A new initiative from the US Patent and Trademark Office nudges patent applicants to take a fresh look at applications that may have been sitting idle for years. That should lead to improved claims, cleaner pr... (more story)

Owners of standard essential patents, or SEPs, are increasingly looking to medtech companies for possible licensing arrangements. The sector brings extra challenges for entities looking to enforce their patent... (more story)

A Japanese actor’s deletion suit against TikTok over an allegedly AI-generated imitation of his voice could test how existing law protects commercially recognizable voices — and when platforms must remove disp... (more story)

The nomination Monday of Peter-Anthony Pappas, who leads IP policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee, to the US International Trade Commission could bring much needed expertise to a quasi-judicial body that's... (more story)

For the Unified Patent Court to live up to its potential as a tool for supporting the EU's single market, more member states should be convinced to sign up, a veteran German European Parliament lawmaker that h... (more story)

A precedential decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that Insulet's trade-secret claims were time-barred has sparked debate among practitioners about when the Defend Trade Secre... (more story)

Corteva Agriscience and Inari Agriculture will ask a federal judge Friday to decide whether biotechnology companies can restrict downstream use of biological materials they were required to deposit publicly in... (more story)

The discovery of over 1.4 million patent assignment records that were previously not published in US Patent and Trademark Office data highlights the importance of data transparency and reliability for business... (more story)