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Your Definition, Your Rules, Your Consequences - Pitfalls Of Lexicography In Patent Applications

One of the many tenets of United States patent law is that a patentee may choose to be his or her own lexicographer and define terms that deviate from their ordinary meaning.

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

USPTO Discontinuing The Accelerated Examination Program For Utility Applications

On 10 June 2025, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Final Rule announcing the discontinuation of the Accelerated Examination program for utility applications beginning 10 July 2025.

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Legal 500 Names Pryor Cashman A Top U.S. Law Firm, Ranking Six Practices In 2025

The 2025 edition of Legal 500 recognized six Pryor Cashman practice groups as top-tier national practices.

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Enabling Anticipatory Prior Art Reference Need Only Enable A Single Embodiment Of The Claim

Taranto, J. The Court affirmed the district court's claim construction ruling, which formed the basis for the parties' stipulated judgment of non-infringement.

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Navigating Declaratory Judgment: Mitek's Bid To Head Off USAA's Patent Claims

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

BPCIA Litigation: Key Products, Patents, And Ingredients Shaping The Biologics Landscape

United States IP

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WIT Legal

Federal Circuit: Plans For Future Activity Created A Substantial Risk Of Future Infringement

United States IP

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Jones Day

First Denial Based On USPTO's New Discretionary Denial Factors

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses US$200M+ Jury Verdicts Because Asserted Claims Are Unpatentable Under § 101

United States IP

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Copyright Crackdown: Is Your AI Model Breaking The Law?

United States IP

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Caldwell

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: May 2025

United States IP

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WilmerHale

The Madrid System For Trademarks: Powerful, But Not Always The Right Tool

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Harris Sliwoski

First-of-Its-Kind USPTO Ruling Denies Inter Partes Review, Noting Delay And Patent Age

United States IP

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Barnes & Thornburg

Applying Fintiv To A Parallel ITC Investigation

United States IP

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Jones Day

How The Trump Administration Pushed China Deeper into Latin America

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

California's Global Rise: Insights From International Arbitration Week

United States Litigation

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JAMS

USMCA – We Have Some Good News And Some Terrible News

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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 Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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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

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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

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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

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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

Legal 500 Names Pryor Cashman A Top U.S. Law Firm, Ranking Six Practices In 2025

The 2025 edition of Legal 500 recognized six Pryor Cashman practice groups as top-tier national practices.

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Copyright Crackdown: Is Your AI Model Breaking The Law?

In May 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) released a pivotal report addressing the application of the "fair use" ...

United States IP

C

Caldwell

Key Provisions Of The One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) Related To Foreign Ownership And Foreign Supply (FEOC)

The below summary describes provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill that were passed by the House and are currently under consideration in the Senate. The Senate may make changes to the legislation.

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

U.S. Copyright Office Issues "Pre-Publication Version" Of Report Regarding Generative AI Training

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Chambers Recognizes Pryor Cashman's Leading Practices And Partners In 2025 Rankings

United States Law Performance

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Five Pryor Cashman Partners Named 2025 IP Stars By Managing IP

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Copyright Protection Explained

United States IP

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IR Global

Does Fair Use Apply To Training Generative AI Systems? In A "Pre-Publication" Report, The United States Copyright Office Says: "It Depends."

United States Technology

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Halicki

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

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Licensing & Syndication

Navigating Joint Ventures In Colorado's Brewing Industry

Colorado's craft brewing industry is one of the most dynamic and collaborative in the country. From the Front Range to the Western Slope, brewers often team up to create limited-run beers...

United States Commercial

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Fairfield and Woods

Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Halicki

Ninth Circuit holds that custom Ford Mustang called "Eleanor," which appeared in four films from 1974 to 2000, is not entitled to character copyright protection under Towle test...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

SEP Licensing Wins Continue—Multinational Litigation Strategy Drives Licensing Win For Ericsson

Ericsson finally sees resolution of its standard essential patent ("SEP") campaign against Lenovo and Motorola, filed globally in multiple jurisdictions, importantly at the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC").

United States IP

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Mintz

New York Enacts First-of-Its-Kind Law To License Buy-Now-Pay-Later Lenders

United States Consumer

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Mayer Brown

Copyright Office Stakes Out Position On Use Of Works For AI Training

United States IP

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Perkins Coie LLP

Should Your Company Use An IP Holding Company? Here's What You Need To Know

United States IP

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Mintz

Navigating Adobe License Compliance Audits: Strategies For Business Success

United States Accounting

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

U.S. Copyright Office Issues Guidance On Generative AI Training

United States IP

JD

Jones Day

Copyright Office Issues Key Guidance On Fair Use In Generative AI Training

United States IP

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Wiley Rein

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Patent

Your Definition, Your Rules, Your Consequences - Pitfalls Of Lexicography In Patent Applications

One of the many tenets of United States patent law is that a patentee may choose to be his or her own lexicographer and define terms that deviate from their ordinary meaning.

United States IP

DM

Duane Morris LLP

USPTO Discontinuing The Accelerated Examination Program For Utility Applications

On 10 June 2025, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Final Rule announcing the discontinuation of the Accelerated Examination program for utility applications beginning 10 July 2025.

United States IP

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Enabling Anticipatory Prior Art Reference Need Only Enable A Single Embodiment Of The Claim

Taranto, J. The Court affirmed the district court's claim construction ruling, which formed the basis for the parties' stipulated judgment of non-infringement.

United States IP

W

WilmerHale

Navigating Declaratory Judgment: Mitek's Bid To Head Off USAA's Patent Claims

United States IP

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

BPCIA Litigation: Key Products, Patents, And Ingredients Shaping The Biologics Landscape

United States IP

WL

WIT Legal

Federal Circuit: Plans For Future Activity Created A Substantial Risk Of Future Infringement

United States IP

JD

Jones Day

First Denial Based On USPTO's New Discretionary Denial Factors

United States IP

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses US$200M+ Jury Verdicts Because Asserted Claims Are Unpatentable Under § 101

United States IP

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Key Provisions Of The One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) Related To Foreign Ownership And Foreign Supply (FEOC)

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Withers LLP

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J A Kemp LLP

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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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