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January 16, 2025
USPTO Seeks Views On 'Traditional Knowledge' IP Treaty
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office requested comments Thursday on whether the U.S. should sign an international treaty that could require patent applicants to disclose if an invention draws on the traditional knowledge of indigenous people, which has concerned business groups.
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January 16, 2025
NPE Patent Litigation Increased By 22% In 2024
Patent lawsuits launched by nonpracticing entities shot up in 2024, with the Eastern District of Texas being the primary hotbed for such cases, according to a new report.
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January 16, 2025
Swedish Match Wants 'Copycat' Sham Patent Suit Nixed
Swedish Match urged a Virginia federal judge to toss a proposed class action it said largely parrots a since-settled antitrust suit from which consumers can draw no basis for claims the tobacco company used litigation to drive a nicotine pouch rival out of the market.
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January 16, 2025
Fed. Circ. Urged To Keep Block Of Sun Pharma Alopecia Drug
Incyte Corp. has urged the Federal Circuit to leave in place an injunction a New Jersey judge imposed in November blocking Sun Pharmaceutical from launching the alopecia drug Leqselvi, saying the lower court was correct that the launch would give Sun an improper "head start."
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January 16, 2025
NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Bids Adieu, TikTok Wants Out
The North Carolina Business Court's former chief judge hung up his robes for the last time as the court entered the new year with a ruling that shapes the fate of beset real estate company MV Realty's consumer fraud trial and arguments by TikTok Inc. that its platform being "too engaging" isn't enough for the state to begin an enforcement action.
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January 16, 2025
US Olympic Committee, Logan Paul Drink Co. Settle TM Suit
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has settled its trademark infringement case against Prime Hydration LLC, a sports drink company co-founded by social media influencer-turned-wrestler Logan Paul, leading to a Colorado federal court's dismissal of the case.
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January 16, 2025
Economists Say USPTO Should Keep Fee-Setting Authority
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday announced it has provided Congress with an outside study arguing that the patent fee system is working well for small entities and that the agency should keep its power to set fees beyond the current 2026 expiration date.
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January 16, 2025
SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case
Tom Goldstein, a publisher of SCOTUSblog and one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court lawyers in the country, was indicted Thursday in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade paying taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts.
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January 15, 2025
Novartis Wins Temporary Stay Of MSN's Generic Heart Drug
The D.C. Circuit late Wednesday temporarily halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of MSN Pharmaceuticals' generic version of Novartis' blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto, just after federal judges in D.C. and Delaware declined to block the launch of MSN's product.
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January 15, 2025
Gilead, Feds Resolve HIV Drug Patent Dispute Amid Appeal
Gilead Sciences and the federal government have agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in a yearslong intellectual property and contract battle over HIV prevention drugs Truvada and Descovy, according to stipulations of voluntary dismissal filed Wednesday in both the Federal Circuit and Delaware federal court.
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January 15, 2025
'Absolutely Not': Apple+ Show's Creator Denies Stealing Idea
The screenwriter who created the Apple+ show "Servant" testified Tuesday in a California federal trial that he didn't steal the "reborn baby" concept from an indie film, telling the jury that he had not seen the plaintiff's movie when he added the new idea to a story he'd been working on for over a decade.
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January 15, 2025
Solar Power Biz Beats Shoals' Patent Case At ITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission has cleared a North Carolina solar manufacturer from a patent case, flipping an administrative law judge's determination that a solar "trunk bus" transmission system infringes a rival's patent.
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January 15, 2025
Fed. Circ. Upholds Semiconductor Co.'s PTAB Win Over Chip IP
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding that semiconductor company Microchip Technology had shown that some claims of an HD Silicon Solutions microprocessor patent are invalid as obvious.
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January 15, 2025
Chancery Awards $1.6M To Food Recycler In Trade Secret Fight
The former leaders of a now-defunct food waste company owe another company $1.6 million for misappropriating a process for turning waste into fertilizer and animal feed, a Delaware vice chancellor said in a decision released Wednesday, finding they "rode" that process "all the way to the bank."
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January 15, 2025
Michael Jackson Estate's Likeness Fight Stays In Vegas
A Nevada federal judge has declared that her court will decide if an allegedly "lackluster Michael Jackson impersonator show" running at a Las Vegas casino is infringing the name, image or likeness of the late King of Pop.
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January 15, 2025
4th Circ. Says 'Moke' TM Generic Issue Needs Another Look
A split Fourth Circuit panel has thrown out a lower court's finding that the term "moke" can't get trademark protection, saying a lower court needs to look further as part of a dispute between two companies fighting for the rights to use the word as a mark.
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January 15, 2025
Maxell Battery Patent Sinks At Federal Circuit
Japanese consumer electronics outfit Maxell on Wednesday failed to persuade Federal Circuit judges to change anything about a patent board ruling that wiped out all the claims in a battery patent asserted in a suit against a Chinese rival.
