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USPTO

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21 articles stable

USPTO has appeared in 21 articles since 2015-04. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside AI, U.S., Trump.

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21
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0.0%
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Acceleration
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16
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Coverage Timeline

2026-01-14
Wall Street Journal 10 related

Matthew McConaughey has secured eight USPTO trademarks of himself over the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use

Actor plans to use trademarks of himself saying ‘Alright, alright, alright’ and staring at a camera to combat AI fakes in court

2025-12-11
Ars Technica 14 related

Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup planning to launch a “Twitter.new” social network, petitions the USPTO to cancel X's trademarks over “abandonment”

A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has filed a formal petition …

2024-03-13
The Block 9 related

US Copyright Office and USPTO study: existing IP laws are sufficient to address NFT copyright infringement concerns and changes are not currently necessary

- The intellectual property authorities in the U.S. noted in an NFT study that the current laws are sufficient to address infringement concerns.

2023-08-30
TorrentFreak 6 related

Letter: the UFC, the NBA, and the NFL tell the USPTO that the DMCA needs to be updated so live content can be removed “instantaneously or near-instantaneously”

August 23, 2023 SUBMITTED VIA FEDERAL E-RULEMAKING PORTAL United States Patent … Will Shanklin / Engadget : The NBA, NFL and UFC want instantaneous DMCA takedowns Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News : The ...

2018-10-02
Ars Technica 3 related

USPTO has rejected all but three of 56 claims in Waymo's 936 patent, which played a key role in Waymo-Uber suit, after a complaint by an unaffiliated engineer

Eric Swildens had no dog in the fight other than intellectual curiosity.  —  A lone engineer has succeeded in doing …

2018-04-11
Bloomberg 16 related

Jury rules Apple must pay VirnetX $502.6M for patent infringement; USPTO invalidated VirnetX patents, but final decision on that still pending in appeals court

Jury in Texas says Apple infringed four communications patent  —  Latest twist in long-running dispute involving Apple devices

2017-07-10
Wired 2 related

Space Data, which is suing Alphabet over patents and trade secret theft, got USPTO to cancel key Project Loon balloon control patent claims last month

Last summer, a small company called Space Data sued Alphabet's ‘moonshot’ X division.  At issue was its effort to deliver internet access …

2017-01-10
IPWatchdog.com 16 related

IBM granted record 8,088 patents in 2016 by the USPTO, its 24th straight year at the top of the list, followed by Samsung with 5,518 and Cannon with 3,665

In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States.  Hurricane Andrew bore down on the American Southeast …

2016-06-22
Wall Street Journal 7 related

Supreme Court upholds USPTO rules that have helped challenge questionable patents

Great news. Down with the Patent Trolls!

2015-04-11
Electronic Frontier Foundation 9 related

USPTO ruling invalidates key claims in infamous Personal Audio patent after EFF petition, curtailing the ability of patent trolls to threaten podcasters

EFF Busts Podcasting Patent, Invalidating Key Claims at Patent Office  —  Ruling from USPTO Invalidates All Claims Used to Threaten Podcasters

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TEXXR tracks 19 Techmeme articles mentioning USPTO, dating back to April 2015. The biggest stories include Jury rules Apple must pay VirnetX $502.6M for patent infringement; USPTO invalidated... and IBM granted record 8,088 patents in 2016 by the USPTO, its 24th straight year at the top.... Coverage has shifted toward consumer themes and away from research, regulation.

Key Moments

2025Q2consumer +100pts; research -100pts; regulation -100pts
2025Q4consumer -100pts; research +33pts; regulation +67pts
2026Q1consumer +67pts; research -33pts; regulation -67pts

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