Intellectual Property

  • February 10, 2025

    AI Copyright Plaintiffs Say Google Is Raising 'Marginal issues'

    Artists and authors suing over how Google trains its artificial intelligence software say that the tech giant is disputing "marginal issues" that other tech giants facing similar copyright lawsuits over similar technology haven't brought up.

  • February 10, 2025

    What Judges Want You To Know: You Can't Fool The Court

    Federal judges regularly sit on panels at conferences and similar events, sharing their best practices and most valuable pieces of advice with patent lawyers and others in the room. In the first installment of a two-part series, Law360 has pulled together advice over the last few years that remains as relevant as ever. 

  • February 10, 2025

    Models Say Atlanta Bar Ripped Off Images For Promo Nights

    An Atlanta bar was accused Monday of ripping off the likenesses in its ads of five Los Angeles-based models who are represented by a firm that has taken establishments around the country to court on similar Lanham Act claims.

  • February 10, 2025

    Judge Refuses To Certify '70s Rockers' Royalty Class Action

    A Tennessee federal judge on Monday denied class certification in a breach of contract lawsuit by two members of the 1970s pop-rock band Orleans, John Hall and Lance Hoppen, who accused Warner Music Group Corp. and subsidiary Elektra Entertainment of underpaying foreign digital streaming royalties.

  • February 10, 2025

    Colo. Judge Baffled By Party's Anonymity In Oil Secrets Suit

    A Colorado state judge puzzled over how to handle the fact that a key third party in a trade secrets case brought by Anschutz Exploration Corp. has insisted on not revealing their identity to the court, telling the parties at a hearing Monday she wouldn't close a trial just to get around the "very strange" situation.

  • February 10, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Preserves Corning's Win In Gene Therapy Fight

    The Federal Circuit decided Monday to turn down an appeal from a Minnesota-based gene therapy developer that says it was wrongly denied a jury trial in its failed case seeking to add its name to patents issued to Corning Inc.

  • February 10, 2025

    Judge Newman Tells DC Circ. Her Suspension Flouts The Law

    Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman again urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to end the suspension her colleagues imposed on her amid a probe of her fitness to serve as a judge, arguing that her suspension is effectively indefinite and violates the U.S. Constitution.

  • February 10, 2025

    'Noxious' Anti-Qualcomm Media Blitz Won't Be Blocked

    A Florida federal judge said Friday he won't tell a company that used to make automated video cameras to stop its Glenn Beck-aided media blitz connecting its patent campaign against Qualcomm Inc. to conspiracy theories involving former President Barack Obama, "regardless of how noxious it may be."

  • February 10, 2025

    Jazz Pharma Drops Last Defendant From Epidiolex Patent Suit

    Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. has reached an agreement to dismiss all claims and counterclaims with the last remaining defendant in its consolidated lawsuits over patents covering its epilepsy treatment Epidiolex, according to a filing from the company in New Jersey federal court.

  • February 10, 2025

    Aerospace Co. Seeks To Toss Ex-Exec's Amended Claims

    A Garden State-based aerospace company is asking a federal judge to dismiss with prejudice the second amended counterclaims by its ex-president and his new business in a trade secrets case, according to court filings.

  • February 10, 2025

    Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a team of five Knobbe Martens IP litigators as partners in its West Coast offices.

  • February 10, 2025

    Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'

    A Boston federal judge on Monday extended his hold on President Donald Trump's federal worker buyout program as he weighs a request from unions to block the so-called Fork Directive, which promises months of pay to government employees who resign their posts.

  • February 10, 2025

    DC Judge Won't Stop Shein's Copyright Takedowns On Temu

    A D.C. federal judge declined to block fast fashion giant Shein from inundating rival online retailer Temu with copyright takedown requests, finding Temu's claimed injury was economic and thus not irreparable.

  • February 10, 2025

    Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto

    U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.

  • February 10, 2025

    Herrick Adds 2 Trademark Attorneys From Moses & Singer

    Herrick Feinstein LLP has hired two Moses & Singer LLP attorneys to bolster the firm's intellectual property and tech bench, according to an announcement.

  • February 07, 2025

    Copyright Office Seeks Info On Performance Rights Groups

    The U.S. Copyright Office wants more information about how performance rights organizations, or PROs, are being used to collect music royalties, in response to a letter from a trio of Republican lawmakers on the issue.

  • February 07, 2025

    NC Judge Knocked By Fed. Circ. For Rushing Patent Trial

    A Federal Circuit panel on Friday stripped a patent case over respiratory treatment devices away from a North Carolina federal judge, with the appeals court reversing a noninfringement verdict that came out of a jury trial he oversaw and finding that it was at least the second time the judge "did not intend to manage a fair trial."

  • February 07, 2025

    Apple Drops Suit Over Leaks To Press As Engineer Apologizes

    A California judge on Thursday granted Apple's request to drop a lawsuit against a former employee who allegedly leaked sensitive company information to journalists and others, the same day the software engineer issued a public apology for his "profound and expensive mistake."

