Director Squires issued new guidance to patent examiners and applicants via a pair of memoranda (Guidance) encouraging the use of subject matter eligibility declarations (SMEDs) as Rule 132 evidence ...

On December 4, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps reinforcing its existing subject ...

The USPTO today released two memos meant to provide additional guidance around the use of patent subject matter eligibility declarations for examiners, applicants and practitioners.

On September 14, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a statement condemning pharmaceutical manufacturers’ improper inclusion of patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) ...

LexisNexis ® Intellectual Property Solutions Achieves 99.9% Data Accuracy for 5G Patents Through Collaboration With Top ETSI-Declaring Companies to Match, Clean, Expand, and Verify Patent Declaration ...

Patent applicants and their attorneys are charged with a duty of candor and good faith in their dealings with the U.S. Patent Office. In this regard, they have an obligation to make the Patent Office ...

The rules for licensing the patents essential for standards are hard to understand, even for experts. Participants in standards bodies, whether or not ANSI-accredited, have claimed that their duty to ...

China’s courts are increasingly willing to hear actions for declarations of non-infringement of patents. Qi Wang and Shaohui Du of Deqi explain how to make the most of the procedure As judicial ...

Even with U.N.’s previous goals unmet, delegates tried to water down provisions regarding protections for vulnerable populations and patents for essential drugs. By Apoorva Mandavilli The United ...

Generic companies can seek court declarations that their own products are old or obvious in patent law terms under certain circumstances, the England & Wales Court of Appeal has ruled The Court's ...

New York, NY, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional today announced the ‘Cellular Verified’ initiative, a first-of-its-kind collaboration with over 30 of the top 5G ...