United States: Patent

Business owners often treat protecting their intellectual property (IP) in the way many treat a check-engine light appearing on the car dashboard – "that seems important, but it can wait." But that strategy can be costly.

The first half of 2025 has seen an acceleration of M&A activity, including large-scale life sciences transactions, such as Merck's $3.9 billion acquisition of SpringWorks...

This Federal Circuit opinion analyzes the presumption of obviousness and the obviousness challenge based on prior art that describes a wider range of doses than what is claimed.

When it comes to innovation and creativity, ownership is more than just a concept; it's a legal foundation.

On 18 July, in what was a landmark ruling in European patent litigation, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) granted a permanent injunction covering the UK...

USPTO Acting Director Stewart sua sponte reconsidered and modified a previous Director Review decision that had affirmed cancellation of all 183 challenged claims...

As the exclusive licensee of five asserted patents held by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), OptimNet LLC has sued Verizon (Verizon Wireless and several other subsidiaries) (2:25-cv-00628) in the Eastern District of Texas.

Following its April 2025 case against Fortinet in the Eastern District of Texas, UMBRA Technologies (US) Inc. and UMBRA Technologies Ltd., a British Virgin Islands entity, have filed suit against Palo Alto Networks (PAN) (2:25-cv-00635) in the same district.

Anthony, Inc. ("Petitioner") filed two IPR petitions, challenging U.S. Patent Nos. 7,207,181 and 7,421,847, directed to refrigeration units. Arguing that the challenged patents were nearing the end of their lifespan, having been in force since April 24, 2007, Patent Owner filed a request for discretionary denial of institution