The current US Supreme Court has no fundamental understanding of a range of medical, engineering, technological, or ...

Market competition and a recent agbiotech case highlight the importance of deciding what is patentable subject matter. You have full access to this article via your institution. New plant ...

U.S. patent laws are in the process of clarifying what is patentable in genomics, gene expression, proteomics and bioinformatics. All these fields are the subject of intense patent activity ...

According to the European Patent Convention, an invention shall be considered as susceptible to industrial application if it ...

The court has said that laws of nature, natural phenomena and abstract ideas are not patentable. “We hold that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible ...

Ken D. Kumayama and Pramode Chiruvolu of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP discuss intellectual property protections ...

Now this creates a precedent that now could potentially impact all sorts of things for combination therapy in pharma, it really has put that element of what is obvious into what is patentable.

A new patent application from Sony for a dedicated rewind button for games consoles has been spotted by Tech4Gamers (via ...

Given the uncertainties and risks associated with AI, EU and UK regulators are likely to require full data protection impact ...

The USPTO and EPO are counterpart authorities. They each make decisions on what is patentable and what is not for their respective jurisdiction (the United States vs. the EU member states). Their ...

Since 1998 business methods have been patentable in the United States. This is thanks to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial ...

As the 2024 election cycle unfolds, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly ...