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“The Federal Circuit concluded the reference ‘logically would have commended itself to an inventor’s attention in considering his problems.’” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on Friday, August 14, in The Nielsen Company (US), LLC v. TVision Insights, Inc., affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) final written decision that invalidated challenged claims of a Nielsen audience measurement patent as obvious.

“The district court concluded that the risk of harm to Gilead’s ‘good will and reputation among the patient and healthcare providing relevant community is stark and acute.’” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction in a decision on August 13 barring Meritain Health, Inc., ProAct, Inc., Rx Valet, LLC, Advanced Pharmacy, LLC, Aqua Enterprise Inc., and Gregory Santulli from importing, advertising, or facilitating the importation of foreign-market Gilead...

“Patent rights should be reliable, and early challenges are better than later challenges, but the agency should take into account the economic reality for both sides.” – Coke Stewart Coke Stewart at the Inventors’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, May 8, 2025. Former Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Coke Morgan Stewart, has joined the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) as President and CEO, effective today.

“Artificial intelligence transforms patents from individual disclosures into an intelligence dataset.” For more than two centuries, the patent system has rested on a simple bargain: inventors publicly disclose their inventions in exchange for a limited monopoly. That bargain assumes disclosure primarily benefits competitors, researchers, and the public. Today, however, the audience has changed.

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“American inventors became a minority in their own patent office. They never took the majority back.” – RTI Patent Index Red Tape Index (RTI), a project of the regulatory intelligence platform Labrynth, published a patent index today placing the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) below every peer office measured on the price, speed, and openness of the patent system.

“Structuring an IP or legal department in a large enterprise is a consequential undertaking that merits careful consideration and sustained action.” “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” – Abraham Lincoln A conglomerate—a large enterprise comprising multiple discrete companies, divisions, or business units—may come into being organically or inorganically, due to business growth, expansion into new markets, internal restructuring, or a merger, acquisition, or joint venture.

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“Highlighting that ‘[g]roup pleading is not inherently evil,’ Judge Horan found that o9’s allegations provided the minimally adequate notice required.” Yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Horan of the Northern District of Texas entered a report and recommendation urging the district court to deny motions for dismissal or a more definitive statement filed by German software giant SAP in a trade secret case brought by Texas-based enterprise AI developer o9 Solutions.