Rarely have both the legislative and judicial branches manifested such a deep interest in intellectual property. Congress is debating bills in response to the perceived threat from non-practicing entities that may widely impact the conduct of all patent litigation. The Supreme Court will hear this term patent cases involving indefiniteness, patentable subject matter, divided infringement, the award of attorney’s fees and licensee challenges to validity, as well as a copyright case involving video streaming and a Lanham Act case on standing. Anthony Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein and Ebenstein discusses these developments and their likely impacts on intellectual law and litigation going forward.