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Life Science Update | October 2025
Beginning on October 20, 2025, recently confirmed United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John A. Squires met with European Patent Office (EPO) Vice-President Steve Rowan and Japanese Patent Office (JPO) Commissioner Yasuyuki Kasai for a two-day meeting as part of the……By: Knobbe Martens
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DORA und NIS2 in der Praxis
Die europäische Finanzwirtschaft steht vor einem tiefgreifenden Wandel: Mit der DORA-Verordnung und der NIS2-Richtlinie hat die Europäische Union zwei zentrale Rechtsakte geschaffen, die die digitale Widerstandsfähigkeit von Finanzunternehmen und kritischen Infrastrukturen grundlegend neugestalten….By: McDermott Will & Schulte
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Precedential shift: USPTO clarifies patentability of AI training methods
On November 4, 2025, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) designated as precedential an appeals review panel (ARP) decision vacating the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s § 101 rejection of claims directed to training machine learning models….By: McDermott Will & Schulte
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When Does a Diagnostic Error Constitute Medical Malpractice in Florida?
Diagnostic errors are alarmingly common—and they can be extremely dangerous. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, “[w]hile estimates vary, likely more than 100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical diagnoses that initially miss conditions or are wrong or delayed.”…By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
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What Are Extenuating Circumstances?
Extenuating circumstances may be present in both civil and criminal cases. In a criminal case, extenuating circumstances are factors present in the case that make the defendant’s actions seem less severe. In civil cases, especially personal injury claims, extenuating circumstances might result in your damages being reduced….By: JUSTICENTER
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The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks
Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help.
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Ruth Asawa Turned Wire Into Her Lifeline
Her undulating looped-wire sculptures and drawings of flowers hint at personal depths, in a major retrospective at MoMA.
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Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $55 Million, Setting Her Auction Record
The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.
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Arthur Jafa Crafts a Mixtape from MoMA’s Art
In “Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa,” the artist mines the museum’s vaults for an exhibition that gives new meaning to what he found there.
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After 167 Years in New York, a Priceless Coin Collection Heads to Toledo
The doubloons, dollars and denarii of the American Numismatic Society will leave their overlooked home in Manhattan for a more welcoming headquarters on the campus of the Toledo Museum of Art.
