On August 10, 2026, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., fundamentally...

Following the introduction of the “Subject Matter Eligibility Declaration” (SMED) term in December 2025, the United States Patent and...

On March 13, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent...

On March 13, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) initiated a request for public comment on whether the United...

On March 13, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published supplemental examination guidance in the Federal...

On December 29, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the creation of a Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) Working Group....

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As of October 20, 2025, the USPTO Director will resume direct authority over the institution decisions for inter partes review (IPR) and...

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USPTO Acting Director Coke Stewart's introduction of settled expectations into the discretionary denial calculus for inter partes review...