EcoFactor Urges Justices to Revive $20 Million Google Verdict
Smart thermostat patent owner EcoFactor Inc. petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse a Federal Circuit ruling and reinstate its $20 million jury verdict against
The Justice Department’s weaponization working group began an investigation earlier this year into allegations the US Patent and Trademark Office improperly gave too much scrutiny to certain pending patent applications.
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Three generic drug makers’ challenge to the validity of a
Ross Intelligence Inc. told the Third Circuit a federal judge incorporated critical errors into an analysis of its use of the legal tool Westlaw to train its AI and wrongly concluded it wasn’t fair use under copyright law.
“Fair use” of a Hulk Hogan sex tape is preventing the pro wrestler’s estate from blocking the distribution of a documentary about the fallout from that video.
Smart thermostat patent owner EcoFactor Inc. petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse a Federal Circuit ruling and reinstate its $20 million jury verdict against
Democrats in Congress want more information on three major law firms’ possible work for the Commerce Department after making deals with the White House to evade executive orders.
The US accounting board signaled support to continue modernizing its rules for assets like patents and copyrights that drive the modern economy.
Athena Bitcoin Inc. engaged in a “fraudulent scheme” to steal AML Software Inc.'s computer source code used on Bitcoin ATMs, infringing copyrights and misappropriating trade secrets, AML alleged in a federal lawsuit.
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Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge, reiterated her argument the DC Circuit should revive the lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional her suspension from hearing cases at the Federal Circuit.
In this video, we explore how the copyright in a song – the musical composition – works. We look at what courts use to determine whether there was an infringement, and why these cases can be so complicated.
A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a union challenge to the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer for government workers.
A rap song written and performed by a Brooklyn man who was in jail at Rikers Island was wrongly used as evidence against him, and his criminal conviction must be reversed, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled Wednesday.
US Health and Human Services resurfaced an old social media post from an account that appeared to be Tylenol’s that cautioned against its use by pregnant women after the Trump administration
Online video seller Old School Ventures Inc. must face a proposed class action alleging it disclosed the purchasing histories of its customers in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
Democrats in Congress want more information on three major law firms’ possible work for the Commerce Department after making deals with the White House to evade executive orders.
Federal trial courts are issuing new orders restricting access to sealed documents, following a directive from the judiciary’s administrative office to address escalated cyberattacks targeting the courts’ case system.
The court granted in part and denied in part Plastics Boutique LLC’s and Plastics NYC LLC’s motions for summary judgment on Plastics NYC LLC’s trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution, and unfair and deceptive trade practices action and Plastics Boutique’s counterclaims. Plastics NYC LLC v. Plastics Boutique LLC, 2025 BL 337289, N.D. Ohio, 1:23-cv-02291, 9/22/25
The court denied ThinkPet LLC’s motion for summary judgment on The Kyjen Company LLC’s action for infringement of its “Fun Feeder” trademark, because a reasonable jury could find that ThinkPet’s use of “Fun Feeder” likely confused customers, and ThinkPet’s fair use defense fails.
Kyjen Co. LLC v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Co, P’ships & Unincorporated Ass’ns, 2025 BL 337828, N.D. Ill., 23 C 15119, 9/22/25
The PTAB determined that challenged claims of The Johns Hopkins University’s patent directed to anti-cancer therapies that block immune system checkpoints, including the programmed death-1 receptor, are unpatentable, in an inter partes review by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC v. The Johns Hopkins University, P.T.A.B., IPR 2024-00649, 9/23/25
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