The application period for new generic top level domains (which will supplement existing gTLDs like ".com") closed on May 30, 2012.

The Federal Circuit handed down a 3-0 decision on Jan. 8, 2014, in Pacific Coast Marine Windshields Limited v. Malibu Boats, LLC et al., recognizing that the concept of prosecution history estoppel applies to design patents.

Change is coming to the Internet—change that ICANN, the Internet’s governing board, calls the "Next Big .Thing."

A new .xxx domain name registry is being introduced for adult entertainment websites.

ICANN, the governing body of the Internet that is overseeing the rollout of new generic Top Level Domains, will launch its Trademark Clearinghouse on March 26, 2013.

Jan. 22, 2014 — In an energetic oral argument on Jan. 21 that would have made first-year law students cringe, the Supreme Court debated the proper role of laches as a defense against the backdrops of statutory language versus Congressional intent, equitable versus legal remedies, and the Rules Enabling Act (for those of you who may not remember that, it’s the 1934 Act leading to the creation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure).

Important provisions of the America Invents Act go into effect, which may mean that filingof new U.S. applications under the existing law, by March 15, 2013 may be beneficial.

The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today in Bowman v. Monsanto, holding the doctrine of patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds by replanting seeds after growing a first crop.

On December 18, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 into law.

The Federal Circuit heard arguments July 20, 2012 in the long-running dispute between The Association for Molecular Pathology and Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Myriad), which the Supreme Court returned to the Federal Circuit for reconsideration in view of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

On December 7, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in "Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc." involving whether certain types of medical methods are patent-eligible subject matter.

On April 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in "Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc.".

The U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant is not liable for induced patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) if no one has directly infringed under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).

Federal Circuit issues en banc decision in Marine Polymer Techn. v. Hemcon case.

The doctrine of aesthetic functionality was revived in the recent "Louboutin" case to protect the competitive need to use color to communicate a message.

On April 4, 2011, before a well-filled courtroom, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in the Myriad case.

On August 16, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. following a remand from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has recently heard oral arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto, a case in which Indiana farmer Bowman argued that purchaser's rights should trump patent rights.

On March 25, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, a case involving a circuit split regarding "pay for delay" settlements within the pharmaceutical industry.

The Supreme Court handed down a 5-3 decision yesterday in "FTC v. Actavis, Inc.", holding pay-for-delay agreements are subject to antitrust review, but are not presumptively unlawful.