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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new report on how Chinese government subsidies and other non-market factors may be influencing the high rate of Chinese patent and trademark filings in the United States. As the repor… Read More

Research in blockchain technology continues to expand with Chinese companies dominating the number of patents filed for applications in 2020. Blockchain technology has been used in financial technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), digital property,… Read More

Most people probably hadn’t even heard of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act until recently. It’s been in the news because, as The Verge reported, in December President Donald Trump vetoed an annual defense bill authorizing billions of… Read More

The global pandemic and the US elections obviously dominated the news in 2020, but there were also a number of developments in the area of intellectual property law. Here are some highlights: Moderna Waives Its Patent Rights to Fight the Pandemic As… Read More

In 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that a patent licensee could challenge the validity of a patent without violating the patent license. MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. involved a dispute between two parties that had entered into a patent license… Read More

What patent licensing terms are “fair”? It depends on what country you ask the question in. In most cases, “fair” license terms are whatever the parties agree is fair. However, when patents are essential to an entire industry, different rules… Read More

The Federal Circuit has ruled that a provision in an employment agreement that requires an employee to assign to the employer any invention that the employee may “hereafter… conceive” “in any way connected to any subject matter within the exi… Read More

Is computer software patentable? The short answer is “yes, but.” The answer is “yes” because (as of 2015) about half a million patents had been issued in the 23 classes of patents covering “computer implemented inventions.” The first US s… Read More