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The Federal Circuit is set to decide en banc whether its design patent obviousness framework was overruled or abrogated by the Supreme Court's seminal obviousness decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.

The Texas Supreme Court concluded its 2025-26 term with 143 opinions resolving 110 cases, marking a notable increase in separate writings compared to prior terms. This comprehensive statistical analysis examines case distribution across courts of appeals, timing metrics, subject matter trends, and reversal rates, revealing shifts in the Court's docket management and opinion-writing patterns.

Welcome to Edition 33 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE).

The implementation of the reciprocal tariffs continues to have an impact on U.S. consumers. The "de minimis" exemption, which allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty-free...

On September 9, the Supreme Court decided to hear two of the cases challenging the legality of tariffs imposed under IEEPA, on an expedited basis. Briefing will conclude by October 30 and the consolidated cases...

The U.S. artificial intelligence regulatory landscape in 2026 is defined by a complex and evolving patchwork of state laws in the absence of comprehensive federal AI legislation.

This evening, President Trump announced on Truth Social a series of new tariffs that will be imposed on pharmaceuticals, heavy trucks, and furniture and cabinets.

On Monday, President Trump announced in a Truth Social post that "[b]eginning November 1st, 2025, all medium and heavy-duty trucks coming into the United States from other countries will be tariffed at the rate of 25%."

Although the U.S. federal government is shut down, the tariff news continues.

The U.S. government has announced that the tariff rate on imports from South Korea will drop to 15%, retroactive to November 1.

Over the last several years, the Federal Circuit has increasingly scrutinized patent litigants' reliance on "comparable licenses" as a means for calculating a reasonable royalty, including whether the license needs to be apportioned to account for the value of the patented technology.

Following the trade agreement reached between the U.S. and China that was announced at the end of October, this week, the Trump Administration took a number of measures to implement commitments made in the agreement.

The reciprocal, country based tariffs, which the Trump Administration imposed as a blunt tool of trade policy, are becoming more nuanced in their application as the U.S.

Over the last week, the Trump Administration has continued to reduce the reciprocal tariffs on imports from countries that enter into trade agreements with the United States...

The U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") concluded its investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which was launched during the Biden Administration, regarding China's targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance, but refrained from imposing immediate tariffs on China

With the start of the new year, we anxiously await the Supreme Court's decision in the IEEPA tariff cases. The Court issued its first opinion of the term last Friday, but it was not the highly anticipated IEEPA tariff opinion.

Tariffs and trade measures continue to dominate the United States' foreign policy agenda one year into the second Trump Administration.

In response to the Supreme Court invalidating the use of IEEPA to impose tariffs, President Trump issued an Executive Order on February 20, ending the IEEPA based tariffs imposed by Executive Orders