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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Lawrence Kurt Solicitors involved in a professional negligence claim from housing association Midlands Living, soft-drinks producer Britvic file [...]
How A 'Graphic' Trial Sparked A Juror Mental Health Movement
Jurors have traditionally received little help with the intense mental strain that trial service can impose, but a Canadian commission is working to create new [...]
6 Focus Areas For Companies Managing The Risks Of AI Use
To harness the significant and potentially transformative benefits that generative artificial intelligence can confer, companies must establish appropriate oversight and governance, ensure appropriate disclosures, and [...]
Lions Sued Over Photo Used To Design Barry Sanders Statue
A photographer on Thursday accused the Detroit Lions of copyright infringement for using his nearly two decades-old photo of legendary running back Barry Sanders as [...]
NJ Judge Not Convinced Epidiolex Seller Lied To USPTO
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday dismissed allegations that 19 Jazz Pharmaceuticals patents covering its epilepsy treatment Epidiolex aren't enforceable, saying there's no evidence [...]
Kroger Asks SCOTUS to Fix Circuit Inconsistencies in Likelihood of Confusion Analysis
Relish Labs LLC and the Kroger Company (who own the “Home Chef” brand and mark) petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court this week, asking the Justices [...]
MasterObjects Says Alsup Upended Meta Patent Dispute
An attorney for Dutch patent licensing company MasterObjects told the Federal Circuit Thursday that a California federal judge was wrong to make last-minute changes to [...]
Battle Over Prince's Estate Lands In Del. Chancery Court
The managing members of Prince's estate say that some of the late musician's family members have harassed and disparaged them in their quest to give [...]
Brandy Melville Tells Justices Redbubble Led To Circuit Split
Fashion retailer Brandy Melville asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to review the Ninth Circuit's decision that online marketplaces like Redbubble are liable for user-submitted [...]
Nonpracticing Entity Cases Plummeted By 30% In 2023
Patent litigation involving nonpracticing entities dropped by 30% in 2023 compared to the previous year due to an overhaul in judge assignment practices in the [...]
Justices Told Ax Of Fabric Printing Patents Flouted Law
The owner of four patents on transferring images to fabric has told the U.S. Supreme Court that they were wrongly found invalid in a challenge [...]
NY Hotspot Can't Shut Door On $10M Customer List Theft Suit
The owners of a Manhattan hotspot called Sei Less failed to persuade a New York federal judge on Thursday to toss a $10 million lawsuit [...]
Fed. Circ. Affirms PTAB Ax Of Flash Drive Patents
The Federal Circuit on Thursday backed a pair of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that invalidated claims of Swiss inventor Martin Kuster's patents on [...]
Nintendo Must Face Both Patent Claims In Tech IP Row
A Washington federal judge has rejected Nintendo's attempt to throw out one of two patent infringement claims from a California technology company over its Switch [...]
This Parking Patent Is Impossible, Fed. Circ. Told
A company that sells "parking guidance systems" wants a federal appeals court to rule that a lower court should have found that a rival's patent can't hold [...]
Natera Can't Escape Ravgen's Patent Infringement Suit
A Texas federal judge has denied a bid from genetic testing business Natera Inc. for a win on its argument that it did not infringe [...]
Google Beats $2B Ad Trespass Suit At 9th Circ.
Google does not have to face a proposed class action alleging it raked in over $2 billion from unauthorized advertisements by trespassing on website owners' [...]
Eye Software Rivals Settle IP Fight Ahead Of February Trial
Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. has cut a deal to resolve litigation with its rival and a former employee, ending a contentious trade secret theft suit [...]
'Sophie's Choice' Writer's Family Sued Over Stage Rights Deal
A writer tasked by the late "Sophie's Choice" author William Styron to bring the Holocaust drama to the stage claims the author's family breached an [...]
First Citizens Gets 2nd Shot At 'Confusing' SVB Secrets Suit
First Citizens Bank & Trust has won a chance to clean up a "confusing" lawsuit in California federal court that claims HSBC Holdings stole confidential [...]
ITC Asks Fed. Circ. To Resume Ban On Apple Watch Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission and California medical tech company Masimo have panned Apple's efforts to delay a ban on imports of some of its [...]
Divorce Pauses Husband, Wife IP Row Over Insurance Co.
The North Carolina Business Court halted a lawsuit alleging the husband of an insurance agency owner stole her business records to benefit his newly formed [...]
House Reps. Propose Bill To Stop AI-Generated Fakes
House lawmakers have rolled out a bill proposing a new federal framework that would protect individuals from having their image and likeness used to create [...]
On The Edge: Lessons In Patent Litigation Financing
A federal judge's recent request that the U.S. Department of Justice look into IP Edge patent litigation, and that counsel be disciplined, serves as a [...]
