Provisional Patent Application: Key Benefits and Filing Process

Discover how a Provisional Patent Application protects your invention with the "patent pending" label and learn about its ...

Patent Attorneys Pivot Focus After Tumultuous Tribunal Changes

Patent attorneys who have primarily focused on work at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board are pivoting, dusting off old skills ...
Reuters

Patent Office introduces new discretionary denial process for challenges to issued patents

May 16, 2025 - In 2011, the America Invents Act (AIA) created a system by which litigation defendants, special-interest groups, or any member of the public could challenge the validity of an issued ...
IPWatchdog

Federal Circuit Finds No Due Process Violation Stems from Inconsistent Positions on Patent Ownership at PTAB, ITC

“The Federal Circuit… ruled that such a due process violation could only be asserted by whoever claimed to be the true [patent owner].” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ...