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  • September 22, 2026

    USPTO Announces New AI Chief, Int'l Pilot, Outreach Office

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a new leader for artificial intelligence, is participating in a pilot program for a global intellectual property recordation system and is launching the latest outreach office. Here's what you need to know.

  • September 22, 2026

    CFTC Warns Prediction Platforms Of 'Mention Market' Risks

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday warned prediction market operators that offering wagers on whether a person will say certain words, interact with someone or attend an event comes with heightened manipulation risks that platforms must address before listing.

  • September 22, 2026

    DraftKings Beats Class Action Over Voided NBA Game Bets

    An Indiana federal judge Tuesday tossed a lawsuit from a certified class of 99 bettors accusing DraftKings of canceling their successful wagers on an NBA game, saying the online sports betting giant wasn't in the wrong when it canceled the class representative's bet the day after a Lakers-Nuggets game.

  • September 22, 2026

    DC Circ. Says Copyright Board Must Explain Allocations

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday threw out a judicial copyright board's decision on how it divided cable retransmission payments from 2014 through 2017, faulting it for how it did a final step in determining allocations among claimants.

  • September 22, 2026

    The Preemption Gap In Prediction Market High Court Petitions

    The Supreme Court is considering three certiorari petitions following a split in prediction market litigation between the Third and Ninth Circuits, but one of the petitions would not allow the court to reach the express preemption question, which would leave the dispute half-resolved, says Jordan Garman at Withers.

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