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May 05, 2025
Justices Skip Recusal Case Over Fitbit Judge's Google Ties
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday聽declined to consider a patent owner's argument that a California federal judge should have recused herself from an infringement suit against Fitbit due to her alleged financial ties to the wearable tech company's parent, Google.
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May 02, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Google, Apple Win Over Geolocation IP
The Federal Circuit refused to revive claims in a series of patents relating to the geolocation of mobile devices that patent owner Geoscope Technologies accused Google and Apple of infringing.
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May 02, 2025
Omnitracs Alleges Religious Bias In IP Trial Tainted Outcome
A fleet management company relied on making "improper religious and racial insinuations" to a jury, along with other concerning behavior, in order to beat a rival's infringement claims, the patent owner told a California federal judge.
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May 02, 2025
Fed. Circ. Gives MSN Short Pause For Entresto Appeal
The Federal Circuit told a Delaware federal judge on Friday to hold off entering final judgment in litigation that would delay MSN Pharmaceuticals Inc. from launching a generic version of Novartis' blockbuster heart medication Entresto.
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May 02, 2025
This Is Real Life, Site Asking To Ax Grand Theft Auto Suit Says
The developer of the "Grand Theft Auto"聽video game series cannot decide the rules and consequences for players in real life like it does in virtual environments, a website that sells hacks for video games has told a California federal court, urging it to dismiss copyright and trademark claims from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
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May 02, 2025
4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In April
Some notable Massachusetts state court decisions in April wrestled with a Staples affiliate's jurisdictional challenge in an employment case,聽a discovery dispute in the state's greenwashing litigation against Exxon involving McKinsey & Co., and an insurer's effort to be let off the hook for representing a lawyer in a malpractice claim.
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May 02, 2025
Conn. Burrito Joints Settle Trademark, Cash Raid Suit
Two Connecticut restaurants with similar names, operated by onetime romantic partners, have settled a federal trademark and trade secrets suit accusing the allegedly infringing business of improperly using cash and ideas from the original.
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May 02, 2025
TSA Owes $170.6M In Patent Suit From Fla. Biz
The Court of Federal Claims has found that the Transportation Security Administration owes more than $170 million for infringing a Florida company's patent on a method for speeding up security screenings.
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May 02, 2025
Off The Bench: DC Stadium, BetMGM Victory, Transfer Rules
In this week's Off The Bench, the Washington Commanders strike a deal to build a new stadium in D.C., BetMGM fends off a consumer fraud suit targeting its gambling promotion efforts and a Rutgers University football player scores another win against the NCAA's transfer rules.
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May 02, 2025
Faegre Drinker Lands Patent Team From Wilson Sonsini
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP added a partner, an associate and two patent agents from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to bolster its intellectual property practice, the firm has announced.
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May 02, 2025
Mayer Brown Adds IP Litigator In DC From ArentFox Schiff
Mayer Brown LLP expanded its intellectual property practice with the recent addition of a patent litigator to the firm's Washington, D.C., office.
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May 02, 2025
Goodwin Adds Scientist IP Partner From Cooley On West Coast
A seasoned life sciences and intellectual property attorney with a doctorate in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology has joined Goodwin Procter LLP on the West Coast, the firm announced.
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May 02, 2025
USPTO's Financial Officer Latest To Depart Agency Leadership
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's chief financial officer has left the agency, marking another departure of a high-level USPTO official while the Trump administration looks to reduce government headcount.
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May 02, 2025
Medical Pot Co. Says Ex-COO Took Patients' Info To Rival
Medical cannabis company MMJ Health Labs LLC is suing a former contractor and chief operating officer in Florida federal court, saying he stole proprietary information, including patient records, and provided them to a competitor.
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May 02, 2025
Warner Music Sues DSW Alleging Unauthorized Song Use
A group of music recording companies under the Warner Music Group banner hit DSW with a copyright infringement lawsuit in Ohio federal court, accusing the shoe retailer of using the labels' music in social media marketing videos without permission.
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May 01, 2025
WhatsApp Trial Judge Bars NSO's 'Outlandish' IP Theft Claim
A California federal judge presiding over a damages trial over how much Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices ruled Thursday NSO's counsel violated multiple pretrial orders, finding corrective instructions are warranted and barring counsel from making the "outlandish" claim Meta Platforms' spyware-attack remediation was trade secret theft.
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May 01, 2025
5 Fed. Circ. Clashes To Watch This Month
The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts聽鈥 one against Apple and one against Medtronic聽鈥 and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement.
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May 01, 2025
Market Effect Key In Authors' IP Suit Against Meta, Judge Says
Whether it was fair for Meta Platforms to use copyrighted books without permission to train an artificial intelligence platform will come down to how the market for those books is impacted, regardless of how transformative the innovation may be, the California federal judge overseeing a proposed class action from a group of bestselling authors said Thursday.
