The Supreme Court’s decision in Emotional Perception AI (EPAI) brought much-awaited clarity on how software inventions should be examined at the UKIPO. The decision brought the UK approach into alignment with that taken by the EPO.

Press release from Huawei -Monday 05 October 2026. [Shenzhen, China, October 5, 2026] Huawei and Qualcomm today announced a multi-year, broad patent license agreement that includes cross licenses to the companies’ patent portfolios across a range of technology fields, including 5G, compute, AI, and networking, together with Qualcomm’s purchase of certain Huawei U.S. patents in the areas of compute, AI, networking, and other technologies.

The WIPO GREEN database is a free, solutions oriented, global innovation catalogue that connects needs for solving environmental or climate change problems with tangible solutions. The database consists of uploads of needs and solutions, green technology patents from the WIPO Patentscope database, imports from select partner organizations, relevant knowledge material, and expert or company profiles. Uploads are either uploaded by users themselves or by WIPO GREEN or others, in which case the uploaded information is based on publicly available information. For each technology it is indicated who has uploaded. Some of the unique features of the database are: Always-on AI-assisted auto-matching, user uploads tracing and alerts, full-text search for solutions based on long need descriptions, and the Patent2Solution search function for finding commercial applications of a patent. Free registration is required for uploading. It is not a requirement that a technology uploaded has a patent or other secure IP rights. Uploading to the database does not entail any IP right protection.

Sony's clip-on robot presses your controller buttons for you, Tesla opens the car door when you lean in, and Verily wants to find tumors in your breath.

"The battery recycling industry is experiencing extraordinary growth. According to a recent report by the European Patent Office (EPO) and International Energy Agency (IEA), inventions directed to battery reuse and recycling have increased more than seven-fold over the last decade, reflecting growing efforts to recover critical battery materials and reduce dependence on primary mining. As global demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to increase, recycling technologies are expected to play an increasingly important role in securing supplies of lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and other critical materials."

Nike sued Lululemon in 2022, alleging its Mirror Home Gym infringed on six patents covering technology used in Nike’s fitness equipment and smartphone apps that enables users to target specific levels of exertion, compete with other users and record their performance. The lawsuit targeted interactive functions like tracking performance, targeting specific heart rate or exertion levels, and competing with other users (such as Mirror’s “Face off” feature).

The legal dispute between Moderna, BioNTech and Pfizer has taken a new turn. Following Moderna's recent successes at the national courts in Düsseldorf and London, the EPO Boards of Appeal have completely revoked the key patent at the heart of the dispute.

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