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June 24, 2025
Motorola Fights Fintiv Memo Withdrawal At Fed. Circ.
Motorola is urging the Federal Circuit to reverse the decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting leader to not have the Patent Trial and Appeal Board review the company's challenges to a series of Stellar Inc. patents on glasses equipped with cameras.
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June 24, 2025
Sirius XM Fee Suit Undermined By Site Changes, Judge Hints
A Washington federal judge suggested Tuesday that a proposed class action in which consumers are accusing Sirius XM of charging a misleading "royalty fee" has potentially been undercut by the satellite radio provider's decision in 2024 to change disclosures on its website to reflect music plan pricing in lump sums.
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June 24, 2025
Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Limits On Pay-For-Delay Ban
California enforcers on Monday asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a district court's decision that a state law restricting "reverse payment" settlements between brand-name and generic-drug makers cannot be used to regulate deals that were struck outside the Golden State.
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June 24, 2025
Fed. Circ. Adds Groombridge Wu Partner To Advisory Council
The Federal Circuit said Tuesday that it will add Jennifer Wu, a founding partner at Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone, to an advisory council that studies and makes recommendations to the court's rules and operating procedures.
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June 24, 2025
US Chamber Says Copyright Infringement Costing Billions
A report released Tuesday from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said copyright infringement is costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year and resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs.
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June 24, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Adds Hogan Lovells Tech Litigator In SF
Greenberg Traurig LLP is boosting its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday that a technology litigator from Hogan Lovells is joining its San Francisco office as a shareholder.
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June 24, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Unified Patents' PTAB Win Over Streaming IP
The Federal Circuit refused to revive a pair of claims in a DivX streaming patent, backing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that said challenger Unified Patents was able to show the claims were invalid.
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June 24, 2025
House Reps. Seek Copyright Protections For Building Codes
Two members of Congress reintroduced a bill that would allow organizations that develop standards and codes for buildings to copyright their work so long as they offer a free version of the information.
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June 24, 2025
Anthropic Can Train AI On Books But Faces Trial On Pirating
A California federal judge said artificial intelligence firm Anthropic can use books to train its LLM under the principle of fair use, but said the company would go to trial against a group of authors over the storage of millions of pirated books.
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June 24, 2025
Pet Product Co. Eyes Sanctions For Competitor In IP Row
A pet products company asked a Connecticut federal judge to sanction a competitor for allegedly evading service and contradicting itself in its arguments during the parties' dispute over a pet grooming tool patent, arguing the rival firm has wasted time and disrespected the judicial process.
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June 23, 2025
Palantir Reaches Deal With Ex-Employees In AI Secrets Case
Palantir Technologies Inc. has reached a settlement with former employees it accused of stealing trade secrets to launch a competing artificial intelligence business, according to a notice asking a New York federal judge to let Palantir permanently dismiss its claims.
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June 23, 2025
9th Circ. Revives Antitrust Counterclaims Against CoStar
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday revived counterclaims accusing CoStar of monopolizing commercial real estate information markets in the company's case accusing a rival of engaging in "industrial-scale" copyright infringement.
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June 23, 2025
X Nears Deal In Contract, Antitrust Fight With Data Scraper
A California federal judge overseeing litigation launched by X Corp. accusing data scraper Bright Data Ltd. of improperly accessing its servers granted the parties' request to stay the case after receiving a joint stipulation stating they'd reached a settlement in principle and were "working diligently" to finalize the deal.
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June 23, 2025
Western Digital Gets $553M Patent Judgment Slashed To $1
A California federal judge has agreed to wipe out a $553 million verdict against Western Digital for infringing a SPEX Technologies Inc. data security patent, instead finding that Western Digital owes just $1, according to an order docketed Monday.
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June 23, 2025
DraftKings Social Media Exec Agrees To Delete Rival's IP
A social media director at DraftKings has agreed to delete alleged trade secrets from his personal ChatGPT account, which his former employer, rival PrizePicks, alleged he stole before changing employers.
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June 23, 2025
NC Judge Axes Trucking Co.'s Noncompete For Overreach
A North Carolina state court judge has truncated a freight factoring company's suit accusing its former client services supervisor of luring clients to a competing business, finding that the complaint fell short of identifying the allegedly stolen trade secrets and that the former employee's noncompete is too broad to be enforced.
