Intellectual Property

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Latest News in Intellectual Property

  • May 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Mulls 'Two John Smiths' In Classmates.com Class

    Ninth Circuit judges Friday scrutinized a vast class of Californians whose identities were allegedly misappropriated by yearbooks platform Classmates.com, discussing ways to distinguish people with the same names and the case's implications for internet search giants — as well as how one judge's class of '62 yearbook might be a small part of the litigation.

  • May 23, 2025

    USPTO Asks Fed. Circ. To Deny Both VLSI, OpenSky In IP Row

    The acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Friday stepped into a patent review dispute between VLSI Technology and OpenSky Industries at the Federal Circuit following a $2.18 billion jury verdict against Intel Corp., urging the appellate court to reject both sides' arguments.

  • May 23, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Lifts Stay Against MSN In Entresto Appeal

    The Federal Circuit won't make a Delaware federal judge hold off on entering a judgment that would stop MSN Pharmaceuticals from having its generic version of Novartis' blockbuster cardiovascular drug Entresto approved, saying Friday that MSN hasn't pled its case convincingly.

  • May 23, 2025

    Stewart Upholds Order Despite Claim Of 'Director Shopping'

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart is standing by her decision to allow Greenthread LLC to review whether one of the companies challenging its chip patents, Semiconductor Components Industries, has ties to Intel.

  • May 23, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Dings PTAB Decision Upholding X-Ray Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Friday reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that claims in an X-ray patent aren't invalid as anticipated, concluding that the board's claim construction in the matter was incorrect, even though the board denied that it was construing any claims.

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Intellectual Property

Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • Infringement suits over patents, copyrights, and trademarks
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board disputes
  • Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation
  • Section 301 cases
  • Trade secrets disputes
  • Licensing and royalty fights
  • Right-of-publicity suits
  • Antitrust disputes involving IP issues
  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • U.S. International Trade Commission
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Patent reform legislation and related bills in Congress
  • Efforts to streamline international intellectual property law
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Piracy and counterfeiting actions
  • International trade disputes involving IP issues
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of IP practices

Readership

  • Intellectual property lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys in the life sciences, technology, and other IP-focused industries
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals
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