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  • July 22, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Won't Intervene In Pipe Liner Discovery Dispute

    The Federal Circuit on Tuesday rejected German packaging company Buergofol GmbH's bid to override a South Dakota federal court's decision saying pipe liner company Omega Liner Co. Inc. can obtain certain information in discovery as part of a patent infringement suit against Omega.

  • July 22, 2025

    WTO Finds China's Anti-Suit Injunctions Violate TRIPS

    China's use of anti-suit injunctions in patent litigation violates an international intellectual property agreement, according to arbitrators at the World Trade Organization.

  • July 22, 2025

    Brandy Melville Hits Temu For 'Bait-And-Switch' Copycat Garb

    Bargain-shopping app Temu's entrance into the "ultra fast fashion" market might have been "meteoric," but that's because it rips off other brands' intellectual property to sell cheap copycat products, Brandy Melville alleges in a federal lawsuit, claiming Temu even uses the clothing brand's photographs to pull a "bait-and-switch" on shoppers.

  • July 22, 2025

    IP Notebook: Cox Piracy Appeal, Ugliest House, Keyword Feud

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review Cox Communications Inc.'s appeal regarding the liability of internet service providers for their customers' music piracy has prompted defendants to request stays in separate intellectual property litigation until the question is resolved, but plaintiffs say that's no reason for delays.

  • July 22, 2025

    USPTO Employee Held In China Amid Visa Disclosure Dispute

    The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it is speaking with Chinese government officials about a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee who is being prevented from leaving the country.

  • July 22, 2025

    Ex-Mich. Players Say Ohio Ruling Can't Sink $50M NIL Suit

    Former University of Michigan football players have told the court the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference cannot use a similar case in Ohio to escape the players' antitrust suit accusing the defendants of monopolizing profits and depriving athletes of their fair share.

  • July 22, 2025

    SAP Sues Startup For IP Infringement Amid US Antitrust Suit

    German software giant SAP SE has sued a smaller rival for patent infringement in Europe's patent court, as it defends against U.S. claims that it is pushing the competitor out of the vaguely defined market for business process analysis service.

  • July 22, 2025

    4th Circ. Affirms $190M Trademark Verdict Against Vivint

    Smart home software company Vivint on Tuesday lost its appeal seeking to overturn a nearly $190 million verdict in which a North Carolina jury found it liable for deceiving customers of a rival local security company, with the Fourth Circuit finding there was enough evidence to support the award.

  • July 22, 2025

    OpenAI Scores TM Win Against Open Artificial Intelligence Co.

    A California federal judge has granted OpenAI Inc. a win in a trademark infringement case it brought against a company with a similar name, finding the other company had made misrepresentations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

  • July 22, 2025

    Pillsbury Adds Technology IP Litigator From Goodwin

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Monday that a former Goodwin Procter LLP technology intellectual property law partner has joined the firm's New York office.

  • July 22, 2025

    Native Groups Reject Trump's Call For Old Team Names

    Two Native American advocacy groups are condemning President Donald Trump's threat to kill a $3 billion plan for the new Washington Commanders stadium if the NFL team's former name isn't reinstated, saying Indigenous cultures are not past relics, mascots or forms of entertainment.

  • July 22, 2025

    EU Deepens Look Into Universal Music $775M Downtown Deal

    European Union antitrust enforcers kicked off an in-depth probe Tuesday into Universal Music Group's bid to buy Downtown Music Holdings, raising concerns that the $775 million transaction could give UMG access to the "commercially sensitive data of its rival record labels" held by Downtown.

  • July 21, 2025

    Intel, VLSI Clash Over Ownership Verdict Effect In Patent Fight

    VLSI Technology argued Monday that a federal jury's finding that Fortress Investment Group controls it and Finjan Holdings doesn't save Intel Corp. from a patent infringement case against the technology giant, while Intel asserted the exact opposite.

  • July 21, 2025

    Novartis Can't Block Generic Entresto Amid TM Feud Appeal

    The Third Circuit said no way to Novartis AG's attempt to block a competitor from selling a generic version of a heart failure drug while the pair duke it out in federal court over Novartis' allegations that an Indian drugmaker is infringing its trademarks.

  • July 21, 2025

    Perplexity Says 'Comet' Marks Should Be Axed For Fraud

    Perplexity AI, the maker of the "Comet" search engine, fired off a counterattack against Comet ML's trademark infringement suit, asking a California federal judge Friday to cancel the software company's "comet" registrations over concerns they were fraudulently procured.

