In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Jack Daniels Properties Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 599 U.S. 140 (2023), the Ninth Circuit reversed its earlier decision affirming that a publication called Punchbowl News did not...more
On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP. The Court agreed to resolve whether 17 U.S.C. § 411(b) requires a district court to refer a matter to the Copyright...more
In April, we posted an article titled “Section 101 in 2019” summarizing the existing patent eligibility test, discussing recent Federal Circuit decisions, and providing practical strategies for practitioners to navigate the...more
5/29/2019
/ Abstract Ideas ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Judicial Exception ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102 ,
Section 103 ,
Section 112
In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the United States Supreme Court held today, in a 7-2 decision, that the inter partes review process under the America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. § 100 et...more
4/25/2018
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
America Invents Act ,
Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Private Property ,
Public Property ,
Right to a Jury ,
SCOTUS ,
Seventh Amendment ,
USPTO
In December 2016, a California federal court issued a preliminary injunction against VidAngel, Inc.’s custom-filtered video streaming service. Thursday, in Hollywood Studios v. VidAngel, Inc., a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed...more
8/28/2017
/ Amazon ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Disney ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Film Industry ,
Hulu ,
Internet Streaming ,
Movies ,
Netflix ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
The Copyright Act ,
Time Warner ,
Twentieth Century Fox