The United Arab Emirates is a leading jurisdiction for protection of intellectual property rights and promoting the implementation of related laws.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently vacated a district court's decision regarding the interpretation of claimed term "pH of 13 or higher," and remanded to the district...

After recently reminding that in order for commercial success of an invention to support non-obviousness, the required nexus cannot rest solely on a claim element that is known in the prior art...

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...

In late February, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an update to the current guidance to examiners in making obviousness determinations.

On April 30, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Request for Comments (RFC) regarding the impact of the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) on prior art...

In SNIPR Techs. Ltd. v. Rockefeller Univ.,[1] the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently held that "pure AIA patents and applications" – those that have only ever contained...

The UK Patents Act excludes "a program, for a computer … as such" from being eligible for patent protection.

On May 24, 2024, the WIPO member states approved a new treaty titled, "TREATY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE."

The interplay between the legal doctrines of inherency and obviousness was recently considered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit or CAFC) in Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB vs. JSR Corp.

In May 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in SnapRays v. Lighting Defense Group, that a patent owner's use of Amazon's APEX program against...

Since October 2022, the USPTO has publicized their intent to increase the number of registered practitioners and broaden the educational skill set of those registered by creating a separate Design Patent Bar...

So-called "Jepson" claims have long been considered to be written in a high-risk claim format in U.S. patent practice. While they are more common in other jurisdictions and even encouraged...

The Supreme Court recently rejected federal trademark protection for the mark "TRUMP TOO SMALL" based on the Lanham Act's Names Clause under Trademark Act Section 2(c), 15 U.S.C. §1052(c).

On April 30, 2025, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released Draft Amendments to the Patent Examination Guidelines (Comment Draft).

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently released amended Patent Examination Guidelines that will take effect on January 1, 2026.

The U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court's invalidation of an online dating app patent as claiming patent ineligible subject matter under Section 101 of the Patent Statute...

On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed a ruling made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") against a first-inventor, second-filer claim in its first review of a derivation proceeding...

In a recent decision (the Sonos case), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has potentially breathed new life into a dormant doctrine—the doctrine of prosecution laches.

In RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. v. Philip Morris Prods. S.A.,[1] (RAI), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB)...