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Breaking: Breakthrough for India’s SEP Jurisprudence in new Philips v. Rajesh Bansal ruling!

DVDs are long gone from our markets, yet their SEPs continue to be on pause, play, rewind! A momentous decision has been delivered by the Delhi High Court today – a big, refreshing...

When Three Invoices Went to Shimla: A Case Analysis of SML Limited vs M/S Happy Agro Chemicals

Can a handful of carefully orchestrated “trap purchases” create territorial jurisdiction in a patent infringement suit? In this post, Maneesha explains that the Himachal Pradesh Hi...

What’s in a Name? The Quintessential Misnomers That Are Untested SEPs: Thoughts on the Division Bench Judgment in Bansal...

The Delhi High Court’s recent Division Bench ruling in Bansal v. Philips Division Bench Judgment may well become one of the most consequential SEP/FRAND decisions in India so far....

A Procedural Servant or a Master of Delay? A Critical Legal Analysis of the Bombay High Court’s Ruling in Black Diamond...

The Bombay High Court’s recent decision in Black Diamond Motors Pvt. Ltd. v. Registrar of Trade Marks marks a significant departure from the Delhi High Court’s strict approach to p...

Biggest Rulings For Patent Attys In 2026: A Midyear Report

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. He...

Hikma Ruling Raises Patent Pleading Bar Beyond Drug Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision that shut down a patent suit against Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA over a drug using a so-called skinny label could also make it more challengi...

US district court rejects patent claims against Hexaware Technologies

The lawsuit, filed by Natsoft in October last year, had claimed that Hexaware leveraged proprietary technologies without proper licences, naming Hexaware’s Amaze, Tensai and RapidX...

SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 8-June 14)

A three-pass funnel for patent searches and NLUJ’s call for papers for the latest volume of the Journal of Intellectual Property Studies feature in this edition of the SpicyIP Week...

Adjusting IPR Tactics As Google Fights 'Settled Expectations'

Google’s petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's so-called settled expectations practice underscores why accused infringers facing old...

Patentee That Retains Exclusionary Rights has Constitutional Standing Notwithstanding Broad License Grant

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court decision dismissing a patent infringement suit for lack of constitutional standing, concluding that patent...

[Sponsored] 300 to 30 to 5: A Three-Pass Funnel for Patent Searches Under Deadline

Finding relevant patents is no longer the bottleneck. The bottleneck is deciding which of the hundreds of relevant records actually matter and doing so before the deadline arrives....

Why IPR Slowdown Has Not Led To More Patent Litigation

Despite sustained strength in patent application filings and a decline in inter partes review and post-grant review, 2026 has not seen the anticipated surge in patent litigation in...

Teva Ruling Offers Patentees New Support For Genus Claims

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Teva v. Eli Lilly, finding that the Teva patents at issue are not invalid, offers an interesting counterexample against the recent trend of...

AIA Reviews- An Alternative to Litigation, not a Second Chance

Addressing the scope of discretionary institution under the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied institution of inter partes revi...

A Bitter pH-ill to Swallow: Federal Circuit Affirms Mylan’s Win Over Actelion’s Epoprostenol Drug Patents

Last week in Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Federal Circuit delivered generic drug maker Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. with a notable victory when it...

Patent Ruling Highlights Risks Of Late Inventorship Fixes

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Implicit v. Sonos demonstrates the risk of forfeiture with retroactive correction of inventorship in inter partes review proceedings, with...

Court Refuses Anti-SLAPP Dismissal of Chapter 93A Claim Tied to Patent Demand Letters

Once Dominated By Patent Claims, IP Suits Now More Diverse

Intellectual property litigation has become more spread out among patents, trademarks and copyrights over the years, as artificial intelligence and e-commerce systems have been dri...

Stinson Accused Of Failing To Pay Fees On Indian Patent

A Connecticut road construction materials business has alleged Stinson LLP failed to pay an annuity fee required to keep an Indian patent alive, resulting in its permanent terminat...

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 11 – May 17)

With great sorrow we share the news of the passing of Mr. Nataraj G, founder of LCGN Advocates – a post on his life and work. Marking Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s 50th birthday, a post...

Fed. Circ. Affirms Sony's PTAB Win Over Digital Imaging IP

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board stayed in bounds when deciding to invalidate claims of an Intellectual Pixels Ltd. digital image generation patent on remand, the Federal Circuit...

Feds, Unified Patents, AT&T Push Back On High Court Bids

The U.S. Supreme Court received objections to three patent petitions on Tuesday, with Unified Patents fighting Dolby's appeal of its own Patent Trial and Appeal Board win; AT&T...

Federal Circuit Addresses Prosecution History Estoppel, Disclosure-Dedication Rule in Affirming ANDA Product Noninfringe...

Key Takeaways The Federal Circuit held that an ANDA product formulation did not infringe, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, patent claims that require lyophilized ph...

Thorne Research IPR2026-00400 Puts Supplement Patent Strategy in Focus

A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00400, was filed on June 22, 2026, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board against Thorne Research, Inc. The proceeding is one to watch for companie...