The US Copyright Office is rejecting an exemption to a statutory hacking ban allowing researchers to circumvent digital security measures to probe artificial intelligence models for bias and discrimination.
The US Patent and Trademark Office is adding more audits to crack down on trademark scams, pointing to “specimen farms” that deceptively promote online sales.
A federal judge had tough questions for a patent owner that filed suit after purportedly being forced to negotiate the sale of its AI semiconductor technology through a tech membership group rather than directly with
Summit Technologies & Solutions Inc. is cleared to perform a contract to protect NASA’s intellectual property and facilitate transfer agreements because a rival bidder lacked standing to protest, the US Court of Federal Claims said.
A federal jury in Delaware awarded
Federal appellate judges wrestled Monday with how to apply a complex web of judicial opinions in a dispute over whether a sauce-supply company must be indemnified from claimed violations of a landmark Illinois privacy law.
Hot Topic Inc. was sued in California federal court after a hacker who goes by the name “Satanic” began allegedly selling customers’ personal data on the dark web.
Marc Lieberstein and Georges Nahitchevansky joined Akerman in its intellectual property practice group in New York, the firm announced Oct. 24.
A former senior
IMDb.com successfully thwarted a bid to cancel its trademarks for non-use on some claimed services by a competitor trying to register “DMDb.”
A federal judge in Minnesota recused himself from a patent case more than five years into proceedings after the Federal Circuit reversed his interpretation of a key patent term, leaving him flummoxed as to how to proceed.
Could America's intellectual property laws spell doom for the burgeoning field of generative AI? This video explores the brewing battle over copyright and artificial intelligence.
Federal appellate judges wrestled Monday with how to apply a complex web of judicial opinions in a dispute over whether a sauce-supply company must be indemnified from claimed violations of a landmark Illinois privacy law.
Hot Topic Inc. was sued in California federal court after a hacker who goes by the name “Satanic” began allegedly selling customers’ personal data on the dark web.
A federal government crackdown on consumer information leaks is threatening new tax code provisions designed to let employers help their workers save for retirement while paying off college debt.
Telehealth-services provider Lemonaid Health Inc. must face most claims of a proposed class action alleging it disclosed the personal health information of patients to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC, TikTok Inc., and other third parties without their consent in violation of state privacy laws.
The court vacated and remanded a district court’s denial of Lenovo (U.S.) Inc.'s request for an anti-suit injunction prohibiting Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson from enforcing injunctions that Ericsson had obtained in Colombia and Brazil, in this patent dispute. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Lenovo (U.S.) Inc., 2024 BL 381644, Fed. Cir., 2024-1515, 10/24/24
The court granted IMDb.com Inc.’s motion to dismiss zuMedia Inc.’s claim seeking cancellation of the registered “IMDb” mark in connection with software, because IMDb it made use of the “IMDb” mark within the three-year window. zuMedia Inc. v. Imdb.Com Inc., 2024 BL 384827, S.D.N.Y., 23-CV-8472 (VSB), 10/24/24
The court denied Miner Ltd.’s motion for a preliminary injunction in this trade secrets misappropriation and breach of contract action against a former employee, on the grounds that it failed to show how it would suffer irreparable harm absent injunctive relief. Miner Ltd. v. Nerby, 2024 BL 381608, D. Minn., 24-CV-02677 (JMB/DLM), 10/24/24
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