You couldn’t sleep. You recently worked through the night on your bench experiments, even when the security guard told you to go home, painstakingly perfecting the process to align with your company’s plans for a chemical manufacturer to scale your product. As the morning light peeked across your lab bench, your overcaffeinated fingers clicked the...... Continue Reading

August 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

Patent Office Memo to Examiners Gives Insight For Patenting Software Inventions

On August 4, the Deputy Commissioner of Patents issued a memorandum to Examiners on evaluation of claims in software-implemented inventions for subject matter eligibility under Section 101. While the memorandum does not fundamentally change the USPTO’s guidance published in the MPEP, the memorandum does provide useful clues as to how the USPTO and the Examining...... Continue Reading

August 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

Trade Secrets: Now Even Your Dog Knows Them (Thanks, Remote Work & AI!)

Mike Tyson once said “[e]veryone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” This quote describes the confidence that organizations may have in their existing trade secret plans, until they encounter some of the evolving complexities of trade secret protection in this era of the combination of remote work and artificial intelligence (AI)....... Continue Reading

August 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

Time to pay up on time: UK government announce crackdown on late payments to small businesses

As part of a package of measures detailed in its Small Business Plan released today the UK government has announced plans to tackle late payments to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK with the most significant legislative reforms in over 25 years aimed at introducing the toughest laws on late payment in...... Continue Reading

July 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

No holidays for trademarks at risk of becoming generic

Finally, it’s holiday time and I’m in the south of France on the beach! I am sunbathing in my pretty vintage bikini with a pina colada in my hand. I am hungry. I put on my cargo trousers and go buy a piadina at the snack bar right behind. I use the hotspot to send...... Continue Reading

July 2025 | Blog

Global IP & Technology Law

UK Information Commissioner opens consultation on its approach to regulating online advertising

Last  week the UK data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced a consultation [ICO call for views on our approach to regulating online advertising | ICO] on its approach to the enforcement of consent requirements under regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) [The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC...... Continue Reading

July 2025 | Blog

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Making GPUs Work For You – Time-Honoured Methods of Maximising Value From Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Rental Agreements

July 2025 | Europe