Crocs asks the Supreme Court whether one ITC determination can start two appeal clocks after the Federal Circuit dismissed ...

Back in May 2023 I wrote a short post about the University of Texas study that used a GPT-style language model to reconstruct the gist of stories from fMRI scans (An API for the Human Mind, May 6, ...

Supreme Court patent docket swells with 13 petitions, two more pending, and major fights over IPR review, eligibility, damages, and claim scope.

The USPTO will close out FY2026 (which ends September 30) with about 320k utility patent grants, down about 3% from FY2025. Although the total is a bit down this year, an interesting shift here is ...

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a $3.2 million fee-and-expense award against the Carnegie Institution of Washington and its now-bankrupt licensee M7D (the company behind WD Lab Grown Diamonds) ...

The Federal Circuit has vacated a PTAB obviousness rejection of a catheter claim, holding that the Board’s reading of the claim term “flow barrier” was unreasonably broad. In re Incept LLC, No.

The America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) substantially narrowed the 1-year grace period that US patent applicants had relied upon for more than a century. Under the new law, the grace period only applies ...

The Federal Circuit today reversed the dismissal of a patent and copyright case that had been thrown out for failure to join the patent owner (Texas A&M University) who had asserted sovereign immunity ...

On September 10, 2026, the USPTO released a notice allowing a PTAB Administrative Patent Judge to sit on the examiner panels that decide pre-appeal brief requests, and to fill the third seat, normally ...

Apple has asked the Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit's decision upholding the ITC's import ban on Apple Watches with blood-oxygen sensing. Apple Inc. v. ITC, No. 26-316 (petition filed Sept ...

On September 10, the Federal Circuit heard argument in ABC IP, LLC v. Peak Tactical, LLC, No. 26-1527, Rare Breed Triggers' appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction against the "Disruptor," ...

This is the second post on Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Co. On September 10, 2026, the Federal Circuit issued a modified version of its May 22 opinion, changing a single substantive sentence.