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Syngenta, Corteva Can't Duck FTC's Pesticide Antitrust Suit
A North Carolina federal judge on Friday refused to throw out the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing Corteva and Syngenta of blocking competition from generic [...]
Canada, Pharma Opposition Loom Over Fla. Drug Imports
Florida's greenlight to import Canadian prescription drugs may spell legal trouble for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as Ottawa prepares to counter anticipated supply [...]
Amazon Atty Gets On Fed. Circ. Judge's Nerves
A Fenwick & West LLP attorney representing Amazon at the Federal Circuit tested the patience of Judge Raymond Chen on Friday by speaking over another [...]
PTAB To Hear Samsung Patent Challenge Despite August Trial
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review a wireless charging patent challenged by Samsung despite a Texas trial set for August, with [...]
Vanda Asks Justices To Undo Ruling In Sleep Drug IP Case
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a Federal Circuit decision affirming an obviousness finding of several patents Vanda had [...]
Tillis and Coons Introduce Bill to Study Bayh-Dole Reporting Processes
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced a bill to study the inefficiencies in the reporting system required under the Bayh-Dole Act, [...]
Intel Slams VLSI's Bid To Avoid License Defense Trial
Intel Corp. urged a California federal judge Friday to reject VLSI Technology's "blatant attempt at forum shopping" in a bid to avoid a March trial [...]
Fed. Circ. Won't Halt Trial On Netlist Patents Axed By PTAB
The Federal Circuit refused Friday to halt an Eastern District of Texas trial set for Jan. 19 in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board [...]
3rd Circ. Preview: Blackout Challenge Death Suit Tops Jan.
Chemours, Nike and TikTok are among the corporate powerhouses that will argue buzz-phrase-heavy cases before the Third Circuit in January as panels consider if a [...]
Apple Loses 2 Masimo Patent Challenges At Fed. Circ.
The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed another pair of administrative patent board rulings involving Apple and medical technology developer Masimo, this time handing losses to [...]
Kimade Drink Maker Fails To Show IP Suit Belongs In Ill.
An Illinois federal judge on Friday tossed a copyright lawsuit from the maker of a Kim Kardashian-themed energy drink alleging a rival released an infringing ad [...]
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, January 12: ITC Asks CAFC to Reimpose Apple Watch Import Ban; Journalists Sue OpenAI; Apple/Masimo Action at the CAFC
This week in Other Barks & Bites: OpenAI faces another lawsuit, this time from two journalists alleging copyright infringement; the International Trade Commission (ITC) makes [...]
PTAB Invalidates 5 Bissell Patents In Win For SharkNinja
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has tossed a variety of claims across five Bissell vacuum cleaner patents, handing a win to patent challenger SharkNinja [...]
9th Circ. Cites Jack Daniel's Ruling In Reversing TM Opinion
The Ninth Circuit reversed its decision that a publication called Punchbowl News did not infringe the trademark of Punchbowl Inc., a greeting card and event [...]
ITC Probes Lenovo Over Ericsson's Infringement Claims
The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate claims from Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson that Lenovo and its subsidiaries infringed the Nordic company's patents for high-efficiency [...]
Drake Argues Artist Doesn't Own Copyright To Pursue Suit
The rapper Drake pushed back against claims that he stole a phrase from Ghanaian artist Obrafour's 2003 hip-hop remix and used it in his song [...]
7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond
The legal and technical issues of e-discovery now affect virtually every lawsuit, and in the year to come, practitioners can expect practices and policies to [...]
Disney Says Shirt Co. Didn't Connect Threads To NC In IP Row
Disney urged a North Carolina federal court to toss a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against it by a shirtmaker, arguing the apparel operation didn't give [...]
Office Depot, Target Settle Suits Over Online Ad Patents
Both Target and Office Depot have reached settlements in lawsuits in Texas federal court from Lexos Media IP accusing the companies of infringing various patents [...]
Up Next At High Court: Chevron Deference, Corp. Filings
The U.S. Supreme Court will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and will begin a short oral argument week Tuesday, during which [...]
High Court Looks At Chevron Deference: What You Need To Know
Will the U.S. Supreme Court overturn 40 years of doctrine telling courts to defer to federal agencies when interpreting laws? That's what is at stake [...]
Off The Bench: NFL Grilled On Gruden, NIL Rules, LSU Victory
In this week's Off The Bench, the NFL defended its arbitration clauses to skeptical Nevada justices in its case with former coach Jon Gruden, the [...]
Ohio Chain Serves Similarly Named Eatery With TM Suit
A Lebanese restaurant group based outside Cleveland filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing a similarly named establishment outside Toledo of violating its trademarks on the [...]
Transforming IP Practices: The Rise of AI-Powered Patent Attorneys
In the dynamic landscape of the legal industry, the winds of change are blowing stronger than ever, and the eye of the storm is centered [...]
