A fundamental principle of patent application drafting is that the patent applicant can be his or her own lexicographer. Patent professionals say that all the time, but what does it mean? Being your ...

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The European Parliament (EP) has enlisted the help of intellectual property lawyers to amend the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions so that companies are prevented from ...

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, seeking to reduce legal claims by owners of illegitimate patents, heard Thursday that it’s difficult to define just what is a bogus patent claim. The goal ...