  • July 21, 2025

    Copyright And TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

    The U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate contributory liability in a $1 billion copyright case involving internet service providers, and the Federal Circuit will assess the latest attempted trademark registration testing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's comfort with profanity. Here are the copyright and trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

  • July 21, 2025

    USPTO Standardizes Timeline For Setting PTAB Filing Dates

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced Friday that it will now issue orders establishing the filing dates of Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions within 14 days of the filings, saying that will provide more clarity about the deadlines in each case.

  • July 21, 2025

    PTAB Head Judge Reverses Grant Of Samsung, Google IPRs

    A head Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge on Thursday reversed panel decisions that had agreed to review patents challenged by Samsung and Google, saying that the pace of related district court proceedings favored skipping the petitions from the big technology companies.

  • July 21, 2025

    Sens. Float Bill To Protect Against AI Data Piracy

    Federal lawmakers said Monday that they are floating a measure that would give creators the right to sue companies that use their work to train artificial intelligence models without their permission, a move that comes amid concerns over AI and intellectual property.

  • July 21, 2025

    Ex-Judges Call SAP Hypocritical In 'Self-Serving' Fintiv Appeal

    Retired Federal Circuit Judges Randall Rader and Kathleen O'Malley are urging their former court to reject SAP America Inc.'s challenge to how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is implementing new policies, saying the agency is acting within its limits and that SAP is selfishly contradicting arguments it previously made at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • July 21, 2025

    Ky. AG Sues Temu For 'Stealing' User Data

    Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has brought a lawsuit in state court against Chinese bargain-shopping app Temu, accusing it of illegally "stealing" customer data without their knowledge and allowing the Chinese Communist Party to access the information.

  • July 21, 2025

    Jury Axes Patent In Fight Between Railcar Scale Cos.

    A Houston federal jury has cleared a company that services scales for railroad cars of infringing 15 claims in a patent suit brought by a competitor, saying the patent was invalid because it was obvious and anticipated through prior art.

  • July 21, 2025

    Microsoft Gets PTAB To Knock Out 2 Proxense Patents

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Microsoft was able to prove that all the claims across two patents owned by an Oregon startup that has sued the technology giant for infringement were invalid.

  • July 21, 2025

    NCAA Says Ohio NIL Case Ruling Ends NC Spat

    The end of a name, image and likeness suit several states away further substantiates that antitrust claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association were filed too late, according to a filing in North Carolina Business Court.

  • July 21, 2025

    GlobalFoundries Faces $9.2M Verdict In Chip Patent Trial

    A Texas federal jury has found that semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries Inc. infringed a patent belonging to Texas-based competitor Katana Silicon Technologies LLC and owes $9.2 million.

Expert Analysis

  • Pepperdine Case Highlights Shift In Collegiate IP Landscape

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    A complaint filed by Pepperdine University against Netflix and Warner Bros. two weeks ago alleges that a comedy series unlawfully copies the school's trademarks, and the decision could reshape the portrayal of collegiate athletics on screen and the legal tools schools use to defend their emblems, says Mindy Lewis at Michelman & Robinson.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • Patent Prosecution Length Has Surprising Impact On Invalidity

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    Though practitioners might hypothesize that patents with longer prosecution histories are less likely to have inherent validity problems, a statistical analysis of over 89,000 patents involved in litigation suggests otherwise, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

  • Managing Anti-Corporate Juror Views Revealed By CEO Killing

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    After the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson laid bare deep-seated anti-corporate sentiments among the public, companies in numerous industries will have to navigate the influence of related juror biases on litigation dynamics, say Jorge Monroy and Keith Pounds at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Opinion

    2 Errors Limit The Potential Influence Of AI Fair Use Case

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    The recent opinion in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence may have little predictive value for artificial intelligence litigation, because the decision failed to engage with an important line of case law on intermediate copying, and misapplied the concepts of commercial substitution and superseding use, says Brandon Butler at Jaszi Butler PLLC.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • Patent Eligibility Insights From Fed. Circ.'s Drill Bit Ruling

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in US Synthetic Corp. v. ITC addresses critical issues in patent eligibility jurisprudence, especially regarding composition-of-matter claims and Section 101 challenges, says Daniel Yannuzzi at Sheppard Mullin.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    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.

  • What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright

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    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.

  • Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements

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    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.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    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.

  • The Math Of Cross-Examination: Less Is More, More Is Less

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    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.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “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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