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Challenges to Patent Office Changes Fall on Deaf Appellate Ears

Big Tech companies and the lawyers who represent them are expressing disappointment that the nation’s top patent court is declining to rein in changes at the US Patent and Trademark Office that have made it harder to challenge the validity of patents asserted in litigation.

‘Purple Rain’ Co-Star Ends ‘Apollonia’ Trademark Rights Suit

Patty Apollonia Kotero, Prince’s co-star in his 1984 film “Purple Rain,” dropped her lawsuit against the late music star’s estate seeking a declaration she owned the name “Apollonia.”

Irish Patent Owner Sues Vertiv Clients Over Data Center Cooling

An Irish patent owner accused Vertiv Corp.’s data center customers of patent infringement for using cooling equipment allegedly provided by the digital infrastructure company.

AstraZeneca, Sun Dismiss Patent Suits Over Three Diabetes Drugs

AstraZeneca Plc and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to end three lawsuits alleging Sun’s proposed copies of AstraZeneca’s Farxiga, Qtern, and Xigduo XR diabetes treatments infringe a patent that expired last week.

Federal Circuit Grills Sanctioned Patent Lawyer Over Conduct

A Houston-based patent attorney faced a tough Federal Circuit bench while seeking to wipe out a $207,000 sanction against him and his client based on findings of litigation misconduct.

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Skillz Seeks $700 Million at Trial For Papaya’s Gaming Bots

Skillz Platform Inc. accused its rival Papaya Gaming Ltd. during opening statements at trial Monday of claiming to pay users $6.7 billion in winnings for playing online games like solitaire, while doling out $4.7 billion of that to bots, not humans.

Ninth Circuit Torn Over Google’s Ban Against Lender in Chip Case

A Ninth Circuit panel appeared conflicted in oral argument over whether a venture lender should be barred from interfering with Google’s chip production during a trade secrets lawsuit, even though the lender may have rights to the disputed chip-making equipment.

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Marvin Gaye, Ed Sheeran & the 'Blurred Lines' of Music Copyright

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.

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Case: Trademarks/Likelihood of Confusion (D. Minn.)

The court granted Capital Distributors LLC and Capital Imports LLC’s motion for summary judgment on Global Commodities Inc.'s action for infringement of marks depicting fawns for the sale of rice, because Global Commodities can’t show a likelihood of confusion. Glob. Commodities Inc. v. Cap. Distribs. LLC , 2026 BL 129002, D. Minn., 24-CV-00216 (JMB/EMB), 4/10/26

Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the decision of the PTAB that challenged claims of Universal Electronics Inc.'s patent that discloses an apparatus, system and method for directing voice input in a controlling device are unpatentable, in an inter partes review by Roku Inc. Universal Elecs. Inc. v. Roku Inc., 2026 BL 128759, Fed. Cir., 2024-1426, nonprecedential, 4/10/26

Case: Trademarks/Likelihood of Confusion (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the decision of the TTAB dismissing Fuente Marketing Ltd.'s opposition to Vaporous Technologies LLC’s trademark application, on the groud that there was no likelihood of confusion between the parties’ marks for oral vaporizers and for cigars. Fuente Mktg. v. Vaporous Techs. LLC, 2026 BL 128510, Fed. Cir., 2024-1460, 4/8/26

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