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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
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January 09, 2026
Fed. Circ. Doubts Trade Secret Was Properly Spelled Out
The Federal Circuit spent part of its Friday morning mulling whether it is the court's job to, in the words of the judge who killed the trade secrets claims brought by a MasterCard unit against two McKinsey consultants, "do APT's job for it by mining its trade secrets from the raw materials."
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January 09, 2026
Pegasystems Opt-Out Investors Get Green Light For IP Claims
A majority of claims brought by Pegasystems Inc. investors who opted out of a $35 million securities class action settlement will proceed after a Massachusetts federal judge found that a Virginia Court of Appeals ruling reversing a trial court's $2 billion intellectual property judgment against Pega doesn't change the viability of the current suit's claims.
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January 09, 2026
Fed. Circ. Wary Of Reviving $200M Google Case Axed Midtrial
A Federal Circuit panel on Friday appeared skeptical of efforts by Brazos Licensing & Development to overturn a directed verdict decision by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright that cleared Google of infringing a Brazos location tracking patent during a more than $200 million trial.
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January 09, 2026
Carbone Owner Sues Pizza Co. For Trademark Infringement
The owners of the famous Manhattan eatery Carbone filed a trademark infringement suit in New York federal court Friday against Carbone Restaurant Group, which they say are collecting "pre-IPO" investments in a "Fast Fired By Carbone" pizza franchise by misleading the public into believing the two ventures are associated.
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January 09, 2026
Paramount Gets Early Win In 'Top Gun' Dispute
A Manhattan federal judge Friday tossed a writer's remaining copyright infringement claim that alleged he wasn't credited for writing significant portions of the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" and kept alive Paramount's counterclaims for copyright infringement and fraud, saying the writer's copyright is invalid.
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
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- 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