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Akin Intelligence - July 2024

Welcome to the July edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, United States agencies released several key pieces of artificial intelligence (AI) guidance, including patent eligibility guidance from the United States Patent...more

Akin Intelligence - June 2024

Welcome to the June edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched its first AI-focused cohort of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF), bringing together experts from across the...more

USPTO and UKIPO Announce Collaboration Effort on Standard Essential Patent Policies

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that outlines a new framework for collaboration between the two...more

Akin Intelligence - April/May 2024

Welcome to the April-May edition of Akin Intelligence. This edition is a double header, covering both months as we prepare for the launch of our new AI Hub—a one-stop resource for AI coverage that will launch soon. Starting...more

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

EDTX: Bad Faith FRAND Negotiations Warrant Suspension but Not Revocation of Parties’ Obligations Under French Law

The Eastern District of Texas recently addressed two significant issues related to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) negotiations under French law; namely, whether: (1) an implementer is entitled to damages...more

Akin Intelligence - January 2024

Welcome to the January edition of Akin Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) remains a key area for state and federal legislators in the new year. State executives and legislators continue to propose AI-related...more

Akin Intelligence - November 2023

Welcome to the November edition of Akin Intelligence. Looking back, October 2023 may be remembered as the month when the U.S. government tried to assume the mantle of global leadership on responsible artificial intelligence...more

Akin Intelligence - October 2023

Welcome to the October edition of Akin Intelligence. We continue to see bipartisan and international interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch, agencies are working towards developing...more

Akin Intelligence - August 2023

Welcome back to Akin Intelligence: Hot AI Summer Edition! This month’s newsletter reflects the ongoing and increasing global activity around artificial intelligence (AI), including more proposed AI legislation and court...more

Akin Intelligence - July 2023

Welcome to the July edition of Akin Intelligence. In this month’s AI news, the U.S. Senate receives member-only briefings on AI, U.S. states continue to debate and legislate on AI issues, the U.S. prepares new AI-related...more

Akin Intelligence - June 2023

Welcome back to Akin Intelligence! May featured major congressional hearings and state action in the United States, calls from industry and lawmakers for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, and significant...more

SEP/FRAND Disputes: Arbitration or Litigation?

Disputes as to the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEP) and determination of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms are typically resolved through either negotiation or litigation in national courts....more

[Podcast] IP Disputes at the ITC: What You Need to Know

In this episode, Akin Gump intellectual property partners Cono Carrano and David Vondle discuss IP disputes at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Among the topics covered: - What is Section 337 and what does it mean...more

COVID-19: The International Trade Commission Institutes Three-Phase Plan To Re-Open; In-Person Hearings For Section 337...

- On June 22, 2020, the ITC issued a notice extending its COVID-19 Action Plan. - The ITC entered Phase One of its three-phase plan to reopen to the public. - The ITC ordered the ITC’s Administrative Law Judges to...more

COVID-19: The United States International Trade Commission Extends the Postponement of All In-Person Hearings in Section 337...

- On May 14, 2020, the ITC extended its COVID-19 Action Plan through July 10, 2020, thereby postponing all in-person hearings in Section 337 investigations until after July 10, 2020. - Most recently, the ITC had postponed...more

COVID-19: The United States International Trade Commission Extends the Postponement of All In-Person Hearings Until At Least June...

On April 15, 2020... the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Notice stating that the ITC has extended the ongoing postponement of all in-person hearings (e.g., evidentiary hearings/trials, claim...more

COVID-19: The U.S. International Trade Commission Extends the Postponement of All-Person Hearings in Section 337 Proceedings Until...

- In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) extended the postponement of all in-person hearings, including all evidentiary hearings/trials, until June 10, 2020. - The...more

The International Trade Commission Considers an Exclusion Order in an Investigation Based on Purported Standard-Essential Patents

- On April 7, 2020, the ITC overturned a Final ID issued by Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock. The Final ID found infringement of a SEP by the Respondents’ accused products and recommended the ITC issue the remedy of an exclusion...more

The Federal Circuit Finds Jurisdiction over the ITC’s Decision Not to Institute an Investigation Under Section 337 and Explains...

• The International Trade Commission (ITC) can decline to institute an investigation when a complaint fails to state a cognizable claim under Section 337 of the Tariff Act, 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”). • A decision...more

The Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands An International Trade Commission Final Determination in A Trademark-Based Investigation

• The Federal Circuit issued a rare precedential decision in an appeal from a trademark- and trade dress-based ITC investigation. • In its decision, the Federal Circuit reiterated that the act of trademark registration does...more

United States International Trade Commission Issues Final Determination After Holding First Public Hearing in Nearly a Decade

Key Points - - After the first public hearing by the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) in almost a decade, the ITC issued a Limited Exclusion Order (LEO) that excludes the Respondent’s accused...more

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