Patent News for Friday 1st May 2026

1. “Lever” to expand technology markets | Nhan Dan Online

By the end of 2025, Viettel owned 438 patents, including 391 domestic patents and 47 patents granted in the US. According to the Intellectual ...

2. Big Pharma's Deal Rush Is Back, And It's About Patents - Finimize

Big Pharma's deal machine is humming again in 2026, as drugmakers buy biotechs before expiring patents punch holes in sales. What does this mean?

3. Nintendo Music patents may point to features on the way - GoNintendo

A handful of Nintendo Music patents have surfaced recently, and they point to some new components that could make their way to the app soon. While ...

4. Case: Patents/Claim Construction (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law

Case: Patents/Claim Construction (Fed. Cir.) May 1, 2026, 9:58 AM PDT. The Federal Circuit reversed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal ...

5. Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) May 1, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in Texas that ...

6. Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law

Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) May 1, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that ...

7. Purdue Gets $20M Gift Syracuse Whitman's New Experiential Center

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON BUILDS INNOVATION PIPELINE THROUGH PATENTS AND STARTUPS. The University of Houston is strengthening its position as an ...

8. SEALSQ's 126 Patents Position Firm For Post-Quantum Security Demand

SEALSQ boasts 126 patents, including a new filing for side-channel attack protection, as Google's 2029 deadline drives need for robust ...

9. AMERICA 250 - Intellectual Property: The Freedom & Spirit to Innovate

The larger story is more than patents alone. The Constitution helped create a broader environment of predictability and confidence: contracts could be ...

10. UK court orders Samsung to pay China's ZTE a $392 million lump sum after patent trial

... patents, ?and most importantly the cost. The patents are needed to ensure smartphones can access networks. Samsung sued ZTE in London in December ...

11. Largest patent recipients in Tampa Bay, 2026 - The Business Journals

Data is from the US Patents and Trademark Office. Local includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.

12. Canon Patents Radical New RF Tilt-Shift Lenses with Internal Movement - Canon Rumors

New Canon patents reveal a massive shift in TS-R lens technology, featuring internal tilting groups, 75° tilt, and even 100-400mm tilt-shift zoom ...

13. N.B. nuclear company selling 'distressed assets' to B.C. buyer | CBC News

Moltex Energy Canada is selling its engineering designs, patents, software, intellectual property, modelling data and other assets to a new company ...

14. Tsuyo Manufacturing Patents Next-Generation EV Motor Technologies

Electric powertrain company Tsuyo Manufacturing announced that it has secured two patents for electric vehicle (EV) motor technologies.

15. BiomEdit secures patents for engineered probiotic platform - Feedstuffs

The newly issued patents, including "Genetically Modified Lactobacillus and Uses Thereof" (U.S. Patent 12,599,637) and "Probiotic Compositions ...

16. India remains on US IP watch list amid red flags on patents and tariffs - Firstpost

India remains on the US IP priority watch list as concerns over patents, tariffs, enforcement gaps and market access persist despite incremental ...

17. Beyond the Light Bulb Moment: Why Your Company Needs an Innovation Disclosure Process

Protected inventions (patents, trademarks, trade secrets) represent some of the most valuable assets on a company's balance sheet, even if you do not ...

18. Fintech Patents: New Eligibility Guidance In Canada | Bennett Jones LLP - JDSupra

Banks, fintech companies and payment processors who engage in R&D and file patents regarding computer-implemented inventions will want to take ...

19. Patent disclosure erases trade secret protection | McDermott Will & Schulte - JDSupra

... patents for failure to name Elist as an inventor. A jury found for the plaintiffs on all claims. After a bench trial on remedies, the district ...

20. What Teva v. Eli Lilly Means for Written Description and Enablement of Method-of-Use Patents

Teva's patents (sometimes referred to as the “headache patents”) claim a method for treating headaches by administering any humanized monoclonal ...

21. No Notice, No Fix: Failure to Satisfy § 256(B) Renders Patent Invalid - Lexology

Fortress sued Digger Specialties for infringement of patents directed to pre-assembled railing panels. During the litigation, Fortress ...

22. Tsuyo lands two global-first EV motor patents - Manufacturing Today India

Two breakthrough patents announced. Tsuyo Manufacturing, an integrated EV powertrain company, has secured two new motor technology patents, marking a ...

23. ERC PatentsInHumans Team Launch Policy Brief and Artwork representing ... - Maynooth University

... patents are used can have significant implications for patients ... patents (and other IPRs), whilst ensuring that the bioethical ...

24. Pfizer deals extend patent life for a top-selling rare disease drug | PharmaVoice

... patents," said Aamir Malik, Pfizer's executive vice president and Chief ... patents covering tafamidis. Pfizer responded with lawsuits ...

25. Overcoming Formulation Challenges for Biosimilars - Pharmaceutical Technology

“In many cases, formulation-related patents can evolve into a family of patents that minimize the possible design space for biosimilar formulations ...

26. UK court orders Samsung to pay China's ZTE a $392 million lump sum after patent trial

Samsung Electronics must pay ?a $392 million lump sum for a licence to use ZTE's patents for mobile phones, London's High Court ruled on Friday in ...

27. Lunai Bioworks buys CNS patent portfolio with $20M preferred | LNAI 8-K Filing - Stock Titan

The patents target Alzheimer's disease and neurological disorders, aligning with the company's CNS research focus but without existing revenue or ...

28. Omitted Inventor Renders Patent Invalid when Section 256 Correction Is Not Available in ...

... patents. As a result, the patents remained incorrect on their face and were invalid. Issues. Can a court correct inventorship under 35 U.S.C. § 256 ...

29. Wind power patents: Dongfang | Siemens Gamesa | Mingyang | Equinor

Read Wind power patents: Dongfang | Siemens Gamesa | Mingyang | Equinor and other wind energy news & analysis on Windpower Monthly.

30. This CEO Broke Drug Patents to Save Millions of Lives - YouTube

This CEO Broke Drug Patents to Save Millions of Lives. 64 views · 24 minutes ago. #inspiring #healthcare #hero ...more ...