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In case you missed it, here are some of the top copyright law cases and legal developments we wrote about in 2024: American Girl, LLC v. Zembrka. The Circuit Court found that the defendant Chinese company transacted business in New York State by maki… Read More

For venture capitalists, investing in innovative startups with intellectual property (IP) often proves to be a pivotal strategy that leads to differentiation and growth. With the right acquisitions, thousands of VCs have a decades-long competitive ed… Read More

The Federal Circuit has upheld two district court judgments in favor of Apple, finding that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) had 1) abandoned its doctrine-of-equivalents theory and 2) that a second suit for alleged infringement of the… Read More

The Federal Circuit has affirmed decisions by the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that upheld the validity of a communications networking patent. The court agreed with the Board that the opposing party’s expert’s testimony that… Read More

Illinois recently enacted a law making changes to the state’s Right of Publicity Act to create a private right of action to sue those creating or distributing unauthorized copies of a person’s identity using artificial intelligence (AI). Under th… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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 $… Read More