Now nearly a year on from its 2023 Notice of Inquiry, the U.S. Copyright Office has now released Part 1 of its findings and recommendations on the legal and policy issues at the juncture between artificial intelligence (AI)...more
8/5/2024
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On Thursday, May 9, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs in copyright litigation no longer are bound by a three-year statute of limitations for bringing a claim to recover damages....more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office recently published the results of their co-study (on the interplay between non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property. ...more
3/15/2024
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Copyright ,
Copyright Office ,
Cryptoassets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Information Reports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Patents ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina rejected several claims brought by Design Gaps, Inc. a Charlotte custom cabinetry company against a former employee and a competitor. Design Gaps, Inc. v....more
Furniture manufacturer admits intentionally copying designs, asks Supreme Court, What does copying really say about trademark status of design?
While offering a new design for sale without obtaining a patent often means...more
We have discussed New York-based lighting and furniture designer and manufacturer Hudson Furniture, Inc. in a previous post. While that case has since been terminated, Hudson recently won summary judgment—a finding that...more
Plaintiff alleges infringing sales also breached exclusive manufacturing agreement -
New York corporation Hudson Furniture, Inc. claims a former manufacturer violated Federal and state law by selling and offering for sale...more
“No harm, no foul.” That was the message the U.S. Supreme Court delivered Feb. 24 in ruling that a copyright infringement verdict should not have been overturned because of inaccurate information in the copyright registration...more
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion that clarified the long-standing issue of whether a plaintiff bringing a copyright infringement action has to have an issued registration or just a...more
3/6/2019
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Copyright Exhaustion ,
Copyright Infringement ,
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Split of Authority ,
The Copyright Act ,
Uniformity
Laches is an equitable defense based on a plaintiff’s unreasonable delay in pursuing a claim. In 2014, the Supreme Court effectively eliminated the laches defense in copyright cases, ruling that the copyright statute allows...more
9/23/2015
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En Banc Review ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Laches ,
Limitation Periods ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
Prior Art ,
SCOTUS
Amini Innovation Corporation ("AICO") filed suit on June 30, 2014 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (AICO's home court) again Yuan Tai Enterprises, Inc., a Texas corporation. The...more