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On June 6, 2025, the Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), Coke Morgan Stewart, issued a decision denying institution of five inter partes review (“IPR”) petitions filed by iRhythm, Inc. against patents held by Welch Allyn, Inc.

The European Union has kicked off a new era of AI regulation. With the Artificial Intelligence Act (“the Act”), which went into force on August 1, 2024, the EU has established the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence.

In Ingenico Inc. v. IOENGINE, LLC, the Federal Circuit defined for the first time the scope of inter partes review (“IPR”) estoppel in district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings: IPR estoppel applies only to invalidity arguments that the claimed invention was described in a patent or printed publication before the critical date.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) recently issued a landmark decision in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission,¹ expanding what expenditures count to prove the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement, in a move that could significantly impact companies involved in Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”).

Driven by the demand for AI-ready cloud infrastructure, the market cap for global data center construction, currently valued at more than $250 billion, is set to double in less than ten years, reaching half a trillion dollars by 2034.

Technology has long played a part in professional sports, but these days it permeates the industry.

 

The energy industry is experiencing massive transformation as incentives grow to invest in green technologies.

As part of our series on trademarks as critical assets for businesses, this article discusses the importance of selecting and clearing a new or altered trademark for use and registration in the United States. Trademark selection and clearance are essential steps for avoiding costly and time-consuming disputes, securing exclusive rights, and building a strong brand identity.

Identifying existing IP early in the innovation process helps companies evaluate project viability and provides greater leverage to negotiate possible licenses, agreements and business collaborations.

Since generative AI burst into the mainstream, companies have raced to capitalize on its extraordinary promise. But as with any technological frontier, this promise does not come without risks, and companies can expect to encounter them with greater frequency as AI’s role in the economy continues to grow.

In a considerable shift in the law, the Federal Circuit has discarded the long-standing test for determining whether a design patent is invalid as obvious, in favor of the more flexible obviousness test historically applied to utility patents. Eric Klein, Erik Shallman, Patrick Wroe

Trademarks serve as the cornerstone of brand identity, distinguishing the goods and services of one enterprise from those of another.