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LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pattern Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PTRN), a leader in accelerating brands on global ecommerce marketplaces, today announced at Accelerate, Pattern's annual gathering of the world's top ecommerce executives and brand leaders, that it has been awarded United States Patent No. 12,626,273 B2 for its systems and methods for generating a True Return on Advertisement Sales Value (True ROAS®). The patent, granted May 12, 2026, covers Pattern's breakthrough approach to analyzing ad...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Angelalign Technology Inc. (6699.HK) (“Angel”) (http://www.angelaligner.com) today said it was grateful that the Local Division Düsseldorf (Germany) of the Unified Patent Court rejected a request by Align Technology Inc. (ALGN) for Angel to cease and desist from using its A7 Premolar Extraction Solution. Angel denied that the A7 tooth movement protocol infringes any patents as alleged by Align Technology Inc. (ALGN). The court rejected Align’s request for...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JAMS, the premier provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, announced the launch of its Technology Industry Group, a dedicated offering designed to address the growing volume and complexity of disputes stemming from rapid innovation across technology-driven industries. The JAMS Technology Industry Group brings together mediation, arbitration and other ADR services tailored to disputes involving AI, intellectual property, software and S...

MAIDENHEAD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RWS (AIM: RWS), a global AI solutions company, has acquired Obviously Group Limited (“Obviously”), a next generation integrated platform that enables enterprise clients to seamlessly manage, protect and enforce their Intellectual Property (“IP”) and brand integrity. RWS will pay £16.5 million in initial cash consideration, with up to a further £23.5 million in deferred contingent consideration payable over three financial years subject to agreed profit targ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Datang Mobile, KPN, NEC and Wilus have become the latest licensors in the Sisvel point of sale (POS) patent pool. They join seven other patent owners in making their 2G-5G cellular portfolios available through the programme: BlackBerry, Huawei, JVCKENWOOD, LG Electronics, Nokia, Sisvel and SK Telecom. The period for Sisvel POS licensors to benefit from early participation incentives is set to close on 15 May. Cellular patent owners interested in becoming involved sh...

PARIS & ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Questel, a leader in intellectual property solutions, released results of its 2026 IP Outlook Report ‘From Risk to Reward: AI and the IP Profession’....

PARIS & ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Questel releases QaECTER, a new AI model for patent search developed and optimized by Questel’s AI Lab for state-of-the-art semantic patent retrieval....

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new Sisvel Point of Sale (POS) patent pool, announced on 1 April, has added three new licensors in the last two weeks. BlackBerry, JVCKENWOOD and SK Telecom have joined founding licensors Huawei, LG Electronics and Nokia in making their patents available for license through the programme. Sisvel POS covers 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G technologies. It is the first joint licensing programme to address point of sale devices – a category of product that has leveraged cellular...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has become the latest company to take a licence to the patents offered through the recently launched Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool. It joins Sony Group Corporation, Huawei, Panasonic, Philips and ZTE as a licensee of the programme. The latter four are also licensors, along with KPN, Mitsubishi Electric, Orange, Aegis 11 SA (a Sisvel affiliate), SK Telecom and Wilus. HPE is a major presence in the global WLAN market and is a leading man...

SCHLIEREN, Switzerland & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PreOmics GmbH and Biognosys AG today announced a favorable outcome in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding IPR2024‑01473 before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB has revoked the central claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,435,360, which is owned by The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and exclusively licensed to Seer, Inc. The USPTO struck down the sole independent claim of the ‘360 patent, among other claims. The PTAB specificall...