Eric J. Fues and Kyle W. Howarth of Finnegan address the on-sale bar in patent law, with a focus on how pre-filing sales of suppliers to the patentee or third-party sales can run afoul of the on-sale ...

In The Legal's Intellectual Property special section, read about artificial intelligence software in medical devices, a new ...

The rise of AI in health care presents new challenges related to the patentability and regulation of AI-driven medical ...

This Thanksgiving, when you take a bite of the traditional pie, take a moment to think about the inventions that have gone into the making of it D. Lawrence Tarazano, U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

A court in Virginia has ruled that artificial intelligence cannot be credited as the inventor of a patent. However, some countries have ruled otherwise, leading to wider questions about the future ...

On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will expedite Issue Dates for patents. This will reduce the ...

As patent offices have different propensities to divide submitted inventions into two or more ... formal intellectual property rights hinder the free flow of scientific knowledge?

On 31 December 2024, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) adopted the "Guidelines for Patent Applications for ...

“Last year, unitary protection… was requested for about 28,000 patents granted by the EPO, representing slightly more than 25% of all EU patents issued in 2024.” On Tuesday, the European ...

Circus SE (XETRA: CA1 ), a global leader in AI software and embodied AI-robotics for the food service industry, has announced that the European Patent Office has issued the official Decision to Grant ...