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The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter? (Featured)
Following his panel on music catalog deals at the LA IP/Entertainment Conference, Derek Crownover, vice chair of the firm’s Music Industry group, shares his insider perspective on the evolving music catalog market and how it...more
If you have a kid, or play in the NFL, you are likely familiar with The J.M. Smucker Company UNCRUSTABLES® a pre-made PB&J sandwich. According to The New York Times, “NFL teams go through anywhere from 3,600 to 4,300...more
Employees regularly leave their jobs to pursue new opportunities, whether by joining a competitor or starting a competing business. The law generally allows employees to prepare for that transition while still employed, but...more
In 2025, the Rx IP Update team at Smart & Biggar reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. Highlights from 2025 are below...more
An amendment to General Business Law (S. 8420) applies to any person or entity that produces or creates advertising content. If such advertisements feature a “synthetic performer” — defined as a digitally created asset using...more
In 2025, the Eastern District of Virginia (“EDVA”) remained one of the fastest federal trial courts in the country while simultaneously handing some of the most complex civil litigation nationwide....more
From trademark prosecution reforms and copyright litigation milestones to tightening advertising substantiation standards, evolving trade secret risks, and the ongoing battle over product design “dupes,” 2026 presents a mix...more
A recent federal decision from the Western District of Pennsylvania offers a timely reminder for litigators in the new year: Zealous advocacy has limits, and professionalism is not optional. On Dec. 31, 2025, in Mallet &...more
As early-stage life sciences companies prepare for their next financing or partnership, intellectual property due diligence is often the first, and most consequential, checkpoint. ...more
Super Bowl LX (60) will be played on February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. The NFL carefully protects its copyrights and trademarks. If your radio or television station plans to conduct promotions or contests...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently implemented significant changes to the availability of expedited prosecution for design patent applications...more
A client calls and says, “We’re cooking up a bispecific antibody. We want to mix and match binding sequences like a molecular gastronomy tasting menu. Some will go into CAR-T dishes. And of course, we want patents...more
On January 9, 2026, the USPTO designated four decisions as precedential and nine decisions as informative. And soon after, on January 12, 2026, the USPTO designated one more decision as precedential and another as...more
As contractors take stock of the unprecedented year in federal procurement that was 2025, they face a stark dichotomy to navigate in 2026. On the one hand, some opportunities have decreased as the government took aggressive...more
The National Football League has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its arbitration process, overseen by the commissioner, complies with federal law, appealing a Second Circuit ruling in favor of a coach suing the...more
Algorithmic Pricing Decisions Have Favored Defendants, but the Law Will Continue to Evolve in 2026. Cross-Border Enforcement Priorities and Increased Cooperation Come Into Focus....more
The preclusive scope of 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) regarding decisions on instituting post grant review proceedings (specifically, inter partes review or IPR) has been decided several times by the Supreme Court since enactment of the...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has instituted a change in its inventor information requirements. For Chinese patent applications filed on or after January 1, 2026, Applicants must submit an...more
Micron Tech., Inc. v. Longhorn IP LLC, 2025 WL 3672528 (Fed Cir. Dec. 18, 2025) - Instead of decking the halls for Christmas, the Federal Circuit decked Longhorn by dismissing its appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Idaho,...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the jury’s verdict in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, et al. in a January 2, 2026, precedential opinion, finding that the allegedly infringing works were fair use. ...more
Happy New Year, Founders! As we enter 2026, I encourage pharmaceutical innovators to approach intellectual property with energy and intention. The start of the year is the perfect time to step back and review your patent...more
The start of 2026 brings energy, momentum, and predictably, the same intellectual property mistakes I see every January....more
Recent guidelines from the China National Intellectual Property Administration, effective Jan. 1, have again put the spotlight on the value of Chinese utility models and the interplay between utility models and conventional...more
Key Takeaways - European courts test jurisdiction over U.S. patents for the first time. Onesta IP, LLC, a patent assertion entity, has asserted two U.S. patents against BMW in a court in Munich, Germany following a decision...more