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USPTO Issues Significant Changes To Post-Grant Patent Review Procedures

This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum introducing new processes related to discretionary denials of inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) submissions filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

MeepCity Update: Cash BBQ, Baby!!!

This is the copyright lawsuit against Roblox and Alex Newtron, the owner of the Roblox game MeepCity.

United States IP

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Markowitz Herbold PC

Logo And Copyright: Why You Should Consider Copyright Registration In Addition To Trademark Registration

Most often, businesses elect to seek trademark registration under the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, or under equivalent state law, to protect their logos and other trademarks.

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

PTAB Allows Three Concurrent IPR Petitions For Unusual Patent Claims

In June 2024, Apple Inc. ("Petitioner") filed seven concurrent petitions requesting an inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 10,656,754 ("the '754 patent"), which describes a method in which a signal is received...

United States IP

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Jones Day

What To Do If Your Trademark Application Gets Denied

United States IP

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Ayala Law

Federal Circuit Tightens Standards For AI-related Patent Eligibility

United States IP

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

AIPLA Conference On Trade Secret Litigation Recap: Part 1 – Joint Representation

United States IP

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Jones Walker

When The First Amendment Intersects With The Lanham Act For Trademark Protections

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

Making Moves: The USPTO Provides Guidance, Proposes Changes (Podcast)

United States IP

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BakerHostetler

Why Recent ITC Rulings Are Good News For SEP Owners And The Commission

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Trump's First 100 Days: How A Pro-Patent Agenda Could Reshape US Innovation

United States IP

C

Caldwell

Harmonizing IP Practices: How The Music And Tech Industries Navigate Due Diligence Challenges

United States IP

C

Caldwell

Webinar Recap! Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights From Recent Legal Battles

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Automotive Litigation Trends – What Lawyers Want To Know

United States IP

WL

WIT Legal

FDA's Removal Of Semaglutide And The Evolving Tirzepatide Decisions: What Compounders Need To Know

United States Healthcare

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Should We Expect More Tariffs In The Future? Understanding Trump's America First Trade Policy

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Why Direct Student-Athlete Payments Create An Immigration Crisis For Universities

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Lessons From The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act Of 1930

United States International

BG

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Patent Litigation

Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

USPTO Imposes New Limits On Credit Card Payments

As announced on the USPTO website, as of June 30, 2012, there will be a daily limit of $49,999.99 for credit card accounts, but no daily limit for debit card accounts.

United States Healthcare

FL

Foley & Lardner

Nanotechnology: Who Will Be The Leaders In The Fifth Technology Revolution?

Modern history can be broken into several periods of technological revolutions that developed in different regions throughout the world.

United States Healthcare

MW

McDermott Will & Emery

The WilmerHale Obviousness Report: One-Hundred Decisions Of The Federal Circuit Post-KSR

In April 2007, the Supreme Court’s decision in KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc. heralded an important potential shift in the law of obviousness.

United States Healthcare

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WilmerHale

FCC Creates World's First Spectrum Band For Medical Device Area Networks

United States Healthcare

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Dentons

The Supreme Court Speaks On Diagnostic Patents—Mayo v. Prometheus and Myriad

United States IP

NM

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

GSK And Genentech Settle Cabilly Patent Lawsuit

United States IP

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Beeser Ramamoorthy LLP

Federal Circuit Sets Standard For Joinder In Multidefendant Patent Cases

United States IP

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Morgan Lewis

Supreme Court Invalidates Personalized Medicine Patents on Grounds They Are Unpatentable Subject Matter Under Patent Act

United States IP

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Venable LLP

FDA Regulations And The Regulation Of Constitutionally Protected Speech

United States Healthcare

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Venable LLP

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Copyright

MeepCity Update: Cash BBQ, Baby!!!

This is the copyright lawsuit against Roblox and Alex Newtron, the owner of the Roblox game MeepCity.

United States IP

MH

Markowitz Herbold PC

Logo And Copyright: Why You Should Consider Copyright Registration In Addition To Trademark Registration

Most often, businesses elect to seek trademark registration under the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, or under equivalent state law, to protect their logos and other trademarks.

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

Harmonizing IP Practices: How The Music And Tech Industries Navigate Due Diligence Challenges

The recent surge in music catalog acquisitions offers valuable lessons for intellectual property due diligence across all innovation-driven sectors.

United States IP

C

Caldwell

Celebrating World IP Day 2025: Music, Innovation, And Intellectual Property

United States IP

B

BakerHostetler

Bots Need Not Apply: Copyright Office Report On Human Authorship Requirements (Video)

United States IP

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Billboard Names Six Pryor Cashman Attorneys To 2025 Top Music Lawyers List

United States IP

PC

Pryor Cashman LLP

IRS Appeals Is No Longer Appealing

United States Tax

MB

Mayer Brown

Developing An IP Strategy For Protecting AI Assets And Outputs In An Evolving World

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

JONES DAY TALKS®: Women In IP – AI And Copyright Law Need-to-Knows

United States IP

JD

Jones Day

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Licensing & Syndication

Documentation Is Key When Claiming QSBS Benefits

In recent years, the utilization of qualified small business stock ("QSBS") under Section 1202 has grown considerably. Many businesses are formed as corporations...

United States Commercial

KM

Keating, Meuthing & Klekamp

Licensing Link April 2025

Licensing Link is a periodic publication that will keep you informed on hot topics and new developments in state licensing laws, and provide practice tips and primers on important issues...

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

Unlocking Wealth: Tokenizing Intellectual Property Now

One of the fundamental flaws in traditional IP frameworks is how difficult it is to monetize them. This is natural due to their intangible nature. How can you sell something you can't see? Nevertheless...

United States IP

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NovoTech Patent Firm

Licensing Cannabis Trademarks: What You Need To Know

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

After The EU: The Technology Transfer Block Exemption Under Review In The UK

United States Anti-trust

SJ

Steptoe LLP

How Startups Can Use A Patent Strategy As A Competitive Advantage

United States IP

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

What To Expect In Licensing In 2025

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

Semiconductors Born In The USA?

United States IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

The Risks Of Dual Licensing In The Pioneering Landscape Of Contemporary Open Source. 2025 Update

United States Technology

Traverse Legal

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Patent

CAFC Weighs In On Machine Learning In Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp.

On April 18, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision relating to a question of whether claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment are patent eligible

United States Technology

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Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P

USPTO Issues Significant Changes To Post-Grant Patent Review Procedures

This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum introducing new processes related to discretionary denials of inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) submissions filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

United States IP

LL

Loeb & Loeb LLP

PTAB Allows Three Concurrent IPR Petitions For Unusual Patent Claims

In June 2024, Apple Inc. ("Petitioner") filed seven concurrent petitions requesting an inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 10,656,754 ("the '754 patent"), which describes a method in which a signal is received...

United States IP

JD

Jones Day

Federal Circuit Tightens Standards For AI-related Patent Eligibility

United States IP

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Making Moves: The USPTO Provides Guidance, Proposes Changes (Podcast)

United States IP

B

BakerHostetler

Why Recent ITC Rulings Are Good News For SEP Owners And The Commission

United States IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Documentation Is Key When Claiming QSBS Benefits

United States Commercial

KM

Keating, Meuthing & Klekamp

Trump's First 100 Days: How A Pro-Patent Agenda Could Reshape US Innovation

United States IP

C

Caldwell

Texas Hold 'Em: Playing Your Cards Right For Defendants Working With Third Parties

United States IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

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Latest Videos

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Tips For Small Brands To Consider When Protecting Their Intellectual Property (Video)

WL

Withers LLP

Bots Need Not Apply: Copyright Office Report On Human Authorship Requirements (Video)

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Parameters At The EPO (Video)

JA

J A Kemp LLP

How To Navigate IP Issues In Robotics (Video)

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

2024 PTAB Year In Review: New Procedures And Potential Changes Impact AIA Trial Strategies (Video)

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Brooks Kushman

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