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May 01, 2025
Senators Reintroduce Patent Eligibility, PTAB Reform Bills
U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons on Thursday brought back two significant patent reform bills from last term that overall aim to make invalidating patents more difficult.
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May 01, 2025
Photo Agency, Country Club Settle Suit Over Prime Rib Picture
A photo licensing company has settled its copyright lawsuit that alleged a Maryland golf and country club used a picture of a prime rib roast in its promotional materials without permission.
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May 01, 2025
'Open AI' TM Fight Should Go To Trial, Website Owner Says
Open Artificial Intelligence said key questions in a trademark dispute with OpenAI should go before a jury, arguing there were too many factual issues for the ChatGPT developer聽to obtain a ruling in its favor聽in the fight.
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May 01, 2025
US Tells Justices Telemedicine Case Isn't Ideal For Eligibility
The Justice Department is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition over the eligibility of telemedicine patents it's accused of infringing, but it said that if the petition is granted, it plans to argue the patents shouldn't have been invalidated as abstract.
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May 01, 2025
TM Dispute Over Flag Football's Governing Body Stays Alive
A Texas federal judge on Thursday shot down USA Football's bid to escape claims from USA Flag in a simmering feud over the national leadership of flag football within the U.S., saying there are many factual issues that need to be put in the hands of a jury.
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May 01, 2025
Hair, Makeup, Legal: The Lawyering Behind The Met Gala
While the red carpet arrivals of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are sure to win the most attention at the Met Gala on Monday, attorneys also play a significant role in advising the brands and celebrities at the center of fashion's biggest night.
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May 01, 2025
Frida Kahlo Co. Tries To Revive Suit Against Kahlo Family
A company that claims to own various Frida Kahlo trademarks urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to revive its lawsuit against Kahlo's family over cease-and-desist letters the family sent to partners in exhibitions of the Mexican artist's work that the company says interfered with its business.
Expert Analysis
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7th Circ. Ruling Muddies Split On Trade Secret Damages
The Seventh Circuit's recent endorsement in Motorola v. Hytera of a Second Circuit limit on avoided-cost damages under the Defend Trade Secrets Act contradicts even its own precedents, and will further confuse the scope of a developing circuit conflict that the U.S. Supreme Court has already twice declined to resolve, says Jordan Rice at MoloLamken.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Nutraceutical Patent Insights As Market Heats Up
Companies entering the expanding nutraceutical market and seeking patents to protect their innovations should evaluate successful nutraceutical claim language and common patent challenges in this field, say attorneys at Sterne Kessler.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥 but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Nintendo Suit May Have Major Impact On Video Game Patents
If Nintendo and The Pok茅mon Co. win their patent infringement case in Japan against Pocketpair, the game developer behind Palworld, it could pose new challenges for independent game creators 鈥 but it could also encourage innovation, says Charles Morris at Marshall Gerstein.
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Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
In addition to fight-or-flight, witnesses may experience the freeze/appease response at trial or deposition 鈥 where they become a deer in headlights, agreeing with opposing counsel鈥檚 questions and damaging their credibility in the process 鈥 but certain strategies can help, says Bill Kanasky at Courtroom Sciences.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a 鈥渟liding scale鈥 approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Netflix Dispute May Alter 'Source' In TM Fair-Use Analysis
鈥婽he Ninth Circuit鈥檚 upcoming decision in Hara v. Netflix鈥, about what it means to be source-identifying鈥, could change how the Rogers defense protects expressive works that utilize trademarks in a creative fashion, says Sara Gold at Gold IP.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling Shows Importance Of Trial Expert Specificity
The Federal Circuit鈥檚 recent ruling in NexStep v. Comcast highlights how even a persuasive expert鈥檚 failure to fully explain the basis of their opinion at trial can turn a winning patent infringement argument into a losing one, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥 due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥 but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Corporate Liability Issues To Watch In High Court TM Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trademark dispute between Dewberry Group and Dewberry Engineers next week, presenting an opportunity for the court to drastically alter the fundamental approach to piercing the corporate veil, or adopt a more limited approach and preserve existing norms, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Trending At The PTAB: Collateral Estoppel Continues Evolving
We are starting to see brighter lines on collateral estoppel involving Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, illustrated by two recent cases that considered whether collateral estoppel should apply to factual findings on prior art from the PTAB in a later district court litigation, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys 鈥 new ones especially 鈥 there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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What Fed. Circ. Ruling Means For Patent Case Dismissals
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婽he Federal Circuit's recent decision in聽UTTO v. Metrotech is significant because it specifically authorizes district courts to dismiss patent infringement lawsuits without a separate Markman hearing, but only when the meaning of a claim term is clear and case-dispositive, says Peter Gergely at Merchant & Gould.