Ever since the U.S. Customs and Border Protection designated intellectual property rights, or IPRs, as a priority trade issue, the agency has seized billions of dollars in counterfeit goods. In 2021 and 2022, CBP seized...more
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to expand the mandate of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to impound goods suspected to infringe U.S. design patent rights. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons...more
Many patent owners have not yet had to defend against an inter partes review (IPR), but the popularity of this proceeding increases the chances that they will encounter it down the road if they have not already faced one....more
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