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Top Patent Venues Are Two Steps Ahead of Judge-Shopping Guidance

When the Western District of Texas implemented a new randomization policy in 2022 in response to outcry over the massive number of patent cases filed in its Waco Division, there were expectations that filings there would drop off a cliff, but it remained among the most popular patent venues in the country.

Basecamp-Maker 37Signals Defeats Data Sharing Patent Dispute

Software company 37Signals LLC fended off patent infringement claims, persuading a federal judge that the ideas at issue are too abstract for patent protections.

Askeladden Knocks Out Kioba Smart Card Tech Patent at Tribunal

A Clearing House Payments Company LLC subsidiary convinced an administrative tribunal to invalidate a smart card patent American Express Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and other banks were accused of infringing.

Script Writer Keeps Fees in Another Copyright Win Over Director

A script writer rightly won attorneys’ fees after thwarting a “meritless” photo copyright lawsuit from a production company that was deemed retaliatory, the Second Circuit said Tuesday.

Sony Beats PlayStation Patent Claims, Ending $500 Million Suit

A Delaware federal judge tossed a 2017 lawsuit seeking what Sony Group Corp. called “bloated damages” of nearly $500 million, granting Sony’s request for judgment that its PlayStation 3 and 4 video game consoles and three related controllers didn’t infringe a since-expired patent.

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

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Blackbaud Defeats Insurers’ Recovery Claims Over Data Breach

Blackbaud Inc. defeated nearly identical lawsuits filed by Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America and Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. seeking to recover $2.1 million in payments to nonprofits they insured related to a 2020 data breach suffered by the cloud services provider.

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Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the decision of a federal district court dismissing a patent owner’s action against the Boston Consulting Group Inc. and De Beers UK Ltd. for infringement of a patent for recording to a blockchain, due subject matter ineligibility. Rady v. The Boston Consulting Group Inc., 2024 BL 102971, Fed. Cir., 2022-2218, nonprecedential, 3/27/24

Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

The court reversed in part and affirmed in part the decision of the PTAB in Assembly Guidance Systems Inc.'s inter partes review of Virtek Vision International ULC’s patent for an improved method for aligning a laser projector with respect to a work surface. Virtek Vision Int’l ULC v. Assembly Guidance Sys. Inc., 2024 BL 102948, Fed. Cir., 2022-1998, 3/27/24

Case: Copyrights/Summary Judgment (N.D. Cal.)

The court granted Jefferson Starship Inc.'s motion for summary judgment on a former bandmate’s action seeking an accounting and Jefferson Starship’s counterclaim seeking declaratory relief regarding interpretation of a termination agreement. Chaquico v. Jefferson Starship, Inc., 2024 BL 100270, N.D. Cal., 22-cv-04907-RS, 3/25/24