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Higher education institutions often benefit when they commercialize innovation and protect patent rights. However, unexpected business arrangements, institutional delays, and predetermined assumptions can frustrate these...more
On March 26, 2026, the U.S. Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reaffirmed its prior determination that the Broad Institute has priority over the University of California for the invention of a single-guide...more
Generative artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being integrated in legal workflows, including patent practice. AI tools now exist to assist patent practitioners with tasks such as summarizing invention disclosures,...more
The Government Accountability Office ("GAO") recently issued a report evaluating the National Institute of Standards and Technology's ("NIST") 2024 draft guidance on exercising march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act. For...more
This entry, Part IV in our multi-part series, examines the strategic importance of secondary patents in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on how follow-on inventions, such as improved formulations, combination...more
Currently, two bipartisan bills in Congress address the use of copyrighted works in generative artificial intelligence (AI) training. Both share a common goal of improving transparency in how AI models are trained on...more
Dual‑use startups often seek nondilutive funding through US government contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and “Other Transactions”. Such public funding can be a powerful growth catalyst, but it brings with it a...more
In a recent case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement of a design patent, signaling heightened scrutiny of functional features in design...more
Bayh-Dole Act Compliance: When Is an Invention a “Subject Invention”? Due to recent high-profile events at the national level involving universities, the Bayh-Dole Act is again at the top of everyone’s minds. One aspect...more
In 2025, design patent law continued to evolve across institutions, jurisdictions, and borders. It was a busy year for design patent cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), with three precedential...more
This year, intellectual property (IP) law and policy directly addressed the realities of generative artificial intelligence (AI). With a new director at the helm, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued new...more
Protecting a company’s confidential information — and ensuring there is the ability to sort through whose confidential information is whose — is of the utmost importance in a joint development agreement (JDA)....more
Clients & Friends, Looking back on 2025, one word comes to mind: resiliency. The life sciences sector has taken some hits, but it kept moving. Public markets are showing real signs of life again. The private side - frozen...more
Foreign-domiciled patent applicants may face new filing requirements in 2026. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed a rule that would require patent applicants or owners domiciled outside the United...more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out. ...more
Get into the holiday spirit with a look at some of the most unique Christmas patents ever filed. From Santa detectors to upside-down Christmas trees, Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg explore festive inventions that add a...more
Welcome to TC’s IP Corner® Holiday edition. We are excited to share this quarterly newsletter with our clients, colleagues, and friends as we examine hot topics, interesting cases, and weird yet entertaining happenings in the...more
Manufacturers are rapidly embracing artificial intelligence to spur product design and development. But they’ll need to avoid giving AI credit as an inventor when patenting their innovations....more
The UPC Court of Appeal has now provided clear guidance on how the UPC should determine whether a patent involves an inventive step. This endorses the “holistic” approach, establishing what the invention contributes to the...more
Key Takeaways - Easier path to eligibility: The USPTO’s new guidance explains how to use sworn statements (SMEDs) to provide facts showing an invention is eligible for a patent....more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new guidance encouraging applicants to use subject matter eligibility declarations (SMEDs), highlighting their potential influence at all stages of the...more
In November 2025, a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Alert was issued regarding revised inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions. In the notice, the USPTO pointed out that the office...more
On November 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, which rescinds its earlier guidance from February 2024. This new guidance represents...more
Shortly before President Trump issued Executive Order 14363, titled “Launching the Genesis Mission,” a “national effort to unleash a new age of AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery,” the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more