US Patent Pulse

Sony's patent application 18/314775 outlines an AI-driven strategy using LLM-powered pseudo accounts to detect scammers, predators, and cheaters on...

• Unified Patents delivers IP risk mitigation and patent dispute intelligence focused on SEP and NPE assertions.
• Anaqua gains litigation defense...

The patent bargain—public disclosure for monopoly—now fuels governments and AI systems mining filings for strategic insights. No theft required;...

Samsung's $920M cross-license with NPE Netlist resolves six years of HBM-related litigation while securing five-year access to critical memory...

Meta's February USPTO filing for AI facial recognition in smart glasses would identify people and generate tagged media using location and online...

AI inventions face strict eligibility hurdles in both the US and China, with neither jurisdiction accepting abstract "AI" labels or generic model...

A typewritten motion filed from federal prison in Wisconsin has lifted the veil on normally secret patent troll settlement terms and the relationships...

The PureEdge settlement shows that patent holders can secure resolutions in lighting disputes by alleging willful infringement after notice,...

Under the first-to-file system, an earlier-filed but unpublished application qualifies as prior art only if it provides written description support...

• China dominates with 291 receiving-office filings versus 35-39 each for Japan, Europe, and the US.
• Filings peaked at 30 in 2018 then flattened to...

The Federal Circuit's non-precedential opinion in the Jacki Easlick design patent case declined to address Schedule A practice despite extensive...

ByteDance's addition of patents from TikTok, Douyin, and related platforms to OIN 2.0 strengthens the open-source patent pool while signaling distance...

The Federal Circuit vacated the $11.5 million verdict in Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Ecobee Technologies ULC and remanded the case for a new trial in the Eastern District of Texas.

A Marshall jury awarded Aspen Networks $190 million after finding Verizon infringed all six asserted claims and failed to prove invalidity. The agreed...

The USPTO's proposed rule requires third-party requesters to identify themselves and all real parties in interest when filing ex parte reexaminations,...

Judge Gilstrap's amended judgment tacks $13.8 million in prejudgment interest onto the $78.5 million jury award against Samsung for infringing U.S....

IP-intensive industries now drive 44% of U.S. GDP and one-third of jobs, with their share growing steadily for two decades as the economy shifts...

The USPTO Appeals Review Panel adopted a narrow reading of Allergan, confining it to cases where the challenged application is first-filed,...

Judge Albright denied Tesla's motion to transfer Bulletproof's AutoShift patent case to the Northern District of California, finding Tesla failed to...

District court patent cases reached a 10-year high in 2025 with 4,547 filings, underscoring why prosecution must anticipate future litigation rather...