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USPTO Updates Fee Schedule

Significant changes to patent filing, search, and examination fees set to take effect next quarter. See how this impacts your IP budget.

Supreme Court Ruling on Software Patents

The latest SCOTUS decision clarifies Section 101 eligibility for cloud-based software architectures and SaaS platforms.

European Unitary Patent Milestone

The UPC celebrates its first year with over 20,000 unitary patents registered. An analysis of early litigation trends in the unified court.

Tech Giants Settle Smartphone IP War

A multi-billion dollar cross-licensing agreement ends a decade of global litigation between top mobile hardware manufacturers.

AI Inventorship Denied Again

Federal Circuit upholds ruling that AI systems cannot be listed as inventors on patent applications under current U.S. law.

New Fast-Track Program for Green Tech

Patent offices worldwide announce expedited examination programs for climate change mitigation technologies.

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