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In conjunction with President Obama's health care reform efforts, two powerful House Democrats sent a letter to health insurance companies Monday asking them to provide detailed information about their executive compensation, conferences and retreats, and other general business practices.

Reuters reported that "Lloyd's of London wants all insurance and reinsurance policies to clearly state whether coverage will be provided for losses caused by a cyber attack

Partner Rick McKenna was a speaker at the INTA Design Protection Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Blockchain.com reported that among other patents Walmart "has procured a patent for medical records being kept on a blockchain—or "public ledger," as they refer to it.

Although Inter Partes Review (IPR) is limited to grounds of unpatentability based upon prior art references, it is nevertheless possible to raise issues of written description or enablement...

On August 16, 2012, just four weeks after it heard oral arguments, the Federal Circuit issued its second decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (the ACLU "gene patenting"/BRCAI case), which was on remand in view of the Supreme Court’s March 20, 2012 decision in Mayo v. Prometheus.

The final phases of U.S. patent reform become active on March 16, 2013 when the U.S. patent system switches to a "first-to-file" system.

Foley’s Green Energy Technologies (GET) team has released its latest annual analysis of the water technology landscape titled "2013 Water Technology U.S. Patent Landscape Annual Report."

Patent filings which refer to hydraulic fracturing are on the rise. In fact, the number appears to have almost doubled in the past five years.

Another "march-in petition" has been filed recently as part of the on-going implementation of the Bayh-Dole system.

The Association for Molecular Pathology has filed a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court, seeking review of the Federal Circuit's August 16, 2012 decision that upheld the patent-eligibility of Myriad's "isolated DNA" claims.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is poised to decide a case which may create new estoppel concerns for AIA petitioners under 35 USC § 315(e)(2).

New informative order providing guidance on motions to amend.

The recent, large judgement against Samsung in the Apple v. Samsung patent litigation has again brought patenting to the front pages of American news media.

Like the U.S. Patent Term Adjustment statute, Article 92(2) of the Korean Patent Act calls for deductions from a PTA award for applicant delay...

We continue to monitor patent literature for water and liquid treatment technologies related to hydraulic fracturing.

On March 7, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a temporary stay to permit briefing by the parties on the question of whether the PTAB properly ruled that Apple could use the joinder process...

In a recent webinar hosted by the Licensing Executives Society, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart addressed speculation...