  • February 07, 2025

    Justices Urged To Take On PTAB Atty Fee Fight

    A company fighting for attorney fees at the Federal Circuit after successfully challenging a patent's validity before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take on a similar case addressing eligibility for fees in board proceedings pursued against "exceptional" infringement plaintiffs. 

  • February 07, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Pushes Back At Doctors Who Vouched For Newman

    The Federal Circuit judges considering Judge Pauline Newman's request to end her suspension said Friday that they had retained doctors who have expressed "significant concerns" that there are errors and oversights in reports from physicians who deemed the 97-year-old judge fit to serve.

  • February 07, 2025

    OpenAI Can't Avoid Reverse TM Confusion Claim, Judge Says

    A California federal judge has allowed a trademark infringement counterclaim to proceed against OpenAI by a company with a similar name, finding Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. has plausibly alleged its mark became associated with AI tools before OpenAI became widely known for ChatGPT.

  • February 07, 2025

    BofA, H&R Block, Others Are Sued Over Image Capture Patent

    Several major banks and financial companies were hit with lawsuits in Texas federal court from CheckWizard over its image capture patent, citing the defendants' use of mobile check depositing technology.

  • February 07, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Ventria Cell Culture Patent Win At ITC

    In a precedential decision, the Federal Circuit said Friday that the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirements have no "threshold dollar value" and that "small market segments" operated by biotech developer Ventria Bioscience can qualify, upholding the ITC's finding that a Chinese maker of vaccine ingredients infringed Ventria's cell culture patent.

  • February 07, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Considers Some Testing For Avadel Sleep Drug

    Judges on the Federal Circuit seemed open to modifying a district court's injunction barring specialty drugmaker Avadel Pharmaceuticals from marketing its on-market narcolepsy drug for use in treating another sleep disorder Friday.

  • February 07, 2025

    Pa. Medical Pot Co. Beats Consultant's IP Breach Claims

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a consultant claiming that his methods for growing plant tissue samples was stolen by a medical cannabis company he worked with, ruling that the consultant's system was not a protected trade secret.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Consider Best Legal Practices For Commissioning Public Art

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    Commissioning public art for real estate projects can provide many benefits to real estate developers and the public, but it's important to understand the unique legal and contracting aspects of the process to ensure that projects are completed on time and on budget, says Sarah Conley Odenkirk at ArtConverge.

  • A Look At The PTAB's Assessment Of Prior Art Exceptions

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    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's approach over the last 10 years to assessing Section 102(b) prior art exceptions reveals a few trends, including that evidence of common ownership may have a higher likelihood of successfully disqualifying prior art under Section 102(b)(2)(C) at the institution stage, say Louis Panzica and David Holman at Sterne Kessler.

  • Series

    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • How Patent Litigation Is Changing Amid Decline In Filings

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    Marked by a notable decline in case filings and preferred venue shifts, patent litigation has undergone significant changes over the last decade and litigation hot spots have shifted, encouraging a more strategic approach to patent disputes, says Saishruti Mutneja at Winston & Strawn.

  • Primer On Chinese Trade Secret Disputes For US Practitioners

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    Increasing cross-border disputes over trade secret misappropriation between U.S. and Chinese entities emphasize the need for U.S. practitioners to navigate China's legal landscape following recent reforms that enhance the viability of litigation in Chinese courts, say attorneys at Jones Day.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Licensing And Protections For Voice Actors In The Age Of AI

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    While two recently enacted California laws and other recent state and federal legislation largely focus on protecting actors and musicians from the unauthorized use of their digital likenesses by generative artificial intelligence systems, the lesser-known community of professional voice actors also stands to benefit, says attorney Scott Mortman.

  • Opinion

    Failure To Use Apportionment Has Distorted Patent Damages

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    Apportionment is the solution to the problem of inflated patent infringement damages, and courts should return to focusing on the smallest saleable unit as the starting point for apportionment analysis, say William Lee at WilmerHale and Mark Lemley at Stanford Law School.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Takeaways From Novo Nordisk's Fight For Market Exclusivity

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    Generic competitors’ challenge to Novo Nordisk’s patents in hopes of capturing a portion of the rapidly expanding Type 2 diabetes and obesity treatment market highlights the role of abbreviated new drug application litigation, inter partes review and multidistrict litigation in patent defense, says Pedram Sameni at Patexia.

  • Using Primacy And Recency Effects In Opening Statements

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    By understanding and strategically employing the primacy and recency effects in opening statements, attorneys can significantly enhance their persuasive impact, ensuring that their narrative is both compelling and memorable from the outset, says Bill Kanasky at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Opinion

    Bill Is Key To Protecting US Economy From Patent Piracy

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    It is critical that Congress pass a recently introduced bill that would protect U.S. investors from intellectual property theft by restoring court-ordered injunctions as the default remedy in patent infringement cases to ensure inventors get the justice they deserve, says Andrei Iancu at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • Defending AI, Machine Learning Patents In Life Sciences

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    Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alice v. CLS Bank, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology remain at risk for Alice challenges, but reviewing recent cases can help life sciences companies avoid common pitfalls and successfully defend their patents, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

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