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3D printing has been around for about 30 years, which means that some of the earliest patents in this space are fond memories. From 2002 to 2014, about 225 early 3D printing patents expired.

There are some key issues with the US patent bar and its qualifications process.

In Luminara Worldwide, LLC v. Iancu, Nos. 17-1629, 17-1631, 17-1633 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2018), the Federal Circuit vacated the Board's determination that IPR petitioner Liown Electronics Co., Ltd. ...

In IGT v. Zynga Inc., No. 2023-2262 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2025) the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's final written decision invalidating the subject claims as obvious.

In Celgene Corp. v. Peter, Nos. 2018-1167, 2018-1168, 2018-1169, 2018-1171 (Fed. Cir. July 30, 2019)

In John Bean Techs. Corp. v. Morris & Assoc., Inc., No. 17-1502 (Fed. Cir. April 19, 2018), the Federal Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgement dismissing an infringement...

In John Bean Techs. Corp. v. Morris & Assoc., Inc., No. 17-1502 (Fed. Cir. April 19, 2018), the Federal Circuit reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing an infringement...

In this episode, Finnegan attorneys Kevin Rodkey and Beth Ferrill discuss the recent the en banc decision in LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC and what it means for the future of design patent disputes.

In ATEN International Co, Ltd. v. Uniclass Technology Co., Ltd., No. 2018-1606 (Fed. Cir. August 6, 2019), the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's denial of JMOL

In University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's determination that there was no interference-in-fact between Univ. of Cal.'s ("UC") ...

In Tech. Consumer Prods. v. Lighting Sci. Grp. Corp., the Federal Circuit ruled that the PTAB incorrectly upheld part of a Lighting Science Group Corp. ("LSG") LED patent, finding that the PTAB decision...

On September 16, 2012, the post-grant proceedings under the AIA went into effect and became a new tool in the patent practitioner’s toolbox.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision, Alice v. CLS Bank, established new requirements for subject matter eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §101, for patents involving abstract ideas.

In Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 2020-1642 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 7, 2021), the Federal Circuit dismissed for lack of standing Apple's appeal from a final written decision in an IPR ruling.

Patent owners often submit objective evidence of non-obviousness in inter partes reviews. But the patent owners have not always succeeded in persuading the PTAB that such objective evidence tips the balance in favor of nonobviousness.

On Friday, September 16, 2016—the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the AIA—the newly-formed Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association officially launched.

The Trade Protection Not Troll Protection ("TPTP") Act, H.R. 4829, was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., and Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, on March 22, 2016.

Patent reform seemed inevitable in 2015 when many thought that legislation aiming to address perceived problems with the U.S. patent system would pass.