Yesterday's Top Patent News

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Apr 15th 2026

1. Turning Defense Into Offense - Above the Law

Domain: abovethelaw.com | Companies: Travelers

And Travelers pled for a declaration of noninfringement on no less than 14 patents. Besides the apparent coordination between the DJ plaintiffs, what ...

2. Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat - Yahoo Autos

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Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat · When the Road Doesn't Wait · A Drawer-Style Solution Under Your Seat · A Whole New Level ...

3. Patent Term Extension for Regulatory Approval: Mexico's Outstanding Obligation under the USMCA

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... patents face a structural limitation: when the State ... The regulation also fails to clearly define which patents qualify, how many patents ...

4. Patented: AT&T's Quantum Security and More North Texas Inventive Activity - Dallas Innovates

Domain: dallasinnovates.com | Companies: Nvidia, Toyota

DFW logged 140 patents for the week of March 17 (No. 9). Highlights: TI passive radar, Toyota remote control, NVIDIA cooling, 7-Eleven tech.

5. HEVC Patent Pool Power Map: Who Holds the Charging and Discourse Power in the Video Industry?

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28805 valid patents, 43095 claims, and 46 licensees offer a panoramic view of the global video industry's benefit distribution.

6. GW Professor Awarded Two New AI Patents

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Ahmed Louri, the David and Marilyn Karlgaard Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his students have received two new patents for ...

7. Webinar: The Hidden Cost of Your Outside Counsel Dependency - IPWatchdog.com

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Your outside counsel is excellent at drafting and filing patents, but often they also operate as your docket manager and archive, which means they ...

8. Webinar: The Hidden Cost of Your Outside Counsel Dependency - IPWatchdog.com

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Your outside counsel is excellent at drafting and filing patents, but often they also operate as your docket manager and archive, which means they ...

9. 'Not your parents' cannabis:' Legalization lights up innovation—but not clinical research

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Method-related patents rose by roughly 1.85 per state annually, and product-related patents rose by approximately 2.4, while patents tied to medical ...

10. From E-Cigarettes To Lab Devices: Surprising Facts About Swiss Patents - Mena FN

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(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Switzerland is the most innovative country in Europe in terms of patents, according to statistics from the European Patent ...

11. Grammy-Nominated Producer Patents AI Mixing and Mastering System - ?? ??

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Image: Global Technology Transfer Group, Inc. Grammy-Nominated Producer Patents AI Mixing and Mastering System. ENGLISH » MUSIC BUSINESS. 2026 ...

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

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Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) April 15, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC. The Federal Circuit reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded the ...

13. Case: Patents/Injunctions (3d Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

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Case: Patents/Injunctions (3d Cir.) April 15, 2026, 8:49 AM PDT. The Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the District of New Jersey denying ...

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

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Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) April 15, 2026, 7:49 AM PDT. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the District of Utah granting ...

15. Eastern Florida State to Host Patents and Trademarks Webinar on Intellectual Property on April 29

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Topics include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements, and general techniques for marketing new ...

16. Samsung Is Likely Working On A Successor To The Galaxy Z TriFold That Bears A Wide Form Factor

Domain: wccftech.com | Companies: Samsung

Samsung's patents hint at an upcoming successor to the now-defunct Galaxy Z TriFold, albeit in a wide form factor.

17. Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat - AOL.com

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Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat. Autoblog. Jacob Oliva. Wed, April 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM PDT. 0. When the Road Doesn't ...

18. Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat - Autoblog

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Chinese Automaker Patents Slide-Out Toilet Built Into Car Seat. A sliding under-seat toilet design has just been patented for cars. It solves one ...

19. Ballard Spahr Named Managing IP's Firm of the Year Patent Prosecution (South)

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The nearly 40-person Patents practice offers industry-wide services in patent prosecution and patent portfolio development and management, as well ...

20. Trained Therapeutix Discovery patents new mTOR inhibitors | BioWorld

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To read more on related topics, click on one of the words below. BioWorld Science Immune Patents. KEYWORDS mTOR inhibitors Trained Therapeutix ...

21. Top Ten (less 5) Countries For Filing Patents - Electronics Weekly

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Top Ten (less 5) Countries For Filing Patents · Get Electronics Weekly every day · About the blog.

22. Close-Range Photogrammetry and 3D Imaging receives 2026 Joseph W. Goodman Book ...

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He has 88 publications, including journal papers, conference presentations, technical articles, patents and translations. Jan Boehm is Professor ...

23. Global - #China holds 75% of published core patents in AI-powered research automation ...

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China holds 75% of published core patents in AI-powered research automation systems, followed by #India with a 17.5% share. AI-powered research.

24. Dolby Files Lawsuit Against Barco Over HDR Patents - Forbes

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It seems, however, that Dolby is not taking this lying down and has filed a lawsuit that claims that Barco has infringed on two of its patents.

25. China leads in core patents on AI-powered research automation systems - Global Times

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China holds 75% of published core patents in AI-powered research automation systems, followed by India with a 17.5% share.

26. Korea ranks No. 3 in the world for number of notable AI models

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In terms of patents granted per capita, an indicator of innovation, South Korea ranked No. 1 in the world in 2025 for the second year running, with ...

27. Iceotope Surpasses 200 Patents for Liquid Cooling in AI Infrastructure - HPCwire

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... patents granted and pending. The achievement underscores the company's technology leadership in solving one of the AI industry's most pressing ...

28. Dividing and Conquering: Best Method Obligations Follow Every Divisional Patent Application

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As we previously reported here, this case involved NOCO's three patents from the same family for portable vehicle jump starters, which the patentee ...

29. Federal Circuit Emphasizes the Importance of Inventors in Fortress Iron, LP, v. Digger Specialties, Inc.

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The district court denied Fortress' motion and granted DSI's motion, finding both patents invalid due to incorrect inventorship. The Federal ...

30. Today's Emerging Technology Is Tomorrow's IP Battlefront | Holland & Knight LLP - JDSupra

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The Life Cycle of Startup Patents. The journey of a patent from promising startup asset to litigation weapon follows a predictable pattern. During the ...

31. Regional Court Munich puts decision in ZTE vs Samsung on hold - JUVE Patent

Domain: juve-patent.com | Companies: Samsung

Parallel nullity suits regarding all four patents are pending at the German Federal Patent Court. A run of bad luck. The development in EP 827 is good ...

32. PTAB Section 101 reversals rise: what the decisions signal and how to position your next appeal

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Patents. PTAB Section 101 reversals rise: what the decisions signal and how to position your next appeal. Anton Hopen. April 15 2026. Show more ...

33. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader merger approved, debut planned for July - Managing IP

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Patents. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader merger approved, debut ... Topics. NewsEuropeUnited StatesPatentsTrademarksCopyrightHogan LovellsCadwalader.

34. NEUTECH WELLNESS, a weight training machine company that has a repurchase rate of ...

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... patents on core structures and functions." In the process, the Small and Medium Venture Business Corporation's export voucher support project ...

35. A Patent's Demise – Inventor Gone Without A Trace - Patent - United States - Mondaq

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... Indiana denied Fortress' motion and granted Digger's motion, holding the '707 and '290 patents invalid based on the omission of the co-inventor.

36. Lutnick wants U.S. to profit from university patents, which could reshape VC math - MSN

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Howard Lutnick wants the U.S. government to get a cut of university patent revenue, or even commercial revenue derived from those patents, ...

37. India's Open Source AI Boom Outpaces Patents, Says Stanford

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... India's AI Story Is Going Open Source First, Patents Later. India's growing share of high-impact open source AI projects is emerging ...

38. From e-cigarettes to lab devices: surprising facts about Swiss patents - SWI swissinfo.ch

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Switzerland is the most innovative country in Europe in terms of patents, according to statistics from the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich.

39. Clunix Secures Patents for Dynamic GPU Resource Allocation in AI Clusters

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Clunix said it has secured two patents related to improving AI computing efficiency and has begun operating GPU cluster infrastructure services ...

40. Remember this? The cruciform groove | Opinion - thesuntimes.com

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... patents for his two inventions. On May 9, 1933, the United States Patent Office granted patent numbers 1,908,080 and 1,908,081 for John's fastener ...

41. BacTech Seeks Canadian and U.S. Patents for Zero-Waste Tailings Technology - TipRanks

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An update from BacTech Environmental ( ($TSE:BAC) ) is now available. BacTech Environmental has filed national patents in Canada and the U.S. for ...

42. Sami - Sabinsa – Building A Global Nutraceutical Powerhouse - YouTube

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... patents, and sustainability through partnerships with farmers for medicinal plant cultivation. Amit Gupta, Partner, Investment Banking, EY India ...