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July 25, 2025
Texas PE Firm Claims 'Lone Star' Rival Stole Its Name, Logos
A private equity firm that manages the Lone Star Funds hit an upstart rival called Lone Star Capital with a trademark infringement lawsuit in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing the firm of intentionally ripping off its trademarks and logos amid its aggressive marketing blitz in an effort to dupe investors.
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July 25, 2025
Trump Directs NLRB And DOL To 'Clarify' Athletes' Status
President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board to "clarify" the status of college athletes as part of a broader push to halt changes to collegiate athletics following the courts' end to certain restrictions on compensating players.
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July 25, 2025
Fed. Circ. Punts $17M Drug Arbitration Case To 2nd Circ.
The Federal Circuit said Friday it lacked jurisdiction over a dispute over a $16.6 million arbitral award between two drugmakers, ruling that because it was being asked to consider an arbitration issue and not a patent law issue, the Second Circuit must hear the case.
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July 25, 2025
Coinbase Accuses German Of Illegally Squatting On URL
A German man is wrongfully using an online URL to pose as the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and leveraging his ownership to get the company to buy the domain name at a high price, a new lawsuit in California federal court has alleged.
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July 25, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.
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July 25, 2025
Boutique Upadhye Tang Gets McDermott Life Sciences Partner
A six-year veteran of McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Washington, D.C., team has moved his pharmaceutical patent litigation practice to Upadhye Tang LLP, a boutique that focuses on intellectual property and U.S. Food and Drug Administration matters.
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July 25, 2025
Skechers Sued Over Hands-Free Sneaker Patents
A Utah company says sneaker giant Skechers U.S.A. Inc. is engaged in "massive infringement" of patents for hands-free slip-in shoes, according to a suit filed in Texas federal court.
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July 24, 2025
Will 9th Circ. Take 'Rare' Step Of Nixing Kat Von D's IP Win?
A Ninth Circuit panel openly struggled this month with a jury's verdict clearing tattoo artist Kat Von D of infringing a photographer's copyrighted photo of Miles Davis, and is now facing the rare proposition of nullifying the verdict based on its own interpretation of the images.
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July 24, 2025
Genentech Seeks Win After $122M Biogen Royalties Mistrial
Genentech Inc. urged a California federal court Wednesday to rule that Biogen MA Inc. owes $122 million in patent royalties and interest under the "only coherent construction" of their licensing deal, in a rare post-mistrial arrangement that will see the judge step in to deliver the verdict.
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July 24, 2025
NC Judge Reins In Row Over Clinical Trial Software Contract
A 6-year-old breach of contract suit got pruned on its second trip to North Carolina's business court Wednesday, with defendant Pharmaceutical Research Associates Inc. winning partial summary judgment against former PRA employee Neil Raja and the healthcare technology company he founded, Value Health Solutions Inc.
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July 24, 2025
Logan Paul's Co. Can't Depose Messi In Drink TM Row
Logan Paul's sports drink company has lost its bid to depose soccer star Lionel Messi in a trademark dispute after a New York federal judge found the deposition request to be "vexatious and improper," and pointed out that Messi attested he lacks unique knowledge about the issues in the case.
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July 24, 2025
Founder Accuses Execs, Kevin O'Leary Of Patent Forgery
The founder of an agriculture technology company has sued the company she created, several of its executives and Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" in Colorado federal court, alleging the defendants stole her company and intellectual property.
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July 24, 2025
AI Rollout At USPTO Has Attys Foreseeing Stronger Patents
As the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office incorporates more use of artificial intelligence in patent examination, attorneys predict the technology could lead to stronger patents in the future, especially for designs, though it may make the process more challenging for applicants.
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July 24, 2025
Tesla Faces EDTX Suit Alleging Vehicles Infringe Patents
Tesla has been hit with a lawsuit in Texas federal court accusing the automotive company of infringing a series of patents related to ways to train autonomous vehicles with its models, including the Cybertruck.
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July 24, 2025
Pandora Should Beat Comedians' IP Suit, Special Master Says
A special master has recommended that a California federal judge hand Pandora Media a summary-judgment win in high-stakes copyright infringement litigation by a group of comedians who allege the streaming service lacked licenses for the underlying jokes in their comedy routines, finding that the comedians waited too long to sue.
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July 24, 2025
Novo Nordisk Resolves Ozempic TM Suit Against Drugmaker
Novo Nordisk has settled claims of trademark infringement and unfair trade practices against Connecticut drugmaker LIVation LLC over the latter's comparisons of its compounded drugs to the Danish pharmaceutical company's Ozempic medication.
