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October 09, 2025
Munck Wilson Taps Texas Atty To Lead Life Sciences Practice
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has chosen a Lone Star State lawyer who joined the firm earlier this year to lead the technology-focused firm's life sciences practice group.
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October 08, 2025
GoPro Owes $174M For Infringing Video Camera IP, Jury Hears
GoPro Inc. infringed Contour IP Holding LLC's patented video camera technology and should pay $174 million in damages, Contour's counsel told a California federal jury during closing trial arguments Wednesday, while GoPro's attorney countered that the action cam maker didn't infringe because it actually invented the technology first.
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October 08, 2025
Golf Execs Deny Discrediting Jack Nicklaus In NY Lawsuit
Two executives with the company named after Jack Nicklaus testified in Florida state court on Wednesday that they played no role in providing defamatory statements in a New York lawsuit against the golf legend, denying that they also forwarded false claims to reporters and were involved with filing the complaint.
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October 08, 2025
Senate IP Leader Plans Push To Pass Patent Eligibility Bill
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., the leader of the Senate's intellectual property subcommittee, said Wednesday that before he leaves Congress in just over a year, one of his primary goals will be to advance his long-gestating bill to make more inventions eligible for patents.
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October 08, 2025
OpenAI Says Copyright Case Isn't About AI Outputs
OpenAI told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that a group of authors should not be allowed to argue that ChatGPT spits out summaries or verbatim portions of their books in a copyright infringement case, saying this is an additional theory of infringement that would make discovery more onerous than it already is.
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October 08, 2025
GSK Doesn't Have To Explain COVID Vax Claims For Moderna
The special master in GlaxoSmithKline's infringement suit targeting Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines has rejected Moderna's push for GSK to provide more detailed allegations, in an order made public Wednesday.
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October 08, 2025
Del. Judge May Have Mallinckrodt Choose: Injunction Or $10M
A Delaware federal judge said he might ask Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals to choose between getting a competitor's inhaled nitric oxide treatment enjoined, or receiving the entire $9.5 million a jury determined it's owed for infringement.
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October 08, 2025
3rd Circ. Upholds Ruling In Debt Collector's Trade Secrets Suit
A Third Circuit let stand a ruling that work passwords are not trade secrets and that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is inapplicable to workplace policy violations in an appeal from a debt collection company suing two former employees.
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October 08, 2025
PTAB's Petitions Data Shows Decrease In Multiple Challenges
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has adjusted the way it calculates how many patents are subject to repeated scrutiny, a pet issue of agency leadership, releasing data Wednesday that says over half of challenges are "one of multiple petitions" filed against the same patent.
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October 08, 2025
Death Wish Brews Up TM Suit Against Liquid Death's Coffee
Death Wish Coffee sued Liquid Death in California federal court Tuesday to stop it from launching rival coffee beverages that would bear infringing "Death" trademarks, arguing the trade dress similarities have already been noticed by media outlets that highlighted the companies' "nearly identical aesthetic" and "shared death-themed" branding.
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October 08, 2025
Judge Rejects Feds' Bid To Reassign USPTO Union Cases
A D.C. federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's claim that suits by unions representing employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office challenging an executive order ending their collective bargaining rights are not related to similar cases before him.
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October 08, 2025
The Legal Advocacy Behind Fan Fiction's Biggest Site
A nonprofit that appears on the docket as a friend of the court in some of the most important copyright cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts is also responsible for running one of the largest fan fiction sites on the internet.
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October 08, 2025
Teen Owes $50K In Video Game Hacking Case
A Canadian teenager who was accused of hacking the online video game Rec Room, harassing other users and thwarting bans has agreed to stay off the game and pay $50,000 to end a civil suit in Washington federal court brought by the game's developers.
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October 08, 2025
Fox Wins $5.8M Judgment In Mexican Media Co. IP Dispute
A New York federal judge on Wednesday awarded Fox Corp. $5.8 million from the leader of a Mexican media company as part of a lawsuit alleging that Fox's trademarks were wrongly being used in the country.
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October 08, 2025
Micron Files Patent Case In Calif. Day After Hit With Texas Suit
Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Company Ltd. has accused Micron Technology Inc. of infringing a series of patents related to computer memory, prompting Micron to respond with its own suit asserting that it didn't infringe the patents.
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October 08, 2025
Ex-Teva Counsel Joins Moore & Van Allen's IP Team
An attorney who provided in-house counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals for 10 years has moved back to private practice and joined Moore & Van Allen PLLC's Charlotte, North Carolina, office.
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October 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Talks Judge Denzel Washington, AI Susan Sarandon
More than half of the Federal Circuit's judges were in Boston on Tuesday conducting out-of-town oral arguments, and afterward they discussed the most concerning and most promising elements of artificial intelligence, how to write a good brief, why en banc hearings are rare and which celebrities they'd love to see on a panel.
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October 07, 2025
Chobani Says Coffee Rival Can't Claim 'Bright & Mellow' TM
Chobani on Monday urged a New York federal court to throw out rival Danone's unregistered trademark infringement suit over use of the phrase "Bright & Mellow" to market ready-to-drink coffee, arguing that Danone contends "it alone" may use those "ordinary adjectives."
