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This Week's Patent News:
⚖️ Whirlpool seeks US import ban. Whirlpool filed complaints at the ITC and US federal courts against Samsung, LG, Electrolux, and others, alleging infringement of its exclusive microwave design. The company is seeking an import ban on 10 rival products.
🛠️ Clarivate launches IPfolio Law. Clarivate announced a new cloud-based IP management platform tailored for law firms. While not a lawsuit itself, this development is significant for US IP litigation infrastructure, aiming to streamline patent case handling.
📡 Huawei vs HP settlement at UPC. HP settled three disputes with Huawei over WiFi 6 patents by joining the Sisvel pool license. This case highlights cross-border litigation strategies, though centered in the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
🔍 INTA elects new president at Florida meeting. The International Trademark Association (INTA) voted Deborah Hampton as its 2026 president during a leadership meeting in Florida. While focused on trademarks, the decision impacts US IP advocacy and litigation priorities.
🏛️ Winter Intellectual Property Conference review. Held in the UK but with global relevance, the conference covered confidentiality clubs in SEP litigation and AI-powered IP management solutions. These discussions influence ongoing and future patent disputes worldwide.
New weekly USPTO Patents data have been added.
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The Fiery Journey of Sriracha: From Thai Shores to Global Fame
How a Thai Grandma and a Refugee Turned a Spicy Sauce into a Global Icon
Sriracha sauce, a bright red, fiery condiment beloved worldwide, originated in Thailand, developed in the late 1930s, and commercialized in the 1940s.
It was invented by a woman named Thanom Chakkapak, who lived in the seaside town of Si Racha (yes, that's where the name comes from).
Thanom originally made the sauce for her family and neighbors, blending chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt into a tangy, spicy mixture that wasn’t as brutally hot as traditional Thai chili sauces. It was meant to complement food, not overwhelm it.
Word spread quickly. Locals loved it so much that Thanom began bottling and selling it commercially under Sriraja Panich.
Her version is still available in Thailand today, and it's actually milder and sweeter than the thicker, punchier versions most Americans know.
But wait, what about the famous rooster bottle?
In the 1980s, a Vietnamese immigrant named David Tran brought Sriracha into the American mainstream. After fleeing Vietnam during political unrest, he landed in Los Angeles and started Huy Fong Foods (named after the freighter that carried him to the U.S.).
In 1980, David Tran began making his own version of Thai sauce, thicker, more garlicky, and packed in iconic green-tipped squeeze bottles emblazoned with a rooster (Tran’s Chinese zodiac sign).
Today, Huy Fongs Sriracha is a global phenomenon, appearing in everything from burgers to Bloody Marys to potato chips.
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Trivia
Who invented the first practical telephone and received its patent in 1876?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Elisha Gray
C) Alexander Graham Bell
D) Nikola Tesla
Please scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to find out.
Featured Inventor
Shark, Maverick, Disruptor: Mark Cuban’s Billion-Dollar Mindset
Mark Cuban is a dynamic American entrepreneur, investor and television personality whose business journey began at age 12, selling garbage bags to save up for a pair of basketball shoes.
Born in Pittsburgh in 1958, he graduated from Indiana University then moved to Dallas, where he founded his first tech company, MicroSolutions, which he sold in 1990.
In 1995 he co-founded Broadcast.com, was sold to Yahoo! in 1999 for around US$5.7 billion, launching him into billionaire status.
In 2000 he became majority owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, leading them to the franchise’s first NBA title in 2011. For more than a decade he was a key investor on the hit TV show Shark Tank, where his outspoken style and business acumen helped launch hundreds of new ventures.
Today he also focuses on technology, media, and healthcare innovation, most notably founding Cost Plus Drugs to make prescriptions more affordable, while advocating perseverance, risk-taking and self-education.
He wrote the book: How to Win at the Sport of Business
Today in Patent History
How One Patent Changed Medicine Forever: The Birth of the CAT-Scan 🩻💡
On November 25, 1975, Robert S. Ledley was granted U.S. Patent No. 3,922,552 for “diagnostic X-ray systems,” better known today as the CAT-Scan (Computerized Axial Tomography). Ledley’s invention revolutionized medical imaging by combining X-rays with computer processing to create detailed cross-sectional images of the human body. For the first time, doctors could see inside the body without surgery, allowing for faster and more accurate diagnoses of tumors, brain injuries, and internal diseases. His innovation transformed healthcare, paving the way for modern CT and MRI technologies, and earned Ledley recognition as a pioneer who brought computers into medicine.
U.S. Patent No. 3,922,552
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And bridging the gap is the UpFront Research Reports Vault, your toolkit to transform invention into opportunity. Scientists have discovered that melittin, a compound in honeybee venom, can destroy aggressive breast cancer cells within an hour while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. The finding opens the door to safer, more targeted cancer treatments, especially for hard-to-treat types like triple-negative and HER2-enriched breast cancer. This UpFront Research report summarizes Patents, prolific inventors, companies doing research, and attorney having subject matter expertise on this topic. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Polytherics Limited are the leading companies doing research. |
Centurion Patentors
Congratulations to last week's Centurion Patentors! |
The Centurion Patentors are 0.185% of ALL Inventors worldwide who hold more than one hundred U.S. patents. They are the Navy SEALs of innovation. They don’t just have good ideas once; they’ve built a discipline, a repeatable process for turning thought into impact. |
We are excited to welcome the following inventors into these prestigious patent clubs: |
Trivia
Answer: 📜 Bell’s patent (U.S. 174,465) beat Elisha Gray’s filing by just a few hours, one of history’s most famous patent races.
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