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The Federal Circuit has reversed a decision by a federal court that a patent claim involving radio communications was abstract and thus not patent-eligible. Mentone Solutions LLC v. Digi International Inc. involved a patent that “relates to dynamic… Read More

A federal district court in Arizona recently invalidated a 2018 patent for a “System and Method for Selling Customer-Specific Data Subsets on a Third-Party Website Using a Web Widget.” As the court noted about the patent, Its first and on… Read More

The emergence of cryptocurrencies is disrupting almost every industry. Bitcoin started the crypto revolution in 2009 when an anonymous developer under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto first introduced the idea to the world. By the mid-2010s, Bitcoin st… Read More

Moderna and the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) are fighting over who deserves credit for inventing the main component of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. As the New York Times reports, The vaccine grew out of a four-year collaborat… Read More

As the Washington Post notes, Twenty months into the health crisis, travelers are eager for in-person celebrations far from home with family and friends. The number of people expected to fly this holiday season will approach pre-pandemic levels, airl… Read More

Innovation is one of the factors that lets a company adapt and scale. It allows a business to improve its operations and processes. Innovation also allows a company to offer new and improved products and services to the market. The term “innovation… Read More

A federal judge in California has ruled that Cloudflare, a cybersecurity company, isn’t liable for copyright infringement by websites that use its services. In 2018, Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding dress manufacturers and… Read More

Applying for, defending, and enforcing patent rights is a multi-stage process that often requires strategic decisions along the way. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provides a helpful guide to the various stages. 1. Determine what type of… Read More