Disney’s Copyright Suit Against Chinese AI Developer Advances
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OpenAI Inc. must produce testimony from the company’s recent trial victory over Elon Musk and X.AI as part of separate, sprawling copyright litigation against the artificial intelligence giant, a federal magistrate judge ruled.
Roofr Inc. convinced the Federal Circuit that an administrative tribunal was right to invalidate two patents describing processes of using satellite imagery to obtain roof measurements.
Magazine publisher Maxim Inc. dropped its copyright and trade secrets suit over rival Playboy Inc.'s modeling contest less than a week after failing to secure a ban on Playboy using its secrets while the litigation played out.

Tesla Inc. battery supplier Solus Advance Materials Co. and its four Volta Energy units owe SK nexilis Co. $3.3 million for infringing patents by creating and selling copper foil products that are used inside electric vehicles.

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A federal judge dismissed a challenge to a new Medicare benefit covering hemp products Friday, ruling that the group of plaintiffs failed to show they were injured by the program.
The Trump administration continues to weigh US tariffs on imported semiconductors to boost domestic chip manufacturing, though there are no immediate plans to impose any new levies, US Trade Representative
Tesla Inc. battery supplier Solus Advance Materials Co. and its four Volta Energy units owe SK nexilis Co. $3.3 million for infringing patents by creating and selling copper foil products that are used inside electric vehicles.
Magazine publisher Maxim Inc. dropped its copyright and trade secrets suit over rival Playboy Inc.'s modeling contest less than a week after failing to secure a ban on Playboy using its secrets while the litigation played out.
OpenAI Inc. must produce testimony from the company’s recent trial victory over Elon Musk and X.AI as part of separate, sprawling copyright litigation against the artificial intelligence giant, a federal magistrate judge ruled.
A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed human-smuggling charges against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia after concluding the US government brought the case in retaliation for his legal fight against being deported.
The operator of OnlyFans convinced a federal court to dismiss it from a false advertising lawsuit that alleged the adult social media network allows creators to substitute authentic relationships with chatter agencies.
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The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB that challenged claims of Samesurf Inc.'s patent are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Intuit Inc., because the board correctly construed a disputed claim term.
Samesurf Inc. v. Intuit Inc., 2026 BL 187683, Fed. Cir., 2024-2268, 2024-2269, nonprecedential, 5/21/26
The court affirmed the decision of a federal district court that claims of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.'s patents weren’t infringed by Lupin Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s manufacturing process, and that certain patent claims were obvious over prior art. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. Lupin Ltd., 2026 BL 187696, Fed. Cir., 2024-2297, nonprecedential, 5/21/26
The court denied Transcendent Travel Services LLC’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Transcend Cruises Inc.'s action seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the “Transcendent” mark. Transcend Cruises v. Transcendent Travel Servs., 2026 BL 187673, S.D.N.Y., 25-cv-8796 (PKC), 5/21/26
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