Learn how U.S. patent law works, from claim construction to infringement, damages, ITC import bans, and appeals. A clear, ...

“The reality is that the term patent troll seems to be more in the eye of the beholder than anything else.” Over the last several weeks “patent trolls” have been back in the news. The mother of all ...

The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers to amend the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions so that companies are prevented from ...

With the European Commission heading towards a second reading of its patent legislation, there's still more heat than light in discussions on the subject. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has of late been ...

David Cavanaugh of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Photo Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM The twisting, turning saga of Illumina and Ariosa Diagnostics has taken another detour. On Monday the ...

The U.S. patent system is once again coming under scrutiny for its vague definition of what can be patented. On Feb. 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revisited CLS Bank ...

As nearly everyone in the United States “Patent World” is likely aware of by now, on Friday, September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the patent reform legislation recently passed by Congress. The ...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) interpretation of which patents are subject to covered business method (CBM) reviews renders the limits Congress placed on the definition as “superfluous”.