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Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more
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Drag is a form of performance art in which individuals use clothing, makeup, and exaggerated mannerisms to express and perform aspects of gender identity, often through parody, glamor, or camp. It can take many forms—from...more
Aerospace technology companies often decide between patenting an innovation or keeping it as a trade secret. Typically, the analysis involves comparing the potential strength of patent protection that is likely to result. If...more
In a trio of rulings on Nov. 6, 2025, the Federal Circuit delivered a clear message: discretionary denial of Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions is unreviewable on appeal. The court will not interfere with the U.S. Patent and...more
On October 3, 2025, in its decision in Philips v. Belkin (UPC_CoA_534/2024, UPC_CoA_19/2025, UPC_CoA_683/2024), the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) addressed for the first time the circumstances under...more
Whether you are a veteran partner or a first-year associate, preparing for a Markman hearing can be stressful. You may be done filing the briefs, but you have other things to contend with, such as refining the arguments,...more
Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top There has been a great deal of discussion surrounding the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom, as well as the potential for a bust reminiscent of the...more
Trade secrets are a critical tool for protecting medical technology innovations. To that end, a robust trade secret management program is essential for safeguarding these valuable assets. To be effective in today’s legal...more
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Shockwave Med., Inc. v. Cardiovascular Sys. In Shockwave Med., Inc. v. Cardiovascular Sys., the Federal Circuit addressed the use of Applicant Admitted Prior Art...more
In the world of design, typefaces and fonts are essential tools that help convey a brand's identity, evoke emotions and communicate messages effectively. However, the use of typefaces and fonts without proper licensing can...more
Key Takeaways: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new pilot program offering expedited examination for certain pending, unexamined applications with narrowly tailored claim sets....more
Emerging technologies, almost by definition, involve unpredictable challenges, risks and rewards. As a result, contracting well for the development or implementation of emerging technologies requires different deal structures...more
In a highly anticipated judgment handed down on 4 November 2025, the High Court held that Stability AI is not liable for copyright infringement arising from the download of copies of Stable Diffusion in the UK from online...more
Are you planning on challenging a competitor’s patent at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)? The policies of the new director of the USPTO may cause you to rethink your strategy. The USPTO has recently proposed a new...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s construction of a claim, finding that the plain and ordinary meaning of a disputed term was redefined by the patentee under principles of...more
The September 2025 edition of our Texas Round-Up focuses on developments in cases involving jurisdiction and pleadings....more
On October 31, 2025, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice denying institution of inter partes review (IPR) in 13 separate proceedings. The notice listed only the docket numbers...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that an administrative patent judge’s (APJ) recusal in an inter partes review (IPR) based on ownership of stock in one of the defendant’s corporations in an amount below...more
The SEP licensing and litigation landscape has continued to evolve in the latter half of 2025, shaped by several significant global trends...more
In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in IGT v. Zygna Inc. This case affirms an obviousness finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) in an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding filed after...more
Headlines about AI intellectual property infringement liability tend to focus on direct infringement, i.e., the AI's unauthorized copying/use of others' intellectual property, especially in the context of training data....more
In Brita LP v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 24-1098 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2025), the Federal Circuit, in a precedential opinion, affirmed the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC” or “Commission”) decision that certain claims of...more
In an October 27, 2025 precedential opinion, Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp., No. 2024-1145, the Federal Circuit affirmed a stipulated judgment of non-infringement in favor of Edwards Lifesciences...more
A consent agreement can be a powerful tool to overcome a USPTO likelihood-of-confusion refusal—but only if it’s done right. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley discuss...more