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Cytokinetics challenges BMS patent in bid to clear MYQORZO launch obstacle
Cytokinetics has launched a Delaware patent action against Bristol Myers Squibb and its MyoKardia subsidiary, seeking to clear a recently issued patent that it says does not cover its cardiac myosin inhibitor MYQORZO (aficamten). Cytokinetics filed the complaint on...
Cytokinetics challenges BMS patent in bid to clear MYQORZO launch obstacle
Cytokinetics has launched a Delaware patent action against Bristol Myers Squibb and its MyoKardia subsidiary, seeking to clear a recently issued patent that it says does not cover its cardiac myosin inhibitor MYQORZO (aficamten). Cytokinetics filed the complaint on...
Federal Circuit backs PTAB’s different claim construction in Ravin crossbow patent dispute
A patent owner’s success in securing a favorable claim construction in district court does not necessarily mean the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will adopt the same construction in a parallel inter partes review (IPR), a recent Federal Circuit decision...
ByteDance (TikTok) joins the Open Invention Network 2.0 community
Open source software is the engine for almost every enterprise stack. Open Invention Network (OIN) was created to safeguard open source from bad actors. Over the last two decades, open source has been able to flourish, driving innovation in the software market to...
Federal Circuit leaves PTAB invalidity ruling intact in Nike wearable patent dispute with Lululemon
Nike's efforts to revive a wearable technology patent have come to an end after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding every challenged claim of the patent unpatentable. In a Rule 36...
Clarivate reveals Top 100 Global Innovators 2025
The Top 100 organizations generate $4.6 trillion in annual revenues, representing 4.4% of the global economy Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today revealed its 2025 ranked list of Top 100 Global Innovators – the organizations...
New continuation application fees: why and at what cost?
Earlier this year, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) instituted new fees related to the filing of continuation patent applications. As a refresher, a continuation application is a second or subsequent patent application filing that claims the benefit of an...
Entrepreneur’s greedy eye casts at Apple’s pie
Apple Inc. is a company that hardly needs an introduction. Its assortment of iPhones are widely popular in Russia, and Apple holds countless patents to protect its technology. Entrepreneur Artashes Ikonomov filed and obtained patent No. 141791 in 2013 for a cell phone...
Register at Early Bird rate for ECTA 43rd Annual Conference ‘Bears on the Loose’ in Berlin!
Register now at Early Bird rates for the ECTA 43rd Annual Conference in Berlin on 18-21 June 2025! This year’s Conference 'Bears on the Loose' 🐻😎 celebrates Berlin’s heraldic bear and the city's vibrant atmosphere. With its melting pot of cultures, rich history, and...
UK should move to making patenting of quantum computing easier: UK lags far behind Europe in IP law
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) may be discouraging innovation in Quantum Computing by making it harder to patent technology in this sector, says intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire. That risks driving developers of Quantum Computing to...
Harvard and Samsung end dispute on semiconductor technologies
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 parties...
Open Invention Network reaches 4,000 community members
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 technology sector,...
Looking back at AIPPI World Congress 2024 in Hangzhou, China
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 China’s...
Osseo Imaging, LLC v. Planmeca US Inc.: is “timing of acquiring the skill” relevant when ascertaining an expert?
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 leap was...
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