Robert Masters is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on intellectual property law, routinely handling patent, ...

The U.S. patent system has long struggled to strike a balance that both encourages patent rights and prevents patent abuse. Finding that balance requires giving patent owners the right amount of ...

Over the past decade, the pendulum of how patents are assessed for eligible subject matter, under Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Code, has swung dramatically through a series of landmark patent ...

A great deal has changed with respect to U.S. patents over the two generations. The United States transitioned from a system where far fewer patents were sought and where courts rarely, if ever, saw a ...