In 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program (CCMPP) to enable accelerated examination of eligible utility patent applications that, as of June 2023, involved technologies directed to mitigating climate change by reducing, removing, preventing, and/or monitoring greenhouse gas emissions.1 The CCMPP provided accelerated examination benefits similar to that of the USPTO's "Track One" Prioritized Examination program,2 wherein participating patent applications were advanced out of turn (made special) [...]

Instead of decking the halls for Christmas, the Federal Circuit decked Longhorn by dismissing its appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Idaho, and over 30 other states , have taken patent law conduct into their own hands, enacting legislation to punish bad faith patent litigation. Recently, the Federal Circuit rejected a patentee's appeal of denial of a motion to dismiss a counterclaim and imposition of a bond based on Idaho's law because it did not have [...]

Could we be on the verge of a future where U.S. patents are regularly litigated in European courts? It seems to be a wild question, but it is precisely the issue before courts in Munich, Germany and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Following a decision by the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) granting national courts in Europe the ability to hear cases involving other countries' patents, [...]