The Unified Patent Court has thrown open its doors in the most significant development in European patent law in decades, reports Maura O'Malley | 4d

Specialist disputes firm ‘fires the starting gun’ on building London IP ligation work with recruitment of David Lancaster | 2w

A patent underlying a jury verdict of over $2bn in damages for infringement has been found unpatentable for obviousness by the US Patent and Trademark Office | 2w

The household names band together to file a joint trademark infringement lawsuit against fake Canon battery and charger sellers | 2w

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Workbox, Korro Bio, Invariant and Cordance | 3w

Rudy Kim joins top 30 US law firm from Morrison Foerster where he chaired its Palo Alto litigation department | 1mo

Proportion of women in latest round rises to 42% from 36% last year as overall number of promotions dips | 1mo

This year’s theme celebrates women inventors, creators and entrepreneurs as IP offices and law firms host events around the world to mark the day | 1mo

Transatlantic firm looks to advise tech and life science clients facing ‘explosive growth in class actions and mass torts’ | 1mo

Influential trademark association produces reports to help brand practitioners keep pace in a fast moving technological field | 1mo

Quintet of IP lawyers including name partner move from Connecticut-based firm to transatlantic IP heavyweight | 1mo

Breather for vape pen seller in dispute with tobacco titan as case remanded back to the district court; second case relates to patent for digital storage | 1mo

Retail giant reports progress in anti-counterfeiting drive as it bolsters seller verification process and expands brand protection programmes | 1mo

UPC expert Thomas Adocker joins Anglo-German firm from Schwarz Schönherr | 1mo

Erik Carlson joins BakerHostetler just a few months after veteran partners Olivia Kim and Ed Poplawski as Am Law 100 firm moves to build full service IP practice on West Coast | 2mos

UK High Court hands down landmark FRAND judgment that decides licensing terms between Chinese company Lenovo and technology firm InterDigital | 2mos

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Zingeroo, Indara, Numeracle and McCalla Raymer | 2mos

CAFC decision allows Apple and other tech giants to move one step closer in removing contentious FinTiv rule which makes it harder, they argue, to review patent validity | 2mos