About TwentyYears
TwentyYears is an independent news publication covering patents and intellectual property: how patents are granted, challenged, litigated, licensed and valued, and the policy and technology shifts that change the rules. The name refers to the twenty-year term of a utility patent.
Our readers are patent attorneys and agents, in-house counsel, litigators, investors, inventors and policymakers. We write for people who need to act on the news, so every story leads with what happened and what it means, and explainers define their terms before using them.
What we cover
Decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on patent eligibility, claim construction, damages and PTAB appeals, explained for practitioners.
Reporting and data on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including inter partes review petitions, discretionary denials, institution rates and Director Review.
Rules, guidance, fees and examination practice at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and what they mean for drafting and prosecuting patent applications, including the use of AI in patent practice.
Coverage of patent trials, jury verdicts, damages awards, venue fights and litigation finance in U.S. district courts and at the International Trade Commission.
The Unified Patent Court, the European Patent Office and national courts across Europe, including injunctions, opt-outs and cross-border enforcement strategy.
Plain-English guides to patent concepts and procedures, from inter partes review and continuation patents to patent term adjustment and freedom-to-operate searches.
How courts and patent offices treat AI and software inventions, from Section 101 eligibility and AI inventorship to AI-generated prior art, at the USPTO, EPO, UKIPO, WIPO and beyond.
Editorial standards
Our reporting is built on primary sources: court dockets, PTAB filings and decisions, Federal Register notices, patent records and the people involved. These are the rules every story follows.
- Sourcing. We link to or cite the document a claim rests on. Anonymous sources are used only when the information cannot be obtained otherwise, and at least one editor knows the source's identity.
- Independence. Advertisers, sponsors and subscribers have no say in what we cover or how. Rankings and special reports follow published methodologies.
- News and analysis are labeled. Analysis and explainers are marked as such in the section eyebrow, and opinion is attributed to the person expressing it.
- Bylines and timestamps. Every story carries a byline, a publication time and, when it has been substantively changed, an update time.
- Technology in the newsroom. Reporters may use software, including AI tools, for research, transcription and document review. Every published fact is verified by a person, and AI does not write our stories.
Corrections policy
When we get something wrong, we fix it quickly and say so. Factual errors are corrected in the story and noted at the end of the article with the date of the change. Typos and minor wording fixes that do not change meaning are made without a note. If a headline or key claim was wrong, we also correct it on social media and in the newsletter where it appeared.
To request a correction, email newsroom@twentyyears.example with the story link and the error.
Contact and news tips
Reach the newsroom at newsroom@twentyyears.example. We read every message. Tips are treated as confidential by default, and we will not name a source without permission.