Standing is the issue that determines whether a plaintiff is the right party to bring a case. Although it is a fundamental requirement for all cases, it poses unique challenges in the patent context, ...

American innovation is under attack. Across the country, it's increasingly difficult for startups to protect their inventions from large companies that want to steal them. It's up to Congress and the ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from a patent applicant seeking provisional rights on a patent that would issue only after it had already expired, finding that the ...

Last week, consumer electronics giant Samsung filed responses to requests for Director Review by patent owner Netlist in ...

On July 30, 2024, United States Senators Christopher Coons (R-Delaware) and Thomas Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring ...

The Federal Circuit today issued a decision affirming a district court’s dismissal of Applications in Internet Time's patent infringement suit against Salesforce for lack of constitutional standing.

Since its founding, America has embraced and protected innovation and creativity. And it has proved to be a major economic advantage. But despite this, American patent rights are increasingly under ...

A statutory predicate to the contractual outcome regarding ownership of patent rights is the requirement of a sufficient contribution by a natural person in the effort that yielded the invention. The ...

Congressman Nathaniel Moran recently introduced the RESTORE Patents Rights Act, aimed at strengthening protections for American innovators. The bicameral legislation, Realizing Engineering, Science, ...

American innovation is under attack. Across the country, it's increasingly difficult for startups to protect their inventions from large companies that want to steal them. It's up to Congress and the ...