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Copyright
- Warhol-Goldsmith narrows commercial fair-use path for transformative-art arguments · May 18, 2023
- Unicolors wins Supreme Court ruling on copyright-registration mistakes · Feb 24, 2022
- Google beats Oracle at Supreme Court in software API fair-use case · Apr 5, 2021
- Georgia code annotations fall outside copyright under government-edicts doctrine · Apr 27, 2020
Patent Eligibility
Patent Litigation
- OptimNet sues Amazon in W.D. Wash. over four networking and cloud patents · Jun 18, 2026
- Utherverse sues Ubisoft over VR “Immersive Displays” patents tied to a virtual nose · Jun 18, 2026
- Urban Aeronautics sues Archer Aviation in N.D. Cal. over eVTOL flight-control patent · Jun 19, 2026
- Federal Circuit reverses IPR estoppel against Valve, faulting thin search evidence and hindsight · Jun 18, 2026
Patents
- Federal Circuit affirms claim construction sustaining Nuedexta generic injunction, vacates Rule 65(c) bond waiver · Jul 1, 2026
- Federal Circuit affirms denial of preliminary injunction against Stryker's OptaBlate BVN spinal-ablation device · Jun 25, 2026
- A breached Sotera stipulation, but no appeal: Federal Circuit holds § 314(d) bars review of the Board's refusal to terminate six IPRs · Jun 25, 2026
- What is a Markman hearing? How courts construe patent claim terms before trial · Jun 22, 2026
- PTAB inter partes review explained: how an IPR challenges patent validity · Jun 22, 2026
- Induced vs contributory patent infringement: how indirect liability differs · Jun 22, 2026
- Patent damages and the reasonable royalty: what 35 U.S.C. § 284 guarantees · Jun 22, 2026
- Doctrine of equivalents explained: infringement beyond the literal claim · Jun 22, 2026
- Broadest reasonable interpretation: how the USPTO construes patent claims · Jun 22, 2026
- Single combined infringement question sinks Ollnova's $11.5M ecobee verdict at the Federal Circuit · Jun 17, 2026
- Federal Circuit refuses to review Hafeman's Sotera-stipulation challenge, citing the §314(d) bar · Jun 17, 2026
- Ford fuel-injection patent win survives Ethanol Boosting appeal · Dec 23, 2025
- Gesture Technology loses bid to unwind older IPR losses after Arthrex · Dec 1, 2025
- Inland Diamond revives lens-processing patent claims after issue-preclusion ruling vacated · Oct 15, 2025
- Rex Medical appeal keeps surgical-stapler damages scrutiny in view after EcoFactor · Oct 2, 2025
- Shower-curtain IP fight reaches Federal Circuit in Focus-Kartri dispute · Sep 30, 2025
- Bayer-Mylan appeal adds rivaroxaban method claims to 2025 Hatch-Waxman docket · Sep 23, 2025
- McFadden prosecution appeal narrows PTO's shortcut on apparatus eligibility · Sep 5, 2025
- Hyatt loses GATT-bubble application appeal on prosecution laches · Aug 29, 2025
- PowerBlock revives adjustable-dumbbell patent claims after Section 101 reversal · Aug 11, 2025
- SunSpec-Tigo solar IPR appeal turns on 'predetermined number' claim scope · Aug 5, 2025
- Kroy-Groupon order keeps spotlight on IPR estoppel and unadjudicated claims · Aug 1, 2025
- IGT-Zynga gaming patent appeal links interference history to later IPR strategy · Jul 22, 2025
- Shockwave Medical IPR appeal tests obviousness of intravascular lithotripsy claims · Jul 14, 2025
- Janssen loses key appeal over Teva generic schizophrenia-drug challenge · Jul 8, 2025
- Meta keeps PTAB win in Express Mobile web-building patent appeal · Jun 17, 2025
- Optis-Apple appeal reshapes SEP patent fight across eligibility, means-plus-function, and damages · Jun 16, 2025
- Ancora-Roku appeal turns on whether 'agent' is limited to software · Jun 16, 2025
- PNC wins eligibility appeal over USAA mobile check-deposit patents · Jun 12, 2025
- Agilent-Synthego CRISPR appeal puts guide-RNA obviousness back before Federal Circuit · Jun 11, 2025
- Dolby-Unified appeal spotlights Article III standing after PTAB wins · Jun 5, 2025
