1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (573+ words) This edition features updates from: The United Kingdom (UK), Germany/China/UPC, the United States of America (USA) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world....

26+ min ago  (427+ words) Monday, May 18, 2026, 16: 53 GMT+7 Several owners of major media and entertainment companies in Vietnam have been prosecuted over alleged copyright infringement, sparking public debate over intellectual property rights in the digital age. A screenshot from Vietnam Television's news broadcast shows Nguyen…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (130+ words) The tightening of intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement has driven a noticeable shift in the distribution of online entertainment content. Moving beyond the era of easy acceptance of pirated content Many people who had regularly watched, listened to, or read…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (200+ words) Part 1 of this series focused on diligence and opinions. Patent prosecution is undergoing the same transition: AI has dramatically improved efficiency, but strategic value increasingly comes from understanding where automation helps, where it creates risk, and where experienced judgment still…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1057+ words) Most trademark problems do not begin with a refusal from the USPTO or a cease-and-desist letter from a competitor. They begin much earlier during product development and brand naming, often before legal is meaningfully involved. For in-house counsel, pre-launch trademark…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (437+ words) Addressing statutory standing under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded, holding that a license is not rendered nonexclusive merely because the copyright owner retained certain rights…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (269+ words) Whatever the net effect, practitioners who master AI-assisted workflows while balancing the legal and ethical requirements of the practice should hold a durable advantage over those who do not. " Effective AI implementations will enable capabilities that were previously impractical or…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (624+ words) The USPTO is not new to AI. The agency has used what it calls "traditional AI" or "classic machine learning" for automated classification, relevance ranking, and similar tools across the pre-examination, examination, and post-examination workflows for years. What is new…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (358+ words) That is where an anti-suit injunction (ASI) and related remedies may come in. These remedies can determine whether a party may continue a foreign case, enforce a foreign injunction, or ask another court for relief that affects the dispute elsewhere....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (921+ words) The Employer or Commissioning Party Owns Everything In valid work-for-hire arrangements, the hiring party is treated as if they created the work themselves. Unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in a signed document, the actual creator has no ownership…...