30 October 2025 Private practitioners, in-house counsel and IP services from around the world converge in the US capital for the major event, from where Sarah Speight provides on-the-ground coverage.
28 October 2025
27 October 2025
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Americas
Parties impacted by exclusion orders need to carefully weigh their options for seeking clarity or rulings on redesigns, explain Daniel Muino and Charles Provine from Morrison Foerster.
Europe
As Big Pharma stalls investment in the UK, the government urgently needs to return to the negotiating table to salvage a key growth area, writes Tim Belcher of EIP.
Americas
In the second of a two-part series, Mercedes Meyer of Banner Witcoff and Brandon Phemester of Novavax delve into the real reasons why medicine costs more in the US.
Americas
In the first of a two-part series, Mercedes Meyer of Banner Witcoff and Brandon Phemester of Novavax explore how legislative, judicial, and executive policies have dramatically altered the risks for drug innovation.
Biotechnology
Erik Viik of Papula-Nevinpat looks at the dynamics that international applicants need to be aware of to secure and manage their patent rights across the region.
Americas
With growing legislation, research and demand for medical use, cannabis presents an economic opportunity for the Caribbean—but IP rights in the region have some way to go, write Keesha Fleming Lake of Keesha Fleming Lake, and Rachael Lodge Corrie of Foga Daley.
Americas
From setting a clear overall strategy to drafting high-quality claims, Christopher Wheeler and Gerald Murphy of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch explain how to reduce patent prosecution expenditure and obtain better IP protection.
Asia
Hui Zhuang of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office discusses several strategies to increase the chance of pharmaceutical or food trademarks that include ingredients being registered.
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24 October 2025 A panel of experts at LSPN shared how AI is forcing companies to rethink everything from obviousness arguments to the choice between patents and trade secrets, and why the claims filed today may be invalid tomorrow.
23 October 2025 Experts at LSPN North America Fall explore the often-overlooked factors that can make or break transactions, from employee retention strategies to cross-border patent standards.
22 October 2025 The Supreme Court’s 2023 Amgen ruling turned patent strategy upside down. Now lawyers are rethinking everything they thought they knew about protecting inventions. Marisa Woutersen reports from LSPN North America–Fall.
22 October 2025 Chuck Scholtz, head of IP at Verdiva Bio, shares the pressures of global filing strategies on tight budgets, why there’s no ‘right way’ to manage IP, and how to get the best results from external counsel relationships.
22 October 2025 Just weeks into his tenure, USPTO director John Squires is blitzing US patent policy by taking control of how and when patent challenges can be brought, with proposed rules that could sharply limit repeat and parallel filings. Sarah Speight gauges reaction.
21 October 2025 Isomorphic Labs' head of IP shares why the first wave of AI-driven drug development stumbled, how data became pharma's most valuable currency, and why inventorship questions could make or break billion-dollar deals in machine learning.
21 October 2025 Hire brings trade secrets and AI litigation expertise from Cooley as firm adds 14th US litigation partner this year.
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