$1.9 Billion in Patent Damages in Six Months: Is Your R&D Team Flying Blind?
Introduction $1.9 billion. That’s what US courts awarded in patent infringement damages in just the first half of 2025. Across 21 cases. The largest single award involved semiconductor technology that had been in development for years. The common denominator across...
PTAB Is Denying Over 60% of IPR Petitions. What That Means If You’re a Patent Holder — or a Challenge-
Introduction The number that changed everything: in late 2025, USPTO Director John Squires issued 34 consecutive IPR denials — every single petition he personally reviewed. At that point, the institution rate had effectively hit zero. That was the inflection point....
USPTO’s ASAP Pilot Is Still Open – Here’s What Your Patent Strategy Needs Before It Closes
Introduction Most IP teams are aware the USPTO’s ASAP program exists. Most haven’t changed a single thing about how they file. That’s a mistake — and the window is closing. Launched in October 2025, the Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot...
India-EU FTA and Data Mobility: Strategic Implications for TT Consultants and XLSCOUT
Executive Summary The landmark India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded on January 27, 2026, represents a transformative development for data-intensive service providers operating between India and Europe. This analysis examines the FTA’s provisions on data mobility and cross-border data flows, with a specific focus on their implications for TT...
From One-Off Searches to Always-On Insight: Introducing XLSCOUT’s Agentic Infringement Research System
For most IP and licensing teams, infringement research still feels like firefighting. A new product surfaces, a competitor becomes aggressive; revenue targets tighten – and only then does a manual, weeks-long search sprint begin. By the time the team has combed through product literature,...
AI in Patent Novelty Search: Faster, Smarter, More Reliable
Introduction — The Race for Novel Ideas In a world where innovation moves faster than ever, originality is the most valuable currency. From cutting-edge startups to global tech giants, every organization is racing to transform ideas into protected intellectual property...
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