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The Fourth Circuit has vacated and remanded an opinion by a lower court finding that the term “MOKE” is a generic term for the style of vehicles sold by both of the parties to the dispute. The case is Moke America LLC v. Moke International Ltd. A… Read More

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have reintroduced the Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act. The Act, first introduced in July of 2024, would restore the rebu… Read More

Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), respectively the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, have written to Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Director of the US Patent… Read More

The Guardian has reported that Axel Voss, a German center-right member of the European parliament, who played a key role in writing the EU’s 2019 copyright directive, claims that EU copyright law wasn’t designed to deal with generative AI (GAI) m… Read More

In a non-precedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that certain claims of Qualcomm’s U.S. Patent No. 8,838,949 (titled “Direct Scatter Loading of Executable Software Im… Read More

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed a ruling that the advertisement and sale of equity in a company cannot constitute trademark infringement. The case is LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. v. LegalForce Inc. LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. (“LegalForce USA… Read More

Your intellectual property (IP) may be your business’s most important asset, especially if you’re operating in the technology space. According to Forbes, non-tangible assets are over 80% of the average business’ value. When it comes to startups… Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general, and generative AI (GAI) – such as ChatGPT- in particular, continue to be very much in the news. As Reuters reported, on January 21, President Donald Trump announced “a private sector investment of up to $5… Read More