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October 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Focuses On Breadth Of UPenn IP In Eligibility Fight
The University of Pennsylvania and Regenxbio Inc. on Tuesday tried to persuade a Federal Circuit panel that their gene therapy patent should be revived, but at least one judge repeatedly said it's too broad.
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October 07, 2025
Chamber Asks 9th Circ. For Clarity In Trade Secrets Cases
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Boeing's bid for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel's decision to reinstate a $72 million jury verdict against the company, saying the panel's "swift treatment" of such a complex issue threatens creating confusion.
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October 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Ponders Document Sealing In EDTX's Patent Cases
A Federal Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with document sealing practices in patent cases in the Eastern District of Texas, appearing at points skeptical about a digital rights nonprofit's efforts to unseal records in since-concluded litigation involving Charter Communications Inc.
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October 07, 2025
Cuban Cigar Co. Not Entitled To 'Cohiba' TMs, 4th Circ. Told
General Cigar Co. has asked the Fourth Circuit to overturn a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision to grant a Cuban state-owned cigar producer's request to cancel two trademark registrations for the term "Cohiba," contending that the decision conflicts with U.S. law governing the embargo against Cuba.
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October 07, 2025
Chanel, The RealReal Fail To Reach Settlement In TM Feud
Fashion house Chanel and used-items retailer The RealReal Inc. have told a Manhattan federal judge they haven't been able to reach a settlement on Chanel's claims of trademark infringement despite, as The RealReal's attorneys put it, significant efforts being expended to try to reach a compromise.
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October 07, 2025
DraftKings, FanDuel Fight Gambling Patent Suits
DraftKings and FanDuel seek to dodge claims in New Jersey federal court that allege they willfully infringed a series of WinView IP Holdings patents covering online and mobile gambling, with FanDuel saying the patents are invalid to begin with.
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October 07, 2025
Ex-Trinoor VP Agrees Not To Solicit Customers, For Now
A former vice president at Georgia-based software company Trinoor LLC agreed Tuesday not to solicit the company's customers for business in a case alleging she stole internal data before joining a competitor firm.
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Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.
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Why Civil RICO Claims Are Gaining Traction With Plaintiffs
A Texas federal court's recent $71 million verdict in Point Bridge Capital v. Johnson demonstrates that, when used properly, civil lawsuits under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be a devastating weapon — and increasingly favorable for plaintiffs, says Akiva Shapiro at Gibson Dunn.
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You're Out?: Rooftop Views Of Sports Games Raise IP Issues
A high-profile dispute between the Chicago Cubs and a rooftop business adjacent to Wrigley Field strikes at the intersection of sports, intellectual property and Chicago neighborhood tradition, highlighting novel questions that could significantly affect IP rights in the context of live events generally, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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5 Key Steps To Prepare For Oral Arguments
Whether presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court or a local county judge, effective preparation includes the same essential ingredients, from organizing arguments in blocks to maximizing the potential of mock exercises, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.
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A Change In Big Pharma Response To FTC Delisting Warnings
While the effect of Federal Trade Commission notices to pharmaceutical companies about allegedly improper patent listings in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book had been de minimis through the end of last year, July data shows an increase in delistings, say Ratib Ali and Celia Lu at Competition Dynamics.
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9th Circ. Finding That NFTs Are Goods Will Change TM Law
The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Yuga Labs v. Ripps establishes that NFTs have real, commercial value under U.S. federal trademark law, a new legal precedent that may significantly influence intellectual property enforcement and marketplace policies regarding digital assets going forward, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
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Data Undermines USPTO's 'Settled Expectations' Doctrine
An analysis of inter partes review proceedings filed since 2012 appears to refute the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent stance that patent owners develop a strong settled expectation that their patents will not be challenged after being in force for six years, say Jonathan DeFosse and Samuel Smith at Sheppard Mullin, and Kenzo Kasai at NGB Corp.
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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.
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Fed. Circ. In July: Instability In IPR Requirements
The Federal Circuit's decision in Shockwave v. Cardiovascular last month provided an important, albeit short-lived, clarification to the type of evidence that can be used in an inter partes review challenge, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.
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Structuring Noncompetes In License And Collaboration Deals
As companies grappling with coming patent cliffs look to mergers and acquisitions to compensate, contracting parties assessing biopharma license and collaboration agreements should prepare to agree on noncompetes that ensure the parties' respective objectives are met and that their incentives are aligned, both under their collaboration and beyond, says Jeff Jay at Freshfields.
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Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer
At first glance, cheerleading and litigation may seem like worlds apart, but both require precision, adaptability, leadership and the ability to stay composed under pressure — all of which have sharpened how I approach my work in the emotionally complex world of mass torts and personal injury, says Rashanda Bruce at Robins Kaplan.
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7 Ways To Fetch Patents In The World Of Working Animals
Though developers rarely file patents related to working animals, and animal training techniques are generally considered unpatentable, certain aspects of training and developing animals may be ripe for patent protection, say Matthew Avery at Baker Botts, Makenzi Galvan at Perkins Coie and Lute Yang at Orrick.
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Ruling Puts 11th Circ. At Odds With Bankruptcy Courts
While an Eleventh Circuit majority recently found in BenShot v. 2 Monkey Trading and Lucky Shot USA that corporate debtors, like individuals, face certain exceptions to discharge under a nonconsensual Subchapter V plan, the ruling not only reverses the lower court, but opposes the holdings of many other bankruptcy courts, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.