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Hermes Says 'MetaBirkins' Artist Brazenly Ignored TM Loss
Luxury brand Hermes has urged a New York federal judge to permanently block a Los Angeles designer from marketing "MetaBirkins" nonfungible tokens after a jury [...]
Insurer Says Ohio Agent Used Google Ads To Steal Clients
Insurance King Agency Inc. took an insurance agent and his company to Ohio federal court claiming they put "insurance king" in their search terms with [...]
Nixon Peabody Expands Complex Disputes Practice In NY
Following the February hire of former New York State Bar President Stephen Younger to its complex disputes practice, Nixon Peabody LLP announced another addition, with [...]
Fla. Atty Denies Attempt To Extort Toyota, WilmerHale
A Florida attorney has denied trying to extort Toyota Motor Corp. and its law firm, WilmerHale, over alleged wrongful termination of his client, saying accusations [...]
DLA Piper Boosts Litigation Team With Baltimore Antitrust Pro
DLA Piper has added a new Baltimore-based partner with a focus on antitrust to its litigation practice team, the latest in a string of recent [...]
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Shareholders of AMC Entertainment, Rocket Mortgage and UpHealth saw their cases move forward in Delaware's Court of Chancery last week; shareholders of Meta Platforms and McDonald's [...]
Trial Strategies To Shore Up Gaps In Your Case Narrative
As several recent verdicts reiterate, jurors crave a coherent and complete case narrative, so to mitigate the impact of information gaps that can lead to [...]
Copyright Claims Board Finds for Photographer on Infringement But Curbs Damages in First Final Decision
The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has issued its first final decision since it was established by law in December 2020, finding in favor of a [...]
CAFC Rules PTAB Must Revisit Netflix and Hulu’s IPR Challenge of Streaming Tech Patent
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled on March 1 that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) erred in [...]
Ex-Judges Worried About Where COVID Vax IP Row Will Go
The Biden administration's position that the government should be the target of a billion-dollar patent suit over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in federal claims court has [...]
Warner, Jesus and Mary Chain End IP Row Over Music Rights
Warner Music Group has settled a lawsuit filed by The Jesus and Mary Chain in California federal court over ownership rights to the Scottish rock [...]
Judge Won't Toss Hashtags From Oktoberfest TM Fight
A federal judge in Washington state on Friday threw out parts of a trademark dispute involving two competing "Oktoberfest" celebrations in the historic town of [...]
GoDaddy Cleared Of Infringement Claims In Patent Case
A Delaware federal jury on Friday found that website hosting platform GoDaddy did not infringe claims in three patents owned by Express Mobile Inc., but [...]
TikTok Jury Hears Surveys Found Confusion Over Stitch TM
Two customer survey experts on Friday told a California federal jury considering claims that TikTok's "Stitch" feature infringes the trademark of London editing house Stitch [...]
Chinese Firms Face Export Controls Over Iran, IP 'Siphoning'
The Biden administration said it is adding 37 foreign firms and individuals to a trade blacklist, including Chinese entities that are allegedly providing military support [...]
Software Co. Can Recover Partial Costs In Navy Copyright Suit
The Court of Federal Claims has partly granted German software company Bitmanagement's request for certain costs after the software company won a long-running copyright infringement [...]
Texas Judge Finds Guitar Co. Out Of Tune With TM Order
A Texas federal judge ruled a Florida guitar maker in civil contempt Friday for continuing to list and sell its Dean V and Dean Z [...]
Facebook Gets PTAB To Slash Xerox Unit's Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has thrown out a host of claims in a pair of patents owned by a California-based unit of Xerox [...]
Amgen, Teva Want Another Shot At Quick Sensipar Appeal
Amgen and Teva told a Delaware federal court it has the authority to grant their request for an immediate appeal of a prior judge's refusal [...]
Brand Battles: OK Go Goes After Post's 'OK Go!' Cereal TM
In Law360's latest roundup of new actions at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, rock band OK Go is taking aim at cereal maker Post [...]
Fla. Real Estate Brokers Spar Over Use Of Island Name
A Florida real estate broker filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday accusing a local competitor of infringing upon its trademark, which utilizes the name [...]
ITC To Investigate Golf Part Imports For Patent Infringement
The U.S. International Trade Commission announced on Friday that it would begin an investigation into some Chinese golf part imports for patent infringement, after a [...]
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 3: USPTO and NOAA Announce Green Tech Collaboration; Genentech Sues Biogen for Patent Royalty Payments; $50 Billion Made Available to U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturers
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a record year for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications; the United [...]
HEC Says Axed Novartis Patent Win 'Not Remotely Certworthy'
Chinese pharmaceutical company HEC Pharm told the U.S. Supreme Court Friday that a Federal Circuit opinion invalidating Novartis Pharmaceuticals' patent on multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya [...]
