Life Science Update | July 2026
Changes to Mexican Patent Law May Impact Life Science Patent Prosecution Jason J. Jardine & Bailey R. Arenberg While recent amendments to Mexico’s patent laws promote faster prosecution and earlier decisions on...
Litigation Update | July 2026
PODCAST: The Biggest Patent Cases of 2026 So Far: ANDA Litigation at the Supreme Court Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. & Carol Pitzel Cruz In this episode of IP+ with Knobbe Martens, Jeremiah...
Federal Circuit Review | June 2026
June Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) June Federal Circuit Newsletter (Chinese) When ‘Any Patent’ Means No Patent: Federal Circuit Reverses Non-Specific Verdict In Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Ecobee Technologies ULC...
Trademark & Brand Protection Update | June 2026
AI Training and Fair Use Ari Feinstein, Jonathan Menkes & Cassidy McCleary While the legal landscape is continuing to take shape, a number of recent court decisions indicate that unlicensed use...
Aerospace Update | June 2026
Applied Aerospace & Defense’s IPO Signals Continued Momentum in Defense Manufacturing Jacob S. Etling Ongoing geopolitical tensions are leading to an increase in defense-tech contractors filing for IPOs. Aerospace &...
Litigation Update | June 2026
Access Plus Similarity Starts the Clock for Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims Inzer C. Ni & Jordan A. DeOrio A trade secret misappropriation claim accrues when the plaintiff knew or should have...
PTAB Update | May 2026
USPTO Director Signals Continued Pro-Patent Discretionary Denial Policy at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Ted M. Cannon In a precedential decision in Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.,...
Federal Circuit Review | May 2026
May Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) May Federal Circuit Newsletter (Chinese) When “About” Runs A-Fowl of the Definiteness Requirement In Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc., v. Safe Foods Corp., Appeal...
Litigation Update | May 2026
USPTO Director Signals Continued Pro-Patent Discretionary Denial Policy at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Ted M. Cannon In a precedential decision in Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.,...
Trademark & Brand Protection Update | May 2026
Taylor Swift, Trademarks, and the Pursuit of a Federal Right of Publicity Dillon A. Koch & Jonathan Menkes Taylor Swift’s recent trademark filings for her voice and likeness point to a...
Aerospace Update | May 2026
Proposal for Streamlined U.S. Regulatory Approval for Novel Commercial Space Activities Tyler S. Cox Office of Space Commerce (“OSC”) has released a proposal for streamlining regulatory approval of novel commercial...
Life Science Update | May 2026
AI Risks With the Patent Office: What Life Science Companies Should Be Asking Now Robert J. Hilton, Ph.D. & Justin Culbertson, Ph.D. AI tools are reshaping patent preparation and prosecution,...
PTAB Update | April 2026
USPTO Introduces Pre-Order Papers for Patent Owners in Ex Parte Reexaminations Jarom D. Kesler & Joshua M. Martineau With the decline of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and the significant...
Federal Circuit Review | April 2026
April Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) April Federal Circuit Newsletter (Chinese) Invisible But Invalidating: Undisclosed Functionality Still Triggers On-Sale Bar In Definitive Holdings, LLC v. Powerteq LLC, Appeal No. 24-1761,...
Trademark & Brand Protection Update | April 2026
Thaler v. Perlmutter: Human Authorship Remains a Cornerstone Requirement for Copyright Registration Ian W. Gillies & Dillon A. Koch The Supreme Court denied certiorari of the D.C. Circuit’s holding that works...
Life Science Update | April 2026
One Battle After Another: Broad Institute Wins at PTAB in CRISPR Dispute Eric Furman, Ph.D. & Alistair J. McIntyre Interference proceedings, though increasingly rare, are heavily evidence-based and determine which...
Aerospace Update | April 2026
Space Force Awards Kratos $447 Million Contract for Missile Warning Tracking Lizzy T. Do & Scott Cromar Kratos wins $447 million contract with U.S. Space Force to develop a ground...
Litigation Update | April 2026
No Do-Overs: Voluntary Dismissal Does Not Reset Deadline for Stay Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. A respondent in an ITC proceeding may not seek a mandatory stay of their refiled declaratory...
Federal Circuit Review | March 2026
March Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) March Federal Circuit Newsletter (Chinese) Software Claims Failed Alice Step One Where Purported Improvements Were Not Claimed In Trustees Of Columbia University v. Gen Digital...
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...
Aerospace Update | March 2026
Proposed UAH-ASKA Agreement for Drive-And-Fly Aircraft: IP Ownership Issues in Joint Development and Public-Private Partnerships Ningxi Sun The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and aerospace company ASKA have agreed...
