Looking to hide a new patent application filed back in 2020, Apple submitted it under the names of the engineers involved and did not mention the Apple name. However, if the patent is granted in the
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a rule to create a separate design patent practitioner bar. The USPTO is publishing this proposal in the Federal Register on May 16, 2023.
Businesses or individuals found to have infringed a third party’s patent rights could face an injunction and be forced to withdraw their commercial product from the market. There is also a
The New Zealand Patent Office (IPONZ) has recently updated its double patenting guidelines section in its Examination Manual, which is viewed as a retreat from its previous strict stance on what
Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics has confirmed its interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) following the revelation of its latest patent filing. The South Korean company previously filed a
Telecommunications Standards Institute in the telecoms sector) and often encapsulate technology that is patent-protected. Those patents that would necessarily be infringed by implementing a particular
With a just-released report, the European Patent Office (EPO) continues its patent insight reports focusing on quantum technologies. The latest report provides an overview of important patent trends
For several years, patent owners navigated the SEP landscape in India, unsure of their destination (injunction, damages, FRAND verdicts), and wondering whether their opponents (implementers of SEPs
Technology in a patent infringement case. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was correct when it ruled last year that the companies could not seek to
Ford has now registered for an unusual patent for a backup battery pack that can travel on the vehicle's top, as first reported by Electrek. This patent appears to be a fresh approach to addressing