Software increasingly empowers our everyday lives.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become increasingly important to companies and institutions of all sizes and industries.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) typically involves certain common aspects. This includes, for example, training data, AI training algorithm(s) that use

In Donner Technology, LLC v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC, Appeal. No. 20-1104 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 9, 2020), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the PTAB's decision that...

In Campbell Soup Co. v. Gamon Plus, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 26, 2019), the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB's decision (discussed here)

Appeals to both the Board and the Federal Circuit were cast by a pro se applicant, who is also a patent attorney.

PatentNext Takeaway: The U.S. Copyright Office originally granted copyright registration to a comic book titled "Zarya of the Dawn."

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Google LLC v. IPA Technologies, Inc., Appeals 2021-1179, -1180, and -1185 (Fed. Cir. May 19, 2022), offers three instructive reminders.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Application filings continue their explosive growth trend at the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO).

For years, students pursuing STEM degrees have been encouraged to follow a familiar roadmap. Most are guided toward research, laboratory work, academia or industry roles aligned with their technical specialty.

After the parties finally settled their seven-year design patent battle, Richard LaBarge explores the ongoing ‘article of manufacture' question post-Apple v Samsung

In re Janssen Biotech, Inc., Appeal 2017-1257 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 23, 2018), is a cautionary tale concerning patents protecting a blockbuster drug providing patients an important therapy ...

The U.S. patent system has always struggled with how to deal with software. Sometimes software patents were welcomed; sometimes they were not.

For many years, breakthroughs have focused on improving life on Earth through better products, more intelligent systems, and faster processes, but as technology accelerates rapidly and ambitions extend beyond our earthly confines...

The Postal Service filed a CBM petition to challenge the patentability (including the patent eligibility via 35 U.S.C. § 101) of certain asserted claims.

Incorporation by reference is not sufficient to satisfy specific reference to each prior-filed patent application to be entitled to an earlier priority date

University researchers play a central role in patents and the innovation ecosystem. RSA cryptography, CAPTCHA, mRNA vaccines, Gatorade, the computer mouse, and e-ink displays all originated in university labs, along with countless other technologies that shape modern life.

PatentNext Takeaway: The President's recent Executive Order (EO) regarding artificial intelligence (AI) addresses, among other things, intellectual property (IP).

Companies can strengthen their patent portfolios by anticipating potential disputes long before litigation arises. Marshall Gerstein partner Ryan Schermerhorn explains how patent prosecution, portfolio monitoring, and enforcement should function as interconnected parts of a unified strategy rather than isolated stages of the patent lifecycle.

After 37 years serving the Northern District of Illinois, retired U.S. District judge Milton I. Shadur died on Jan. 15 at the age of 93.