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IP Headlines
Multibillion-dollar BridgeBio deal is a boost for patent-centric pharma business models
Patent Board Structure Goes Under Microscope at Federal Circuit
Federal Circuit Rules Qualcomm Deal Dooms Apple's PTAB Appeals
Apple Can’t Appeal Patent Board Rulings After Qualcomm Deal
Netlist uses IP leverage for $40 million license with SK Hynix and a key supply agreement
IP Policy & Practice
China on a mission to turn ‘junk’ patents into treasure
Relaxing patent rights in a pandemic is a win for innovators and the public
Practitioners stunned after Indian government shutters IP appeal board with immediate effect
Brazil judge suspends drug patent extensions, move may lower COVID-19 treatment costs
Another look at USPTO Allowance Rate
How to Quickly Estimate a Patent's Value Using Discounted Cash Flow
IP due diligence considerations in view of recent US case law
Iancu speaks about his USPTO legacy and return to private practice
Pressure Builds On Irish GDPR Watchdog To Take On "Big Tech"
Flaster Greenberg adds another IP lawyer as Ice Miller's Philadelphia office loses Three
IP Cases
In Apple Win, Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Invalidity of Inventergy Subsidiary Patent
PTAB To Review Five Sensormatic Electronics’ Video Patents Previously Ruled Invalid Under Alice
PersonalWeb Technologies Company Fights Rules On Follow-Up Suits At Supreme Court
Microsoft Denied in Bid to Move Patent Suits From Waco to Austin
PTAB Upholds Uniloc IP Involved In Microsoft, Apple Lawsuits
Apple, Qualcomm slapped with patent infringement lawsuit targeting 5G chips by Red Rock LLC
Consumer Electronics
Apple Reportedly Planning Substantial Increase of Shipments for 5G mmWave iPhone Models in 2021
Xiaomi And Oppo Are Planning To Present Their Own 5g Processors Soon
Six of top ten smartphones sold in Jan. were Apple's, iPhone 12 sales king
Semiconductor shortage hits Apple production of MacBooks and iPads
Activists, Musicians Call on Spotify to Abandon “Terrifying Patent” for Voice-Based Recommendations
E Ink Announces Next Generation Four-Color E Ink Spectra 3100
GameStop stock rallies after plans to name Ryan Cohen as Chairman
Semiconductors
Report: GlobalFoundries' parent getting ready to take chipmaker public
TSMC Q1 sales rise by 17% as chip demand surges, off the charts for 3 quarters running
Renesas to restart production at fire-hit chip plant by April 19, report says
Italy blocked Chinese takeover of semiconductor company
The White House is putting a big focus on the semiconductor chip shortage
A breakthrough that enables practical semiconductor spintronics
Fujitsu’s GaN HEMTs Deliver Record Efficiency
Automotive and EV
Safra and Symbio, Co-Owned By Faurecia and Michelin, to manufacturer 1,500 hydrogen buses in France
Faurecia and Schneider Electric CEOs Talk Carbon Neutrality
German carmakers set to profit from global e-vehicle boom
These energy storage startups just got a big cash injection
Panasonic Bets on Tesla ‘Beer Can’ Battery to Unlock $25,000 EVs
EV shift creates major risk for automakers, study says
BMW’s Car Wash Drone And Ford’s ‘Mobile Office’ Conjure A Forward-Looking Auto Industry
Hyundai to suspend output at Korea plant over chip shortage
Ford Q1 sales surge 73% over virus-hit 2020
General Motors and Ford halt production at more factories as global semiconductor shortage worsens
Green and Solar
U.S. DOE Announces Goal to Cut Solar Costs by More Than Half by 2030
Public Investment Fund Reaches Major Milestone in Landmark Solar PV Project
Solar glass provider profits topped US$1.25 billion in 2020, but sudden price falls loom
Work starts on Japan’s 100MW solar plant
US electricity use rebounds in 2021, driven by industry demand
Texas wind power smashes records in March
Polarized photovoltaic properties emerge
Plastic Solar Cells: OPV power conversion efficiency now reaches 18%
Carbon dots from human hair boost solar cells
Life Sciences and Covid
Purdue Wants Another Month's Reprieve From Opioid Suits
NPR: In The Rise And Fall Of The Sacklers' Opioid Empire, An American Dream Turns Toxic
Scientists work toward an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat Covid-19
Anthony Fauci Sounds The Alarm Over ‘Disturbingly High’ Level Of New COVID-19 Cases
More Contagious Virus Variant, B.1.1.7 Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Chief Says
Researchers identify five new cases of ‘double mutant’ B.1.617 Covid variant in California
A third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders - study
Miscellaneous
New York officially approves legal online sports betting
3M Military Earplugs Blamed for Hearing Loss in Largest Set of U.S. Suits
Foley and Fidelity National Financial a big player as SPAC trend heats up