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The US Supreme Court surprised some trademark attorneys when it agreed to consider why a trademark application for “Trump Too Small” shouldn’t fell a statutory registration ban on free speech grounds—after “The Slants” and “FUCT” each toppled similar restrictions.
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Unreasonable and unprofessional conduct by two companies sued for patent and trademark infringement contributed to a $929,126 fee award for plaintiff counsel Goldberg Cohen LLP, a New York federal court ruled.
Pop singer Dua Lipa shouldn’t face a copyright lawsuit over her 2020 hit “Levitating” unless the band Artikal Sound System fixes deficiencies in its complaint, a Los Angeles federal judge said.
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Edge Systems LLC defeated a challenge to the validity of its patent for a hydradermabrasion device, but it failed to convince a judge that Cartessa Aesthetics infringed that patent.
The US Patent and Trademark Office should create guidance on innovations that rely on artificial intelligence, Google’s head of patent policy told senators Wednesday.
Zillow Inc. should pay a large real estate photography studio $1.9 million for infringing thousands of images, the Ninth Circuit said in its second opinion on the case.
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The $1.7 million in legal fees awarded to the attorneys for songwriters who recovered only $50,000 in a copyright class action against the Rhapsody International music streaming service was unjustified, the Ninth Circuit said Wednesday.
Did Andy Warhol violate copyright law when he used a photo of Prince as source material? We explore the case, and the key consideration of "transformative use" in this video.
The US Patent and Trademark Office should create guidance on innovations that rely on artificial intelligence, Google’s head of patent policy told senators Wednesday.
Cooley LLP is asking some of its incoming first-year associates to defer their start dates for another year in exchange for a $100,000 stipend.
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Microsoft Corp. can transfer a data privacy company’s patent-infringement lawsuit against it from the Western District of Texas to closer to home in the Western District of Washington, a Federal Circuit panel ruled Wednesday.
As more businesses use AI systems to make decisions, regulators jointly ramp up enforcement against biased tools. Parker Poe’s Sarah Hutchins and Robert Botkin explain how companies should manage risk while automating processes.
ShotSpotter Inc. must comply with subpoenas requesting information about its reliability and use in an Illinois arrest, a state appellate court ordered Wednesday.
The court construed disputed claims in Cargill Inc.'s action against Vantage Specialty Chemicals Inc. for infringement of a patent that relates to processes for transesterifying jojoba wax esters by contacting a feedstock that contains the wax esters with an enzyme. Cargill Inc. v. Vantage Specialty Chemicals Inc., 2023 BL 190907, D. Del., 22-979-RGA, 6/5/23
The court granted Focus Products Group International LLC, Zahner Design Group, Hookless Systems of North America Inc., and Sure Fit Home Products LLC attorneys’ fees in this patent, trademark, and unfair competition action against Kartri Sales Co. and Marquis Mills International. Focus Prods. Grp. Int’l LLC v. Kartri Sales Co., 2023 BL 191042, S.D.N.Y., 15 Civ. 10154 (PAE) (SDA), 6/5/23
Challenged claims of IGT’s patent that relates to methods and apparatus for providing messages to players at a gaming machine are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the PTAB determined, in an inter partes review by Zynga Inc. Zynga Inc. v. IGT, 2023 BL 192447, P.T.A.B., IPR 2022-00200, 6/6/23
The court reversed in part and affirmed in part decisions of the PTAB that challenged claims of MacNeil IP LLC’s patents for molded vehicle floor trays aren’t unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in inter partes reviews by Yita LLC. Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC, 2023 BL 192065, Fed. Cir., 2022-1373, 6/6/23
The court denied in part and granted in part Otter Products LLC and TreeFrog Developments Inc.'s motion for summary judgment in Capture Eleven LLC’s action for infringement of photographs taken after the parties’ written contract was terminated. Capture Eleven Grp. v. Otter Prods. LLC, 2023 BL 191526, D. Colo., 1:20-cv-02551-CNS-KLM, 6/5/23
The court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss counterclaims filed by Shenzhen Kangdi Electronic & Plastic Co., in this action seeking declaratory judgments of patent invalidity, non-infringement, and tortious interference with business expectancy. Shenzhen Kangi Elec. & Plastic Co. v. Kehoe, 2023 BL 191898, N.D. Ill., 22 C 6794, 6/6/23
The court granted the co-founder of Health Care Facilities Partners LLC and 22 other companies summary judgment in the companies’ trade secrets misappropriation action, because there’s no evidence that any of the documents or information constitute trade secrets. Health Care Facilities Partners LLC v. Diamond, 2023 BL 191630, N.D. Ohio, 5:21-CV-1070, 6/5/23
The court granted Brand Design Co.'s motion to dismiss Rite Aid Corp., Sway Creative Labs LLC, GA Communications Inc., and Burns Group NYC LLC’s counterclaims in this action for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and false designation of origin. Brand Design Co. v. Rite Aid Corp., 2023 BL 190705, E.D. Pa., 22-1174, 6/5/23
The court denied Motif Foodworks Inc.'s motion for sanctions in Impossible Foods Inc.'s action for infringement of patents for plant-based food products, resulting from Impossible’s attorneys directing private investigators to obtain product samples. Impossible Foods Inc. v. Motif Foodworks Inc., 2023 BL 189110, D. Del., 22-311-WCB, 5/31/23
The court adopted a U.S. magistrate judge’s recommendation to grant Tesla Inc.'s motion to transfer Arsus LLC’s action for infringement of its patent for a rollover prevent apparatus to a federal district court in California.
Arsus LLC v. Tesla Inc., 2023 BL 189043, W.D. Tex., 6:22-CV-00276-ADA-DTG, 6/2/23
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