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Judge Tosses TM Suit Against Addiction Treatment Center
A federal judge in Tacoma, Washington, has agreed to ax a medical clinic's trademark suit against an addiction treatment center in the Evergreen State over [...]
Coinbase Says Claimed Inventor Wright Can't Claim Bitcoin IP
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fired back at a copyright infringement claim from self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright, alleging that he cannot claim ownership of intellectual [...]
Conn. Atty Looks To Boot Ex-Partner's Suit
A lawyer has asked a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by his former partner of more than 20 years, arguing that a [...]
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Ketchup, cannabis and a controversial Florida law were at the heart of rulings and court proceedings last week in Delaware's Chancery Court. Also seen on [...]
Can ChatGPT Be Used for Patent Search Work?
Recently, ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot program developed by OpenAI, has become a popular topic, attracting much attention and discussion. Its [...]
Trade Court Rules Against Importers In China Tariff Test Case
The U.S. Court of International Trade dashed the hopes of more than 3,600 companies that challenged levies covering $300 billion of Chinese goods, affirming the [...]
UK Court Hands Down Key FRAND Ruling in InterDigital v. Lenovo
Lenovo has been ordered to pay InterDigital a lump sum of $138.7 million for a global FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) license covering sales of [...]
Litigation Trends, Shared Core Technologies Make Wi-Fi 6 an Attractive SEP Monetization Target (Part 1)
Wi-Fi 6 shares new technologies with LTE and 5G that are subject to heavy patenting. The firms and institutions that currently monetize their standard essential [...]
Traxcell Patent Turnover Order Stayed After Verizon Case Ax
A Texas state appeals court on Friday stayed a lower court order requiring Traxcell Technologies LLC to turn over its patents, putting on hold a [...]
Researcher Brings AI Patent Question To Supreme Court
An international legal crusade looking to get an artificial intelligence system named as an inventor landed on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court on [...]
Railroad Software Co. Gets Rival's Hacking Suit Trimmed
A Seattle federal judge has trimmed a railroad software company's lawsuit accusing its rival of hacking into its system to poach railway management software and [...]
Dental Insurer Claims Duo Took Trade Secrets To Competitor
A dental health insurer is suing two former company officials, accusing them of stealing client lists and other proprietary information to help competitors outbid the [...]
Brand Battles: J. Crew Chases After 'Woof Crew' Pet Toy TM
In Law360's latest roundup of new actions at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, American clothing brand J. Crew is trying to stop a gift [...]
Court Backs $125M Sorrento Cancer Drug Arbitration Win
A California state court has backed a $125 million arbitration win for Sorrento Therapeutics in a dispute with a company owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, just [...]
Startup Targets 'Purged' Emails In Suit Against Apple
A Silicon Valley medical device startup wants jurors to be told that Apple deliberately "purged" emails written by a former high-level executive in the company's [...]
The Perils And Promise Of ChatGPT As A Patent Drafting Aid
The artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT can produce song lyrics and sitcom scenes based on simple prompts, so it can quickly whip up something at least [...]
Meet The Attys Arguing Lanham Act's Reach At High Court
An attorney who clerked for two current U.S. Supreme Court justices, a lawyer who clerked for a former justice, and a government attorney with BigLaw [...]
Lighting Co. Dodges Patent Suit Over Multimillion-Dollar Tech
A California federal judge has rejected patent owner CAO Lighting Inc.'s infringement suit against a rival over a LED lighting system shortly after the company [...]
Finance Co. Must Face Rival's Defamation Claim
A Georgia federal judge on Friday kept alive the defamation counterclaim of a finance company that was hit with a trade secrets suit by a [...]
BREAKING: Calif. Jury Clears Samsung In Talent Co.'s $243M 'S10' TM Suit
A California federal jury found on Friday that Samsung did not infringe the trademark of talent management company S10 Entertainment through its Galaxy S10 smartphone, [...]
FTC Urges DC Circ. Not To Prolong Endo-Impax Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission urged the D.C. Circuit not to push back oral argument for the agency's bid to revive a case accusing Endo and [...]
IP Hires: DLA Piper, Copyright Office, Hogan Lovells, Dentons
DLA Piper has bolstered its intellectual property and technology practice group with a team of 30 former Dentons attorneys, and the U.S. Copyright Office has [...]
Senators Float Bill To Protect Copyrights On Safety Standards
A bipartisan group of legislators has unveiled proposed legislation that would make sure that private standards-setting groups can keep copyrights on their works even after [...]
Nickelback Escapes Copyright Suit Over 'Rockstar'
Canadian rock band Nickelback has escaped claims that its mid-2000s hit "Rockstar" mimicked a musician's competing song for a small indie band, according to Texas [...]
