Features
Scott Graham
The agency announced that the Department of Commerce has applied to register the USPTO's marks in a bid to crack down on scammers who are impersonating the agency.
Columns & Departments
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
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Abhishek Bapna
Federal Circuit Clarifies Pleading Requirements for Patent Cases and Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment of Invalidity under 35 U.S.C. §101
Federal Circuit Holds that Pendency of Motions Unrelated to Interlocutory Judgment Does Not Toll 30-Day Limit to File Notice of Appeal
Features
James W. Soong
For the foreseeable future, patent applications involving artificial intelligence technologies will increase with the continued proliferation of such technologies. However, subject matter eligibility can be a significant challenge in securing patents on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Features
John Bowler
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Kristie Butler
Nearly a century after endorsing the doctrine of assignor estoppel, the Court concluded that it applies "when, but only when, the assignor's claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent."
Features
Eric Alan Stone
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Catherine Nyarady
The Supreme Court is considering a petition in a §101 case, in which the Federal Circuit split six-to-six in denying rehearing en banc, and in which the Supreme Court recently called for the views of the Solicitor General.
Features
Andrei Iancu
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David J. Kappos
For the U.S. to maintain its technological edge, it must encourage Americans to make more discoveries in AI and other emerging technologies. This in turn requires providing strong IP rights to incentivize and protect the huge investments required to make those discoveries.
Columns & Departments
Howard Shire
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Shaleen Patel
Federal Circuit, Citing Forum-Shopping, Transfers Patent Cases to California
Features
Stephen M. Kramarsky
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John R. Millson
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently took that issue up as an "issue of first impression," explaining what factors courts in the Second Circuit should consider when determining whether an individual has adequately plead a cognizable "future injury" as a result of the unauthorized disclosure of their personal information.
Features
Robert E. Browne, Jr.
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Ryan C. Deck
In a decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled that the statutory scheme appointing PTAB administrative patent judges (APJs) to adjudicate IPRs violates the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Features
P.J. D'Annunzio
Likening his client's claim to that of an athlete with a monetizable image, an attorney representing TV reporter Karen Hepp, who is suing social media websites over misuse of her likeness, recently argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that the case should fit a narrow exception to a federal law that bars suits against online content providers.
