Intellectual Property

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Latest News in Intellectual Property

  • October 17, 2025

    USPTO Under Squires: A Look At The First Month

    New U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' opening acts — substantive and symbolic — signal a posture that is more welcoming to technological improvements and focused on rebalancing the office's gatekeeping role, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • October 17, 2025

    Mixed Discretionary Denial Batch Caps Off Big Week For PTAB

    Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart allowed 19 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions to go forward while denying 21 others on Friday, concluding a week that saw major reforms at the PTAB.

  • October 17, 2025

    PTAB Axes Patent And Finds Chip Co. Has No Ties To Intel

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that a Greenthread semiconductor patent was invalid after finding one of the challengers didn't have ties to Intel in a way that could have doomed the case.

  • October 17, 2025

    Slipknot Sues Anonymous Slipknot.com Domain Squatter

    Metal band Slipknot has sued the owners of the domain slipknot.com, claiming they are seeking to capitalize on the fame associated with the Slipknot mark.

  • October 17, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Noninfringement Ruling In Fence Patent Case

    The Federal Circuit on Friday wouldn't revive an Ohio-based outdoor product company's lawsuit accusing a Texas rival of infringing various fencing patents, finding nothing was wrong with the way the lower court interpreted key terminology in the patent.

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