The debate in Congress over whether to extend the US Patent and Trademark Office’s authority to set its own fees has resurfaced proposals to reform how the office generates revenue in patent operations. But pu... (more story)

China’s top court has sent a strong deterrent message through its 380-million-yuan ($56 million) Jingdiao trade-secret ruling. But can plainly wrongful conduct justify treating tens of thousands of drawings co... (more story)

An AAM report says costly US patent litigation is expected to leave 90 percent of the 118 biologics losing patent protection over the next decade without biosimilar competition. It could cost the healthcare sy... (more story)

AI is creating a new revenue stream for record labels while also making streaming fraud cheaper and easier to scale. The labels are pushing tighter distributor checks, clearer AI labeling and voluntary licensi... (more story)

A filing by the federal government in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s “settled expectations” policy goes beyond patent age to argue that because Congress never required inter partes review inst... (more story)

J.M. Smucker Co.'s trademark dilution claim against Trader Joe’s remains live after a US judge found the Uncrustables maker adequately pleaded the fame of four asserted design marks. Discovery will likely test... (more story)

A parenthetical is keeping X Corp.’s “Twitter” trademarks enforceable — for now — but a trail of digital relics wasn’t enough for a Delaware federal judge to include “Tweet” or the famed bird logo in a prelimi... (more story)

Copyright owners aren’t denying the myriad novel uses of ChatGPT, summary judgment briefs in closely watched US lawsuits show. Instead, they say that an innovative technology can still be a substitute for the ... (more story)