What the Federal Circuit’s First ML Patent Ruling Means for Your R&D Team
Introduction In 2025, the Federal Circuit issued its first substantive Alice analysis for a machine learning patent — Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp. For patent attorneys, it is a legal precedent. For R&D teams, it is a warning about which...
How University TTOs Are Using AI to Catch Patent Infringement Before Commercialization – Not After
Introduction A university licenses a breakthrough technology to a startup. Six months later, a third-party patent surfaces that the licensed product appears to infringe. The deal is restructured. Legal costs mount. The startup’s commercialization timeline slips by a year. This...
When Your Patent Troll Defense Just Got Harder: How AI Helps You Prepare Before Litigation Hits
Introduction You receive a demand letter. An NPE is asserting a patent granted in 2017. Your natural response: file an IPR to challenge validity. The new reality under the PTAB’s settled expectations doctrine: that 2017 patent has been in force...
$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...
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