The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday, January 22, issued a precedential decision affirming a ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) designated four decisions as precedential and nine decisions as informative, all ...

On January 9, 2026, USPTO Director John A. Squires designated four recent discretionary-denial rulings as precedential and ...

Danke” and “Merci” branded chocolate bars won’t likely confuse consumers despite both trademarks meaning “thanks” in a ...

On Friday, the USPTO designated a series of decisions on discretionary denial requests as either precedential or informative, highlighting considerations important for both inter partes review (IPR) ...

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The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on Thursday in the landmark case over former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president. The court is hearing an appeal by Trump ...

At Managing IP’s PTAB Forum 2016, acting PTAB chief judge Nathan Kelley said that precedential decisions help bring consistency both within the Board and for practitioners before the Board. "That’s ...

Over the past year, the Supreme Court decided three important cases concerning the major questions doctrine. The third decision, West Virginia v. EPA, was decided on the regular docket. But the first ...