United States: Patent

Imagine this. You were just served with a Complaint for patent infringement and learn that, some years ago, your competitor was granted a patent giving them a legal monopoly to exclude others, including you, from making, using, or selling a particular invention.

For decades, monolithic system-on-chip designs defined the semiconductor landscape. Introduced in the 1970s and refined over several generations, SoCs allowed designers to integrate processors, memory controllers, accelerators, and I/O onto a single die.

Malikie Innovations Limited has added to its litigation over former BlackBerry patents with Eastern District of Texas cases against Apollo Global Management (ADT) (2:25-cv-00554) and NRG Energy (Vivint Smart Home) (2:25-cv-00555), as well as a Western District of Texas suit against Toast (1:25-cv-00716).

On 25 July 2025, K&L Gates secured an important win for its client, Midas Green Technologies, LLC. Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart...

In April, the first case filed in the litigation campaign of C47 Technologies LLC, against Samsung, was dismissed with prejudice after an earlier noticed settlement.

MISSED CALL, LLC has revived its litigation campaign, suing Sangoma (1:25-cv-00467) in the Western District of New York over the same patent asserted in June 2022 cases filed in the District of Delaware against Freshworks, Talkdesk, and Twilio.

As discretionary denials are on the rise and institution rates are declining at the PTAB (link), recent decisions from the PTAB have introduced the notion of a patent owner's...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform pharmaceutical and medical device innovation, legal questions may emerge around its role in preclinical and regulatory research.

This Federal Circuit opinion analyzes lexicography in the context of claim construction.