IP News & Updates
Patent News Roundup: Week to 20 October 2026
This patent news roundup covers 5 developments reported in October 2026 that matter to litigation, licensing and search teams. The items are:…
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Invalidity & Litigation Search
How to Build an Invalidity Claim Chart, with a Worked Example
An invalidity claim chart is a table that sets each limitation of a patent claim beside the passage of a prior art…
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Claim Charts & Licensing
Claim Charts Explained: Evidence of Use, Invalidity and SEP Charts Side by Side
Claim charts are tables that place each element of a patent claim beside the evidence that matches it, with a citation for…
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Freedom to Operate
FTO Search vs FTO Opinion: What Your Attorney Needs from a Search Firm
An FTO opinion (freedom to operate opinion) is a patent attorney’s written legal conclusion on whether a product or process infringes a…
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Invalidity & Litigation Search
Invalidity Search vs Invalidity Contentions vs Rule 11 Claim Charts
Invalidity contentions are the formal disclosure in which the defendant in a US patent suit sets out why the asserted claims are…
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IP News & Updates
Huawei-Qualcomm Patent Cross-Licence: Why It Was Signed and What May Change
Huawei and Qualcomm signed a multi-year 5G and AI patent cross-licence on 5 October 2026. Why each side signed, and what may…
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Prior Art Search Blogs
Patent Invalidity Search: Process, Timeline and Cost
What a patent invalidity search is, when it is needed, how it is carried out, how long it takes and what it…
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IP News & Updates
Google Ordered to Pay Sonos $32.5 Million for Smart Speaker Patent Infringement
A California federal jury ordered Google LLC to pay $32.5 million to Sonos Inc. for infringing on one of its smart speaker…
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HDT Bio Corp accuses Emcure of trade secret theft, seeks $950 million in damages.
The lawsuit stated that HDT Bio Corp and Gennova Pharmaceuticals entered into various contracts in 2020, one of them being giving Gennova…
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