The patent.legal blog has been publishing monthly insights on patent law since May 2021. Browse our complete archive below:
2025 Posts
- December 2025 — Patent Law in 2025: A Year-End Review
- November 2025 — Defending Against Patent Infringement Claims
- October 2025 — Licensing Your Patents: What to Know Before You Start
- September 2025 — When Employees Leave: Invention Assignment Issues
- August 2025 — Patent Litigation Trends: What We're Seeing in 2025
- July 2025 — Filing Patents Abroad: PCT vs. Direct National Filings
- June 2025 — Managing Your Patent Portfolio: Best Practices
- May 2025 — Protecting Your Invention: Patent vs. Trade Secret
2024 Posts
- December 2024 — Patent Law in 2024: A Year-End Review
- November 2024 — Filing Related Patent Applications: Continuation Strategy
- October 2024 — What's Your Patent Portfolio Worth? Valuation Methods
- September 2024 — Mark Your Products: Patent Marking and Damages
- August 2024 — Software Patents After Alice: What Still Works
- July 2024 — Who Owns This Patent? Chain of Title Problems
- June 2024 — Insurance for Patent Lawsuits: Is It Worth It?
- May 2024 — Europe's New Patent Court: One Year In
- April 2024 — Patenting Medical Tests: Why Diagnostic Methods Are Hard to Protect
- March 2024 — Patents in Your Car: The Automotive SEP Battle
- February 2024 — Faster Foreign Patents: The Patent Prosecution Highway
- January 2024 — AI Can't Be an Inventor: What the Thaler Decision Means
2023 Posts
- December 2023 — Patent Law in 2023: A Year-End Review
- November 2023 — Design Patent Damages: Apple v. Samsung's Lasting Impact
- October 2023 — Patent Litigation Venue: Waco Transfer Jurisprudence
- September 2023 — Patent Infringement Damages: Apportionment and Entire Market Value
- August 2023 — Obviousness: Secondary Considerations and Objective Indicia
- July 2023 — Patent Term Extension: Pharmaceutical Patent Strategies
- June 2023 — FRAND Jurisdiction: Global Rate-Setting After Optis v. Apple
- May 2023 — Unified Patent Court Launches in Europe
- April 2023 — PTAB Director Review: Post-Arthrex Practice
- March 2023 — Supreme Court Decides Amgen v. Sanofi
- February 2023 — Patent Eligibility: Section 101 Reform Efforts Continue
- January 2023 — Amgen v. Sanofi: Supreme Court to Address Enablement
2022 Posts
- December 2022 — Year in Review: Top Patent Law Developments of 2022
- November 2022 — Injunctive Relief After eBay: When Injunctions Are Available
- October 2022 — Patent Damages: Reasonable Royalty Calculations
- September 2022 — Inter Partes Review: PTAB Trial Practice
- August 2022 — Markman Hearings: Claim Construction Strategy
- July 2022 — Personal Jurisdiction After Red Wing: Where Patent Cases Can Be Brought
- June 2022 — Section 285 Attorney Fees: When Cases Are "Exceptional"
- May 2022 — Patent Exhaustion After Lexmark: First Sale Doctrine
- April 2022 — Obviousness-Type Double Patenting: ODP Strategies
- March 2022 — Enablement and Written Description: Amgen v. Sanofi's Impact
- February 2022 — Indefiniteness After Nautilus: Claim Clarity Requirements
- January 2022 — The Thaler Cases: Can AI Be an Inventor?
2021 Posts
- December 2021 — Year in Review: Top Patent Law Developments of 2021
- November 2021 — Patent Term Adjustment: Maximizing Patent Term
- October 2021 — Standard Essential Patents: FRAND Licensing After Microsoft v. Motorola
- September 2021 — Willful Infringement After Halo: What Changed
- August 2021 — PTAB Pre-Award Stays: When to Request Them
- July 2021 — Section 101 Eligibility: Navigating Alice After a Decade
- June 2021 — Venue After TC Heartland: Where Patent Cases Can Be Filed
- May 2021 — Google v. Oracle: Fair Use in Software Copyright