- Apple-Gesture IPR appeal adds second gesture-recognition fight to 2025 docket · Jun 5, 2025
- EcoFactor-Google en banc ruling resets scrutiny of patent damages expert proof · May 21, 2025
- Apple-BillJCo appeal turns on 'user action' in location-sharing IPR · May 16, 2025
- In re Haines gives prosecutors another reminder on affidavit proof and prior art · May 15, 2025
- Ingenico-IOENGINE decision clarifies IPR estoppel and public-use proof · May 7, 2025
- Jazz-Avadel ruling tightens Hatch-Waxman trigger for regulatory filings · May 6, 2025
- Google defeats Longitude display-patent appeal on eligibility · Apr 30, 2025
- Qualcomm-Apple IPR appeal clarifies how applicant admissions can support obviousness · Apr 23, 2025
- Fox beats Recentive machine-learning patents in eligibility ruling · Apr 18, 2025
- Sage Products prosecution appeal shows deference to Board anticipation findings · Apr 15, 2025
- Actavis ruling separates Hatch-Waxman patent litigation from FDA review · Mar 21, 2025
- Regeneron-Mylan appeal sharpens claim-separation arguments in Eylea patent fight · Mar 14, 2025
- Merck patent-term-extension appeal clarifies reissue timing in Hatch-Waxman disputes · Mar 13, 2025
- Lashify wins key ITC domestic-industry ruling for imported beauty products · Mar 5, 2025
- Unified Patents keeps PTAB win over Gesture Technology camera patent · Mar 4, 2025
- Samsung PTAB win over Lynk Labs turns on prior-art status in LED patent fight · Jan 14, 2025
- Allergan wins Federal Circuit limit on obviousness-type double patenting in Viberzi case · Aug 13, 2024
- EcoFactor-Google panel ruling tees up later en banc fight over damages proof · Jun 3, 2024
- Federal Circuit overhauls design-patent obviousness in LKQ v. GM · May 21, 2024
- Cellect decision puts patent term adjustment at risk under obviousness-type double patenting · Aug 28, 2023
- Axonics wins PTAB remand after Federal Circuit faults treatment of reply arguments · Aug 7, 2023
- Supreme Court affirms enablement limits for Amgen antibody genus claims · May 18, 2023
- Federal Circuit says AI system cannot be named inventor under Patent Act · Aug 5, 2022
- Supreme Court leaves American Axle eligibility uncertainty in place · Jun 30, 2022
- Minerva narrows assignor estoppel without abolishing it · Jun 29, 2021
- Thryv blocks appellate review of PTAB time-bar institution decisions · Apr 20, 2020
Policy
- ITC Section 337 investigation explained: import bans for patent infringement · Jun 22, 2026
- Patent term adjustment explained: how USPTO delay extends a patent's term · Jun 22, 2026
- Cambridge mandamus order adds another marker on discretionary IPR denial · Dec 9, 2025
- Motorola mandamus petition tests Director power to deinstitute IPRs · Nov 6, 2025
- US Inventor challenge to PTAB rulemaking fails on standing · Oct 3, 2025
- USPTO moves quickly after LKQ to update design-patent obviousness examination · May 22, 2024
- Arthrex forces Director review into PTAB's constitutional design · Jun 21, 2021
Trade Secrets
- Federal Circuit revives Versata's $82M contract award and reopens its trade-secret damages against Ford · Jun 17, 2026
- Federal Circuit reverses Insulet's DTSA trade-secret win against EOFlow as time-barred · Jun 17, 2026
- Goodyear keeps win over Coda in tire self-inflation trade-secret dispute · Dec 8, 2025
- IQE trade-secret claims collide with California anti-SLAPP protection for patent filings · Oct 15, 2025
Trademarks
- Supreme Court narrows Lanham Act reach in Abitron-Hetronic trademark fight · Jun 29, 2023
- Jack Daniel's wins Supreme Court reset on parody product trademark test · Jun 8, 2023
- Booking.com wins Supreme Court ruling on generic.com trademark registration · Jun 30, 2020
- Lucky Brand wins Supreme Court ruling limiting defense preclusion in trademark fight · May 14, 2020
- Romag lowers bar for trademark profits awards after Fossil fastener dispute · Apr 23, 2020