LivePerson Inc. convinced a California federal jury that former partner [24]7.ai Inc. stole proprietary information to build its own rival customer engagement platform and should pay $30 million in damages.

The following are personnel changes and other news recently announced by prominent intellectual property law firms and other IP-related organizations:

Feit Electric Company Inc. failed to convince an Illinois federal judge that two lighting patents are unenforceable due to an inventor’s alleged misconduct at the patent office.

Copyright registration fees for winners of the Congressional Art Competition and the Congressional App Challenge could be waived under H.R. 704.

iLife Technologies Inc. wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision that found its patent invalid and saved Nintendo of America Inc. from a $10 million infringement verdict.

PepsiCo Inc. has filed a trademark application that indicates the company plans to sell alcoholic beverages under the “Rockstar” brand name.

Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo is entitled to a permanent injunction against a company that allegedly sold spices which infringed Antetokounmpo’s intellectual property rights in his nickname, the “Greek Freak,” a federal judge recommended.