Category: Patent & Other IP Offices
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Former USPTO deputy director Coke Stewart on C4IP President appointment
âThere is a concern that the pendulum is swinging back and forth from one director to another, or one administration to another. While there isnât an agreement on what the reforms should be, there is consensus that the changes need to be permanent, and I can better do that from the outside,â Ms. Stewart told…
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Canadian Solar, Maxeon settle U.S. patent dispute
The Eastern District of Texas has dismissed Maxeonâs suit against Canadian Solar with prejudice, while the Federal Circuit has vacated the relevant portion of a PTAB decision relating to Maxeon’s remaining claim, resolving the case in Canadian Solarâs favor.
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Federal Circuit affirms invalidation of Nielsenâs audience-measurement patent, backs PTABâs âreasonably pertinentâ prior art finding
The Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB ruling invalidating Nielsenâs audience-measurement patent, holding that a facial-expression research paper qualified as âreasonably pertinentâ prior art despite coming from a different research field.
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EWHC hinders Accordâs plans to launch Entresto competing product in Novartis patent dispute
Mr. Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales has held that all of Accordâs âattacksâ on a Novartis Entresto patent have failed, and its own intended competing product would infringe the defendantâs supplementary protection certificate.
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Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign maker
The appeals court found that the PTAB erred in recognizing as prior art an application claiming a priority date from a provisional filing.
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U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report reveals
The report, published yesterday, also confirmed that accused infringers are switching from inter partes review petitions (which fell 8%) to post-grant review petitions (which increased to 88%, their highest level since 2021) to challenge patent validity.
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China’s revised chip layout rules bring a patent-style revocation route, upfront identification of original features and punitive damages
China has created a patent-style CNIPA revocation route for chip layout-design disputes and introduced punitive damages of up to five times. The revised rules also require applicants to identify claimed original features and allow China to take countermeasures against discriminatory foreign restrictions on layout-design protection.
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Federal Circuit affirms PTAB invalidation of G+ Communications 5G patent, leaving Samsungâs damages cut intact
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling invalidating one of two 5G patents G+ Communications asserted against Samsung, closing off G+âs last chance to revive that patent.
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Tesla joins list of U.S. Supreme Court petitioners questioning scope of judicial review amid USPTO’s curtailment of IPRs
The Trump II USPTO’s discretionary decisions program is now the subject of no fewer than four petitions for writ of certiorari before SCOTUS.
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U.S. Supreme Court again called upon to examine “settled expectations” basis for USPTO discretionary denials
Kahoot has filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking SCOTUS to review settled expectations denials, following a similar petition filed by Google earlier this year.