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Federal Circuit: Digital Image Patent Claims are Abstract
July 24th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a federal district court decision that certain claims of digital imaging patents are patent-ineligible. The case involves a dispute between the patent owner, Sanderling Management Ltd., and Snap Inc., which operates t…
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Federal Court Dismisses Time-Tracking Patent Complaint
July 21st, 2023
A federal court in the Southern District of New York has granted a motion to dismiss a complaint for patent infringement because the patent was directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Realtime Tracker, Inc. v. RELX, Inc. involves a patent for b…
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Judge Rules against Internet Archive; Will AI Be Next?
July 18th, 2023
A US District Court judge in New York has issued a ruling granting a motion for summary judgement filed by book publishers against the Internet Archive (IA), alleging copyright infringement. According to the opinion, the four publishers (Hachette Boo…
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Picking an Outfit Isn’t Patentable
June 26th, 2023
A Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has recommended that the District Court grant defendant’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss patent claims for a method of picking outfits, finding that the c…
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LeBron James Weighs in on “Taco Tuesday” Trademark Battle
June 22nd, 2023
Many people who use the phrase on a regular basis may not realize that “Taco Tuesday” is actually protected by a US trademark. As NPR reported, the trademark is owned by Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based fast-food restaurant chain with about 380…
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Jury: Sheeran Didn’t Violate Gaye’s Copyright
June 20th, 2023
A New York federal jury has found that musician Ed Sheeran and his co-writer Amy Wadge did not copy Marvin Gaye’s hit 1973 song “Let’s Get It On.” The decision came after an eight-year-long legal battle in which it was alleged that Sheeran’…
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Supreme Court Rules for Sanofi in Patent Dispute with Amgen
June 9th, 2023
The US Supreme Court has voted unanimously to affirm a previous Federal Circuit ruling that invalidated Amgen’s two cholesterol drug patents. The patents are for antibodies engineered to help reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholester…
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Federal Circuit Rules on Obviousness for Design Patents
April 19th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has upheld a finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that a fender design patent was not obvious. The case is LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations. GM owns US patent D797,625, for an “ornamental des…
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IP Assets and Estate Planning
April 18th, 2023
Intellectual property (IP) is just what the name says – property. Like other forms of property, it can be passed to the owner’s heirs as part of an estate. Here are some things to keep in mind when making an estate plan that includes IP. Copyrigh…
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Court Doubles Patent Royalties in GE-Siemens Wind Turbine Case
April 11th, 2023
A federal district court in Massachusetts has doubled the royalty payments that General Electric must pay to Siemens Gamesa for patent infringement related to wind turbines in a New Jersey project. GE must now pay $60,000 for every megawatt of electr…
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