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Beginning on January 19, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be implementing the new patent fees as published in the final rule on November 20, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 91898).

In this podcast, Kevin Rodkey and Derrick Brent highlight the remarkable pro bono initiatives and resources offered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The Supreme Court surprised many patent practitioners by granting certiorari in the first case involving review of a final decision in a post-grant patent trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...

Finnegan partner Mareesa Frederick recently interviewed Vaishali Udupa, a prominent figure in the intellectual property world with over two decades of experience in various roles, including private practice...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision addressing the treatment of confidential information submitted during an inter partes review (IPR).

In nature, new threats arise to threaten the survival of a species.

Nothing passes Congress during an election year. Well, something did: the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. In some ways, the act is unexceptional.

Finnegan partner Aaron Capron chats with IP journalist Steve Brachmann of IP Innovators about his unconventional path from Lockheed's GPS labs to leading one of the busiest patent prosecution teams in the U.S.

Medical devices—encompassing everything from contact lenses to hemodialysis machines—are fundamental components of modern medicine.

In Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 2018-2207 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 29, 2019), the Federal Circuit held that the "wherein" clauses in Allergan's method-of-treatment claims are limiting.

Since Memjet filed its lawsuit against HP on August 11, 2015, a few dozen commentators have theorized that the suit will affect 3D printing.

In Forum U.S. Inc., v. Flow Valve, LLC, No. 2018-1765 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 17, 2019), the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, holding Flow Valve's reissue

In this episode Anthony Del Monaco and Reginald Lucas analyze public interest arguments in US International Trade Commission investigations.

Who funds the painting of the portraits of the Federal Circuit judges?

Born on June 20, 1927 in New York City, Pauline Newman would go on to become the first judge appointed directly to the Federal Circuit ...

Judge Friedman stressed to his law clerks the importance of respecting the district or trial court and encouraged them never to refer to it as a "lower" court.

A Massachusetts district court grants a joint motion to stay proceedings while the parties conduct venue discovery and brief a motion to dismiss or transfer in a patent infringement case between Advanced Surgical Concepts Limited and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The order establishes specific parameters for discovery scope and briefing schedule before other case deadlines resume.

Anyone that's ever been involved in a lawsuit dreads the discovery process. In the United States, litigating parties typically must produce all relevant information that they possess...