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Strategies for Building Successful IP Portfolios for Artificial Intelligence Inventions

Different types of AI can require different IP protection, dependent on both the form of the AI innovation and the applicable business strategy.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Tips for Managing Complex Multi-Subsidiary, Multi-Jurisdictional IP Portfolios

Practical tips addressing IP-related issues that arise for companies with multiple subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or abroad.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Why the Debate Over AI Patent Inventors Won't End Soon

Although international patent offices say only humans can be the inventor of a patent, panelists at Legalweek say tech has advanced too much for that to be a limitation.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Revisiting the AIA Prior User Rights Defense

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) marked significant policy shifts in the U.S. patent system, most notably the AIA's transition from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file regime.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recent Takes From the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit on Attorney Fees Awards in Patent Cases

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier discusses three opinions recently issued by the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit relating to the award of attorney fees in patent cases: 'Peter v. NantKwest,' 'Blackbird Tech v. Health In Motion,' and 'Intellectual Ventures.' He concludes these decisions confirm that the "American Rule"—under which each side in a case pays its own attorney fees—remains the norm.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Advent of 5G Cellular Technology Will Amplify Inefficiencies in the Licensing of Standard Essential Patents

Despite arguments from SEP holders to the contrary, it is not more efficient to license cellular SEPs only to manufacturers of end-user devices. Instead, it would be more efficient and practical to grant licenses to the companies that make cellular components.
10 minute read

Law.com

Patenting Diagnostic Tests: Can We Expect Changes?

This article discusses the jurisprudence applied to determining patent eligibility of claims for diagnostic methods, and the expectation for changes in analysis of patent eligibility under §101 in the near future.
12 minute read

The Recorder

Koh Tells Connected-Cars Antitrust Plaintiff to Hit the Road

The San Jose federal judge says a global dispute over patents that are essential to automotive connectivity belongs in the Northern District of Texas.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jones Day Sues Pharma Client for $5 Million in Unpaid Bills

The law firm claims Serenity Pharmaceuticals stopped paying its bills roughly a year ago, and it's threatening to dip into the chief executives' pocket in order to get paid.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Ericsson Knocks Out Decision on FRAND Methodology

The Federal Circuit rules that the wireless giant is entitled to a jury trial over infringement of its standard-essential patents. The decision wipes out a 2017 bench trial in which U.S. District Judge James Selna had established the "top-down" methodology for evaluating SEPs.
5 minute read

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