Patent News for Monday 2nd February 2026

1. Sony Might Plan Customizable Touchscreen Controller For PlayStation - 80 Level

Sony Patents Fully Touchscreen PlayStation Controller. #News#Video Games#Business. The idea is to provide an unprecedented level of customization ...

2. Prosecutors indict ex-Samsung employee and NPE chief over patent leak in Korea

A former Samsung Electronics employee who leaked confidential information related to Samsung Electronics' patents and received $1 million in ...

3. Are COFs the new MOFs? - C&EN - American Chemical Society

Researchers are exploring COFs to capture carbon dioxide, as a battery material, and in chemical catalysis. Eye on patents. A C&EN exploration of ...

4. Sony patents button-free touchscreen PlayStation controller with customizable controls

Sony patents button-free touchscreen PlayStation controller with customizable controls. sony · sony patent · patents · playstation · playstation ...

5. russia Once Again Patents Ukrainian-Derived "Hood" for Armored Vehicles, but With Critical Flaw

russia Once Again Patents Ukrainian-Derived "Hood" for Armored Vehicles, but With Critical Flaw ... russia Once Again Patents Ukrainian-Derived ...

6. Paymetrex Launches Patent Licensing Program to Monetize Mobile Payments IP Portfolio

Canadian Patents: No. 2,752,053. No. 2,967,042. These patents form part of a mature and commercially validated portfolio, with portions already ...

7. Irish patent owner sues litigation funder in Texas - ICLG.com

... patents that were not the subject of” either the engagement agreements or the funding agreement. The disagreement therefore concerned how much of ...

8. SC to rule on competition body's power to probe patent-linked disputes

... abuse of dominance are rooted in the use of patent rights and that such disputes fall solely within the framework of the Patents Act, 1970.

9. ORYZON Strengthens Patent Portfolio for Vafidemstat With New Decision to Grant in Japan

These patents are expected to remain in force until at least 2040, excluding any potential patent term extensions. About Oryzon Founded in 2000 in ...

10. MSF statements at WHO Executive Board 158th session

Patents and intellectual property · Pandemic prevention, preparedness and ... No Patents in a Pandemic · Share the Tech - Save Lives. MSF Access ...

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

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Feb. 2, 2026, 12:15 PM PST. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that challenged claims of Ouraring Inc.'s ...

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

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Feb. 2, 2026, 12:35 PM PST. Some challenged claims of Atos LLC's patent that describes detecting and analyzing ...

13. Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) Feb. 2, 2026, 11:43 AM PST. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in ...

14. Starlinger: Interim Legal Success Against Chinese Machinery Manufacturers - Plasticker

and Wenzhou Zhengong Machinery Co., Ltd. infringed Starlinger's patents. The decisions are not yet legally binding. The proceedings originated from a ...

15. Sony Patents Customizable Touchscreen Controller - Retro Handhelds

Sony Patents Customizable Touchscreen Controller. by Jim Gray | Feb 2, 2026 | News | 0 comments. Sony Touchscreen Controller Patent Banner. Sony has ...

16. OYE Therapeutics will initiate clinical development of its caffeine injection - Stories

Newly issued patents graphic. Tech Highlights · January Edition: Newly Issued Patents · Newsletter archive · PRF Express | January 2025 · Tech ...

17. Sony patents buttonless controller with touchscreen - Telegraph

Sony patents buttonless controller with touchscreen ... Sony has patented a new design for a future game controller that doesn't feature buttons and ...

18. Subaru Patents Manual Electric Car with Clutch - VOI.id

Subaru Patents Manual Electric Car with Clutch ... JAKARTA - Subaru has just taken a smart step by presenting a surprise that has the potential to ...

19. Can CCI examine competition issues arising from patent disputes? Supreme Court to decide

The NCLAT had held that such disputes fall exclusively within the domain of the Patents Act, 1970. The Supreme Court has clarified that it will ...

