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The Briefing: The Supreme Court Dodges the Discovery Rule Question—What That Means for Copyright Enforcement

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The Supreme Court sidestepped a major copyright showdown—again. What does it mean when infringement claims surface decades later? In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down the latest in the...more

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(Podcast) The Briefing: The Supreme Court Dodges the Discovery Rule Question—What That Means for Copyright Enforcement

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The Supreme Court sidestepped a major copyright showdown—again. What does it mean when infringement claims surface decades later? In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down the latest in the...more

Smart & Biggar

2025 mid-year highlights in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law

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In the first half of 2025, the Rx IP Update team reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. Below are our top stories....more

Lathrop GPM

Missouri Federal Court Grants Franchisor’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction for Alleged Violation of Noncompete

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A federal court in Missouri recently granted a franchisor’s motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that the franchisee’s operation of a competing business demonstrated irreparable harm. Three Dog Bakery, LLC v. Crit,...more

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$30 Million Message: Jury Awards Substantial Punitive Damages for Trade Secret Theft

A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Use of Floorplans in Real Estate Listings is Permissible Under U.S. Copyright Law

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Floor plans are a key part of real estate listings, providing fundamental information about the layout of a building to prospective buyers or renters. But home designer Charles James and his company Designworks Homes, Inc....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

From Copyright Case to AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies’ Data Governance and eDiscovery...

The New York Times v. OpenAI litigation has garnered significant attention as a landmark copyright dispute; however, it has rapidly evolved into a global data privacy conflict that will inform how enterprises approach AI and...more

Alston & Bird

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending July 4, 2025

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Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC, No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB) June 30, 2025). Opinion by Scarsi, joined by Taranto and Stoll. Eye Therapies owns a patent that claims a method for reducing eye redness...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Florida Becomes Most Employer-Friendly State for Non-Competes

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As jurisdictions around the country continue to impose limitations—or outright bans—on restrictive covenants, Florida is taking a decidedly different approach....more

Jones Day

Physical Products Cannot Form Basis of an IPR

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On May 1, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 11,140,841 in the case of Aardevo North America, LLC v. Agventure B.V. The patent in question, owned...more

Goodwin

Denosumab Updates: Wyost and Jubbonti Launch as First Denosumab Biosimilars in the U.S.

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On June 2, 2025, Sandoz announced that WYOST® (denosumab-bbdz) and Jubbonti® (denosumab-bbdz) are now available to patients in the United States. ...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Is Your Claim Open or Closed? Claim Construction Takes on a New Meaning in Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC

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On June 30, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC, reversing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) claim construction of the phrase “consisting...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court to consider whether ISPs can be liable for contributory copyright infringement

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The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review whether an internet service provider (ISP) can be liable for copyright infringement for providing an internet connection that leads to piracy. Cox Communications,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fair Use and AI Training: Two Recent Decisions Highlight the Complexity of This Issue

Two recent summary judgment decisions out of the Northern District of California, issued only two days apart, highlight the complexity of deciding whether the unauthorized use of copyrighted works to train large language...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Prosecution history primacy: “Consisting essentially of” means what applicant said it meant

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In a decision that underscores the primacy of prosecution history to determine claim scope, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s interpretation of the transitional phrase...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Preemption Doctrine: A Necessary Course Correction After Recentive v. Fox

The landscape of patent law for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) innovations has become fraught with uncertainty. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's precedential opinion in Recentive...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Don’t Let Your IP Walk Out the Door

Your employees can be your company’s most valuable asset — but they also represent your greatest vulnerability when it comes to protecting confidential information and intellectual property (IP). To protect confidential...more

Vondran Legal

ASCAP Calls Out Alleged Infringers Publicly Citing Lawsuits Filed

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We have talked about this in other blogs; ASCAP is getting aggressive in enforcing their legal rights when restaurants, bars, fitness centers and other establishments play copyrighted music without having the proper BMI,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

GILTI Conscience Podcast | Beyond the Runway: Navigating Tax, Tariffs and Transfer Pricing in Luxury Fashion

“GILTI Conscience” takes on the world of high-fashion, as Skadden tax partner and host David Farhat is joined by associate Stefane Victor and Giuseppe Abatista, vice president at Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata, as they...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Need to FAST Track Your Patent? The USPTO increases the Annual Limit to 20,000

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Effective July 8, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the availability of prioritized examination, increasing the limit on the number of requests from 15,000 to 20,000 in a fiscal year. The 20,000...more

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Intellectual Property Report July 2025

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The PTAB has returned to a more flexible and discretionary approach to denying post-grant proceedings, reintroducing the Fintiv factors and adding new considerations such as settled expectations and USPTO workload. These...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Profits or Peers: Does Seeking an Accounting in Trademark Litigation Waive the Right to a Jury Trial?

In trademark infringement litigation, the form of monetary relief a plaintiff requests can determine whether the case is decided by a jury or a judge. This procedural distinction has real consequences, and a new request has...more

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Patenting AI: Proliferation of AI Technologies Across Diverse Industry Sectors

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As the pace of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) innovations continues to accelerate, companies from various technology and industry sectors are turning to ArentFox Schiff’s Patent group for guidance in protecting...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Towards Commercial Rationality: HMRC’s New Unilateral APA Process Will Reduce Uncertainty Over Cost-Sharing Participation

Multinational groups adopting cost contribution arrangements (CCAs) — or cost share agreements in US parlance — as part of their cross-border intellectual property (IP) development strategies have a new opportunity to...more

A&O Shearman

Training and deploying AI models around the world: the territorial issues at stake in Getty Images v. Stability AI

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AI developers and content owners in the UK and around the world are eagerly anticipating the outcome of the Getty Images v. Stability AI trial. One of the most commercially significant aspects of the case is the relevance of...more

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