In September 2020, the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) published its Patent Statistics for the 4th Industrial Revolution-related technologies. A majority of these technologies relate...

PTABWatch Takeaway: In mid-October 2019, the Patent Office updated its subject matter eligibility guidance published in January 2019.

The development of modern medical devices increasingly includes the use of software for performing sophisticated diagnostic or treatment-related functions.

Last fall, the Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision that affirmed an Examiner's rejection of various claims in an ex parte reexamination because the Examiner's interpretation of the claims...

The intersection of consumer protection, unfair trade practices, and AI is rapidly becoming a focal point of regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Federal Circuit recently upheld the Patent Office's decision to reject claims in four separate reexamination cases due to obviousness-type double patenting (ODP).

As opportunities for innovation and investment in women's healthcare accelerate, Femtech is helping to match capital and talent to unmet needs, enabling better outcomes for female patients and consumers...

Energy storage systems are evolving from emerging technology into critical infrastructure, bringing with them a surge in patent disputes that now define competitive dynamics across the sector.

In this article, we will compare two applications, one in the U.S. and the other in the EPO, that have the same or similar claims.

Examiners specifically request for me to identify where in the patent specification an improvement is described.

According to a recent district court decision, an artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be an "author" as that term is defined by U.S. copyright law.

Software-based medical devices that focus on "data processing" can be patented. However, a patent practitioner should exercise care when drafting such claims.

Companies have increased access to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and Github Copilot, which promise to improve the efficiency and work product output of employees.

The Federal Circuit's Judge Bryson has been presiding over two district court cases where he decided an important and recurring issue regarding collateral estoppel.

In August 2022, the Federal Circuit in Thaler v. Vida held that U.S. patent law requires a "human" inventor. In 1884, the U.S. Supreme Court in Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony...

PTABWatch Takeaway: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance provides a useful, and effective,

To date, the Federal Circuit has not reviewed many cases involving artificial intelligence (AI). However, in a recent case, the Federal Circuit found that a "machine learning" claim...

Back in 1988, the Federal Circuit reversed a district court decision that refused to award a party its reasonable attorney's fees...

PatentNext Takeaway: WIPO published a Patent Landscape Report on GenAI. The Patent Landscape Report discusses trends in GenAI...

PatentNext Summary: The life sciences and healthcare fields produce big data, which Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can use to train AI models helpful in providing doctors, patients...