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Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a future method of using the iPhone's Touch ID system to gain... Read More »

The Patent Office has refused to proceed with a divisional patent application of Wyeth, now part of Pfizer, for an invention as the claims are within the claims of... Read More »

As awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple's U.S. Patent No. 9,300,083 for a "Stackable magnetically-retained connector interface"... Read More »

Uniloc, perhaps best known as Patent Troll in Chief, suffered a pretty devastating blow today. One of the most profitable patent trolls has been defanged Uniloc... Read More »

The federal jury in a patent trial has ordered drugmaker Gilead Sciences to pay Merck $200 million in damages for infringing on patents for hepatitis C drugs. Gilead... Read More »

The Office of Patent Administration announced on March 23 that Korea passed Germany only to rank fifth in the world in terms of cumulative international standard... Read More »

A recently published Microsoft patent application hints at future efforts to make Windows leap across the species boundary. Microsoft files patent for 'PhonePad'... Read More »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX), a leading global provider of innovative laser systems, delivery devices and... Read More »

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Samsung, the Korean electronics company, on what it must pay Apple for infringing part of... Read More »

European Patent Office (EPO) president Benoît Battistelli has survived a meeting of the organization's administrative council, but remains under significant... Read More »

BioInvent International (BINV) announces today that the European Patent Office, EPO, has decided to grant the company’s patent EP 1 960 432, relating to the... Read More »

Meanwhile, a single district in Texas, which the late Justice Antonin Scalia once branded a “renegade jurisdiction,” continues to occupy an outsize role in ... Read More »

According to a search of the U.S. Patents & Trademark Office, the specific patents listed in the complaint cover a type of “firearm accessory mounting... Read More »

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and an HIV patient in India recently filed an application to block ViiV Healthcare from receiving patents for two new important HIV ... Read More »

An Apple patent application that could turn the Apple Watch into a fully fledged medical device was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on... Read More »

A pan-European patent court is a big deal. Once in operation, the Unified Patent Court will allow owners of European patents to use a single court action to enforce a... Read More »

What will make the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus on release date remains wrapped in mystery. Thankfully, Apple is dropping bits of hints with its latest patent publications and... Read More »

The Federal Circuit has ordered further briefing on VirnetX’s recently filed petition for writ of mandamus stemming from two pending inter partes... Read More »

There are plenty of opinions and theories on the best way to move past passwords and into an era of strong authentication—and biometrics are one key piece of the ... Read More »

The recent slump in oil prices has impacted oil and gas companies in a variety of ways, some to be expected, some less so. One unwelcome development is that while ... Read More »