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From November 16, three-judge panels will again decide whether patent challenges clear the merits threshold. The Director keeps the discretionary first gate, while a new ‘substantial majority’ test makes weak claim challenges riskier.
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The European Patent Office’s new G 1/25 practice says descriptions and drawings must always inform claim interpretation, while purely formal mismatches no longer require routine rewriting. An inconsistency must be fixed only when it causes a defined European Patent Convention violation.
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The justices declined to review whether alleged government infringement of an intangible trademark triggers the Fifth Amendment’s automatic compensation rule. The denial is not a ruling on the merits: it leaves the First Circuit’s narrower approach intact while some Lanham Act claims against Puerto Rico officials continue.
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A multi-year alliance will extend Adobe Firefly Foundry from Disney Imagineering into studio and sports workflows. The controlled training corpus is the point, but the companies have not disclosed commercial terms or how model, output and archive rights are divided.
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Infineon says it fabricated functional silicon-carbide power devices on a 300 mm wafer using an established fab and existing silicon equipment. The larger format could improve throughput, but the company disclosed no yield, reliability data or schedule for volume production.
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A precedential Federal Circuit ruling leaves selected smartphone-viewer claims standing after the patent board found strong evidence of copying and moderate evidence of industry praise. The decision does not establish infringement or preserve every challenged claim.
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NASA selected eight companies to compete for lunar cargo work under CLPS 2 and committed to a late-2028 nuclear-powered rover assembled partly from Curiosity and Perseverance hardware. The headline ceiling is not committed spending, and the schedule still depends on unflown vehicles.
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The unexamined-application queue has fallen from 838,000 to about 756,000, yet a new federal audit says 7.6% examiner attrition, reduced training and weak oversight could make the progress unsustainable.
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Google has acquired Crusoe’s southeast Wyoming data-center site as part of a $17 billion state investment. The transaction price is undisclosed, the campus capacity is unconfirmed, and its signature 702 MW power system still depends on planned natural-gas fuel cells and carbon capture.
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