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The CAFC found the district court had provided âinsufficient detail to permit meaningful review.â</p> 547 548 <div class="post__meta"> 549 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/emcdermott/">Eileen McDermott</a></strong> 550 <p>9 hours ago 551 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 552 0 </p> 553 554 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 555 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 556 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 557</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 558 <div class="post__inner"> 559 560 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/30/third-circuit-affirms-revised-fair-use-ruling-against-ross-ai-legal-research-platform-in-sealed-opinion/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/fairuseMarkerRed.jpg);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 561 562 <div class="post__content"> 563 564 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/30/third-circuit-affirms-revised-fair-use-ruling-against-ross-ai-legal-research-platform-in-sealed-opinion/" class="post__title">Third Circuit Affirms Revised Fair Use Ruling Against ROSSâ AI Legal Research Platform in Sealed Opinion</a> 565 566 <p>On Tuesday, news reports indicated that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ruling under seal affirming the District of Delawareâs grant of partial summary judgment to Canadian technology company Thomson Reuters on its claims that legal artificial intelligence (AI) company ROSS Intelligence infringed upon more than 2,000 copyrighted headnote summaries of U.S. case law from its Westlaw legal research platform.</p> 567 568 <div class="post__meta"> 569 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/sbrachmann/">Steve Brachmann</a></strong> 570 <p>12 hours ago 571 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 572 0 </p> 573 574 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 575 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 576 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 577</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 578 <div class="post__inner"> 579 580 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/senate-ip-subcommittee-focuses-on-fee-setting-ptab-rule-in-uspto-oversight-hearing/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-29-at-3.05.59-PM-scaled-e1790716564689.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 581 582 <div class="post__content"> 583 584 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/senate-ip-subcommittee-focuses-on-fee-setting-ptab-rule-in-uspto-oversight-hearing/" class="post__title">Senate IP Subcommittee Focuses on Fee-Setting, PTAB Rule in USPTO Oversight Hearing</a> 585 586 <p>U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Squires faced the Senate Judiciary Committeeâs Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Tuesday in an oversight hearing pushing for more information on several of the policy changes his administration has put in place. The hearing was the last over which its current Chairman, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), will preside.</p> 587 588 <div class="post__meta"> 589 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/emcdermott/">Eileen McDermott</a></strong> 590 <p>September 29, 2026, 05:23 PM 591 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 592 0 </p> 593 594 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 595 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 596 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 597</div><!-- /.post --> </div><!-- /.tab --> 598 599 <div class="tab popular-posts"> 600 <div class="post-article"> 601 <div class="post__inner"> 602 603 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/28/greatest-threat-ip-misunderstanding/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Martin-07-27-26-square.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 604 605 <div class="post__content"> 606 607 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/28/greatest-threat-ip-misunderstanding/" class="post__title">The Greatest Threat to IP Is Misunderstanding What It Does | <i>IPWatchdog Unleashed</i></a> 608 609 <p>This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, I speak with Martin Correa. Correa, who leads foresight work at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
609Correaâs job is not to predict the future of IP, but to consider what futures are possible so WIPO and Member States can be better prepared for whatever eventuality does materialize. And since there is no data about the futureâas he puts itâhis work uses signals of change, horizon scanning and competing scenarios to expose assumptions and identify the decisions that could push the IP system in one direction or another.</p> 610 611 <div class="post__meta"> 612 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gene-quinn-2/">Gene Quinn</a></strong> 613 <p>July 28, 2026, 01:15 PM 614 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 615 0 </p> 616 617 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 618 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 619 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 620</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 621 <div class="post__inner"> 622 623 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/07/patent-disputes-where-fight-matters-most/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Battlefield-07-2026-square.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 624 625 <div class="post__content"> 626 627 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/07/patent-disputes-where-fight-matters-most/" class="post__title">In a Patent Dispute, Where You Fight Often Matters Most | <i>IPWatchdog Unleashed</i></a> 628 629 <p>In any patent dispute, the strength of the patent still matters. But increasingly, it is not the only thing that mattersâor even, in some cases, the thing that matters most. That means where a patent dispute takes place cannot be a tactical afterthought or viewed as a choice of federal district courts in the United States alone. This is true today more than ever because despite patents ostensibly being propertyâat least according to the Patent Actâwhich tribunal and which judges make the ultimate decisions affecting the patent often matter most of all because patents and patent enforcement have become driven by ideology and the type of fervor normally reserved highly emotionally charged discussions, like religion and politics.</p> 630 631 <div class="post__meta"> 632 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gene-quinn-2/">Gene Quinn</a></strong> 633 <p>July 7, 2026, 02:15 PM 634 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 635 5 </p> 636 637 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 638 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 639 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 640</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 641 <div class="post__inner"> 642 643 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/20/patent-damages-rule-702-daubert/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Experts-702-July-2026-500.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 644 645 <div class="post__content"> 646 647 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/20/patent-damages-rule-702-daubert/" class="post__title">Patent Damages After Rule 702: Will Your Expert Survive <i>Daubert</i>? | <i>IPWatchdog Unleashed</i></a> 648 649 <p>Recent amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 did not invent the trial judgeâs gatekeeping obligation, nor did they transform economic analysis. They did, however, sharpen the focus on the burden of establishing admissibility and whether an expert has reliably applied a valid methodology to the facts. Combined with the Federal Circuitâs increasingly demanding review of patent damages opinions, the practical message is unmistakable: the economic case must be engineered from the beginning, or you will surely suffer the consequences only after it is too late.