LinkedIn Corp. didn’t show patents related to contact aggregation and user notification technology cover unpatentable subject matter, a magistrate judge said in recommending an infringement suit against the social network move forward.

Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter has postponed the formal setup of a small claims copyright tribunal until 2022.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday will consider the nominations of Kathi Vidal to lead the patent office and Judge Leonard Stark to join the Federal Circuit, the nation’s top patent court.

Biogen Inc. failed to convince a Federal Circuit majority to revive its method of treatment patent for the multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera in hopes of blocking Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. from selling a copycat version.

Square Inc. convinced an administrative tribunal that an electronic receipts patent its customers were accused of infringing is invalid because it covers an abstract idea.

European Union-level guidance on tax breaks for corporate research is needed to prevent the bloc’s countries undermining one another, two European Parliament lawmakers said today.

“You Raise Me Up,” popularized by Josh Groban, doesn’t infringe on Johannsongs-Publishing Ltd.’s copyright for its Icelandic composition, the Ninth Circuit ruled.