September 04, 2026
A split Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Amazon was able to show that claims in a speech recognition patent were invalid, the latest in a larger fight involving a patent litigation outfit that targeted the retail giant's Alexa virtual assistant.
August 08, 2025
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart used her director review powers to grant a petition for inter partes review that she'd previously denied, but otherwise largely supported patent owners in the small batch of recent discretionary denial reviews.