A new European Unitary Patent (UP) system is expected to come into effect in the second half of  2022, making it possible to get patent protection in up to 25…

In 2021, Wepay Global Payments LLC obtained a design patent (US Pat. No. D930702) for “a display screen portion with animated graphical user interface,” as shown in the pictures below.…

On June 6, 2022 the Federal Circuit heard the oral arguments in the future landmark case Thaler v Vidal, which discusses the recent question on whether an AI could be…

When an invention is developed in China, Chinese Patent Law requires an applicant to obtain a foreign filing license before filing a patent application outside of the country. Even where…

We've put together a fun video about St. Patrick's Day. It explains who St. Patrick was, how his birthday came to be a celebration of Irish culture, and some related…

On February 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court has published a decision, Unicolors v H&M, that will make challenging the validity of a copyright registration much harder. Under the US Copyright…

The USPTO is implementing a pilot program called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility response.The point of the program is to defer the whole question of subject matter eligibility until a…

We posted an update on this back in November 2021, but all 13 countries have now ratified the Protocol on Provisional Application of the Unified Patent Court Agreement. The European…

We've put together a little video about Valentine's Day. First, we give the historical background about who Saint Valentine was, and how he came to be celebrated. Then the transformation from…

Alice v CLS (2014) was a landmark case for patent eligibility. The decision held that Alice’s patents were invalid because the claims were drawn to an abstract idea and implementing…