Pappas nomination could add rare patent expertise to USITC
June 02, 2026
| Nick Robertson
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)
Three years in, lawmaker says more EU countries should join Unified Patent Court
June 01, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
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)
Trade secret experts divided after US Federal Circuit erases Insulet win
June 01, 2026
| Steve Scherer and Nick Robertson
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)
US DOJ to argue at high-stakes Corteva-Inari hearing in seed patent deposit row
May 28, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
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)
‘Hidden’ USPTO patent assignment data clouds IP business deals
May 28, 2026
| Nick Robertson
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)
Expert scrutiny reshapes standard-essential patent landscape in Brazil
May 27, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
Brazil’s business courts are becoming more technically rigorous in standard-essential patent disputes even as the country cements its reputation as a fast-moving injunction jurisdiction, Isabel Milman, a partn... (more story)
New DTSA jury instructions aim to bring order to growing trade secret docket
May 27, 2026
| Steve Scherer
The Sedona Conference’s new DTSA model jury instructions grew out of the frustration trade secret litigators faced when they had to negotiate complex jury instructions from the ground up in federal cases.
US ex parte reexamination denial may signal end to post-IPR patent challenges
May 27, 2026
| Nick Robertson
The shift from inter partes review (IPR) to ex parte reexamination (EPR) at the US Patent and Trademark Office may become more difficult for patent challengers who have already pursued IPR unsuccessfully. A pa... (more story)