Industry: Government (local and national)

When it’s risky that a PTAB proceeding might catch up to wrangling over damages in district court, collaboration between litigators and PTAB counsel is key

03 July 2024

After the US Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on 28 June there are differing opinions on how USPTO rule-making packages will be impacted

01 July 2024

Saturday Opinion: Patent holders crave judges with experience and case progress predictability – and there’s a way to achieve it

22 June 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has welcomed a rule from the patent office that would require companies to disclose settlement agreements earlier in the patent challenge process

20 June 2024

“When I think of patent value, it's really the ability of a patent to attract investment and to be used to bring innovation to impact,” states the USPTO director

12 June 2024

The agency’s proposal harshly penalises patent holders, but these potential modifications could limit its one-sided impact while still addressing the USPTO’s stated concerns

11 June 2024

A Reddit post on a patent examiner forum stirs discussion about the fairness and impartiality of USPTO employees whose personal beliefs must remain separate from the patent examination process

22 May 2024

Christian “Chris” Hannon of the USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs discussed the policy document at the AIPLA Spring Meeting in Austin

21 May 2024

Saturday Opinion: Patent challengers would see a huge benefit and major decrease in costs, but the opposite could be said of innovators 

18 May 2024

IBM, Qualcomm, Google, Amazon and Novartis agree that inventors must be humans but views vary on the legal test the USPTO is using

17 May 2024