Category: Patent & Other IP Offices
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Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart announces departure from USPTO
In a social media post, Ms. Stewart said she will leave the agency later this week and return to private practice.
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USPTO Director Squires to deliver keynote speech at Via Licensing Alliance’s marquee Bridge Summit this October
The Via Bridge Summit is taking place in San Francisco, October 6-9, 2026.
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The CNIPA aligns China’s administrative SEP injunction standard with courts’ FRAND test
The CNIPA has made FRAND review a condition for administrative SEP cease-infringement orders, aligning the administrative approach with the judicial test. The clarification closes a gap in China’s dual-track patent enforcement system while CNIPA promotes greater use of administrative proceedings for SEP disputes.
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Oura scores brace in U.S. as Zepp withdraws district court complaint, final Samsung IPR fails
It augurs well for the smart ring maker as positive developments at the PTAB, ITC, and in federal court add up.
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Panasonic and OPPO, Nokia and Huawei trade SEPs in newly recorded U.S. transfers
Both assignments are emblematic of how smaller-scale asset transfers involving SEPs take place in the context of broader deals between operating companies.
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Apple IPR petitions discretionarily denied due to differing constructions at PTAB and district court
Apple “tells a different story” in district court litigation compared to its claim construction position at the PTAB, according to USPTO Director John A. Squires.
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WIPO expands pool-verified SEP data with Via Licensing Alliance partnership
It builds on a previously announced partnership with Sisvel to supplement PATENTSCOPE’s content on declared SEPs with data verified by pool operators.
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USPTO Director orders PTAB to reconsider invalidity finding for Pictiva patent at center of $191M damages claim against Samsung
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and an Eastern District of Texas jury came to opposing conclusions about the validity of the PAE’s OLED patent.
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USPTO Director Squires extends 14-day deadline for Director Review of institution decisions to 30 days – or more “in exceptional circumstances”
He noted that “changed circumstances can surface after the deadline… has elapsed but before trial has progressed meaningfully” and that sua sponte Director Review is “not always the most efficient process”.
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Lessons for prior art search providers as Federal Circuit again sides with Valve in appeal over game controller patent
“Something more is required” for estoppel when a classification search returns tens of thousands of results; while forward-and-backward citation searches may result in hindsight bias.