USPTO and IU Maurer announce a Spring 2027 PTAB Law School Moot Court Competition: one brief, APJ panels, and an in-person final in Alexandria.

Final FY2026 numbers: 315,825 utility grants, continuing applications at 26% of grants, US-origin share at 39%, published applications down 6%, and cross-border inventor teams on a record 10.7% of ...

AIA has overstepped its boundaries on constitutional grounds as patents are private rights. All patent owners are entitled to ...

Best Practices: With the compressed issuance timeline, a growing number of patent practitioners are moving to a standard ...

Crocs asks the Supreme Court whether one ITC determination can start two appeal clocks after the Federal Circuit dismissed ...

The Federal Circuit has affirmed the PTAB’s cancellation of all six claims of Zentian’s speech-recognition patent in a short ...

VirtaMove, Corp., No. 25-1230, the lead case among five petitions testing 35 U.S.C. § 314 (d), which makes the Director's institution decision "final and nonappealable." The government originally ...

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The fellowship provides travel and lodging for in-person sessions and a $3,000 honorarium upon completion of program ...

Professor John Duffy (UVA) appears to be in line to take over as USPTO General Counsel. GC is the Director’s principal legal advisor and runs an office of about 130 lawyers that include the Office of ...

The “optimization” claims of US8842761 and US10693700 are ineligible under § 101; The “constellation” claims of US11019509 and US11018922 are eligible; The infringement verdict stands (denial of JMOL ...