Today's Top Patent Stories

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Apr 07th 2026

1. Disney Patents Dynamic Canopy System for Theme Parks & Beyond - BlogMickey.com

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Disney Patents Dynamic Canopy System. Generally, Disney describes a modular system that would support the dynamic deployment of a canopy to protect ...

2. Ford Patents In-Car Communuication Tech That Can Read Your Lips - CarBuzz

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Like most patents, it starts out with something obvious: "audible communication in an open-top or convertible vehicle can be challenging due to ...

3. Gene therapies and RNA drugs, Italia now has a research network

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... has been created: 95 scientific projects and 30 patents have been launched and 8 start-ups have been launched.

4. TLSS Signs Agreement to Acquire Nanotechnology Patents and Majority Interest in Patriot ...

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... patents designed to enhance the strength, performance, and sustainability of brittle material systems (the “Patents”) will be exchanged ...

5. Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

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Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). April 7, 2026, 7:09 AM PDT. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that challenged claims of ...

6. Case: Patents/International Trade (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

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Case: Patents/International Trade (Fed. Cir.) April 7, 2026, 7:39 AM PDT. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the International Trade ...

7. Swanson School of Engineering climbs in U.S. News graduate rankings

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Research expenditures reached a record $63.5 million, and researchers earned 41 patents - 38% of all patents issued to the University of Pittsburgh ...

8. DraftKings and FanDuel Face Cantor Patent Lawsuits - World Casino News

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Cantor affiliate sues DraftKings and FanDuel over mobile betting patents tied to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, raising ethics questions.

9. CUI urged to commercialize research and convert patents into foreign direct investment

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... patents and innovations into foreign direct investment, describing commercialization as a national economic imperative. He was received by Rector ...

10. Four Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers elected as senior members of the ... - EurekAlert!

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... patents, licensing and commercialization. This year's members from the Keck School of Medicine are being recognized for their innovations in ...

11. Dominion Harbor entity sues Verizon, Samsung over cellular patents - IAM

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Peninsula Technologies continues to assert patents it bought from R&D firm Ofinno. To read more. Register for limited access.

12. Lundbeck and Biogaran fight in Milan and Paris over drug for alcohol dependence

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At the UPC a battle over two patents related to alcohol dependence treatment nalmefene is unfolding between Lundbeck and Biogaran.

13. Supreme People's Court Clarifies Handling of Paragraph I Declarations in Drug Patent ...

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... patents) and generic applicants (who must make truthful ... Please visit https://www.patents.jp/ or contact us at mailbox@patents.jp.

14. CNIPA Issues Guidance on Patent Applications Involving Standards - Lexology

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The Guidance focuses on invention patent applications intended to become Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), drawing primarily on practices in the ...

15. Patent Dispute Between Daiichi Sankyo and Seagen over Cancer Drug Concludes

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Please visit https://www.patents.jp/ or contact us at mailbox@patents.jp. ... Patents · Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law. Organisations.

16. IP at F1 Speed - When to Patent, When to Pivot and When to Keep Secrets - Lexology

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Patents make sense because the market is vast and the lifecycle is long. Here, the IP strategy is less about secrecy and more about protecting and ...

17. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Awarded $48 million in Infringement Suit with Rorze - Lexology

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Please visit https://www.patents.jp/ or contact us at mailbox@patents.jp. ... Filed under. Japan · Litigation · Patents · Sonoda & Kobayashi ...

18. Bausch reaches deal with competitor over IBS drug generic | Americas

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Novartis bets $2bn on biologics as Xolair patents fade · Home · News · About us · Contact · Terms of ...

19. SEP wars: coalitions form as UK Supreme Court prepares for Tesla v Avanci - Managing IP

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The England and Wales Court of Appeal held that they do not, as pool or platform administrators such as Avanci, don't own the patents they license ...

20. How Patents Have Shaped Automotive Innovation: Insights From Marks & Clerk At The ... - Mondaq

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... the British Motor Museum, Marks & Clerk partners Julian Asquith and Susan Bradley explored how intellectual property—and patents in particular...

21. Eagles legend who holds six patents dies - NJ.com

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The former Eagles lineman and medical researcher with six patents, died at 86 after leaving football for science.

22. FutureOfGaming.com: Intelligence Platform Tracks 682 Patents - openPR.com

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, [07th April 2026] Future of Gaming, the strategic intelligence platform analyzing gaming patents to reveal what major studios ...

23. Caterpillar, Bobcat sue each other over patent infringement - Peoria Journal Star

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Caterpillar has denied Bobcat's claims and filed counterclaims, accusing Bobcat of infringing on its own patents. Caterpillar and Doosan Bobcat ...

24. TLSS to acquire nanotechnology patents and 80% stake in Patriot Glass - StreetInsider

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Transportation and Logistics Systems Inc. (OTC: TLSS) announced it signed an agreement to acquire four nanotechnology patents and an 80% majority ...

25. China's Top Court Upholds Xiao-I's AI Patents Against Apple - Timothy Sykes

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Navigating The Legal Storm. In triumphant news, the Supreme People's Court of China cemented the legitimacy of Xiao-I's core AI patents, a stronghold ...

26. Teneo.ai Patent Portfolio Valued at Up to $211 Million in Independent Assessment by Oxford IP Firm

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Foundational AI patents cited by Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Google and Dell; portfolio predates the CCaaS market by nearly a decadeTeneo.ai(Nasdaq ...

27. Tlss Signs Agreement To Acquire Nanotechnology Patents And Majority Interest In Patriot ...

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Tlss Signs Agreement To Acquire Nanotechnology Patents And Majority Interest In Patriot Glass Solutions. Apr 7, 2026, 05:40 GMT-7 RefinitivLess ...

28. UK patent office adopts EPO standards for AI inventions - World IP Review

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7 April 2026NewsPatentsMatt Jefferies and Eric McNeil. UK patent office adopts EPO standards for AI inventions.

29. CFAs: Support for Intellectual Property Protection Activities (Hungary) - fundsforNGOs

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Patents and Utility Models: Filing Hungarian patents, utility models, and plant variety protection applications; International Patent Procedures ...