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The 10th Circuit has affirmed in part a summary judgment ruling dismissing trade secret claims by a former employee against his former employer. The case is Snyder v. Beam Technologies, Inc. As the decision notes, In most cases involving a claim for… Read More

As litigation involving the use of copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT winds its way through the courts, the US Congress is taking on the issue. On July 21, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richa… Read More

The Fourth Circuit has affirmed a ruling from a North Carolina district court dismissing trade secret claims, copyright claims, and other claims brought by the Taiwanese company Sysco against its American distributor. The case is Sysco Machinery Corp… Read More

The Federal Circuit has overturned a $125 million patent judgment against Medtronic’s CoreValve unit for allegedly infringing a Colibri Heart Valve LLC patent. The court found that Colibri’s arguments and amendments barred Colibri’s ass… Read More

The Federal Circuit has vacated an obviousness ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that invalidated patent claims to methods of treating eye redness. The court found that the Board used an erroneous construction of the phrase… Read More

Disney and Universal have filed a complaint with the US District Court for the Central District of California against the AI company Midjourney, calling it a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.” The plaintiffs also include affiliated companies such as… Read More

The 11th Circuit has reversed a decision by a Georgia federal district court dismissing trademark infringement and cancellation claims against an intellectual property (IP) holding company headquartered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The circui… Read More

The Eight Circuit has issued an opinion in a copyright case that avoided invitations by both parties to address the “compelling legal question” left open by the U.S. Supreme Court in Unicolors v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz (2022) as to whether… Read More