I’m excited to announce my new book – Building the Internet We Want: Law for a Connected World, which is now available via Amazon (Hardcover $29 or Kindle $13)! Internet law has changed so quickly ...

Eight en banc petitions are pending at the Federal Circuit, though two are pro se. The court makes pretty quick work of petitions and so the list has turned over almost completely since my July post.

In my post on Monday, I created a time series chart showing the average/median wait time for utility patent applications from filing to the first action on the merits. But, that office-wide average ...

Range of Motion's cert petition, due Dec. 21, will challenge the plainly dissimilar test and judicial functionality findings for design patents.

I have been looking at patent applications that appear to be lost within the USPTO digital files. A common pattern is abandonment, followed by revival on petition, but then the file is apparently ...

The wait for a first action on the merits (FAOM) has eased a bit over the past year, but the numbers are still about seven months over target. Most recently, the average application waited about 21 ...

Supreme Court denies VirtaMove without holding it for Tesla, Kahoot!, Intel, or FedEx. Plus new petitions on post-expiration royalties and § 101.

Best Practices: With the compressed issuance timeline, a growing number of patent practitioners are moving to a standard practice of only filing the issue fee once a firm decision has been made as to ...

The Federal Circuit has denied rehearing en banc in Teva v. Eli Lilly, leaving in place Judge Prost’s April decision reinstating Teva’s $177 million jury verdict against Lilly over its migraine drug ...

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," ...

Professor John Duffy (UVA) appears to be in line to take over as USPTO General Counsel. GC is the Director’s principal legal advisor and runs an office of about 130 lawyers that include the Office of ...