12/1/2025 4:02:10 PM USPTO Updates Guidance on Inventorship in AI-assisted Inventions By Randy Pummill USPTO Director Squires released updated guidance on AI-assisted inventions. The new guidance states that AI-assisted inventions are...
10/16/2025 8:55:25 PM USPTO Issues Proposed Rulemaking On Discretionary Denials of IPR Proceedings By Courtenay Brinckerhoff In the first proposed rulemaking issued under Director Squires, the USPTO proposes to modify the rules of practice relating to...
8/21/2025 4:27:50 PM Insurers Must Pay Cost of Defending Case Stemming from Use of Famous Marathoner’s Name By Fandl User Vibram – seller of the “FiveFinger” shoes – took an intellectual property insurance coverage dispute to the highest court of...
8/21/2025 4:20:27 PM Patent Fees Reimagined: Evaluating the Trump Administration's Value-Driven Fee Structure and Its Impact on Innovators By Fandl User The WSJ reports the Trump administration wants to charge patent holders 1% to 5% of their patent’s value to maintain the patent after...
8/21/2025 4:19:35 PM On The Edge: Lessons In Patent Litigation Financing By Fandl User A recent decision to refer attorneys to the disciplinary counsel of their respective bars and to seek U.S. Department of Justice review...
5/13/2025 8:28:39 PM Fed. Circuit Provides New Guidance on Invention Conception By Randy Pummill In litigation to establish inventorship of the CRISPR gene editing technique, the Fed. Circuit provided additional guidance on how to...