Patent prosecution is more challenging than ever. With the USPTO facing a near-record backlog and patent applicants collectively losing tens of millions annually due to abandoned applications,...

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This week, we have a special guest for the IPWatchdog Unleashed podcast—the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

In this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, we discuss patent prosecution with Sivon Kalminov, the Director the Intellectual Property Division at Canon USA. From the death of the After Final Considera...

During IPWatchdog’s Life Sciences Masters program, panelists on the one hand breathed a sigh of relief that certain rule proposals considered most destructive to the industry seem unlikely to move...

The third annual IPWatchdog LIVE conference opened with panels examining global trends in IP policy and a review of U.S. Supreme Court case law, as well as the presentation of the third annual Paul...

The period following the filing of a section 337 complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) can be chaotic.... All section 337 litigants confront a series of strategic decisions...

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA), in Attorney General of Canada v. Benjamin Moore & Co. [2023 FCA 168], a 3-0 decision, recently set aside the test on subject matter eligibility of comput...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a number of Tony, Grammy and Peabody award winners are the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement based on the way it trains its popular chatbot, ChatGPT.

The Hatch-Waxman Act (“the Act”) was designed to strike a delicate balance between pharmaceutical innovation and faster access to affordable drugs. However, one aspect of the Act, the patent listing...

In this month’s episode of Patently Strategic, we’re exploring the various types of small business research grants, how the Bayh-Dole Act regulates inventions generated under government grants,...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued two precedential opinions vacating and remanding decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

This week in Washington IP news, Congress holds a trio of hearings on artificial intelligence (AI) covering a variety of angles, from transparency to how the government is implementing the technology.

On September 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential decision on trademark functionality doctrine in PIM Brands Inc. v. Haribo of America Inc.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi found that antibody claims defined by their binding and blocking function lacked enablement....The consensus seems to be that Amgen generally...

Regulatory Law in the Life Sciences and Agribusiness sector plays an essential role in balancing scientific innovation and the protection of public interests in Brazil, a country recognized for its...