07.09.24
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has published an updated Oral Hearing Guide to reflect current practice before the Board.
06.26.24
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the three US major record labels, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, filed copyright infringement claims against two artificial-intelligence (AI) music start-ups, Suno and Udio.
05.21.24
In Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, the Supreme Court unanimously held that “[i]f a patent claims an entire class of processes, machines, manufactures, or compositions of matter, the patent specification must enable a person skilled in the art to make and use the entire class.
05.02.24
District courts have long had the ability to cancel trademark registrations in cases involving infringement claims or registered marks under 15 U.S.C. § 1119.
04.16.24
In Hip, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp.,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, held that there was no joint inventorship when the contribution of preheating meat pieces using an infrared oven was insignificant in quality because it was mentioned only once in the patent specification as an ...
03.26.24
In Commscope Techs. LLC v. Dali Wireless, Inc.1 the Director of the U.S. Patent Office issued a precedential decision that discretionary denial requires the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to perform the compelling merits analysis that at least one claim is unpatentable only after first ...
03.11.24
In Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.,1 the Federal Circuit held that an invention ready for patenting is in public use if it is shown to or used by an individual other than the inventor with no obligation of confidentiality.
02.27.24
In Nested Bean, Inc. v. Big Beings USA Pty Ltd.,1 the director of the 'U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) (Director) granted review and modified the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (Board) final written decision (Final Written Decision) to require the Board to consider ...
02.20.24
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit have both previously held that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be a sole inventor on a patent application since each inventor must be a human being.
02.13.24
In Xerox Corp. v. Bytemark, Inc., the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made precedential a prior decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) over when an expert declaration from an inter partes review (IPR) should be afforded little weight.