Business Law
Intelectual Property (IP)
Womble Bond Dickinson
Effective on May 13, 2025, United States Patent and Trademark Office will implement a significant new change to its patent issuing process. This will reduce ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
WilmerHale
The beginning of 2025 saw two overarching trends in FRAND litigation: Amazon and Nokia, as well as Lenovo and Ericsson, settled their global litigation campaigns. ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
Stewart Issues First Decisions Regarding Discretionary Deny Under Interim Workload Process
The Office announced late March that Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting USPTO director, would be taking on requests for discretionary denies of inter partes reviews (IPRs) ...
Employment
DOL Retracts Biden Era Independent Contractor Classification Rules
On 1 May 2025, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced that it would not enforce nor apply the Biden ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cable Giants Charter & Cox Merge in $34.5Billion Deal
The deal, which values Cox around $34.5 billion, is a test for President Trump’s antitrust enforcers. While many deal makers had expected the Trump administration ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
J.S. Held
Investors and other capital providers face unprecedented uncertainty caused by rapidly evolving tariff policies. Different countries will have different rates, which will impact due diligence ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
Another Director Review Request Demonstrates the Extent of PTAB Hubris
In Innoscience Technology Co. LTD., v. Efficient Power Conversion Corp. (IPR2023-01381), not only did the PTAB institute a challenge brought by a China-based infringer (Innoscience) ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
The Existential Risk of AI Consciousness
This week, IPWatchdog Unleashed explores whether artificial intelligence technology has reached the point of consciousness. It is possible for AI to reach this point and ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
Venable LLP
On 17 March 2025, Senators Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, Richard Blumenthal, and Richard Durbin re-introduced “Affordable prescriptions for patients Act” (APPA), which had previously passed ...