Category: United States Patent & Trademark Office
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U.S. value-based patent tax plans scrapped
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has confirmed that his plans to impose a 1-5% tax based on the value of granted U.S. patents will no longer be âgoing anywhereâ. He stated during a Subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee: âHow in the world could we do that? How in the world could anyone reasonably…
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An interview with Manny Schecter, IBMâs former patent chief
âMy biggest challenge was the constant need to educate inventors and business executives about IP and its importance for innovation,â Mr. Schecter, who served as IBMâs chief patent counsel for 14 years, told ip fray.
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âLimitedâ UPC impact on global pharma patent strategies, interim licenses debate, âseismicâ changes at the PTAB: highlights from Patent Litigation Europe
An overwhelming consensus that life sciences companies prefer to litigate in parallel national courts rather than in the UPC, and an intense debate about the use of interim licenses over arbitration, were among the highlights of the second and third days of Kisacoâs annual Patent Litigation Europe in Amsterdam this week.
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Canadian Solar gains victory in U.S. solar panel infringement dispute against Maxeon: all patents-in-suit invalidated
The USPTO PTAB has invalidated three of Maxeonâs solar panel technology patents, granting Canadian Solar a major win in the ongoing solar panel patent infringement wars.
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Make SEPs Great Again: after President’s memo on 6G, USPTO forms SEP Working Group “to renew American leadership in technology standards”
With President Trump’s 6G memo before and the USPTO’s SEP Working Group announcement after Christmas, standards and the related patents get unprecedented political attention.
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USPTO Director Squires encourages fairer, more consistent patent eligibility in latest memoranda
USPTO Director John A. Squires reminds applicants and examiners that when used properly, Subject-Matter Eligibility Declarations can be effective, encouraging examiners not to reject patent applications too broadly.
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USPTO upholds core Proxense patent in Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Google invalidation cases
Biometrics firm Proxense has bagged a key win in ongoing big tech patent litigation, after the United States Patent & Trademark Office upheld a key patent following a review requested by Samsung.
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USPTO Director Squires continues pro-patent enforcement march: IPR petition institutions remain low, submits first-ever public ITC comments
The United States Patent and Trademark Officeâs low institution rate, together with its first-ever public comments to a United States International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation endorsing the ITC as a forum for adjudicating patents, underline Director John A. Squiresâs pro-patent and pro-patent enforcement agenda.
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Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaigns
The United States Patent and Trademark Officeâs Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed Oura a victory in its smart ring patent litigation against Samsung, upholding a key patent that the latter had challenged ahead of its Galaxy Ring launch.
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USPTO Director Squires clarifies human inventors can use AI like any other tool; but under Federal Circuit case law, AI can’t be named as inventor
New guidance from the USPTO gives companies a high degree of legal certainty with respect to the use of AI as a tool.