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With the decline of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and the significant increase in ex parte reexamination (EPR) proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is...
For the first time since the AIA, ex parte reexam requests have eclipsed IPR petitions, driven by the PTO's expanded discretionary-denial regime. Continue reading this post on Pate...
IPR petition filings have collapsed to historic lows in 2026 — the market's rational response to Director Squires' near-zero institution rate. Continue reading this post on Patentl...
Between October 2024 and February 2026, the IPR institution rate collapsed from 65% to 37%. That’s a 28% reduction in institutions. Not a gradual decline. A systemic shock....By: N...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted three petitions for inter partes review in his newest bulk order and broke down why he previously rejected CyberSecur...
During its latest “USPTO Hour” webinar, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recapped Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) updates over the last year-plus, including statis...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is seeking the public’s comments on a proposed rule that would require parties and intervenors to Section 337 investigations to file d...
On April 1, 2026, USPTO Director John Squires issued an Official Gazette Notice establishing a new pre-order procedure effective for reexamination requests filed on or after April...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently introduced the PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) Pilot Program effective on April 9, 2026, in which the USPTO w...
The USPTO has issued a precedential decision in an IPR proceeding emphasizing a public-interest-oriented discretionary denial framework under which AIA proceedings must function as...
On April 21, 2026, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) of the People’s Republic of China has published its White Paper on Intellectual Property Prosecution Work (2025), docume...
With the decline of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and the significant increase in ex parte reexamination (EPR) proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is...
On Thursday, May 14, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Squires issued a Director Discretionary Decision in which he denied institution of an inter partes revie...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new ex parte reexamination procedure, allowing patent owners to file preorder papers to inform the EPR decision process, marks the first mean...
Adversarial proceedings at the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) have undergone significant changes in just one year. The biggest change is not a single doctrinal development...
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.'s attempt to rely on other parties' claim constructions doomed its challenges to Railware Inc. railway traffic control patents, according...
The USPTO’s new PIER Pilot Program requires applicants in selected PCT national stage applications to affirmatively decide whether to proceed with, delay, or abandon U.S. patent ex...
As covered in our prior alert, the USPTO’s new pre-order paper procedure allows a patent owner to file a 30-page paper within 30 days after being served with an ex parte reexaminat...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted five America Invents Act patent challenges and denied four others in his latest bulk order making institution decisio...
Intellectual property rights have historically existed in the context of human creators. The inventor, author, or holder of the works in dispute was always a human—or at the very l...
On April 20, 2026, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the Implementation Plan for Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights by People’s Courts (2026-2030) (人...
Key Points - • New pilot program requires action. The USPTO has launched the PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) Pilot Program, which will compel applicants of certain unexami...
The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) forms part of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Its rules of operation are available here. It operates independently, but carries o...
Have you, your paralegal, your client, your expert, etc. used public generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) to perform research while preparing for a USPTO invalidity proceeding...
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