Patents

Any IP lawyer that represents a brand suffering from counterfeiting would do well to consider how the rise of mass counterfeiting cases may present them and their clients with yet another avenue for legal redress.

Unified has done yeoman’s work in trying to tell the story of NPE and IPR activity in 2019.

Dr. Joseph Wiesel claimed an Apple Watch feature for detecting atrial fibrillation violated his 2006 patent.

Ultimately, Gilead has had a run of bad luck on the patent front.

Hit toys deserve secure borders, and no kid should get a cheap knockoff.

The general lack of understanding in the business community of how patent transactions can be facilitated by patent marketplaces should serve as a wake-up call to patent owners.

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A dramatic shift in filing behavior has already taken place in post-TC Heartland patent practice. What could be next?

Large patent cases present both an opportunity and a challenge for everyone involved -- including the courts.

From a court’s perspective, settlement is as good a case management tool as it gets.

Proper preservation practice is an important component of a winning patent litigation approach.

A new report from Thomson Reuters documents the boom in patents relating to legal technology.

That's a lot of selfie money.

Monopoly patent rights are not the same as traditional property rights.

IP columnist Gaston Kroub interviews a prevailing party in a patent dispute.

The Supreme Court just agreed to decide a profoundly important question in patent law right now.

U.S. patients pay much higher prices for drugs than patients overseas, effectively subsidizing patients worldwide.

The Eastern District of Texas is still king of the hill for patent cases.

A look at the intellectual-property questions raised by a hot new trend.

Not that long ago, the U.S. welcomed more immigrant inventors than the rest of the world combined.