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US Prepares AI Security Order That Omits Mandatory Model Tests

The Trump administration is preparing to order US agencies to partner with artificial intelligence companies to protect networks from AI-enabled cyber attacks, though the directive would stop short of requiring government approval for cutting-edge models, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB that challenged claims of Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Canon Inc.'s patent are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Slingshot Printing LLC. Slingtshot Printing LLC v. Canon U.S.A. Inc., 2026 BL 167819, Fed. Cir., 2024-2132, nonprecedential, 5/7/26

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

The PTAB determined that challenged claims of iChats LLC’s patent for generating and sharing interactive charts in an online portal that allows users to customize the interactive features of the chart are unpatentable, in an inter partes review by Tableau Software LLC. Tableau Software LLC v. iCharts LLC, P.T.A.B., IPR 2024-01387, 5/7/26

Case: Patents/Procedure (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB that most challenged claims of AG 18 LLC’s patent that relates to peer-to-peer gaming systems are unpatentable, in an inter partes review by DK Crown Holdings Inc. DK Crown Holdings Inc. v. AG 18 LLC, 2026 BL 165527, Fed. Cir., 2024-2078, nonprecedential, 5/6/26

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