USPTO Director to Consider U.S. Manufacturing and Small Business Status When Instituting or Denying IPR and PGR Petitions
Key Takeaways Effective immediately, the USPTO will consider whether a patent challenger’s accused products or a patent owner’s products are manufactured in the United States as additional factors in the...
PTAB Update | March 2026
PTAB to Rehear Ex Parte Baurin: Revisiting the Interplay of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustment After Cellect and Allergan Daniel M. Mittelstein & Michael L. Fuller The PTO...
Knobbe Martens Receives Firm of the Year, Litigation Honors at 2026 Managing IP Americas Awards
IRVINE, Calif., April 10, 2026 – Knobbe Martens is proud to announce that the firm received multiple recognitions at the 2026 Managing IP Awards, including “IP Boutique Firm of the...