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Latest News in Intellectual Property

  • August 06, 2026

    2025 Patent Litigation: A Year In Review

    The number of patent infringement lawsuits soared in 2025 as patent owners saw their fortunes change at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, where petitioners filed significantly fewer America Invents Act challenges. Meanwhile, most patent infringement suits were brought in the Eastern District of Texas, which had considerably more filings than the Western District.

  • August 05, 2026

    Stewart Says Patent System 'Crisis' Fueled USPTO Changes

    Coke Morgan Stewart, the deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office who left the agency last week, said in an interview with Law360 this week that new limits on patent challenges and other policy changes she helped lead were driven by a sense that the patent system was in "a pretty significant crisis."

  • August 05, 2026

    Deal Reached In Jump Starter Patent Case On Eve Of Trial

    A settlement was reached in The Noco Co.'s patent suit against Winplus North America Inc. over portable battery jump starters that was set for trial on Friday, but Noco told the court Wednesday that it still intends to appeal a summary judgment ruling in the case.

  • August 05, 2026

    Takeda Says Rebates, Subsidies Cut $885M IBS Drug Verdict

    Takeda Pharmaceuticals battled with a class of health plans over whether a Massachusetts federal jury's $885 million antitrust verdict against the drugmaker for conspiring to delay generic competition to anticonstipation drug Amitiza should be reduced by rebates the drugmaker paid and Medicare subsidies that reduced the health plans' costs.

  • August 05, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Backs Another Lululemon Win On Nike Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive claims in a Nike fitness tracker patent challenged by Lululemon, affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that the claims were invalid.

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Intellectual Property

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  • LITIGATION
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  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board disputes
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  • Licensing and royalty fights
  • Right-of-publicity suits
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  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • U.S. International Trade Commission
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Patent reform legislation and related bills in Congress
  • Efforts to streamline international intellectual property law
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Piracy and counterfeiting actions
  • International trade disputes involving IP issues
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  • Personnel moves
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