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Apple Allies’ Brief Should be Rejected, Masimo Tells Fed. Cir.

The Federal Circuit should reject arguments from a handful of tech industry groups urging the court to overturn a trade tribunal’s import ban on Apple Watches, Masimo Corp. said in a new court filing.

Splunk Jury Awards $1 for Software Copyright Win Over Cribl

Software firm Splunk Inc. won its infringement case against startup competitor Cribl Inc. for copying enterprise data analysis software.

Meta Nixes VideoLab’s Data-Processing Patent in Mixed Ruling

Meta Platforms Inc. convinced a federal judge to cancel one of two patents it wanted tossed from VideoLabs Inc.’s lawsuit alleging infringement of several video-processing patents.

Appeals Court Clarifies Justices’ Foreign Sales Trademark Ruling

Foreign sales destined for the US can’t support trademark infringement damages, a federal appeals court ruled as it remanded a case where the US Supreme Court nixed a $90 million award.

FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms

The US Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule the Chamber of Commerce vowed to immediately challenge in court.

AI Trained on Famed Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 2

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‘Black-ish’ Spinoff Suit Tossed By California Appeals Court

Actor Tracee Ellis Ross and the producers of the “Black-ish” spinoff “Mixed-ish” convinced a California appeals court to toss a suit from comedian Hayley Marie Norman, alleging that “Mixed-ish” took Norman’s idea for a TV show about growing up biracial in the suburbs without compensating her.

ChatGPT and Generative AI Are Hits! Can Copyright Law Stop Them?

Could America's intellectual property laws spell doom for the burgeoning field of generative AI? This video explores the brewing battle over copyright and artificial intelligence.

AI Trained on Famed Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 2

AI Trained on Famed Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 1

The NIL Era: Paying NCAA Athletes Is Changing Sports

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Ameritas Mutual to Pay $850,000 to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

Ameritas Mutual Holding Co. would pay up to $850,000 to settle a proposed class action alleging it failed to protect the personal information of 95,644 current and former policy holders during a May 2019 data breach, under a deal given initial approval by a federal court.

TikTok Ban in US Looms as Biden Kicks Off 270-Day Countdown

For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden plans to sign it Wednesday — beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition of the popular video-sharing platform.

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Case: Copyrights/Pleadings (C.D. Cal.)

The court denied artists’ and publishers’ motion to dismiss a musician’s third amended complaint alleging direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement, on the grounds that the artist sufficiently pleaded the elements of direct copyright infringement relating to Nicki Minaj’s song “I Lied.” Johnson v. Maraj, 2024 BL 137319, C.D. Cal., CV 23-5061 PA (AFMx), 4/19/24

Case: Copyrights/Functionality (N.D. Ill.)

A federal district court in Illinois granted Action Care Mobile Veterinary Clinic LLC’s motion to dismiss MFB Fertility Inc.’s copyright infringement claims and granted MFB’s motion to dismiss Action Care’s trademark cancellation counterclaim relating to a product listing page. MFB Fertility Inc. v. Action Care Mobile Veterinary Clinic LLC, 2024 BL 137196, N.D. Ill., 23 cv 3854, 4/22/24

Case: Trade Secrets/Summary Judgment (W.D. Wash.)

A federal district court in Washington denied Traverse Therapy Services PLLC’s motion for summary judgment on its trade secret misappropriation claim and granted summary judgment for Sadler-Bridges Wellness Group PLLC in this action alleging use of a customer list. Traverse Therapy Servs. PLLC v. Sadler-Bridges Wellness Grp. PLLC, 2024 BL 135257, W.D. Wash., C23-1239, 4/19/24