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January 15, 2025
Acting USPTO Head Corrects Errors In PTAB Samsung Denial
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director has found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board made incorrect statements when it refused to review a display patent challenged by Samsung due to an upcoming Texas trial, but still left the denial intact.
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January 15, 2025
Ex-Pot Co. Director Wants Trade Secrets Claims Tossed
A former operations director for Curaleaf Inc. is asking a Colorado federal court to throw out the company's claims that he breached a confidentiality agreement and shared information with a former business partner.
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January 14, 2025
Abbott, Novartis Settle HIV Test Patent Beef Ahead Of Trial
Abbott Laboratories, Novartis and Grifols have reached a settlement in a yearslong battle over a patent covering a method for replicating DNA, putting to rest the litigation less than a month before it was set to go to trial, according to an entry in Illinois federal court posted Monday.
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January 14, 2025
Judge Needs To Rethink Toddler Tub IP Case, Fed. Circ. Says
A Japanese toy making giant persuaded Federal Circuit judges on Tuesday to revive a dispute over a patent covering a toy tub used by toddlers, with a panel majority deciding a Rhode Island federal judge did not define a claim correctly.
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January 14, 2025
Apple, Shyamalan Stole Indie Film Idea For 'Servant,' Jury Told
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, Apple and other "Hollywood elite" stole from an indie director's movie in order to make a TV show called "Servant" for Apple TV+, a California federal jury heard during opening statements of an $81 million copyright infringement trial.
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January 14, 2025
Justices Told 'Copyrightability' Issues Must Be Left To Judges
The justices have been asked by a defense contractor to wade into a split among circuit courts over "whether questions of copyrightability" should be decided by judges or juries.
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January 14, 2025
Fed. Circ. Judge Asks What's The Rush In Eylea Biosimilar Case
Counsel for Amgen and a Federal Circuit judge got into a back-and-forth Tuesday concerning the pace of an appeal over a denied injunction on Regeneron's biosimilar of Eylea, with the judge wondering why the attorney was so eager to move things along.
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January 14, 2025
DOJ Says Software Co.'s $12.7M Copyright Win Is Sufficient
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday defended a judge's decision to award a software developer $12.7 million after a federal contractor made unauthorized copies of its software, telling the Federal Circuit the award was correctly calculated.
Expert Analysis
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Foreign Threat Actors Pose Novel Risks To US Tech Cos.
A recent bulletin jointly issued by several U.S. intelligence agencies warns technology startups and the venture capital community about national security risks posed by foreign threat actors, so companies interested in raising foreign capital should watch for several red flags, say Robert Friedman and Jacob Marco at Holland & Knight.
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Open Questions 3 Years After 2nd Circ.'s Fugitive Ruling
The Second Circuit’s 2021 decision in U.S. v. Bescond, holding that a French resident indicted abroad did not meet the legal definition of a fugitive, deepened a circuit split on the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, and courts continue to grapple with the doctrine’s reach and applicability, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Series
After Chevron: The Future Of AI And Copyright Law
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule the Chevron doctrine, leaders in the artificial intelligence industry may seek to shift the balance of power to courts to exercise more independent statutory interpretation without constraints from the U.S. Copyright Office, says Greg Derin at Signature Resolution.
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Leveraging Policy Changes To Achieve AI Patent Eligibility
With the latest U.S. Patent and Trademark Office guidance in hand and legislation looming in Congress, innovators should file their artificial intelligence patent applications now — and five strategies can maximize their chances of success, says Nicholas Gallo at Troutman Pepper.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Prior Art Takeaways From Fed. Circ. Public Disclosure Ruling
While the Federal Circuit’s recent ruling in Sanho v. Kaijet clarified that a private sale is not a public disclosure under patent law, there remains significant room for advocacy, as the opinion lacked meaningful guidance on how to satisfy the public disclosure exception to prior art, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era
Recent data suggests patents are significantly enhancing exit valuations, particularly with cutting-edge technologies like those powered by artificial intelligence, but it is necessary to do more than simply align patent strategy with business goals, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.
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From Muppet Heads To OJ's Glove: How To Use Props At Trial
Demonstrative graphics have become so commonplace in the courtroom that jurors may start to find them boring, but attorneys can keep jurors engaged and improve their recall by effectively using physical props at trial, says Clint Townson at Townson Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Takeaways From Virginia's $2B Trade Secrets Verdict Reversal
The Virginia Court of Appeals' recent reversal of the $2 billion damages award in Pegasystems v. Appian underscores the claimant's burden to show damages causation and highlights how an evidentiary ruling could lead to reversible error, say John Lanham and Kamran Jamil at Morrison Foerster.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.