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 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."

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.

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