Users get round-the-clock hearing with no visible external hardware

The CAFC on Thursday issued a precedential decision affirming a finding of invalidity of certain claims of a wireless communications patent, but holding that the district court’s reasoning, which focu...

Satius v. Samsung: a claim reciting an impossible alternative is definite, but the Federal Circuit holds it invalid for lack of enablement under Amgen.

Third Circuit affirms no fair use in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS: intermediate copying requires necessity, and generative AI is left for another case.

Key Takeaway(s): Patent portfolios originally developed for aerospace applications may have relevance to adjacent transportation sectors. Companies developing automotive, rail, maritime, or autonomous...

On May 12, 2026, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), John Squires, granted a patent owner’s motion to terminate three related inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) based o...

Today I did an experiment.  The goal was to find out whether ChatGPT can replace me for some patent tasks.  It seems the answer is “yes”.

A compass worth havingThe 7th Civil Chamber of the Landgericht München I has done something no European court had done before.

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

Finally, some good news

Many California growers can’t find buyers as the industry produces more wine grapes than the market wants. Wine consumption is declining globally as people drink less.

Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.

An Explanation of Vision-Language-Action Models

Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska

LA Metro’s design specifications state that its escalators go 90 feet per minute, slower than nearly everything we found.

Measuring near-verbatim probabilistic extraction reveals significantly more extraction risk than its verbatim counterpart.

Crocs asks the Supreme Court whether one ITC determination can start two appeal clocks after the Federal Circuit dismissed its appeal as late.

Federal Circuit denies en banc review in Teva v. Lilly over Judge Dyk's dissent, leaving method claims to an antibody genus intact after Amgen.

Satius v. Samsung: a claim reciting an impossible alternative is definite, but the Federal Circuit holds it invalid for lack of enablement under Amgen.

Key Takeaway(s): Patent portfolios originally developed for aerospace applications may have relevance to adjacent transportation sectors. Companies developing automotive, rail, maritime, or autonomous...

Today I did an experiment.  The goal was to find out whether ChatGPT can replace me for some patent tasks.  It seems the answer is “yes”.

The European Innovation Act, proposed on 9 September 2026, has understandably attracted attention chiefly as a procurement measure, although Chapter 3 creates a separate architecture for IP-backed fin...

Under Rule 106 EPC, a petition for review by the Enlarged Board (Art. 112a EPC) based on a procedural defect is generally admissible only if the defect was objected to during the appeal proceedings, u...

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

A developer offered $10,000 per household to win over a Pennsylvania township. Residents said it wasn't enough.

US model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk'

The Pentagon recently announced a $450 million investment in The Elmet Group to strengthen the U.S. supply chain for the critical mineral tungsten.

Recent recruitment strategies have included using neo-Nazi memes to appeal to potential hires.

The shaped-charge cutting payload

TOKYO -- A stationary autumn rain front brought rain to central Tokyo for 34 consecutive days through Sept. 29. According to the Japan Meteorological

State health officials race to vaccinate residents by giving over 8,500 doses.

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.

Rats and mice can scurry through dark and tight spaces with ease. In caves,  underground burrows, buildings or sewers. Their superpower for this are their whiskers. Now tiny autonomous drones cou...

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