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While waiting to see how the Federal Circuit affects the PTAB's application of a broad standard for design patents, it will be important to look out for overlaps in the legal standards for anticipation and obviousness.

On January 13, DOJ issued its first Business Review Letter on a non-standard essential patent (SEP) pool to the University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP),

GOPRO, INC. v. CONTOUR IP HOLDING LLC [OPINION] (2017-1894, 2017-1936, 11/1/18) (Reyna, Wallach and Hughes)

O'Malley, J. Affirming district court decision compelling arbitration and dismissing declaratory judgment action without prejudice. The parties' technology license agreement included an arbitration...

The Supreme Court recently decided two cases in which the central question was whether certain patent claims involving natural materials and biomolecules constituted patent eligible subject matter ...

In inter partes review proceedings, the Preliminary Response allows a patent owner to argue that an IPR proceeding should not be instituted. One way a patent owner may oppose institution of an obviousness ground that relies on multiple references or teachings is to argue that the Petition does not adequately articulate a motivation or reasons why a person of ordinary skill in the art would combine the cited prior art references or teachings.

There are few toys as recognizable as the LEGO brick. The tiny plastic brick is the LEGO Group's "most important product,

A generic drug company decides to settle a Hatch- Waxman patent infringement claim brought against it by a branded drug company, and as part of that settlement agrees to defer entry of its generic product until a date pressed by the brand during negotiations.

Indeed, an empirical analysis of one year's worth of claim construction decisions from the Federal Circuit and four key district court jurisdictions — the Northern District of California, the District of Delaware, and the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas —...

The UK has voted to leave the European Union. This will not affect the UK's position as one of the most important IP jurisdictions in Europe.

The authors provide recommendations for both petitioners and patent owners based on how the Board has decided on this issue.

For law students, a summer associate position can help define the kind of law they practice and the path they forge through the legal profession.

In the recent case of Pricol v. Johnson Controls (Pricol Limited v. Johnson Controls Enterprises Ltd and Ors, Arbitration Case (Civil) No.30 of 2014), ..

Adam J. Hornstine, a counsel in WilmerHale's Litigation/Controversy and Securities Departments, is credited as a member of the Editing Committee in the recently released publication, Introduction to Advocacy: Research, Writing, and Argument, 8th Edition. Designed for law students, the publication serves as a textbook to guide students on legal advocacy and legal writing.

WilmerHale Partner Gary Born and Counsel Matteo Angelini are contributing editors in the new Chambers and Partners Global Litigation 2026 Practice Guide.

Partner Matthew Kulkin, Special Counsel Megan O'Flynn and Associate Hayley Hopkins recently authored a chapter in The Investment Lawyer on recent requests...

The significant developments in US arbitration law during the past year include a continuing attempt by the courts to define the extent, if any, to which ‘class’ arbitrations, conducted by representative claimants on behalf of others on a collective basis, will find a place in US arbitral jurisprudence.

When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a Tenth Circuit decision, it had one problem: neither of the parties actually agreed with the circuit court's reasoning.