Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 1: EU Lands on USTR's Special 301 Watch List; Battery Recycling Patent Families Increase Seven-Fold in Past Decade; and Google Cert Petition Challenges Settled Expectations Doctrine

The U.S. Trade Representative's annual Special 301 Report lists the European Union as a Watch List nation for IP-related issues. Vietnam is identified as a Priority Foreign Country for the first time in 13 years due to significant IP-related acts affecting U.S. products. Other notable updates include opposition from Senators to federal funding cuts for science, Novartis facing sales declines due to patent exclusivity loss, and a ruling on copyright infringement related to satellite broadcasts. Additionally, Google challenges the settled expectations doctrine at the PTAB, and Pfizer extends market exclusivity for VYNDAMAX.

"The U.S. Trade Representative's Special 301 Report identifies the European Union as a Watch List nation for IP-related issues, emphasizing ongoing concerns in intellectual property protection."

"Vietnam has been designated as a Priority Foreign Country for the first time in 13 years, highlighting severe IP-related acts that adversely affect U.S. products."

"The Court of Justice for the European Union ruled that a retirement home operator's retransmission of satellite broadcasts does not constitute public broadcasts infringing copyright."

"A joint report indicates that international patent families covering battery recycling technologies have increased seven-fold over the past decade, reflecting growing innovation in this sector."

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