Patent Office Restores Real Party Identification Requirement
May 4th, 2026
John Squires, the director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has sent a memo to all administrative patent judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) informing them that the USPTO was restoring the practice of requ…
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Categories: Patents
Circuit Court Vacates $1.5 Million Award in Fake Law Firm Trademark Case
April 29th, 2026
The Fifth Circuit has vacated a $1.5 million damages award in a case involving a fake law firm trademark. The case is Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP v. Bitgood. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP (LBBS) is a Texas law firm. LBBS sued M…
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Categories: Trademarks
Unified Patent Court Issues Injunction; Directors Not Liable for Infringement
January 26th, 2026
Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first injunction in a case involving Standards Essential Patents (SEPs). The case is Philips v. Belkin (German original). (An English machine translation of the decision can be read here.) The UPC…
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Ninth Circuit Rules in Trader Joe’s Trademark Dispute with Union
January 21st, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has reserved the Central District of California’s dismissal of trademark infringement claims brought by grocery store chain Trader Joe’s against a labor union representing some of its employees. The case is in Trader Joe’s Co.…
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Categories: Trademarks
$166 Million Verdict Vacated: The Perils of Confused Expert Testimony
January 20th, 2026
The Federal Circuit has issued a decision reversing a district court’s denial of judgment as a matter of law regarding noninfringement of a radio-related patent. The court also vacated a significant damage award in favor of Finesse Wireless LLC. As…
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Federal Circuit Upholds $3.5 Million Jury Award in Wallet Ninja Patent Lawsuit
January 16th, 2026
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a $3.5 million district court jury award in favor of Dynamite Marketing, Inc. for infringement of its US Patent No. D751,877. As the court explained, In early 2013, Alexander Shlaferman (“Shlaferman”), the princip…
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Reviewing the Top AI Training Cases from 2025
January 15th, 2026
As we start a new year, which is sure to be full of new developments in both artificial intelligence (AI) law and technology, this seems like a good time to review some major decisions from the year just past. As background, generative artificial int…
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Categories: Technology
Anthropic Fails to Get Lyrics Copyright Infringement Case Dismissed
December 19th, 2025
In a case involving alleged copyright infringement by the Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool, a US district court has denied Anthropic’s motion to dismiss. As Music Business Worldwide reports, the decision “keeps alive key…
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Federal Circuit Reverses on Laches: Google Lacked Prejudice Proof
December 18th, 2025
The Federal Circuit has reversed in part and affirmed in part a district court decision finding Sonos’s patent claims for controlling media playback systems invalid. The court reversed the district court’s decision that Google was prejudiced by S…
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Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Board in First Derivation Proceeding Appeal
December 11th, 2025
The Federal Circuit has affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) in the first appeal of a derivation proceeding under the America Invents Act (AIA) litigated at the Board. The case is Global Health Solutions LLC v. S…
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