Years after Apple started a long-running patent battle against Samsung, an injunction will become effective on February 17 prohibiting Samsung from continuing to infringe three Apple patents...

On October 4, 2017, the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in Aqua Products, Inc., v. Matal, holding that the patent owner does not have the burden to prove the patentability of any substitute claim...

In In re Silver, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas refused to recognize an attorney-client privilege for communications between inventors and patent agents.

Beginning on February 15, 2020, with very few exceptions, submissions before the US trademark office will be required to be filed digitally

Most commentators would likely conclude that tattoos are eligible for copyright protection under the Copyright Act.

In the en banc rehearing, the Court considered whether The Medicines Company's use of third-party services to manufacture the patented products triggered the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).

On July 16 2019, the Office issued a Trial Practice Guide Update (USPTO, Trial Practice Guide Update (July 2019)) ("Guidance"). Here are the highlights.

On April 1, 2016 the PTO announced that it will enact amendments to the rules governing post-issuance review proceedings (such as inter partes review), which the Office refers to as the AIA rules.

2020年二月十五日起，除去很少一部分特例，向美国商标局提交的文件需要通过电子方式进行提交。

The PTAB agreed with Broad and terminated the interference. UC appealed.

On May 26, 2015, in a six-to-two decision, the Supreme Court rejected the proposition that a good-faith belief that a patent is invalid could be used as a defense to a claim of inducing patent infringement.

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of physical objects containing sensors or actuators along with electronics for network connections and data communications.

In Elekta Ltd. v. ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an inter partes review that invalidated patent claims relating to "a device...

On October 31, 2019, in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., the Federal Circuit (Judge Moore) held that PTAB Judges are "principal officers," not "inferior officers," under the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

In a recent opinion, Mentor Graphics Corp. v. EVE-USA Inc., No. 15-1470 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2017), the Federal Circuit evaluated when a patentee is entitled to lost profit damages.

In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit has clarified the weight given to third-party registrations in determining the strength of the opposer's mark and has firmly placed the burden...

On February 4, 2014 the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decided a threshold issue central to Inter Partes Review ("IPR") determinations under the American Invents Act ("AIA").

On March 7, 2016 the Federal Circuit recognized a patent-agent privilege for "communications with non-attorney patent agents" that relate to "the agent's authorized practice of law before the Patent Office."

On January 5, 2022, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (the "USPTO") published a Notice to the Federal Register detailing a new administrative process established by the Commissioner of Trademarks...

Last week, for the second time in two years, members of the House of Representatives proposed legislation limiting the ability of certain entities to file complaints for unfair trade practices...