Home Daily News Judge orders patent attorneys to explain… Technology Judge orders patent attorneys to explain incorrect legal citations hallucinated by AI December 17, 2025, 12:25 pm CST A Kansas federal judge... Read more »
In today’s innovation-driven economy, intellectual property (IP) has become more than a legal safeguard; it is a strategic driver of competitiveness. Patents, in particular, are critical across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, semiconductors,... Read more »
In Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation v. Unified Patents, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a patent owner having successfully defended its patent in an inter partes... Read more »
In Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment of non-infringement based on prosecution disclaimer that did not sufficiently focus... Read more »
In Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that a 35 U.S.C. § 156 patent... Read more »
In Lavery v. Pursuant Health, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a perpetual royalty provision in a contribution agreement is unenforceable after the patent’s expiration. Source... Read more »
In Celanese Int’l Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that pre-critical date sales of products made using a secret process preclude patenting the... Read more »
In C.R. Bard, Inc. v. Atrium Medical Corp., in a per curiam opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision of the US District Court for the... Read more »
We are pleased to share Sheppard Mullin’s inaugural “Year in Review” report that collects and reports on most key patent law-related Federal Circuit decisions for 2023. This is a follow up to... Read more »
On December 11, 2023, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced its decision to amend the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (the... Read more »