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USPTO’s First Life Sciences PTAB Listening Session Surfaces Fundamental Divide Over Patent Validity and Drug Competition

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office convened the first of three planned listening sessions on March 30, 2026, to examin...

2026.04.04

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Federal Circuit’s First-Impression Ruling: Unreachable Coinventor Dooms Fortress Iron Patents Under 35 U.S.C. § 256(b)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion on April 2, 2026, affirming the invalidi...

2026.04.04

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Trump Signs Executive Order Imposing Up to 100% Tariffs on Patented Pharmaceutical Imports Lacking U.S. Manufacturing

President Trump on April 2, 2026, signed an executive order titled “Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceuti...

2026.04.04

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USPTO Director Squires Vacates Seven TikTok IPRs Over Chinese Government Real-Party-in-Interest Question

USPTO Director John Squires on March 30, 2026, vacated seven inter partes review (IPR) petitions filed by TikTok against...

2026.04.04

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EV Battery SEP & FRAND: How Standard Essential Patents Are Reshaping the Industry

The Invisible Toll Road: SEPs and FRAND in the EV Battery IndustryBeneath the visible competition of range, price, and c...

2026.04.03

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Automotive Design Patent Battles: IP Wars in the EV Era

How EVs Unleashed the Design Patent WarsThe combustion engine imposed a design grammar on automobiles for over a century...

2026.04.03

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BYD’s Patent Surge: Dissecting China’s EV Giant’s IP Strategy

BYD’s Patent Surge: From “Cheap Copycat” to Global IP PowerhouseFew corporate transformations in the modern automotive i...

2026.04.03

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Tesla’s Software Patent Strategy: OTA, Autonomous Driving & Energy IP Dissected

The Paradox of Tesla's "Open Patent" DeclarationWhen Elon Musk announced in 2014 that Tesla would open all its patents "...

2026.04.03

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Toyota’s EV Patent Strategy: Solid-State Batteries, Autonomous Driving & Hydrogen IP Explained

Toyota’s IP Playbook in the EV EraAs the automotive industry undergoes its most radical transformation since the inventi...

2026.04.03

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6G SEP Landscape Takes Shape——Ericsson, InterDigital, Nokia, Qualcomm Outline Value Creation in Next-Generation Standard

6G SEP Landscape Takes Shape——Ericsson, InterDigital, Nokia, Qualcomm Outline Value Creation in Next-Generation Standard...

2026.04.03

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