Askeladden Urges Supreme Court to Review USPTO Discretion Over IPR Proceedings
USPTO Orders Reexamination of Two Liberty Peak Patents in Response to Askeladden Requests
PTAB Invalidates Heavily Asserted Jabaa Patent Challenged by Askeladden
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USPTO Policies Spur Reps To Float Conditions On Fee Power
September 2, 2026
Several lawmakers expressed concern at a hearing Wednesday about recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies, including increased denials of patent reviews, and questioned if Congress should respond by putting conditions on the office's power to set its own fees.
USPTO Anonymous Reexam Proposal Spurs Concern, Praise
August 24, 2026
A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proposal to effectively end the ability to be completely anonymous when requesting patent reexaminations drew numerous concerns from industry and attorney groups, as well as supportive remarks from patent owners and calls for the office to go further.
USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. 'Settled Expectations' Is Constitutional
August 20, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has urged the Federal Circuit to reject Google's constitutional challenge to the office's "settled expectations" policy of taking the age of patents into account when deciding whether to review them, saying the rule is "eminently rational."
August 19, 2026
Askeladden L.L.C. filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Intel Corporation and Google LLC, urging the Court to grant their petition for certiorari and review whether extra-statutory U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) policies governing inter partes review (IPR) may be insulated from judicial review.
Big Tech, PTAB Attys Urge Justices To Fix USPTO Power Grab
August 18, 2026
The Federal Circuit's refusal to curb the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's power over instituting Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges has allowed leaders to "wreak havoc" without accountability, top tech companies have warned the U.S. Supreme Court. Askeladden said in an amicus brief that the instant appeal is a perfect way to address the agency's approach to institution, as there is no underlying concern over the merits of an unappealable application of the policy.
2025 Patent Litigation: A Year In Review
August 4, 2026
More patent suits were filed in 2025 than in any year in the past decade, according to a new report, an increase attorneys said is likely tied to new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies that have made it harder to challenge patents.