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Companies across nearly every industry vertical are developing or utilizing AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to optimize operations, reduce costs, and gain a competitive advantage. Sterne Kessler helps clients develop comprehensive IP solutions that protect innovation, foster growth, and maximize value.
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Nationally recognized as the 2026 “PTAB Firm of the Year” by Managing Intellectual Property, Sterne Kessler’s PTAB trials team represents petitioners and patent owners in inter partes and post-grant review proceedings across a range of technologies. We bring deep experience and proven results to help clients navigate this evolving patent landscape.
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For more than four decades, Sterne Kessler has been at the forefront of design patents, delivering successful outcomes for clients in securing and defending design rights. Our recognition from Managing IP as the inaugural “Design Patent Firm of the Year” reflects what our clients already know — design rights matter and experience matters even more.
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IP Hot Topic: Incident to the Very Nature of Machine Learning – Federal Circuit Says Training Data Alone Won’t Rescue AI Patent Claims
On July 7, 2026, the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment that claims of two machine learning patents covering orthodontic image analysis are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.…
Managing IP Recognizes Eldora L. Ellison Among Top 250 Women in IP
Washington, D.C. (July 9, 2026) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Director Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D. has been named to Managing Intellectual Property’s 2026 Top 250 Women in IP list for…
Sterne Kessler Director Gaby L. Longsworth Named to WIPR’s List of Influential Women in IP 2026
Washington, D.C. (July 8, 2026) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Director Gaby L. Longsworth, Ph.D. was named to World Intellectual Property Review’s (WIPR) Influential Women in IP…
IPR or EPR? Five Scenarios and a Decision Tree for Post-Grant Patent Challengers in the Life Sciences
The total number of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has plummeted over the last year, corresponding closely with the…
Are You Already Creating the Evidence That Could Help Protect Your Brand?
The expansion of online retail has changed not only how brands reach consumers, but also how infringers imitate and distribute branded products. Not surprisingly, rights holders have responded…
Designing Digital Experiences: An Introduction to GUIs
Summer Associates Carson Story and Tash Medde-Witage contributed to this article. Consider the ease of making a phone call on a smartphone, ordering from your favorite pizza place’s…
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