News &
Events
IP NEWS
Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of [...]
Jane Street Ends Trade Secret Fight With Rival Investing Firm
Jane Street Group LLC and Millennium Management LLC have agreed to put to rest their trade secrets dispute over a proprietary trading strategy, according to [...]
'Krank3d' TM Too Close To Rival 'Krank'd': 11th Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to disturb a lower court's decision temporarily barring energy drink maker Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals from using the trademark "Krank3d," agreeing [...]
Internet Archive Won't Take E-Book Fair Use To Justices
The Internet Archive on Wednesday said it will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether its practice of distributing copyrighted e-books [...]
Fed Circ. Grapples With Injunctions On Eylea Biosimilars
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. faced a two-pronged challenge before a Federal Circuit panel Thursday as two companies sought to undo a court order prohibiting them from [...]
IP Forecast: PTAB To Hear Pfizer Fight Over COVID-19 Patents
Pfizer heads to an administrative board at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office next week to argue Moderna should not have been issued patents covering [...]
Newman Makes Another Bid to Reverse Suspension from CAFC
Judge Pauline Newman has appealed the July 2024 dismissal of her case against the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to the [...]
Judge Newman Brings Fight To End Her Suspension To DC Circ.
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to rule that a suspension her colleagues have imposed on her for refusing to [...]
Investors Sue Pegasystems In Corporate Espionage Case
Business software developer Pegasystems Inc. has been hit with allegations that it misled an asset management firm by concealing its use of illegal and unethical tactics to [...]
Netgear Seeks Anti-Suit Injunction Over Huawei's Wi-Fi SEPs
Netgear is urging a California federal judge to block Chinese router-maker Huawei Technologies from seeking injunctions through Wi-Fi patent infringement actions the company pursued in [...]
Vidal Sends Nokia's Patent Challenges Back To PTAB, Again
The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has again vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board refusal to hear three patent challenges by [...]
DOJ Is Eyeing Foreign Patent Litigation Funding, GAO Says
The U.S. Department of Justice is examining the role foreign countries might be playing in funding patent litigation in the U.S., the Government Accountability Office [...]
Gov't Efficiency Push Is A 'New Day,' House Speaker Says
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., spoke excitedly Thursday about the new government efficiency operation helmed by billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy [...]
Judge Snubs Bid For $1M Bond On $22M 'Comfy' IP Verdict
An Arizona federal judge on Wednesday rejected a retailer's bid to pay a $1 million bond while appealing a $22 million judgment against it for [...]
Sanctioned VLSI Patent Challenger Must ID Members In Va.
VLSI Technology LLC won a major victory Thursday in litigation where it's looking for compensation from a mysterious company that tried to extort it at [...]
Infringing Phone Mounts Permanently Blocked In Patent Case
A Washington federal judge agreed on Thursday to block a maker of electronic device mounts from selling certain products that have infringed a patent owned [...]
Face-Swapping App Can't Ax Reality TV Star's Suit At 9th Circ.
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to toss a reality TV star's proposed class action accusing a face-swapping app of misusing his likeness, finding his [...]
NCAA's NIL Settlement 'Illegal' In Many States, Lawmakers Say
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's $2.78 billion settlement with athletes over name, image and likeness compensation, now awaiting final court approval, would be "illegal" in [...]
Corporate Liability Issues To Watch In High Court TM Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trademark dispute between Dewberry Group and Dewberry Engineers next week, presenting an opportunity for the court [...]
Fed. Circ. Unlikely To Help Realtek Pursue ITC Sanctions
A Federal Circuit panel seemed baffled Thursday as a K&L Gates attorney argued that the U.S. International Trade Commission wrongly stopped his client from pursuing [...]
Federal Circuit Says No Expectation of Success Required to Combine Inherent Property of Compound with Prior Art
On Wednesday, December 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential opinion in Cytiva Bioprocess R&D AB v. JSR [...]
9th Circ. Skeptical Starz Ripped Off Play For Strip Club Drama
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared dubious Thursday of a playwright's bid to revive claims that Starz Entertainment copied her stage musical for the strip club [...]
PrizePicks Faces Second Claim Of Fantasy Platform Ripoff
Atlanta-based sports betting platform PrizePicks has been hit with a second lawsuit in as many years from business-to-business sports tech company Vetnos, claiming Wednesday that [...]
Trending At The PTAB: Collateral Estoppel Continues Evolving
We are starting to see brighter lines on collateral estoppel involving Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, illustrated by two recent cases that considered whether [...]
