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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Interfaces and Icons.” Effective March 13, 2026, the guidance applies to pendin… Read More

In a precedential March 6, 2026 decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed judgment as a matter of law, or JMOL, of no infringement in favor of Kurin on Magnolia’s asserted blood collection device claims. JMOL is a post-trial ruling that sets aside a j… Read More

In a precedential decision issued on February 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment of noninfringement for Sony in a patent case involving PlayStation controllers and consoles. The decision highlights a… Read More

The New York Times Company has filed suit against Perplexity AI, claiming the company engaged in “large-scale, unlawful copying and distribution of The Times’s copyrighted content.” The Times says it filed suit after making multiple requests ov… Read More

Billboard reports that the estate of Johnny Cash has sued Coca-Cola for using a soundalike singer in an ad that plays between college football games as part of its “Fan Work Is Thirsty Work” campaign. The singer in the ad is Shawn Barker, a profe… Read More

Recent actions by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and remarks by USPTO Director John Squires suggest that the USPTO will be welcoming toward inventions involving artificial intelligence (AI). The USPTO Appeals Review Panel (ARP) decision i… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More