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Federal Circuit Confirms Contempt Finding for Patent Litigation Funder
December 2nd, 2024
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s contempt orders against the sole officer of a patent-owning plaintiff entity who failed to appear at multiple court-ordered evidentiary hearings. The case is Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect…
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Categories: Litigation
Federal Circuit Erases Signature Patent Challenged by Adobe
November 25th, 2024
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a California district court ruling that a patent for e-signature technology was invalid under Section 101. The case is eSignature Software, LLC v. Adobe Inc. According to Deloitte, In 2020, estimates of the size of th…
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Categories: Litigation
Navigating the AI Startup Maze: Legal Risks and Regulatory Challenges
November 21st, 2024
There are reportedly around 67,200 artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the world, and about 25% of them are based in the United States. Also, According to PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study, the global AI market is expected to reach $…
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Categories: Litigation
Nobel Prize Winners Seek to Have CRISPR Patents Canceled
November 18th, 2024
MIT Technology Review has reported that the team that earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing CRISPR is asking to cancel two of their own European patents. The patents being voluntarily disavowed are EP2800811, granted in 2017, and EP34014…
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Categories: Litigation
Federal Court Finds that Google is a Monopolist
November 7th, 2024
In a 277-page opinion, a federal court judge ruled that Google is a monopolist and that the company has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The New York Times reported that this “was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet…
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Categories: Litigation
What’s Kamala Harris’s Position on Patents?
November 5th, 2024
Recently, a short video clip of Vice President (and Democratic presidential nominee) Kamala Harris began circulating and (as of this writing) has reached 2.8 million views on X (formerly known as Twitter). In the 19-second clip from 2019, she says â€â€¦
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Categories: Patents
Infringement Case Dismissed Because of Patent Office Typo
October 14th, 2024
A federal court in Oklahoma has dismissed a plaintiff’s patent infringement claims because of a typo made by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO). The case is SIPCO, LLC v. JASCO Prods. Co. In 2019, Plaintiff SIPCO, LLC sued Defendant…
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Categories: Litigation
AI Considerations in Software Agreements: Key Clauses for the Age of Generative AI
October 10th, 2024
Software-related agreements, such as licenses and development agreements, are increasingly considering artificial intelligence (AI) issues. Those that don’t should be. These issues lie in several areas, including: The use of AI tools to develop sof…
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Categories: Technology
Congress and Copyright Office Focus on New AI Digital Image Laws
October 3rd, 2024
The US Congress and the US Copyright Office have been thinking about how laws should be adjusted to deal with artificial intelligence (AI). The US Copyright Office has issued a report recommending the creation of a new federal law that would create a…
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Categories: Trademarks
Immortal Cells, Ongoing Legacy: Lacks Family Pursues Justice Against Biotech Giant
September 30th, 2024
A Maryland federal judge has ruled that biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx must face a lawsuit from the heirs of Henrietta Lacks. As the judge explained Over 70 years ago, Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Baltimore County, Maryland, entrusted do…
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