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On 17 July 2026 the Supreme Court of Canada held 7-2 that methods of medical treatment stay unpatentable, yet upheld Janssen's dosing regimen patent. The test is whether the claim monopolizes professional skill and judgment. Drafting and challenge strategies follow.
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The EPO, JPO and USPTO agreed in Vienna to present a common technical solution for global patent assignment at the IP5 meetings in June 2027. The project is administrative interoperability, not a change in ownership law, but it will expose inconsistent chain-of-title records. KIPO participates through the IP5 channel, so the June 2027 meeting is the date Korean filers should diarize.
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At the 2026 AIPPI World Congress in Hamburg, AI dominated practitioner discussion. A small poll found most attendees use general-purpose AI tools daily, few use IP-specific products, and adoption is driven from outside IP departments. AIPPI is preparing a resolution on agentic AI, with the topic due back in Mexico City in February 2027.
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Learn which specification, claim, and review decision records are included in Patenty’s audit record package, what to prepare separately, and how to check versions before handover.
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An AI revision review workflow for patent professionals: define the scope, compare changes, lock key phrases, and use saved versions and review records.
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From 1 November 2026, participating EPO Boards of Appeal may audio-record videoconference hearings and use AI to help draft the minutes. The recordings stay internal, never enter the file and are deleted within a month. The authenticated minutes remain the sole record, so parties on either side should tighten how they state requests and how fast they check the minutes.
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A guide for patent practitioners reviewing product ideas and CAD drafts: retain originals, separate review copies, record revision decisions, and hand over document versions.
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Prepare patent materials for AI review: distinguish source and review documents, check supported file formats, define revision scope, compare versions, and record review decisions.
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Keep model versions, dimensions, design choices and comparison views together so reviewers can understand the change and ask useful questions.
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The UPC Paris local division heard KeeeX's infringement case against Adobe, OpenAI, Truepic and C2PA on 6 October 2026. The case turns on what "digital identification fingerprint" means, and earlier rulings have already cut its territorial reach, its claimed damages and its late amendments. Lessons for patentees, implementers and Korean filers on both sides.
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The Third Circuit held that ROSS Intelligence's use of 2,243 Westlaw headnotes to train a competing, non-generative legal search tool was not fair use. The first appellate ruling on AI training is narrow on its facts. The court assessed all four fair-use factors together; for ROSS's minimally transformative, substitutive use, the necessity argument did not justify copying. That analysis offers practical checks for developers and content owners.
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WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2026 places the Republic of Korea fourth, behind Switzerland, Sweden and the United States, with Singapore fifth. WIPO also links AI to shifting innovation investment and cites a $7.6 trillion deep science startup figure. The ranking changes no legal rule, but it will appear in budgets and board papers. Verify the source and edition before relying on it.
