Published Harvard University and Samsung have settled a patent infringement dispute concerning semiconductor manufacturing techniques. On January 28, Harvard dismissed its lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Texax in August of 2024, waiving rights to refile. The...
Published Open-source software continues to expand its reach within the commercial software industry. According to research from GitHub and The Linux Foundation, 40% of businesses contribute open-source code daily and 60% at least weekly. It spans every major...
Published HOUSTON, February 14, 2025 – Brown Rudnick announced today that partners Erick Robinson and Jayne Piana have been named co-chairs of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice. Robinson and Piana are seasoned patent litigators with...
Published The 2024 AIPPI World Congress, held in the picturesque city of Hangzhou from October 19 to 22, was a landmark event for the global intellectual property (IP) community. Hosting more than 2,300 IP professionals from 92 countries, the Congress underscored...
Published In the ever-evolving test of obviousness, what has been consistently critical is the technical opinion of the expert or “person skilled in the art” (PSITA). Identifying who this expert is for a particular patent/invention is, therefore, critical. A creative...
