The three-month "sunrise period", during which any European patent application/patent could be "opted out" of the exclusive competence of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in advance to prevent a central revocation action...

The USPTO announced the launch of Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot (ASAP!) that began on October 20, 2025. With a stated goal of testing the efficacy of the USPTO's...

On December 3, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") formally withdrew its highly controversial proposal to add a new requirement for terminal disclaimers. Terminal disclaimers are often.

On October 17, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, if accepted, would dramatically change the criteria...

In Virtek Vision International ULC v. Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc. [1], the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB)...

The promising advancements in the IP framework in Qatar and Bahrain aim at streamlining processes, reducing fees, and fostering international partnerships.

This year, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) hosted its Annual Meeting in downtown Washington, D.C. Though each session of the Meeting was devoted to a different substantive topic...

When assessing obviousness of a chemical compound, Federal Circuit caselaw generally follows a two-part inquiry referred to as the "lead compound" analysis. However, in Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB v. JSR Corp.

Whether in film or television crime dramas, most people have seen a suspected criminal given her "Miranda Warning" which includes the familiar line: "Anything you say can and will be used against...

Attorney-client privilege within the context of patents protects the confidentiality of the communications between a client and his/her patent attorney or any advisor enjoying...

In what has to rank as one of the most anti-patent owner decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in recent years, the court held that "IPR estoppel does not preclude...

On September 4, 2024, the China National Intellectual Property Administration ("CNIPA") issued an invalidation decision on a utility model patent (Pat. No. ZL201620610437.1, hereinafter referred to as "the Patent-in-Issue").

Patent agents and patent attorneys have a duty to protect their clients' confidential secrets under the USPTO's Rules of Professional Conduct.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court's dismissal of a complaint for infringement of machine learning patents based on subject matter ineligibility...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board sustaining the examiner's rejection of a claim of a reissue application under 35 U.S.C.

Under the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement, a claimant seeking provisional measures based on a non-opted out European patent or a European patent...

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Federal Circuit) in Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Entities[1] highlights important questions regarding the use of a representative...

In a decision with significant implications for global patent licensing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated a district court's ruling in a dispute between Ericsson...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision in Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., holding that a published patent application.

In Sigray, Inc. v. Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) engaged in implicit...