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A Record $5.7 Billion Patent Verdict, and the Trends Behind It
On September 25, A San Diego jury told Apple that it owes more than $5.7 billion for infringing two patents covering the vibration engine used in iPhone and Apple Watch models. It is the largest patent verdict in U.S. history, more than double any pr...
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Patent Inventorship: Key Considerations
To be valid, a U.S. patent must identify the true inventor or joint inventors.1
The willful naming of an incorrect inventive entity on a U.S. patent application, either by omitting an inventor or by erroneously including a non-inventor, constitutes g...
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First Machine Learning Patent Ruling: Invalid or Just Obvious?
On April 18, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in Recentive Analytics Inc. v. Fox Corp. et al. that new uses for established machine learning do not make the claims patent-eligible.
Recentive Alleges Fox’s Infringement...
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Patent Portfolio Management: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Most companies recognize patent portfolios as valuable business assets. They protect the investments made in research and development, and the efforts to bring products to market. As businesses evolve, and that cycle has only become shorter, patent p...
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What’s It All About, AI?
AI is everywhere. And, no, I do not mean in a “Skynet is coming,” or “Big Brother is here,” kind of way. I mean everywhere you look. Stories abound about the oddities that result from using generative AI. In one story, a car dealership’s chatbot offe...
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Celebrating Women in Tech: Women Inventors
There is an impressive number of everyday (and not-so-everyday) items invented by women. While we would have liked to feature them all, we chose five for today's Celebrating Women in Tech segment.
The Dishwasher—Josephine Cochran
Josephine Cochran (...
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