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  • May 16, 2025

    Anthropic's AI-Hallucinated Errors Taint Filing, Publishers Say

    Music publishers suing Anthropic for copyright infringement accused the artificial intelligence company on Friday of downplaying the seriousness of errors in a filing caused by Anthropic's own Claude AI tool, saying the company's counsel violated a judge's standing order and arguing that the filing at issue should be tossed.

  • May 16, 2025

    New PTAB Discretionary Denial Era Starts With First 4 Rulings

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart on Friday denied two petitions challenging patents due to upcoming trials but said two others do not warrant denial, in the first orders under a new process whereby she will make all discretionary denial decisions.

  • May 16, 2025

    Epic Tells Jury Fortnite Concerts Weren't Patent Infringement

    Epic Games urged a Seattle jury on Friday to reject allegations that it committed patent infringement when it staged interactive concerts in the Fortnite virtual world starring pop artist Ariana Grande and rapper Travis Scott, contending the accuser has mischaracterized the technology used in the events.

  • May 16, 2025

    USPTO Seeks Comment On Invention Promoter Complaints

    In a Federal Register notice set to be published Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it is seeking comments about how it collects information on complaints about invention promoters, which are companies that promise to help people develop or market their inventions.

  • May 16, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Apple PTAB Win Over Location-Tracking IP

    The Federal Circuit has backed a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that found a trio of beacon technology patents were invalid, handing a win to challenger Apple.

  • May 16, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Makes Apple Face Fintiv Payment IP Again

    The Federal Circuit revived Fintiv Inc.'s infringement suit against Apple Inc. over contactless payments Friday, saying the Texas federal judge who freed Apple viewed what evidence is acceptable too narrowly.

  • May 16, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Lil Nas X Didn't Steal Model's Instagram Poses

    The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a model's lawsuit accusing Lil Nas X of copying his Instagram photos, ruling Friday that the model didn't plausibly allege the musician had "access" to the pictures, as defined by court doctrine.

  • May 16, 2025

    Illumina Accuses Ex-Workers' Co. Of Infringing Gene Tech IP

    Biotechnology giant Illumina Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday against Element Biosciences in Delaware federal court, accusing the company founded by former Illumina employees of infringing five patents related to automated gene sequencing technology.

  • May 16, 2025

    Western Digital Agrees To End Patent Suit After $262M Verdict

    Data storage giant Western Digital and MR Technologies told a California federal judge Friday they agreed to end a patent dispute that last summer had put Western Digital on the hook for $262.4 million in damages to MR Technologies for infringing patents for increasing storage capacity on disk drives.

  • May 16, 2025

    Sheeran Fights Supreme Court Review Of Copyright Ruling

    Ed Sheeran urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal to a decision concluding that his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy Marvin Gaye's classic "Let's Get it On," arguing the plaintiff wrongly contends that the Second Circuit improperly relied on the U.S. Copyright Office's administrative guidance after justices overturned the Chevron deference.

  • May 16, 2025

    Off The Bench: NIL Objectors, NFL's Bluesky Beef, Dick's Deal

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's pending $2.78 billion name, image and likeness rights settlement faces another round of objections, the NFL shreds an antitrust suit accusing it of boycotting Bluesky and retail giant Dick's Sporting Goods makes a 10-figure splurge for Foot Locker.

  • May 16, 2025

    Colo. Consultancy Says Company Ripped Off AI Tool Name

    A business consulting services company sued a software development company in Colorado federal court Thursday for allegedly ripping off the trademarked name for its artificial intelligence "change management" tool for its own AI software solutions.

  • May 16, 2025

    Calif. Atty Caught Using Claim Construction Made Up By AI

    A San Francisco-based attorney representing Magpul Industries in patent litigation has been effectively removed from the case after admitting that the claim construction chart he submitted was nearly all fabricated by artificial intelligence.

  • May 16, 2025

    Merchandising Co., Ex-Exec Drop Suit Over $47M Lowe's Deal

    A merchandising company has dropped its lawsuit against a former executive it accused of exploiting trade secrets to sabotage a $47 million deal with home improvement giant Lowe's, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Patent Owner Urges Justices To Take Telemedicine Case

    The owner of a pair of invalidated patents covering medical machinery pushed the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its fight over the patents' eligibility since the government said it planned to argue the patents shouldn't have been invalidated as abstract if the company's petition was granted.

  • May 16, 2025

    Trump Admin Settles Vaccine Contract Info Suit For $10K

    The Trump administration has reached a $10,000 settlement with a consumer advocacy group over allegedly withholding information about the government's billion-dollar contracts with companies that developed and manufactured the COVID-19 vaccine, including Pfizer and Moderna.

