On November 24, the Trump Administration announced the Genesis
Mission to improve scientific research.
The Press Release states:
USHERING IN A NEW ERA OF DISCOVERY: Today,
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching the Genesis
Mission, a new
USPTO states that strong remedies for patent infringement
are necessary to protect the public interest.
The Press Release states:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today
submitted a Joint Public Interest Comment to the U.S. International
Trade Commission in Inv.
The new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, John
Squires, has reclaimed authority to institute IPRs. Here is his letter regarding the subject:
An Open Letter From America’s Innovation Agency
The UK Intellectual Property Office’s 2025 consultation on standard essential patents proposes measures to improve licensing transparency and efficiency. These include searchable SEP databases, essentiality checking services, and mechanisms for aggregate rate setting to facilitate top-down approach FRAND licensing rate apportionments.
The U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology has recently released a 69 page report concerning DeepSeek and the
risks associated with utilizing it. The
Press Release states:
WASHINGTON — The Center for AI Standards and Innovation
(CAISI) at the
David Rotman has authored an excellent article titled, “How
to Measure the Returns on R&D Spending: Forget the Glorious Successes of
Past Breakthroughs—the Real Justification for Research Investment is What We Get
for Our Money. Here’s What Economists Say” in
The White House has announced that
President Trump has made a deal with Pfizer for state Medicaid to receive most
favored nation pricing on Pfizer pharmaceuticals. This is welcome news; however, I do wonder if
the rest of the world’s
In the matter of ex parte Desjardins et al., the Appeals Review
Panel vacates the Patent Trial and Appeals Board decision that claims concerning machine
learning are not patent eligible subject matter.
The Appeals Review Panel included Under Secretary
Wired Magazine reports that the class action copyright suit involving Anthropic in the Northern District of California (Bartz v. Anthropic) has been settled (for the most part) for around $1.5 billion US. The article is available, here. The practical implications
The United States Trademark Office has terminated over 52,000
trademark pending registrations and registrations based on widespread fraud by
a foreign-filing entity. Notably, the
sanctions order states the following administrative sanctions:
(1) Permanently preclude Respondents from submitting
trademark-related documents on
