If referring to pages in the joint appendix, citations should follow format "Appx123" (for the appendix), or "SAppx123" (for the supplemental appendix).

On average, each panel of the Federal Circuit decides approximately one case per day solely on the briefs. Cases can be designated for no oral argument if ...

As a recently developed technology, blockchain has two important technical features—algorithm and distributed system.

In this article Finnegan attorneys Leythem A. Wall and Hazel Ford review how UPC revocations will operate, similarities with the hugely successful inter partes reviews, and their potential popularity.

The Unified Patent Court is coming. As well as a forum for centralized enforcement of European patents, the UPC will provide a new opportunity for challengers to invalidate a European patent centrally in a single action.

The forthcoming unitary patent and Unified Patent Court will be the biggest change to the patent system in Europe since the European Patent Office opened for business in 1977.

Last week, the United States Congress passed the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill. The Bill gives the USPTO the authority to "toll, waive, adjust, or modify, ...

Welcome to Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals impacting the intellectual property community

Engineered natural products like lab-grown meat and synthetic milks represent the next step in food science.

Software as a Medical Device – also referred to as SaMD – is one of the fastest growing innovations in the medical device industry

To date, controlling 3D printers and the digital blueprints for 3D printing has not received much attention. Certainly this is an IP issue, but, perhaps more importantly, it is an IT issue.

Companies often use intellectual property rights to prevent a competitor from stealing their technology.

New Balance has been enjoined from using a Chinese-language version of its own brand in China. In April 2015, a Chinese court ordered New Balance to pay $15.8 million in damages...

Innovation and cutting-edge technology drive much of the sports and fitness industry. A current example is the tremendous growth experienced by the fitness and athletic performance tracker market.

Determining the value of a patent or a patent portfolio is no easy task. This is especially true for the semiconductor industry, where a single infringing product may be covered by hundreds—if not thousands—of other patents.

In XY, LLC v. Trans Ova Genetics, L.C., Nos. 16-2054, 16-2136, a majority of the CAFC panel applied collateral estoppel sua sponte to an appeal from a district court action following its affirmance...

In Nantkwest, Inc. v. Iancu, No. 2016-1794 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2018), the CAFC, sitting en banc (excl. Chen, C.J.) ...

The International Trade Commission (ITC) is a critical forum for those seeking to protect their intellectual property rights, particularly patent claims, against unfair imports.

In this Q&A, Finnegan attorneys Brian Kacedon, Adriana Burgy, Marcus Childress, Samhitha Medatia, and Christina Yang provide an overview of intellectual property laws and regulations

Finnegan attorneys Greg Gramenopoulos, Elliot Cook, and Forrest Jones authored the Patent Litigation - United States chapter of The Legal 500's Comparative Legal Guide.