Patent Law News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterlington PLLC announced today that Brent Babcock has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice. A nationally recognized patent litigator, Babcock brings more than three decades of experience handling high-stakes patent disputes across federal district courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with extensive experience in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. “Brent’s arrival meaningfully expands our ability to advise clie...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yoshinori Shimizu has become managing director of the Japanese office of Sisvel, Europe’s biggest and longest-established patent pool operator. The appointment coincides with the retirement of Tetsuro Fuse, who will continue to work with Sisvel in an advisory capacity. Mr Shimizu is widely acknowledged as one of Japan’s leading IP professionals and most recently served as Deputy General Manager of the Corporate Export Control Division at Mitsubishi Electric Corporat...

SAN FRANCISCO & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of prominent antitrust attorneys Bonnie Lau and Brian J. Smith as partners in the firm’s Regulatory and Compliance Department. Lau, who joins from Morrison & Foerster, will be based in San Francisco, while Smith, formerly with K&L Gates, will be in Chicago. Both will prov...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association (JSLMA) announced the adoption of a new logo to reinforce their “Standards for Labeling Japanese Whisky” (industry standards), established in February 2021. By having JSLMA members apply this logo to their products that comply with the industry standards, the association hopes to raise awareness of Japanese whisky both in Japan and abroad while also making it easier for consumers to distinguish it from other types of wh...

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ant Group has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators 2025 by Clarivate, a global leader in providing transformative intelligence, identifies and ranks organizations leading the world in technology research and innovation. This recognition reaffirms Ant Group's ongoing commitment to excellence in innovation, particularly in AI and other critical digital technologies. Gordon Samson, President, Intellectual Property...

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in the quantum computing and networking industries, announced strong momentum toward its technological roadmap with a portfolio of nearly 400 granted and pending quantum networking patents that IonQ owns or controls in the U.S. and internationally. In support of its networking roadmap, IonQ acquired the quantum networking company Qubitekk at the end of 2024 and last week announced it has secured a controlling stake of ID Quan...

TBILISI, Georgia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aviator LLC has granted Aviator Studio (https://aviator.studio) an exclusive, irrevocable global license for its branding and intellectual property, covering gambling services and online game production. Aviator LLC, the owner of the original trademark of the globally popular crash game, has also prevailed in its legal challenges against parties accused of infringement. On February 17, Georgia’s Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling that SPRIBE OU had re...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Binarly, a leading innovator in software supply chain security, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. US 12,236,262 B1 for its groundbreaking "Machine Learning Technique for Efficiently Scheduling Tasks for Large-Scale Analysis of Binary Executables." The patent, issued on February 25, 2025, covers a novel method for analyzing binary software efficiently by leveraging machine learning to predict peak memory usage and dynamically allocate...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geneoscopy announced that the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 11,970,746 owned by Exact Sciences....

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quince Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNCX), a late-stage biotechnology company dedicated to unlocking the power of a patient’s own biology for the treatment of rare diseases, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No. 17/083,771 entitled Process for the Preparation of Erythrocytes Loaded With One or More Substances of Pharmaceutical Interest and So Obtained Erythrocytes....