Tag:USPTO

Innovator Indicators

Patent law practitioners tend to have an inkling of where innovation is happening, and in which industries. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton co-authored a study...

SCOTUS: Wording Change Does Not Amount to Legal Change in Patent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court took less than two months to decide a nuanced patent case about whether the America Invents Act changed existing law...

A Delicate Dance to Balance Interests

The San Francisco Giants’ home stadium now has its fourth name. The team completed an agreement with Oracle for naming rights that will run...

USPTO Clarifies Patentability of ‘Abstract Ideas’

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is giving its patent examiners new marching orders for determining whether certain patent applications that contain abstract ideas...

The Difference Two Decades Make

The thriving startup economy in Denver and Boulder has been a rising tide that raised a number of ships, including patent law practices like...

PTAB Pushed Toward More Precedent, Predictability

Patent litigators — and their clients — have been hoping for better consistency from the now-six-year-old Patent Trial and Appeal Board. They may be...

Federal Circuit to Weigh in on Tribal Immunity

A federal appellate court is on its way to deciding whether patent holders can look to tribal immunity as a shield from the Patent...

IP Issues Surrounding Blockchain Technology Implementation

Like cloud computing in 2007, blockchain is today’s latest technology craze. Companies are rushing to develop and patent blockchain technology. Despite its rising popularity,...