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Patent Lawsuit Aims at Uncommon Defendant: the US Patent Office

A patent infringement lawsuit filed in late March resembles thousands filed annually: it describes an invention, alleges it was used without permission, and claims the patent owner is entitled to damages.

TMT’s Medical Patent Suit Against Medtronic Ends in Mistrial

A trial over TMT Systems Inc.'s patent infringement allegations against Medtronic Inc. over sales of medical stent devices for aneurysms ended in a mistral.

Acuitas, Partner CureVac Settle Clash Over Vaccine-Tech Patents

Acuitas Therapeutics Inc. and CureVac NV have settled their clash over who controls patents central to a blockbuster Covid-19 shot, according to filings in Virginia federal court.

America’s Got Talent Star Usurped Copyrights, Songwriter Says

A songwriter accused former “America’s Got Talent” star Sebastien De La Cruz and his father of wrestling away rights to songs he wrote for the singer.

TikTok Sale-or-Ban Law Spurs Promise of Legal Fight: Explained

President Joe Biden signed into law a bill this week that requires Chinese ByteDance Ltd., TikTok Inc.‘s parent company, to sell the app in less than a year or face a ban in the US. The action sets up a likely legal battle between the app—which has vowed to fight the policy in court—and the US government.

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

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Copyright Claim Survives Over Cryptocurrency From Video Game

NC Interactive LLC may proceed with its copyright infringement suit alleging that the defendants sold millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency for a game they created after having access to NCI’s “Criminal Empire” video game, a federal court said.

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

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Kardashian Shapewear Shoppers Spied on by Meta, Lawsuit Claims

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Canada’s London Drugs Keeps Stores Closed After Cyber Issue (2)

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Plasma-Donation Chain Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

A plasma-donation chain’s “woefully inadequate data security measures” exposed the sensitive health data and personal information of hundreds of thousands of patients to hackers, according to a proposed class action filed in a North Carolina federal court.

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Case: Patents/Stay (W.D. Tex.)

The court granted Cisco Sytems Inc.'s motion to stay UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (UK), UMBRA Technologies Limited (CN), and UMBRA Technologies (US) Inc.'s action for infringement of three patents, pending inter partes review. Umbra Techs. Ltd. UK v. Cisco Sys. Inc., 2024 BL 142085, W.D. Tex., 1:23-CV-903-DII, 4/25/24

Case: Trademarks/Jurisdiction (D. Utah)

The court granted New Creation Brands’ motion to dismiss Rayware Ltd.’s trademark infringement claims on the grounds that the court lacks jurisdiction over the foreign defendant, because advertising products on a website wasn’t enough to satisfy the minimum contacts. Rayware Ltd. v. New Creations Brands, 2024 BL 140567, D. Utah, 2:23-cv-00355-DBB-DAO, 4/24/24

Case: Trade Secrets/Summary Judgment (9th Cir.)

The court affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment for Chattem Chemicals Inc. on H&H Pharmaceuticals LLC’s breach of contract claim and vacated the lower court’s ruling on H&H’s tort claims. H&H Pharms. LLC v. Chattem Chems. Inc., 2024 BL 138056, 9th Cir., 23-15055, unpublished, 4/23/24