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With another Thanksgiving holiday upon us in the United States, we once again asked the IP community to chime in with what they have been grateful for in the realm of IP for 2023.

4 Min Read (Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions invalidating two card-game patents on Thursday based on its 2019 ruling in Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew Inc. that the board’s judges had been unconstitutionally appointed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly A three-judge panel remanded the case - as it has several others - fo...

NewsSportsBig Fun on the BayouLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Taxpayers will spend millions defending Louisiana anti-abortion laws twice ruled unconstitutional A review of publicly available records from the federal court and state government suggests taxpayers will be asked to pony up at least $8 million to perhaps more than $10 million just to pay the lawyers on both sides. Mark Ballard BATON ROUGE -- Behind closed doors lawyers are negotiating how much Louisiana taxpayer...