Intellectual Property

The decision prevents courts from treating common broadband providers as de facto copyright police, blocking orders that would force mass subscriber terminations or continuous network policing to avoid DMCA exposure. Rights holders will face higher hurdles to obtain damages tied solely to subscriber conduct.

The Controller General must draft a standard operating procedure that sets disposal timelines for patent applications. The directive specifically covers the Novartis Ribociclib application and oppositions filed against it. The Controller is required to decide the application and oppositions within four months. Timely disposal of patent applications must be prioritized and timelines adhered to.

The US District Court for the Northern District of California held that the Developer Program License Agreement authorizes Apple to 'cease marketing, offering, and allowing download' of an app 'at any time, with or without cause, by providing notice of termination.' The court found that Musi alleged, and did not dispute, that Apple provided the required notice. The court dismissed Musi's complaint with prejudice and imposed sanctions on Musi's lawyers for fabricating factual assertions. The court considered and rejected Musi's argument that other DPLA provisions requiring a 'reasonable belief' of infringement applied.

Emotional Perception AI applied for a patent for an artificial neural network that recommends media files and can produce files to evoke similar emotional responses. The UK Intellectual Property Office refused the application in 2022. The Supreme Court ruled that a computer program can be patented if it involves use of physical hardware and found that an artificial neural network operates on hardware and could in principle be patentable. The court returned the case to the UK Intellectual Property Office to decide whether to grant the patent.