20. ORYZON Strengthens Patent Portfolio for Vafidemstat With New Decision to Grant in Japan

Corresponding patents have already been granted or allowed in Europe, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines ...

21. SME Fund 2026: EU funding program for small and medium-sized enterprises relaunched - DPMA

Individual IP scans, registration of patents, trademarks, designs, and varieties, as well as state-of-the-art searches: Small and medium-sized ...

22. David Ebrahimzadeh Leads the Next Wave of Automotive Safety - GlobeNewswire

Clear differentiation between these two patents supports editorial accuracy, prevents downstream confusion in syndication, and reinforces structured ...

23. Court Declines to Disqualify Outside Counsel Absent Clear Violation of Prosecution Bar

... patents in different countries covering the same device. The parties agreed the patents prosecuted by Mr. Bellamy were not counterparts. The court ...

24. 3V Sigma and Trevisan & Cuonzo expand suncream dispute in Milan - JUVE Patent

Both patents protect novel triazine compounds that work as UV filters. As in the evidence proceedings, presiding judge Pierluigi Perrotti, Alima ...

25. Description and Claims under the EPC: submissions for the Referral G 1/25 (“Hydroponics”)

I submitted an amicus curiae brief for the referral G 1/25 (“Hydroponics”) on the adaptation of the description to the claims of European patents ...

26. Patents, innovation & where the law draws the line - Lexology

Like most pharmaceutical innovations, it was protected by patents - giving Novo Nordisk a limited window of exclusivity to recover massive R&D costs ...

27. Nikon vs Viltrox: A simple look at what this patent dispute means - Lexology

Nikon has brought legal proceedings in China against Viltrox, alleging that Viltrox's Z-mount lenses infringe Nikon patents. The matter is before the ...

28. Clinical trial protocols disclosed without results: a threat to patent novelty?

Patents. Clinical trial protocols disclosed ... FeaturesEuropean Patent ConventionFrancePatentsUnitary patent and UPCLife sciencesSantarelli.

29. Invention leadership in the AI age: Insights from the world's top innovators

Patents. Invention leadership in the AI age: Insights from the ... Topics. InternationalTrademarksPatentsCopyrightAIFeatures · arun-hill-bw ...

30. King Series patents six-door truck design, expands access for builders and families

We're proud to say it's built right here in South Dakota and it's patent pending.” The patents, Angel said, help protect the design while the company ...

31. Paymetrex Launches Patent Licensing Program to Monetize Mobile Payments IP Portfolio

... patents in the United States and Canada that cover its innovations in mobile and electronic payments, the earliest of which was filed in 2011 ...

32. Is this the future of controllers? Sony patents a 'buttonless' gamepad that could combat the ... - MSN

Take that with a pinch of salt, naturally, as patents often don't lead to a fully-realized product. Imagery in the patent depicts a controller with ...

33. Sony Patents PlayStation Controller Design Featuring A Touchscreen That Lets User ...

Sony Patents PlayStation Controller Design Featuring A Touchscreen That Lets User Choose Where The Buttons Go ... Sony Interactive Entertainment has ...

34. Sony patents a fully customisable PlayStation controller ditching buttons altogether | Shortlist

Sony patents a fully customisable PlayStation controller ditching buttons altogether. Play your way. Morgan Truder's avatar. By Morgan Truder.

35. Indian Court balances pharma patents, favors Swiss firm, backs Zydus' biosimilar

Indian Court balances pharma patents, favors Swiss firm, backs Zydus' biosimilar. Biosimilars. 2 February 2026.

36. Sony patents a special touchscreen PlayStation controller that could release alongside the PS6

Sony patents a special touchscreen PlayStation controller that could release alongside the PS6. Sony's cooking up another new PlayStation ...

37. How we won: Promptu counsel on its $240m victory against Comcast - World IP Review

2 February 2026NewsPatentsSarah Speight. How we won: Promptu counsel on its $240m victory against Comcast.