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Indian Court Undoes Revocation Of PepsiCo Potato Patent
An Indian court has set aside a decision that revoked a PepsiCo patent on potatoes used to make Lay's potato chips, finding that the company's [...]
Lawmakers Eye Sweeping NIL Package For College Sports
Congress is accelerating its effort to pass a sweeping overhaul of rules governing college athletes' compensation for their names, images and likenesses, with a trio [...]
Trends That Tech Lawyers Should Keep An Eye On In 2024
Worldwide technology spending is projected to strengthen in 2024, spurred by artificial intelligence-driven solutions, and five areas of growth may affect lawyers' practice in this [...]
Energy Tech Biz Loses Fee Bid After Crypto Mining Patent Win
A Delaware federal judge has rejected energy technology company Lancium LLC and its co-founders' post-trial attorney fee bid, saying they didn't show anything "exception" about [...]
Philly Education Law Firm Says Rival's TM Can't Stand
A Philadelphia law firm filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a federal court to strike down a trademark registered by another local firm, arguing the rival's [...]
No AI FRAUD Act Would Create IP Rights to Prevent Voice and Likeness Misappropriation
Today, U.S. Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA) introduced the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications (No AI FRAUD) Act [...]
Patent Filings Roundup: A Light Week to Kick Off the New Year
The first week of 2024 was a light one for patent filings. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) had a slightly below average 21 [...]
Harrity & Harrity is Seeking a Patent Prosecution Professional – Semiconductors
Harrity & Harrity, LLP employs superstar patent professionals to prepare patent applications for leading global technology companies. We are currently looking for a patent preparation [...]
Nickelback Says TM Challenger Strikes Sour Note At 5th Circ.
An attorney for the band Nickelback told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that a Houston-area man is making "too many leaps of logic" by claiming [...]
Union Funds Exit Amgen, Teva Antitrust MDL
Teva Pharmaceuticals has settled its differences with the union funds making up the indirect purchase class in multidistrict litigation accusing it of hatching an illegal [...]
'Obviously Desperate' IP Owner Faces Tough Fed. Circ.
The Federal Circuit ran in circles Wednesday trying to figure out how forum selection clauses in private contracts should be handled if they come up [...]
2 Apple Wins Against Masimo Upheld By Fed. Circ.
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday affirmed two of Apple's successful challenges to claims in patents by a medical technology developer named Masimo, which is trying to [...]
'Morally Blameworthy' Gilead To Face Claim In HIV Drug Fight
A California state appeals court has told Gilead Sciences that it was "morally blameworthy" and would have to face a negligence claim brought by tens [...]
News Orgs Ask Congress For Copyright Clarity On AI Training
News organizations urged Congress Wednesday to clarify that use of copyrighted content to train large language models is not fair use, telling a Senate panel [...]
Patagonia's Prior TM Win Nixes Apparel Co.'s Suit, Judge Says
Patagonia won dismissal of an apparel company's suit seeking a declaration it did not infringe Patagonia's trademarked mountain skyline logo, according to an order entered [...]
Kroger Urges Justices To Review TM Dispute With Grubhub
The Kroger Co. has urged justices to review a Seventh Circuit decision that held Grubhub Inc.'s logo does not infringe the one used by Kroger's [...]
Bill Floated To Study Bayh-Dole Requirement Inefficiencies
A proposal is being floated that would require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to do a study of ways to streamline processes outlined in a [...]
Chamber’s GIPC Wants Details on Bayh-Dole Working Group
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on January 9 to the Department of Commerce [...]
Rex Medical Asks Fed. Circ. To Decry Slashing Of $10M Award
Rex Medical LP is asserting to the Federal Circuit that a Delaware federal judge was wrong to slash a jury's $10 million patent damages verdict [...]
Disbarred Atty Sues Patent Office 'To Find Out The Truth'
A lawyer who was disbarred in North Carolina a decade ago over paying a client in a personal injury lawsuit is going to a Virginia [...]
NCAA Advances Tighter NIL Rules, Awaits Final Approval
The NCAA will require those who enter into name, image and likeness deals with athletes to register with the organization, create contract standards, and provide [...]
AliveCor Gets PTAB To Look Into Apple Patents At Issue In Suit
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review a pair of electrocardiogram technology patents owned by Apple Inc. that have been the subject [...]
Copyright And Generative AI Developments To Watch In 2024
This year could bring clarity to critical copyright issues raised by the recent surge of development in generative AI platforms, as Congress continues its legislative [...]
Emerging Risks Affecting The Tech Legal Landscape
The tech industry has become a battleground for various legal challenges shaped by geopolitical events, partisan politics, regulatory initiatives, patent disputes and class action trends, [...]
