Moderna Inc.’s settlement to end a lawsuit over technology used in its Covid-19 vaccine caps its potential exposure at $2.25 billion while teeing up a Federal Circuit fight over whether pandemic-era ...

Discover what a patent agent does, the licensing process, and their role versus patent attorneys. Ideal for inventors needing ...

This Note proposes reconceptualizing patents for essential medicines as a government-granted franchise right, in line with their historical status.

The use of AI in innovation has raised questions such as whether an AI system can be an inventor and whether there are subject matter eligibility issues unique to AI inventions. 9 The ultimate goal of ...

Valve Corp.’s victory against an inventor under state laws penalizing bad-faith patent litigation highlights the importance of licensing agreement terms even if it falls short of heralding the end of ...

For the past decade, controversy regarding the laws of patent eligibility has created uncertainty in the minds of inventors and investors, especially in the biotechnology, medical diagnostics, and ...

“Overall, the data shows that, generally, smaller law firms have more patent proofreading errors in their work than large law firms.” In an ideal world, every patent law firm, from a small practice ...

If President Donald Trump’s administration—whether through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) or another initiative—treats the USPTO like other agencies, it could weaken the competitive ...

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The European Unified Patent Court (UPC) has seen a surge of nearly 700 cases since its launch in June 2023, turning Munich, Düsseldorf, and Mannheim into patent battlegrounds as companies chase ...