IP Law Daily, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Dec 4, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding intellectual property issues.

• JD Supra, The § 101 Reset for 2026, by Gianna Cricco-Lizza, Ralph Dengler, Frank Gasparo, Sophia Gunzburg, Andrew MacArthur

• IP Watchdog, Current and Former Lawmakers Lock Horns in Comments on USPTO’s Proposed PTAB Changes, by Eileen McDermott

• Patently-O, Guest Post: The Supreme Court Should Clarify How to Apply Loper Bright in the Patent Law Case of Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Co. Ltd., by Timothy T. Hsieh (Oklahoma City University School of Law).

• Mondaq, EU Commission Proposes Major Changes To EU AI Act: What Businesses Need To Know, by Alexandra Brodie and Marianne Schaffner

• Artificial Intelligence Advisor, AI's Passport Problem: How Can Media and Content Creators Navigate Fragmented Copyright Laws in a Global World?, by Adrian F. Vallens

• Patent Docs, USPTO Revokes Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventorship, But Rules Remain Basically the Same, by Joshua Rich and Mike Borella

• IP Intelligence, The Government’s Patent Intervention at the ITC: Clarifying the Public Interest Exception to Exclusion Orders, by Jason F. Hoffman

• California Intellectual Property Blog, Is Using the Word Emoji Illegal? The Emoji Trademark Saga Continues, by Mandour & Associates APC

• IP Update, USPTO introduces voluntary search disclosure declarations in Board proceedings, by Amol Parikh

• TTABlog, Precedential No. 11: TTAB Awards Section 44(d) Priority to Domiciliary of British Virgin Islands Based on Reciprocity, Grants Summary Judgment Motion Contingent on Ultimate Registration, TTAB Finds PALAPA to be Merely Descriptive of Event Venue Services, by John Welch

Attorneys: Ralph Dengler, Frank Gasparo, Sophia Gunzburg, Andrew MacArthur (Venable LLP). Alexandra Brodie and Marianne Schaffner (Gowling WLG). Adrian F. Vallens (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP). Joshua Rich and Mike Borella (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP). Jason F. Hoffman (Baker & Hostetler LLP). (Mandour & Associates APC). Amol Parikh (McDermott Will & Schulte). John Welch (Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.).

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