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Childish Gambino Defends ‘This Is America’ Rap Copyright Win

Actor and musician Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, argued his “This Is America” song didn’t rip off another rapper’s work as the Second Circuit probed his quick escape from a copyright lawsuit.

Patent Office Formalizing Director Review of Tribunal Decisions

The US Patent and Trademark Office moved to formalize rules dictating when and how its director can review decisions from the tribunal that oversees patent eligibility challenges.

Timberland Fails Again to Trademark Billion-Dollar Boot Design

TBL Licensing LLC failed to convince a federal appeals court to overturn a decision that US patent officials made the right call in denying trademark protection to functional design elements of the company’s iconic Timberland boots.

Cooler Patent Wars Heat Up Over Ice Rover’s Licensing Disclosure

Ice Rover Inc. is on the defensive in its infringement suits against rival cooler makers Yeti Coolers LLC and California Innovations Inc. over patented features for a camping cooler due to a previously undisclosed licensing deal the companies say undermines Ice Rover’s right to assert its own patents.

Roberts SCOTUS Advisor Pans Public Disclosure of Lawsuit Funding

The federal judge that serves as a top adviser to Chief Justice John Roberts doesn’t think courts should require outside funding behind lawsuits to be made public.

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

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UBS Is Said to Face $20 Billion Capital Hit Under Swiss Plan

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Fading: The Bloomberg Open, Europe Edition

Good morning. China’s economy is already fading after a strong start to the year. UBS says a Fed rate hike is becoming more likely, as dollar strength sends emerging-market currencies tumbling. And Liz Truss tells the FT that she almost fired Andrew Bailey.

PwC Denies Allegations in Anonymous Letter on Evergrande Work

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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

Would Reforming Section 230 Break the Internet?

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UnitedHealth Beats Profit Estimates Despite Hack Impact (2)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. shares jumped after the company beat Wall Street’s profit expectations and affirmed its outlook for the year, despite the costs associated with a cyberattack on one of its subsidiaries that has roiled the health-care industry.

UBS Is Said to Face $20 Billion Capital Hit Under Swiss Plan (1)

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Meta Oversight Board Is Reviewing Policies Around Deepfake Nudes

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Fading: The Bloomberg Open, Europe Edition

Good morning. China’s economy is already fading after a strong start to the year. UBS says a Fed rate hike is becoming more likely, as dollar strength sends emerging-market currencies tumbling. And Liz Truss tells the FT that she almost fired Andrew Bailey.

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Case: Trademarks/Likelihood of Confusion (T.T.A.B.)

The TTAB sustained Sage Therapeutics Inc.'s opposition to SageForth Psychological Services LLC’s registration of the “Sageforth” mark for psychological services, due to a likelihood of confusion with Sage’s “Sage Central” mark. Sage Therapeutics Inc. v. SageForth Psychological Services LLC, 2024 BL 125458, TTAB, Opposition No. 91270181, 4/12/24

Case: Patents/Anticipation (P.T.A.B.)

Some challenged claims of Novarad Corp.'s patent that relates to a system and method for using mixed reality or augmented reality devices to improve medical procedures are unpatentable, the PTAB said, in an inter partes review by Medivis Inc. Medivis Inc. v. Novarad Corp., 2024 BL 125426, P.T.A.B., IPR 2023-00045, 4/12/24

Case: Patents/Defenses (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed in part and vacated in part a decision that Eazy-PZ LLC’s patent isn’t unenforceable due to inequitable conduct, but that Eazy-PZ was barred from obtaining relief due to unclean hands, in this action against Luv n’ Care. Luv N’ Care, Ltd. v. Laurain, 2024 BL 125332, Fed. Cir., 2022-1905, 4/12/24