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The intersection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property (IP) presents a challenging dichotomy for global legal systems.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software patents, inventors and patent practitioners face ongoing challenges in two critical areas: creating effective controller/processor claims to avoid 35 U.S.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that an applicant for patent who pursues an appeal to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under 35 U.S.C. §145 must pay the USPTO's legal fees in defending the appeal...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that a claim in Intellectual Ventures I LLC's patent covering an "application-aware resource allocator"...

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 584 U.S. __, 138 S.Ct. 1348 (2018), ruling that 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) requires the PTAB's final written decision ("FWD") in an inter partes review...

In a 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that damages for infringement of design patents under 35 U.S.C. § 289 can be limited to the defendant's "total profits"...

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission presents a critical development in the enforcement of intellectual property rights...

Since the dawn of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") twenty years ago, Online Service Providers ("OSPs") and copyright owners have found themselves at odds.

Ancora Technologies, Inc. v. HTC America, Inc., No. 2018-1404 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2018).

The PTAB recently designated two decisions as informative that concern its discretion to deny institution of an IPR/CBM petition. Under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), "In determining whether to institute or order a proceeding...

The Federal Circuit recently ruled that a petition for inter partes review is not barred by assignor estoppel when the petitioner is in privity with a co-inventor ...

Effective as of January 19, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented new requirements and size fees for filing Information Disclosure Statements (IDSs).

AI Search Automated Pilot (ASAP!): Voluntary program using AI to provide up to 10 prioritized prior art references for certain utility applications. Impacts prosecution strategy and prior art analysis.

Four years after the SolarWinds breach first became a major news item, the resulting aftermath of this incident is still being felt industry wide.

On January 12, 2108, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal addressing whether a patent owner proving infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f) is entitled to damages suffered outside the United States...

On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court established a standard for determining whether a design element incorporated into a useful article can be protected as a pictorial, graphic...

In a decision considering the extraterritorial effect of the U.S. Patent Act, the Supreme Court has ruled that damages for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) can – in at least some cases ...

California's AB 2013 introduces substantial new compliance obligations for companies developing generative AI (GenAI) systems. While just enacted, the bill will require...