</p> 650 651 <div class="post__meta"> 652 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gene-quinn-2/">Gene Quinn</a></strong> 653 <p>July 20, 2026, 05:06 PM 654 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 655 1 </p> 656 657 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 658 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 659 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 660</div><!-- /.post --> </div><!-- /.tab --> 661 </div><!-- /.tabs__body --> 662 663 664 <div class="media media--offsets media--long"> 665 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/life-sciences-masters-2026/" target="_blank"> 666 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Life-Sciences-2026-banner-early-bird-date-corrected-1500Ã500.jpg" alt="[Advertisement]" 667 width="1500" height="500"> 668 </a> 669 </div><!-- /.media --> 670 671 672 <div class="tabs__body"> 673 <div class="tab tab--alt is-active recent-posts"> 674 <div class="post-article"> 675 <div class="post__inner"> 676 677 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/uspto-flowchart-subject-matter-eligibility-declarations-raises-questions-practitioners/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Depositphotos_427560084_S.jpg);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 678 679 <div class="post__content"> 680 681 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/uspto-flowchart-subject-matter-eligibility-declarations-raises-questions-practitioners/" class="post__title">USPTO Flowchart for Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations Raises Questions for Practitioners</a> 682 683 <p>The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an updated memorandum today addressed to all patent applicants and practitioners that provides a flowchart for analyzing Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) submitted under 37 C.F.R. Section 1.132 and reviews best practices for submitting them. The memo, from USPTO Director John Squires, is an addendum to an April 2026 SMED memorandum and, according to the USPTO, âthis memorandum is consistent with existing USPTO guidance and does not announce any new USPTO practice or procedure.â</p> 684 685 <div class="post__meta"> 686 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/rose-esfandiari/">Rose Esfandiari</a></strong> 687 <p>September 29, 2026, 03:41 PM 688 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 689 2 </p> 690 691 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 692 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 693 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 694</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 695 <div class="post__inner"> 696 697 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/fight-fix-americas-patent-system/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Coke-Renee-09-2
697026-500.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 698 699 <div class="post__content"> 700 701 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/fight-fix-americas-patent-system/" class="post__title">The Fight to Fix America’s Patent System | <i>IPWatchdog Unleashed</i></a> 702 703 <p>This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, IPWatchdog President Renée C. Quinn spoke with Coke Morgan Stewart. Formerly Acting Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Stewart is now president and CEO of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP). Their conversation, recorded at IPWatchdogâs 2026 Womenâs IP Forum, examines what she learned while leading the agency, why she believes the patent system needs legislative reform, and how her experience has shaped her approach to leadership and advocacy.</p> 704 705 <div class="post__meta"> 706 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gene-quinn-2/">Gene Quinn</a></strong> 707 <p>September 29, 2026, 02:48 PM 708 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 709 0 </p> 710 711 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 712 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 713 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 714</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 715 <div class="post__inner"> 716 717 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/mitchell-why-second-ai-didnt-save-him/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Depositphotos_831471608_S.jpg);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 718 719 <div class="post__content"> 720 721 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/09/29/mitchell-why-second-ai-didnt-save-him/" class="post__title"><i>In re Mitchell</i>: Why the Second AI Didnât Save Him</a> 722 723 <p>Using one associate to prepare a claim construction chart and a second to check it is ordinary practice. In In re Brian E. Mitchell, Proceeding No. D2026-16, a patent attorney did the same with two generative AI tools: one to draft proposed claim constructions and a second to review them. Erroneous citations still reached the district court, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Officeâs (USPTOâs) Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) publicly reprimanded him for that.</p> 724 725 <div class="post__meta"> 726 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gregory-kline/">Gregory Kline</a></strong> 727 <p>September 29, 2026, 10:15 AM 728 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 729 1 </p> 730 731 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 732 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 733 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 734</div><!-- /.post --> </div><!-- /.tab --> 735 736 <div class="tab tab--alt popular-posts"> 737 <div class="post-article"> 738 <div class="post__inner"> 739 740 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/14/patented-inventions-fail-patents-products/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Ben-07-13-26-square.png);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 741 742 <div class="post__content"> 743 744 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/14/patented-inventions-fail-patents-products/" class="post__title">Why Patented Inventions Fail: The Hard Truth About Patents, Products and Commercialization | <i>IPWatchdog Unleashed</i></a> 745 746 <p>The mythology surrounding the act of invention tends to concentrate on the breakthrough moment. There is a flash of insight, a sketch is made on a cocktail napkin, the prototype is assembled in a garage to prove the brilliance of the concept. Unfortunately, commercial markets are considerably less romantic. They do not reward ideas merely because they are clever, patentable or even technically superior. They reward products that work, solve a problem customers recognize, can be manufactured at an economically sustainable price and generate an acceptable return for whoever assumes the risk of bringing them to market.</p> 747 748 <div class="post__meta"> 749 <strong><a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/author/gene-quinn-2/">Gene Quinn</a></strong> 750 <p>July 14, 2026, 02:15 PM 751 <img src="https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/themes/IPWatchdog%20-%202023/assets/images/ip_34.png" alt="" width="24" height="25"> 752 1 </p> 753 754 </div><!-- /.post__meta --> 755 </div><!-- /.post__content --> 756 </div><!-- /.post__inner --> 757</div><!-- /.post --><div class="post-article"> 758 <div class="post__inner"> 759 760 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/07/federal-circuit-finds-deep-learning-patents-ineligible/" class="post__image" style="background-image: url(https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Depositphotos_35440567_xl-2015.jpg);"></a><!-- /.post__image --> 761 762 <div class="post__content"> 763 764 <a href="https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/07/07/federal-circuit-finds-deep-learning-patents-ineligible/" class="post__title">Federal Circuit Finds Deep Learning Patents Ineligible</a> 765 766 <p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a decision today in Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., affirming a district court ruling that found several patent claims covering deep learning based dental image analysis invali
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