In In re Motorola Solutions, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Motorola’s petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the USPTO to resume inter partes reviews (IPRs)... Read more »
In a precedential decision in Revvo Technologies, Inc. v. Cerebrum Sensor Technologies, Inc., the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) John Squires vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board... Read more »
In an October 28, 2025 memorandum, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director designated Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband Inc. as precedential, formally restoring the USPTO prior practice... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, effective October 20, 2025 the USPTO Director will determine whether to institute petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR),... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) withdrew its April 19, 2024, notice of proposed rulemaking and proposed revised modifications to its existing rules governing institution of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that the deadline for a party to file an answer or other acceptable response in a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) opposition or... Read more »
Following recent decisions at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the use of applicant-admitted prior art (AAPA) in inter partes reviews, the United States Patent and Trademark Office... Read more »
In two recent decisions (iRythm Technologies, Inc. v. Welch Allyn, Inc. and Klein Tools Inc., v Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.), the Acting Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) exercised... Read more »
In a precedential decision, the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) explained the proper application of its two-part framework for discretionary denial of inter partes review (IPR) and remanded... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) customers can now file petitions for cancellation on its new TTAB Center system and that, starting July... Read more »