Category: United States Patent & Trademark Office
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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.
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USPTO is U.S. Department of Commerceâs âcentral bank of innovationâ, Director Squires says
The USPTO advocates for potential counterparties to trade, not to become adversaries in contested litigation, which means that the officeâs examiners are ânothing short of chief negotiatorsâ on behalf of the U.S., Mr. Squires said during opening remarks at the 12th Annual IP Dealmakers Forum U.S.
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USPTO announces new Search Disclosure Declaration mechanism to receive favorable discretionary factor toward institutionÂ
A memo issued yesterday, effective immediately, gives petitioners with already-pending petitions seven business days to decide whether to volunteer information such as the databases and repositories in which the asserted prior art was located to help their cases.
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Federal Circuit tells petitioners that IPR denials are unreviewable regardless of reliance on agency guidance in place at time of filing
A precedential decision reinforces the unreviewability of the USPTO Director’s decisions to deny (or vacate a decision to institute) inter partes reviews.