Patent practitioners have seen a shifting landscape for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 since the Supreme Court’s 2012 and 2014 seminal decisions in Mayo and Alice. Now, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more
12/4/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Rescission ,
Section 101 ,
Software Patents ,
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Venable has offered general thoughts on the potential fallout from the Supreme Court's reversal of the long-standing Chevron deference, as well as practice area-specific analysis. Here, the Intellectual Property Litigation...more
7/11/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
Government Agencies ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
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A recent en banc Federal Circuit decision overruled the unique test for obviousness of design patents and advised that the same analysis should apply to both utility patents and design patents. LKQ Corporation v. GM Global...more