Intellectual Property

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Latest News in Intellectual Property

  • April 20, 2026

    Justices Decline 'Rapunzel' Dispute Over Trademark Standing

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a law professor's trademark appeal over the name "Rapunzel," leaving intact a Federal Circuit ruling that found consumers lack standing to challenge generic marks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

  • April 20, 2026

    High Court Rejects Artist's Appeal In Walmart Copyright Feud

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on reviewing a sculptor's efforts to save a portion of her copyright case against Walmart over photographs that appeared on its website, letting stand a Ninth Circuit decision that partly reversed her lower court win in the suit.

  • April 17, 2026

    Bayer Loses Bid To Block J&J's Cancer Drug Survival Claims

    A Manhattan federal judge Friday refused to block Johnson & Johnson from advertising its prostate cancer drug as having a lower risk of death compared with Bayer's medication, saying Bayer has not shown it is likely to succeed on its claims that its rival's advertising campaign is false or misleading.

  • April 17, 2026

    ITC Clears Apple's Redesigned Apple Watch For Import

    The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday signed off on an administrative law judge's finding that Apple has sufficiently redesigned its smartwatch so it doesn't infringe Masimo Corp.'s patents and is therefore not bound by a 2023 import ban.

  • April 17, 2026

    11th Circ. Revives Trademark Suit Against Frida Kahlo Family

    The Eleventh Circuit on Friday agreed to resurrect a dispute between a company that claims to own various Frida Kahlo trademarks and Kahlo's family, ruling that a lower court erred in throwing out the case for lack of jurisdiction. 

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Intellectual Property

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  • U.S. International Trade Commission
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
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  • Patent reform legislation and related bills in Congress
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