2021 saw changes in Canadian patent legislation, and a variety of court decisions addressing rarely interpreted provisions of the Patent Act, early consideration of recently enacted provisions, and ...

In April of 2021, we provided a three-part series relating to the IP and Competitive Landscape for the mRNA market. In this post we provide a 2021 year in review update on mRNA pioneers and key ...

At a time when the auto industry is hungrier than ever for technological innovations, new patent awards are on the decline. The number of new U.S. patent grants fell 7 percent in 2021. While there was ...

With the close of another year upon us, IPWatchdog is returning to an annual feature with its Top 10 list of issued U.S. patents during 2021. While it’s impossible to produce a definitive list of the ...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of patents were filed last year, with several Asian countries, including China, dominating the list. The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, ...

“It’s hard to see these shifting numbers and not think of them as possible impacts of larger issues permeating the international IP landscape, including growing uncertainty surrounding subject matter ...

A total of 88,433 patents were granted across automotive industry between July 2021 and September 2021, marking a 2.32% drop over the previous quarter (April 2021-June 2021), according to GlobalData ...

Samsung keeps top petitioner status (by a mile), WSOU is most challenged company, and Knobbe Martens becomes leading patent owner representative After a big bounce in petitions at the Patent Trial and ...

As part of the Global FDI Annual Report 2022, Investment Monitor used GlobalData’s Patent Analytics and Job Analytics databases to examine corporate trends across 2019, 2020 and 2021. Patent activity ...

Apple is one of the biggest companies when it comes to securing patents in the United States, with 2,487 granted patents making it the seventh biggest in the world. It is no secret that Apple has an ...

Patent infringement suits boomed in U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom in 2021, but they were flat across federal courts as a whole, according to Unified Patents' annual Patent Dispute ...