A federal jury in Texas has awarded Netlist $118 million in damages for patent infringement by Samsung.
Netlist, founded in 2000, is a Delaware company headquartered in Irvine, CA. According to its website, it...more
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have approved the Riyadh Design Law Treaty.
The treaty is designed to “make it easier, faster and more affordable for designers the world over to...more
Traditionally, trademarks are used to indicate the source of consumer goods and services – from Coca-Cola soft drinks to Apple computers to Jiffy-Lube oil change shops and iTunes music downloads. ...more
The Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendant in a case in which the plaintiff law firm claimed the defendant firm’s purchase of a keyword search term violated the Lanham Act....more
11/18/2024
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The US Copyright Office has granted a copyright exemption giving restaurants the right to repair broken equipment by bypassing locks intended to prevent anyone other than the manufacturer from repairing them.
This...more
Not surprisingly, a lot is happening at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) law. Here’s a roundup of some recent developments in the area of copyright law and AI....more
Luther Campbell, the former leader of 2 Live Crew, and the heirs of two other group members have won a legal battle over the rights to the group’s music.
Lil’ Joe Records, owned by Joseph Weinberger, bought the group’s...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office ) has issued a final order terminating 3,100 patent applications for intent to deceive the Office via fraudulent “S-signatures.”...more
The US Supreme Court has denied cert on several cases involving patents and trademarks, meaning that the Court will not consider the appeals and the lower court rulings will stand....more
10/21/2024
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USPTO
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that a recent update to its software “introduced a coding error into the patent term adjustment software the agency uses to perform patent term adjustment (PTA)...more
The Federal Circuit has vacated a District of Delaware ruling in a patent case which found that patent claims asserted by Astellas Pharma were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for being directed to an abstract idea. The Federal...more
The Federal Circuit has affirmed most of a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that invalidated claims related to radio communications in a patent owned by Philips.
The case is KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS...more
Several Representatives, including both Democrats and Republicans, have introduced the “Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024’’ (NO FAKES Act) in the House of Representatives....more
A federal court jury in Texas has awarded more than $30 million in damages to woman-owned beauty start-up Lashify Inc.
The jury found that Qingdao Lashbeauty Cosmetic Co., a Chinese company doing business as Worldbeauty,...more
9/19/2024
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A federal district court in Ohio has rejected an attempt by a tattoo artist to reinstate his case against video game company Take-Two.
The artist claimed that the company infringed his copyright in tattoos worn by...more
Dozens of musical artists have expressed their objections to the Trump Campaign’s use of their music at events.
According to Wikipedia, at least 35 musicians have opposed Trump’s use of their music....more
Harvard University has sued Samsung, alleging that the latter’s chip technology infringes two patents owned by the university.
The case is President and Fellows of Harvard College v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District...more
The US Copyright Office has issued a report in which it recommends passage of a federal law that would create a form of property right in a person’s digital replica....more
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision that the claims of a patent for software that manages pre-employment background checks weren’t patent-eligible.
The case is In Miller Mendel, Inc. v. City of...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has updated its Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance to address artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.
This is in response to President Biden’s Executive...more
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s dismissal of patent infringement suits involving patents for remote gambling, because it found the subject matter not eligible for a patent....more
The Federal Circuit has ruled that a US patent-holder plaintiff may be able to recover damages for a defendant’s foreign sales of infringing products if the foreign sales were proximately caused by the defendant’s improperly...more
A federal district court in Utah has dismissed patent claims directed to intermittent fault detection (IFD) technology for electrical systems in aircrafts. The court determined that the asserted claims are patent-ineligible...more
The Federal Circuit has affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court ruling on an alleged misappropriation of trade secrets for blood analysis technology....more
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) recently approved a new treaty on intellectual property (IP), genetic resources, and traditional knowledge.
WIPO is the United Nations agency “that serves the...more