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In a decision with practical significance for government contractors, subcontractors, and patent owners, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment for AeroVironment in a patent case involving NASA’s Ingenuity Mars… Read More

On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Hulu in a dispute involving streaming-media technology. In practical terms, the court concluded that no trial was needed b… Read More

The Federal Circuit has upheld a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB, or the Board) that certain claims of Viasat Inc.’s data error-correction patent are unpatentable as obvious. Viasat owns U.S. Patent No. 8,966,347 (the “’347 pa… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) correctly found claims in an Estech Systems IP LLC patent covering quality improvements to voice over inter… Read More

The Federal Circuit has denied Motorola’s petition for mandamus relief challenging decisions by the former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director. The case is In Re Motorola Solutions, Inc. As the court summarized, At the request of Mo… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to a defendant in a patent infringement case because of the “substantive weakness” of the patent owner’s litigation position. Hawk Technology Systems,… Read More

Recent actions by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and remarks by USPTO Director John Squires suggest that the USPTO will be welcoming toward inventions involving artificial intelligence (AI). The USPTO Appeals Review Panel (ARP) decision i… Read More

John Squires, the director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has sent a memo to all administrative patent judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) informing them that the USPTO was restoring the practice of requ… Read More