July 20, 2026
New limits on the ability to challenge patents tied to when they were issued, the invalidity standards for antibody patents and the test for design patent infringement are all at issue in cases patent attorneys will be monitoring for the rest of the year.
July 14, 2026
Software company VirtaMove has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should ignore Google's challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to not review them, saying Google's fight is based on a false foundation.
May 29, 2026
A host of industry groups, professors, attorneys and more urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to take up Google's appeal arguing that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them.
April 27, 2026
Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them, saying the "unprecedented and unsupported action" exceeds the office's authority.