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Columbia Doesn’t Deserve New Design Patent Trial, Justices Told

Columbia Sportswear North America Inc. shouldn’t get another crack at pressing a design patent claim that was rejected by a jury, Seirus Innovations Accessories Inc. told the US Supreme Court.

Schlumberger Unit Wins $8.9 Million in Fracking Patent Trial

Cameron International Corp., a unit of Schlumberger NV, won $8.9 million in a Texas jury trial over patented oilfield technology used in hydraulic fracturing equipment, according to the jury’s verdict sheet.

Laser-Guided Manufacturing Patent Found Eligible by Fed. Cir.

Virtek Vision International ULC won a federal appellate court ruling Wednesday that declared all features of the company’s industrial automatic laser-guidance system eligible for patent protection.

New England Patriots Defeat Patent Suit Over Communication Tech

The New England Patriots beat a patent monetization firm’s allegations that the NFL team infringed by creating a system to support video and data communication for handheld devices in the stadium.

Biden to Make Agencies Designate AI Chiefs, Test Tools for Bias

The White House will require federal agencies to test artificial intelligence tools for potential risks and designate officers to ensure oversight, actions intended to encourage responsible adoption of the emerging technology by the US government.

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

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J&J to Pay $75 Million to Settle $6 Billion Baby Powder Suit (1)

Johnson & Johnson will pay $75 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Mississippi over the company’s talc-based baby powder, according to people familiar with the matter, resolving litigation in which the state had sought as much as $6 billion.

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/Post-Trial Motions (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed in part and remanded and vacated in part the decision of a federal district court on post-trial motions in Inline Plastics Corp.'s action against Lacerta Group LLC for infringement of patents thermoformed plastic containers. Inline Plastics Corp. v. Lacerta Grp. LLC, 2024 BL 102939, Fed. Cir., 2022-1954, nonprecedential, 3/27/24

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