BMW patented a new screw or bolt design in 2025. The design makes it impossible to fasten or unfasten without a proprietary tool.

Search patents reveal how AI search systems interpret intent, evaluate content passages, and build brand understanding in ...

Opinion: A recent federal appeals court ruling shows the central role that claim drafting and specification language can play in patent eligibility disputes.

Grant Steyer, a patent attorney and a partner at the IP Law Firm Renner Otto, usually works with companies as well as individual inventors. He has been closely watching the emergence of IP-driven ...

The maker of a self-massage tool marketed to rock climbers didn’t infringe a California-based rival’s patented massager design, the Federal Circuit said.

Samsung has filed for a unique flip phone design patent at WIPO. This shows a reversible front-and-back flip phone design. The patent images give an impression that the design doesn’t have a defined ...

BYD is gearing up to reveal a new pickup truck that will sit under the Shark as a lower-priced alternative. A new design patent offers a closer look. Is BYD launching a new, lower-priced EV pickup?

“[F]or the expert’s testimony on a POSA’s perspective to be relevant, the expert must also establish familiarity with that perspective.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued ...