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The Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) against tobacco company Philip Morris, which had tried to overturn an R.J. Reynolds e-cigarette patent. The patent generally relates to tobacco smoking dev… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that a patent Meta was accused of infringing covered an abstract idea and was thus not eligible for patenting. USC IP Partnership, L.P. owns a patent entitled “System an… Read More

In April 2021, the European Commission published draft legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI). According to the European Parliament, As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better… Read More

The Federal Circuit has recently ruled that failure to list a co-inventor properly caused the only named inventor to lose their patent infringement case. The case is Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Prod., Inc. Blue Gentian, LLC, National Express, Inc.,… Read More

Navigate the complex landscape of patent pools in the tech industry with this comprehensive guide. Explore the benefits of shared risk, reduced litigation, and standardization while understanding potential drawbacks, such as antitrust concerns and st… Read More

A Texas federal court jury has found that Google violated a developer’s patent rights and ordered the company to pay $338.7 million in damages. As Reuters reported, the jury found that Google’s Chromecast and other devices infringed patents owned… Read More

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently ruled that an important VLSI patent was unpatentable. The patent at issue was responsible for $1.5 billion of a $2.2 billion Texas jury verdict VLSI won in 2021 against Intel for patent infringement.… Read More

The Federal Circuit has issued a non-precedential ruling affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that claims in a Broadcom patent related to video-on-demand technology were unpatentable. The Broadcom patents at issue were cha… Read More