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Vidal Lays Out Reasoning For Reviving Lighting IP Challenge
Binding Luminex International Co. Ltd. to one of its customers in a way that would block the company from challenging a Signify Holdings BV lighting [...]
Other Barks & Bites for Wednesday, November 27: OpenAI Rebukes Deleted Evidence Accusations; Netlist Awarded $118 Million in Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Samsung; Report Finds Music Copyright Business is in Boom Time
This week in Other Barks & Bites: OpenAI files a response letter denying it deleted evidence in its copyright dispute with The New York Times; [...]
Ford Can't Throw Out $13M IP Verdict, InterMotive Says
California-based vehicle technology supplier InterMotive Inc. has urged a Michigan federal judge not to touch a $13 million verdict it won after a jury found [...]
Dissecting The Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Debate
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Allergan v. MSN highlights the ongoing evolution of the obviousness-type double patenting doctrine, revealing increasing tension between expiration-based interpretations [...]
Injury Law Firm Accuses Rival Of Stealing 'Call Sam' Slogan
Michigan-based personal injury law firm Sam Bernstein Law has launched a trademark infringement lawsuit in California federal court against rival personal injury law firm Sam & Ash [...]
Better, Faster, Stranger: What Attys Think Of Our AI Future
Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law [...]
IP Atty, Wife Say Mich. Pot Co.'s Defamation Suit Is Too Old
A Montana intellectual property attorney and his wife have urged a Michigan federal judge to dismiss a cannabis company's lawsuit alleging the couple posted falsehoods [...]
Ballard Spahr Hires Fintech Assistant GC In Atlanta
Ballard Spahr LLP has brought on the assistant general counsel for financial technology company Fidelity National Information Services Inc. to its Atlanta office, strengthening its [...]
X Partially Revives Lawsuit Against Israeli Data Scraping Firm
X Corp. partially revived its lawsuit Tuesday against Israeli data scraping firm Bright Data after a California federal judge allowed the social media company to [...]
Patent Biz Cleans Up $10M Jury Verdict From Scrubber Maker
A Minnesota company that makes commercial floor scrubbers was ordered by a jury to pay a little under $10 million to a small licensing company [...]
Apple, Shyamalan Can't Dodge IP Suit Over 'Servant' Series
A California federal judge refused to toss an indie director's claims that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan copied her movie to make a TV show for [...]
Gilead Gets $31.8M In Calif. Case Over Counterfeit HIV Drugs
Gilead Sciences Inc. has won nearly $32 million in a case involving a scheme to wrongfully repackage HIV treatments and sell them off as counterfeit [...]
Judge Heads Off Misleading Solicitation In NCAA NIL Deal
The California federal judge overseeing the NCAA name, image and likeness class action that is nearing closure issued guidelines Tuesday for third-party servicing companies offering [...]
Oracle Says Crypto Co. Is Flouting 2020 Settlement Of TM Suit
Oracle Corp. claimed in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed in California federal court that cryptocurrency consulting company Crypto Oracle has resumed using the "Crypto Oracle" [...]
Fec. Circ. Won't Review Rejection Of Dish's $3.9M Fees Award
The full Federal Circuit declined Tuesday to reconsider a panel's ruling that vacated a $3.9 million attorney fees award to Dish Network for its successful [...]
Sky is the Limit: UK Supreme Court’s SkyKick Ruling Confirms Trademark Applicants Can No Longer File Unjustifiably Long Specifications
On November 13, 2024, after almost 17 months of anticipation, the UK's Supreme Court finally handed down its decision in SkyKick (Appellants) v. Sky (Respondents). [...]
Justices Told To Review Fight Over PTAB Panel Makeups
A company that had its processor module patent claims thrown out by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
Meta Wipes Out Some Claims In WDTX Patent Case
Meta has scored a ruling from Waco's U.S. District Judge Alan Albright finding that some of the language in patents connected to a failed mobile [...]
MLBPA, FanDuel Ink Licensing Deal After Settling Legal Spat
The Major League Baseball Players Association, FanDuel and OneTeam Partners on Tuesday announced that they are teaming up on a product and marketing licensing agreement, [...]
Newman's Own's Quick IP Win Bid Meets Skeptical Judge
A Connecticut Superior Court judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of Newman's Own Foundation's early win request in a licensing feud with two of late actor [...]
Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer [...]
Navajo Nation's Diné College Awarded 2nd Medical Patent
The School of STEM at Diné College has secured a second patent for a device designed to measure and record various electric signals from the [...]
Chinese Rival Stole Umbrella Design, Georgia Maker Says
An Atlanta-based patio furniture company alleged in a new lawsuit filed Monday that a Chinese competitor that has sold to retailers including Costco has ripped [...]
9th Circ.'s High Bar May Limit Keyword Confusion TM Claims
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that a law firm did not infringe upon a competitor’s trademarks by paying Google to promote its website when users [...]
