SkadBytes Podcast | AI Regulation: EU and UK Update and What It Means in Practice
The Briefing: Frida Kahlo vs. The 11th Circuit - A Warning for IP Owners Everywhere
Navigating ICE’s Updated I-9 Audit Guidelines: What Employers Need to Know
At the Intersection of Biotech and AI with Janice Vatland
Podcast - De genérica a icónica: El glow up de una marca
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Cross-Border Trade Secret Litigation in the U.S. Courts
How Did James Bond Spark a 50-Year Legal War Over Who Owns 007? — No Infringement Intended Podcast
Episode 406 -- AI Risks and Compliance: Building a Governance Framework
The Briefing: Taylor Swift, Trademark Law, and the Fight Over ‘Life of a Showgirl’
DOJ’s Bulk Sensitive Data Transfer Rule: Key Insights for Health Care Compliance Teams – Diagnosing Health Care
SBR-Author’s Podcast: Bribery Beyond Borders: The Hidden History and Future of the FCPA with Severin Wirz
'Urgent National Action to Save College Sports': Trump’s NIL Playbook — Highway to NIL Podcast
March Madness or Trademark Madness? The NCAA v. DraftKings Lawsuit
Protecting Your Products and Brand Online
Lemon Pound Cake and the First Amendment
Episode 402: Paul Allen: The Promise of AI, Governance and Public Trust
Michele Moresco on the Transformational Potential of Photonics
Subject Matter Eligibility Challenges in Post-Grant Proceedings — Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
The Briefing: Vampires, Love Triangles, but No Infringement
Non-Competes in 2026: FTC Signals Major Policy Shift - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
In Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 1:17-cv-00184-JFB-SRF (D. Del. Mar. 24, 2026), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held that Sirius XM...more
In Definitive Holdings, LLC v. Powerteq LLC, Appeal No. 24-1761, the Federal Circuit held that a third-party sale of a product embodying the claimed invention before the critical date can trigger the on-sale bar even if the...more
Perhaps lost in all of the commentary and handwringing over AI and what to do with the works it creates is how we care for copies of human-authored works. ...more
Artificial intelligence is everywhere now: in your contracts, your research workflows, your customer service queue. And if your company is using it without thinking carefully about trade secret exposure, you may be quietly...more
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is seeking the public’s comments on a proposed rule that would require parties and intervenors to Section 337 investigations to file disclosure statements identifying real parties...more
The Northern District of Illinois granted a summary judgment motion of no invalidity based on indefiniteness because the qualitative terms like “sufficiently slow” and “desired period of time” were definite when viewed in...more
The Federal Circuit has revived Teva’s headache-treatment claims and highlighted a recurring litigation risk: Arguments that win in one forum can backfire in another....more
On April 16, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the court) issued a precedential decision in Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH v. Eli Lily and Company, determining that the claims of Teva’s U.S....more
ISSUES AND UPDATES - Trade Secret Litigation Trends in Life Sciences - Trade secret litigation has risen sharply in recent years, driven by increased employee mobility, complex collaboration agreements, and heightened...more
Our Patent Case Summaries provide a weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial...more
Miss a ground in your inter partes review (IPR) petition? Don't expect a reply-brief footnote to save you. In DK Crown Holdings Inc. v. AG 18, LLC, No. 2024 2078 (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2026), the Federal Circuit affirmed the...more
Patent applicants and holders who use approximation terms in their claims, like “about,” should take note of a recent Federal Circuit decision that underscores the risks of imprecise and inconsistent usage of such terms. In...more
Addressing issues related to patent eligibility, infringement, and damages, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded, finding that certain result-oriented claims were...more
Addressing the scope of appellate review under the America Invents Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that challenges grounded in 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2)’s real-party-in-interest requirement are...more
In a recent precedential decision from the Federal Circuit, the appellate court explained that words of approximation like “about” are not inherently definite or indefinite — but when a patentee fails to provide sufficient...more
The intersection of blockchain technology and AI training data disputes continue to generate significant market attention. The following offers practical perspective for companies seeking to protect and monetize their...more
A recent precedential Federal Circuit decision further clarifies the limited scope of judicial review over PTAB institution-related rulings, holding that refusal by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to resolve a disputed...more
In addition to the briefs from the parties, seventeen amicus briefs were filed with the Supreme Court in Hikma v. Amarin: six in favor of Petitioner Hikma, seven in favor of Respondent Amarin, and the remaining five on behalf...more
The domestic battery race is being won by companies, such as NOVONIX, that are developing innovative IP and meeting critical operational and/or commercial milestones based on that IP. Continued investments, including through...more
The Rise of Trade Secret Litigation - Over the past decade, trade secret litigation filings have grown substantially. Several key drivers have fueled this increase. First, the enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act...more
Artificial intelligence is no longer coming. It is already embedded in your product roadmap, your vendor stack, and your board’s expectations. For startup general counsel, that means one thing: The pressure to move fast...more
There’s no shortage of AI content across headlines and timelines, but not all of it feels like real, practical conversation. And that’s exactly why we launched the “Down the Gradient” podcast....more
In Enviro Tech Chemical Servs., Inc. v. Safe Foods Corp., the Federal Circuit recognized the permissibility of using “about” to “avoid a strict numerical boundary” for a claimed parameter, but held the claims at issue invalid...more
The focus in AI regulation has shifted from writing the rules to applying them, and the EU and UK are taking very different approaches. In this episode of “SkadBytes,” Deborah Kirk, Jonathan Stephenson and Alistair Ho discuss...more
In part one of this two-part series, we outlined the legal issues at play as the aviation industry adopts AI in its operations. In this article, we cover another key question: To what extent is a patent owner liable for...more