Saudi Arabia's Public Prosecution Council has announced the formation of a specialized IP Prosecution wing that will examine and initiate criminal proceedings in cases of IP infringement.

On October 1, 2024 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced a brief extension and then termination on December 15, 2024 of the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 ("AFCP 2.0").

In a rare outcome, the Tokyo District Court granted a landmark injunction against Google on June 23, 2025, in a patent infringement suit brought by Pantech. It is unusual for the Japanese court to grant such relief; however, the facts of the case played an important role in reaching the result. Pantech's asserted patent is classified as SEP and declared under FRAND terms

A physicist turned Patent Engineer. A seismic chief R&D advisor turned Patent Agent. An R&D engineer turned Patent Attorney and Partner. These are just a few examples of the career transitions...

On June 18, 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), the highest judicial authority under the European Patent Convention (EPC), issued decision G1/24 relating...

The USPTO is proposing a drastic change to the rules surrounding the use of terminal disclaimers to overcome non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting rejections.

In view of the ongoing digital transformation in the patent grant procedure at the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Patent Convention (EPC) rules concerning the presentation requirements of documents...

All registered patent attorneys and patent agents (registered practitioners), as well as attorneys practicing in trademark and other non-patent law matters before the USPTO, are bound by...

In an effort to evaluate the impact of a limited claim set on pendency and examination quality, the USPTO launched the Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program on October 27, 2025.

On April 14, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the suspension of Expedited Examination for Design Patent Applications ("Rocket Docket"), effective April 17, 2025.

Houston-based building designer AIS Designs Co. won a federal copyright dispute after alleging that a competitor copied its designs in homes built in a suburban residential development north of Houston...

China's legislature passed an amended Anti-Unfair Competition Law ("Amended Law") on June 27, 2025, which will take effect on October 15, 2025. This marks the third amendment to the law...

Recently, important changes have occurred in the domain of intellectual property laws across several Gulf countries, focusing on patents, industrial designs, and trademarks.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Federal Circuit) recently revisited an important issue directed to the relevance of prior art references for an obviousness rejection...

Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered how it is possible that there are still countries that are not part of the PCT?...

In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, the U.S. Supreme Court recently affirmed an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that allows plaintiffs to recover full damages...

Through a single European patent application filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) and undergoing a single examination process, inventors and businesses...

The recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in K-fee System GmbH v. Nespresso USA, Inc. involved important questions of claim construction and patent prosecution estoppel.

There are two scenarios where a patent term may run longer than 20 years from the date on which a U.S. patent application is filed or from the date on which the earliest U.S. application...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently provided additional guidance to Examiners on the consideration of factual evidence provided in the form of a Declaration under 37 C.F.R. § 1.132...