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July 24, 2025
PTAB Erases Claims In Patent From $279M Samsung Verdict
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated claims in one of two Headwater Research wireless communications patents that a jury had found Samsung owed nearly $279 million for infringing, finding that the claims were obvious.
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July 24, 2025
Kraft Must Face Claims It Stole Overseas Distributor Database
The Kraft Heinz Co. cannot escape a lawsuit accusing it of stealing confidential information from a business that helps U.S.-based consumer goods brands expand their markets internationally by identifying foreign distributors, an Atlanta federal judge has ruled.
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July 24, 2025
Columbia Sportswear Says University Breached Name Deal
Columbia Sportswear Co. has sued Columbia University in Oregon federal court, claiming the university breached a trademark deal over their shared name by making apparel that only said "Columbia" with no other university insignia.
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July 24, 2025
Trump Says AI Needs Free Content For Global Competition
President Donald Trump has expressed support for letting large language model developers use copyrighted material for training their systems without payment, saying during the unveiling of his artificial intelligence action plan that licensing requirements would impede the technology's progress and give China an unfair advantage.
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July 24, 2025
McGuireWoods Adds Offit Kurman Gov't Contracts, Tech Atty
McGuireWoods LLP has hired a former Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law principal who focuses his practice on government contracts and technology transactions, and who joins the team as a counsel in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
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July 24, 2025
Miami Van Gogh Cafe, Museum Exhibitor Settle TM Suit
A company that runs an immersive Vincent van Gogh-themed exhibit has reached a deal to settle trademark infringement claims it brought against Miami's Van Gogh Cafe.
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July 24, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Snap, Meta, X Win Over Xerox Patent
Xerox on Thursday lost its attempt to restore claims in a patent for providing personalized content to users after the Federal Circuit backed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding that Meta, X and Snap were able to show the claims were invalid.
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July 24, 2025
Eli Lilly's Trademark Suit Not 'Abuse Of Process'
A Washington federal judge has tossed out counterclaims by a pair of clinics being sued for trademark infringement by Eli Lilly & Co., saying the acts of filing the suit and making a settlement demand are not in themselves abuse of process.
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July 23, 2025
Texas Jury Says Verizon Owes $175M For Infringing 2 Patents
A federal jury Wednesday found that Verizon infringed a pair of wireless communications patents owned by Headwater Research, putting the telecommunications company on the hook for $175 million in damages.
Expert Analysis
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Unpacking USPTO Foreign Fraudulent Trademark Crackdown
The recent show cause order issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Shenzhen Seller Growth Network Technology Co. Ltd. and its affiliates could lead to the cancellation of approximately 42,000 trademark registrations, highlighting the necessity of heightened vigilance in vetting foreign trademark filings, says Judy Yen at Omnus Law.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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How Patent Prosecution Length Affects Infringement Findings
A statistical analysis of patent litigation shows an inverse correlation between the number of office actions a patent application receives before allowance and the likelihood that a patent will be found infringing, though this trend varies based on examiner toughness, say attorneys at Baker Botts.
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Takeaways From Gov't Report On AI Copyrightability
A recent report from the U.S. Copyright Office is a critical step toward establishing a framework for determining the copyrightability of work created in whole or in part by artificial intelligence systems, solidifying the office's positions on AI tools and advanced prompt techniques, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Strategies To Help Witnesses Manage Deposition Anxiety
During and leading up to deposition, witnesses may experience anxiety stemming from numerous sources and manifesting in a variety of ways, but attorneys can help them mitigate their stress using a few key methods, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.
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3 Red Flags To Watch For When Valuing Patent Portfolios
As forward-looking intellectual property valuations become increasingly popular, recognizing potential concerns during the due diligence process can help develop a more accurate understanding of a portfolio's true value and potential risk, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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5 Key Licensing Considerations For AI Innovations
As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence technology into their operations, they must prepare to address complex intellectual property challenges and questions surrounding licensing AI-based innovations, which require careful consideration of ownership, usage rights and regulatory compliance, says Lestin Kenton at Sterne Kessler.
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A Higher Bar For Expert Witnesses In Drug Patent Litigation
With recent decisions emphasizing courts' growing insistence on robust methodologies in pharmaceutical patent disputes, litigators must be strategic in how they utilize expert testimony and adapt to venue-specific expectations, says Jeremy Scholem at WIT Legal.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.