2021 saw changes in Canadian patent legislation, and a variety of court decisions addressing rarely interpreted provisions of the Patent Act, early consideration of recently enacted provisions, and ...

In April of 2021, we provided a three-part series relating to the IP and Competitive Landscape for the mRNA market. In this post we provide a 2021 year in review update on mRNA pioneers and key ...

At a time when the auto industry is hungrier than ever for technological innovations, new patent awards are on the decline. The number of new U.S. patent grants fell 7 percent in 2021. While there was ...

With the close of another year upon us, IPWatchdog is returning to an annual feature with its Top 10 list of issued U.S. patents during 2021. While it’s impossible to produce a definitive list of the ...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of patents were filed last year, with several Asian countries, including China, dominating the list. The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, ...

Counsel at Siemens, HPE, Honeywell and IBM say COVID and patent eligibility challenges are to blame for the drop in issuances last year and in the future Patent grants decreased considerably in the US ...

Samsung keeps top petitioner status (by a mile), WSOU is most challenged company, and Knobbe Martens becomes leading patent owner representative After a big bounce in petitions at the Patent Trial and ...

A new report from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services shows Chinese companies with surging patent issuances in the US, as domestic patent applicants account for less than half of all new issuances in 2021. I ...

Patent infringement suits boomed in U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom in 2021, but they were flat across federal courts as a whole, according to Unified Patents' annual Patent Dispute ...

Apple is one of the biggest companies when it comes to securing patents in the United States, with 2,487 granted patents making it the seventh biggest in the world. It is no secret that Apple has an ...

Research and innovation in industrial automation is on the rise in the global beverages industry, according to recently-released figures. Research from GlogbalData this week shows that the number of ...