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June 23, 2025
Litigation Funders Fight 'Kill Shot' In 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Litigation funders are in panic mode over a provision in the massive federal spending bill that would impose a 41% punitive tax on the $16 billion industry, with one executive calling it a "kill shot" and an academic warning it amounts to "unprecedented" weaponization of the U.S. tax code.
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June 23, 2025
Buchalter Adds Trademark Pro From Hanson Bridgett In SF
Buchalter PC is expanding its intellectual property team, bringing in a Hanson Bridgett LLP trademark and copyright specialist as shareholder in its San Francisco office.
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June 23, 2025
Justices Call For SG's Take On Skinny Label Petition
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the solicitor general to weigh in on so-called skinny labels as Hikma Pharmaceuticals fights the reinstatement of litigation challenging its generic version of Amarin Pharma's blockbuster cardiovascular drug Vascepa.
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June 23, 2025
Hayes Estate Slams Fee Bid In Copyright Suit Against Trump
Isaac Hayes' estate, which is suing President Donald Trump and his election campaign over their use of one of the late soul legend's songs, has urged a Georgia federal court to reject a conservative group's bid for attorney fees after its dismissal from the lawsuit, saying the complaint is not frivolous.
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June 23, 2025
Asus Beats Lenovo's Patent-Based Bid To Bar Laptop Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission has terminated a case related to Chinese computer firm Lenovo's efforts to use patent laws to block Taiwanese electronics-maker Asus from importing some of its Zenbook laptops.
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June 23, 2025
Medical AI Co. Says Rival Targeted 'Crown Jewel' Source Code
OpenEvidence, a Massachusetts artificial intelligence company focusing on medical information, has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing a competitor of using misappropriated personal information and sophisticated prompts in an attempt to pry trade secrets from the startup's platform.
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June 23, 2025
OpenAI Temporarily Blocked From Using IO Co. Trademark
OpenAI was temporarily blocked from using the trademark associated with acquired competitor IO Products Inc. by a California federal judge who said the mark poses a risk of confusion for technology company IYO Inc.
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June 23, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Revisit Opinion In Sam Smith Copyright Case
The full Ninth Circuit will not revisit a three-judge panel's decision to revive a lawsuit over pop stars Sam Smith and Normani's 2019 hit "Dancing With a Stranger."
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June 20, 2025
Unsettling Expectations: Stewart Broadens Denials Again
The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has again held that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged in inter partes reviews, which many attorneys say is upsetting their understanding of how to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Expert Analysis
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright
A Delaware federal court's recent decision in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence is not likely to have lasting effect in view of the avalanche of artificial intelligence decisions to come, but the court made two points that will resonate with copyright owners who are disputing technology companies' unlicensed use of copyright-protected materials to train generative AI models, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law Group.
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Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements
A proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) would broaden the definition of nonhearsay, reflects a more pragmatic approach to regulating the admissibility of out-of-court statements by declarant-witnesses, and could help level the playing field between prosecutors and criminal defendants, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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The Math Of Cross-Examination: Less Is More, More Is Less
When conducting cross-examination at trial, attorneys should remember that “less is more, and more is less” — limiting both the scope of questioning and the length of each query in order to control the witness’s testimony and keep the factfinders’ attention, says Thomas Innes at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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9th Circ. Draws The Line On Software As A Derivative Work
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Oracle International v. Rimini Street clarifies the meaning of derivative work under the Copyright Act, and when a work based upon a preexisting item doesn't constitute a derivative, says John Poulos at Norton Rose.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Tools For Witness Control That Go Beyond Leading Questions
Though leading questions can be efficient and effective for constraining a witness’s testimony, this strategy isn’t appropriate for every trial and pretrial scenario, so techniques like headlining and looping can be deployed during direct examination, depositions and even witness interviews, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.
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Trending At The PTAB: Insights From 2024 Fed. Circ. Statistics
Looking at stats from the Federal Circuit's decisions in 219 Patent Trial and Appeal Board appeals last year sheds light on potential trends and strategy considerations that could improve appeals' chances of success, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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Opinion
Admin Change May Help Reduce PTAB Invalidation Rates
It is not good for the U.S. patent system that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finds all challenged claims to be unpatentable 70% of the time — but new leadership at the Commerce Department and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may foster pro-patent policies and provide some relief, says Stephen Schreiner at Carmichael IP.
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4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
Trial attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools should review a few key reminders, from the likelihood that prompts are discoverable to the rapid evolution of court rules, to safeguard against embarrassing missteps, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.