  • May 15, 2025

    Google Leads In Filing The Most AI Patent Applications

    Google is outpacing other Big Tech companies like Microsoft and IBM in filing patent applications in the artificial intelligence space, both globally and in the U.S., according to a new report.

  • May 15, 2025

    Anthropic's Atty Says Client's Own AI Created Error In Filing

    A Latham & Watkins LLP associate representing Anthropic in the artificial intelligence company's copyright fight with music publishers said Thursday that she used Anthropic's own Claude.ai tool to help draft an expert's declaration that included an erroneous citation, but she argued the error was "an honest citation mistake and not a fabrication of authority."

  • May 15, 2025

    NBA Gets Ban On Knockoff Sales Extended

    An Illinois federal judge has granted the NBA's licensing arm's request to extend a ban on the sale of counterfeit goods and freeze the alleged culprits' assets amid a copyright infringement suit against the retailers, saying the NBA could be irreparably harmed without court intervention.

  • May 15, 2025

    X Wants $105M Video Patent Verdict Thrown Out

    X Corp. said it wants to undo a Dallas jury's finding from last month that said it owed $105 million for infringing a startup company's video sharing patent, arguing a reasonable jury could not have found the single claim was worth that much.

  • May 15, 2025

    Bausch, Mylan Settle Patent Suit Over Generic IBS Drugs

    The makers of gastrointestinal drug Trulance have resolved their patent lawsuit, which sought to block several Mylan generic drugs from competing with the drug, in a confidential settlement agreement, according to a West Virginia federal court filing.

  • May 15, 2025

    Snap's Alice Win On Image Search Patents Gets Fed. Circ. OK

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit accusing Snap of infringing a pair of patents related to image searches, affirming a lower court's decision that the claims were patent ineligible under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision.

  • May 15, 2025

    Walgreens Settles TM Suit With Founder's Great-Grandson

    Walgreen Co. has settled its trademark infringement suit against the great-grandson of the company's founder for his operation of Walgreen Health Solutions LLC, according to a filing Thursday in Illinois federal court.

  • May 15, 2025

    Amarin Tells Justices Hikma Has Gotten Far Ahead Of Itself

    Amarin Pharma urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to turn away a generic-drug maker's bid to get an induced infringement suit thrown out, saying the pleadings-stage case is "in its infancy" and that the company is looking for a "safe-harbor from having to litigate at all."

  • May 15, 2025

    Curaleaf And Ex-VP In Settlement Talks, Court Told

    Curaleaf has tentatively agreed to drop a lawsuit against a former executive it accused of stealing confidential records to share with a rival cannabis firm, according to a notice filed in Florida federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • IP, Licensing, M&A Trends To Watch In Life Sciences This Year

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    2025 promises to continue an exciting trajectory for the life sciences industry, with major trends ranging from global harmonization of intellectual property to cross-border licensing activity and an increase of nontraditional financial participants in the mergers and acquisition space, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Drug Pricing Policy Trends To Expect In 2025 And Beyond

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    Though 2025 may bring more of the same in the realm of drug pricing policy, business as usual entails a sustained, high level of legal and policy developments across at least six major areas, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Opinion

    Courts Should Nix Conferencing Rule In 1 Discovery Scenario

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    Parties are generally required to meet and confer to resolve a discovery dispute before bringing a related motion, but courts should dispense with this conferencing requirement when a party fails to specify a time by which it will complete its production, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • FDA's Red No. 3 Ban Reshapes Food Safety Legal Landscape

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent ban on Red No. 3 represents more than the end of a controversial dye — it signals a shift in regulatory priorities, consumer expectations, intellectual property strategy, compliance considerations and litigation risk, says Dino Haloulos at Foley Mansfield.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • Fed. Circ. Inherency Ruling Refines Obviousness Framework

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    The Federal Circuit's December decision in Cytiva v. JSR has definitively eliminated the requirement of "reasonable expectation of success" analysis for inherent properties in obviousness determinations, while providing some key clarifications for patent practitioners, says Lawrence Kass at Steptoe.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024

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    A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • What Public View Of CEO's Killing Means For Corporate Trials

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    Given the proliferation of anti-corporate sentiments following recent charges against Luigi Mangione in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, attorneys who represent corporate clients and executives will need to adapt their trial strategy to account for juror anger, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation Consulting.

  • Private-Bidding Compliance Lessons From Siemens Plea Deal

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    Siemens Energy’s recent wire fraud conspiracy guilty plea shows that U.S. prosecutors are willing and able to police the private, domestic bidding market to protect the integrity of the competitive marketplace, and companies will need a robust compliance program to mitigate these risks, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.

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