Planned legislation to make changes to how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews patents includes a new validity challenge that supporters of lower drug prices believe could be useful in getting more generic drugs on the market.

Walt Disney Co. has targeted several legendary comic book artists with lawsuits seeking to decisively establish that it owns the rights to Marvel superheroes they helped create.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures didn’t intentionally mislead consumers into believing its Duke Caboom character in “Toy Story 4” is associated with Evel Knievel, according to a Nevada federal court.

Juniper Networks Inc. will face several patent suits from a patent licensing business in its home state of California, after the Federal Circuit ordered a Western Texas judge to transfer the cases.

Almirall said a generic version of Aczone Gel 7.5% proposed by Aleor Dermaceuticals, a joint venture between Alembic and closely held Orbicular Pharmaceutical, infringes a patent related to the treatment for acne vulgaris.

A federal judge denied Nippon Shinyaku’s request that rival Sarepta be forced to withdraw seven petitions for review of the validity of Nippon patents related to genetic therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Comcast’s Xfinity My Account app infringes one of two NexSteppatents related to streamlining customer-support services, a federal jury ruled.