Blind AI readers forecast four pending Federal Circuit appeals, including Samsung v. ITC and Taylor Made v. Costco, after a ...

I started pulling at a loose bristle this week and ended up doing a deep dive into the history of the American toothbrush. I came across a Library of Congress explanation that H.N. Wadsworth of ...

In December 2025, Director Squires invited applicants to begin filing special Rule 132 declarations focused on patent eligibility. He called these Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations, or SMEDs.

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.

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 ...

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 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held its hearing on renewal of USPTO fee setting authority on September 2, 2026, one day ...