Patent News for Wednesday 1st April 2026

1. Patented: Topgolf's Golf Ball With Electrical Components—and More North Texas Inventive Activity

This week 102 patents trace back to North Texas inventors and DFW-area companies — from Topgolf's smart golf ball to Boeing's autonomous fuselage ...

2. China Court Ruling On AI Patents Puts Apple Valuation In Focus - Yahoo Finance

China's Supreme People's Court has upheld the validity of key AI patents held by Xiao-I Corporation in its infringement case against Apple.

3. How to Draft AI Patents That Survive the Next Guidance Cycle, and the One After That

The session, AI Patents Under the Microscope: Drafting and Prosecuting for the Long Game, on Day Three of IPWatchdog LIVE 2026 did not pretend ...

4. Case: Patents/Claim Construction (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Claim Construction (Fed. Cir.) April 1, 2026, 10:27 AM PDT. The Federal Circuit affirmed in part and reversed, vacated, and remanded ...

5. Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) April 1, 2026, 8:31 AM PDT. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in ...

6. Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

The court affirmed decisions of the PTAB that challenged claims of Manufacturing Resources International Inc.'s patents that describe and claim ...

7. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). April 1, 2026, 6:27 AM PDT. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that challenged claims of ParkerVision Inc ...

8. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). April 1, 2026, 6:08 AM PDT. Challenged claims of Portsmouth Network Corp.'s patent that discloses methods and ...

9. Lululemon Escapes $355,000 Verdict Over Nike Flyknit Patents - Bloomberg Law News

Lululemon Escapes $355,000 Verdict Over Nike Flyknit Patents ... Lululemon USA Inc. convinced a federal judge to wipe out a jury verdict finding the ...

10. Guest Post: Improving PERA's Eligibility Exclusions - Patently-O

... patents on genes and other natural materials could encumber research. In the hope of advancing the path to patent eligibility reform, we propose ...

11. Following WTO ruling favourable to EU, China announces withdrawal of its anti-suit injunction policy

The dispute (DS611) involves standard essential patents (SEP), which are patents necessary for a product or technology to meet specific industry ...

12. InterDigital awarded injunction against Transsion (2026-04-01) | Seeking Alpha

... patents-in-suit and that the patents are essential to 5G. “As a foundational innovator in cellular wireless, our research provides the building ...

13. US Patent Office Revokes Nintendo's Controversial Patents for Summoning and Battling Characters

Last year, Nintendo was able to get approval for patents around summoning and battling characters that were immediately controversial, so much so that ...

14. Peloton Goes on the Offensive After Lululemon Infringement Claims - WWD

... patents and trade dress, as claimed in a cease-and-desist letter that ... Per Peloton's lawsuit, the letter alleged that five of its products—four bras ...

15. Eureka! Scientists develop new way to detect breakthroughs in science - Binghamton News

Using a machine-learning technique known as neural embedding, the researchers built a map of approximately 55 million scientific papers and patents.

16. University of California Tops U.S. Universities for Utility Patents, Reports National Academy ... - edhat

The system reports rights to more than 6,800 active U.S. patents and notes it generates more patents than government agencies and nonprofits, ...

17. VMI files patent lawsuits against Chinese machinery supplier, tire maker

Cases target alleged infringement of three patents, including uni-stage building technology.

18. Patent fact sheets - GOV.UK

Related content. Collection. Intellectual property: Patents. Explore the topic. Intellectual property. Is this page useful? Maybe; Yes this page is ...

19. New digital patents services have launched - GOV.UK

Today the IPO has launched a suite of new digital services to apply for, manage or renew UK patents.

20. USPTO Rejects Nintendo's 'Summon Character and Let It Fight' Pokémon Patent - IGN

All three patents were filed in 2024, after Palworld came out. However, they are actually derived from earlier Nintendo patents dating from 2021. In ...

21. Choate Submits Amicus Brief on Behalf of BIO in PTAB Appeals Review Panel Proceeding ...

Later filed patents should not be used to shorten the term of first filed applications under OTDP, consistent with Allergan and the core purpose of ...

22. Fed. Circ. Upholds Samsung's PTAB Win Over Display Patents - Law360

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightly invalidated claims of two related Manufacturing Resources International Inc. patents for cooling ...

23. Nvidia Willfully Infringed 6 Patents With AI Tech, Suit Says - Law360

... artificial intelligence giant's technology for AI training and data centers infringes six of its patents.

24. The Race to Patent AI: Miami-Based Togal.AI Announces Five AI Patents Won

Miami-based Togal.AI announced today that it has secured 5 patents and has 6 patents pending related to the use of artificial intelligence in ...

25. "Inherency" Boundaries of Parameter-Limited Patents: Lessons from a Recent IPCC ...

"Inherency" Boundaries of Parameter-Limited Patents: Lessons from a Recent IPCC Decision on Chemical Materials · 1. Physical changes do not give rise ...

26. Hoyng Rokh Monegier launches AI-powered UPC platform | Managing Intellectual Property

Topics. NewsEuropean Patent ConventionPatentsUnitary patent and UPCHoyng Rokh Monegier · walters-max-300px.png · Max Walters. Editor Managing IP.

27. UK Gov Launches New Digital Patent Services | Mirage News

Today the IPO has launched a suite of new digital services to apply for, manage or renew UK patents. The services launched today allow customers ...

28. Accord, Intas, And Bio-Thera File Four IPRs Against Janssen Golimumab Patents - Mondaq

... patents directed to methods of treatment using golimumab. The four patents are owned by Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”), a subsidiary of Johnson ...

29. USPTO Has a Chance to Correct Double-Patenting Doctrine: Law360 Op-Ed and Amicus Brief

The article and brief both urge a USPTO Review Panel to put the Office's practice of rejecting earlier-expiring patents based on later-expiring ...

30. Synthego Welcomes Supreme Court Order Finalizing Invalidation of Agilent CRISPR Patents

These patents were directed to specific chemical modifications of guide RNAs (gRNAs) used in CRISPR-Cas gene editing. "We are deeply grateful for this ...

31. International Trade Commission investigating alleged GM patent infringement

GM and GM Global state in their complaint that 20 patents have been infringed and request that the USITC issue a general exclusion order, a limited ...

32. China top court backs Xiao-I (NASDAQ: AIXI) AI patents in Apple lawsuit - Stock Titan

China's Supreme People's Court rejected Apple's bid to invalidate Xiao-I's core AI patents, confirming their validity while the underlying ...

33. American Outdoor Brands sues Eposeidon and KastKing over knife patents - StreetInsider

American Outdoor Brands sues Eposeidon and KastKing over knife patents ... American Outdoor Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: AOUT) filed a patent infringement ...

34. Xiao-I Corp. Wins Final Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Patents in Apple Dispute

The ruling affirms the full validity of the patents underpinning Shanghai Xiao-I's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, strengthening ...

35. US patent office revokes Nintendo's patent on summoning characters to make them battle

... patents, named as Yabe and Taura (based on the inventors credited on the patents). The Yabe patent was granted in 2002 to Konami, and refers to a ...

36. Wind power patents: Envision | Enercon | Windey | Vestas

Read Wind power patents: Envision | Enercon | Windey | Vestas and other wind energy news & analysis on Windpower Monthly.

37. Lululemon beats Nike after judge kicks out $355k Flyknit verdict | Patents - World IP Review

ThongPooN / Shutterstock.com. 1 April 2026NewsPatentsSarah Speight. Lululemon beats Nike after judge kicks out $355k Flyknit verdict.