The Federal Circuit’s TexasLDPC decision explains when an exclusive patent license transfers all substantial rights—and when the licensee may enforce the patent without joining its owner.
The Federal Circuit’s September 25, 2026 AudienceScience decision explains why targeted-advertising claims failed Section 101—and why the patent owner forfeited its request to amend.
The USPTO’s current guidance says AI-assisted inventions use the same inventorship standard as every other invention. Only humans can be inventors. Here is a practical 2026 workflow for documenting conception, ownership, and AI-assisted development.
The USPTO’s precedential Ex parte Baurin decision holds that anti-harassment and separate ownership can independently support obviousness-type double patenting even without patent-term extension—and the panel simultaneously questioned whether that rule should survive.
The Federal Circuit’s August 31, 2026 precedential decision in Constellation Designs v. LG split the patent-eligibility result while leaving infringement and damages rulings intact. Here is what the decision means for patent drafting, litigation, damages, and appellate strategy.
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