Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on IP law. Coverage includes high-stakes cases involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other forms of IP, as well as policy developments and licensing deals.



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Latest News in Intellectual Property

  • May 12, 2026

    Micron Foe Owes $8M 'Patent Troll' Bond, Idaho Court Says

    An Idaho federal judge said Tuesday "the time has finally come" for Longhorn IP and its Katana Silicon Technologies unit to pay an $8 million bond imposed three years ago under a state law against "patent trolls" after they alleged Micron Technology made memory devices that infringe their semiconductor patents.

  • May 12, 2026

    Ex-Google Engineer's Bid To Nix Conviction Nears Partial Win

    A California federal judge appeared open Tuesday to partly unwinding a jury's decision to convict a former Google engineer of trade secret theft and economic espionage, saying he's "somewhat skeptical" of the economic espionage charges since he doesn't see sufficient evidence the engineer intended to benefit China.

  • May 12, 2026

    Everything's About AI, Even This Case About AI-Free 'Avatar'

    An actor's suit alleging that director James Cameron improperly used her likeness in "Avatar" makes no mention of artificial intelligence and targets a film from nearly two decades ago, but even so, the case raises questions about how much people can protect themselves against unauthorized AI-generated content.

  • May 12, 2026

    Authors Accuse OpenAI Of Arguing Differently On Each Coast

    An attorney representing authors accusing OpenAI of feeding their copyrighted works into training data for large language models told a New York federal magistrate judge Tuesday that the AI startup was asserting vastly different positions in New York and in an ongoing trial in California about whether it ever intended to become a for-profit enterprise.

  • May 12, 2026

    Google, Meta Hit With Suits Over Use Of Voices For AI

    A group of journalists and voice actors has hit Google, Meta, Microsoft, chipmaking giant Nvidia and speech synthesis software company ElevenLabs with proposed class actions in Illinois federal court accusing the companies of wrongly using the plaintiffs' voices to train their artificial intelligence models.

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Intellectual Property

Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • Infringement suits over patents, copyrights, and trademarks
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board disputes
  • Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation
  • Section 301 cases
  • Trade secrets disputes
  • Licensing and royalty fights
  • Right-of-publicity suits
  • Antitrust disputes involving IP issues
  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • U.S. International Trade Commission
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Patent reform legislation and related bills in Congress
  • Efforts to streamline international intellectual property law
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Piracy and counterfeiting actions
  • International trade disputes involving IP issues
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of IP practices

Readership

  • Intellectual property lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys in the life sciences, technology, and other IP-focused industries
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals