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Can My Band Cover Another Famous Song? — No Infringement Intended Podcast

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In this episode, Rusty Close and Austin Padgett discuss what happens when one band wants to record another band's song and the special rules of copyright that go along with it. They explore the copyright owner's control over...more

BakerHostetler

2025 BakerHostetler IP Perspectives

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To describe the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) as rapid is a vast understatement. From its ubiquitous presence assisting us in our most mundane daily tasks to its warm embrace by business leaders eager to revolutionize...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Intellectual Property Client Alert - Intellectual Property Fees

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Please take note that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase the following patent and trademark fees effective January 18, 2025...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - January 2025

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Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Humira® (adalimumab) / Amjevita™ (adalimumab-atto) / Cyltezo® (adalimumab-adbm) / Hyrimoz™ (adalimumab-adaz) /...

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Adalimumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

WilmerHale

The Rising Threat of German Patent Litigation: Are You Ready?

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The threat of German patent litigation is rising. Germany is second only to the United States in the number of patent infringement actions brought by non-practicing entities (NPEs), and with the ready availability of...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Rituxan® (rituximab) / Truxima® (rituximab-abbs) / Ruxience® (rituximab-pvvr) / Riabni™ (rituximab-arrx) - January...

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Rituximab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Some AI-Discovered Drugs Carry More IP Risks Than Others - Here's Why

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AI is poised to revolutionize drug discovery, but uncertainty in developing protectable IP in this emerging field creates a host of potential risks for companies innovating in this space. Further complicating things: not all...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks: January 2025

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: USPTO...more

Venable LLP

Spotlight On: Lantus® / Lantus® SoloSTAR® (insulin glargine recombinant) / Basaglar® (insulin glargine) / Semglee® (insulin...

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Insulin Glargine Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more

International Lawyers Network

New Year’s Resolutions?: Intellectual Property Questions That May–Or May Not–Get Decided In 2025

As we head into a new year after a US election year, we are sure to see two things in the media, all kinds of articles on New Year’s Resolutions and all kinds of articles on what we can anticipate occurring in the inaugural...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Less Than Five-Star Review: Judge Furman Grants Motion to Dismiss Finding Claims Directed to a Rating System to be Abstract

On January 3, 2025, District Judge Jesse M. Furman granted Defendant Trustpilot, Inc.’s (“Trustpilot”) Motion to Dismiss Linfo IP, LLC’s (“Linfo”) complaint alleging that Trustpilot directly and indirectly infringed U.S....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – AI at CES 2025, New Biden AI chip export rules receive backlash, New York ponders state-level AI regulation, and...

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

WilmerHale

PTAB/USPTO Update - January 2025

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After stepping down as Director of the USPTO in mid-December, Kathi Vidal rejoined the litigation department at Winston & Strawn LLP. Derrick Brent, formerly Deputy Director, is currently Acting Director of the USPTO. It is...more

Goodwin

Acuitas Sues GSK Seeking Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity and Non-Infringement of mRNA Vaccine Patents

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​​​​​​​As we previously reported, in April of last year, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA and GlaxoSmithKline LLC brought a lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in the District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging that...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: Second Circuit Upholds Ed Sheeran’s Win in Copyright Case

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The Second Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision that musician Ed Sheeren didn’t infringe the copyright for Marvin Gaye’s 1973 song “Let’s Get It On.” In 2014, Defendants-Appellees Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge wrote the...more

Jones Day

Prior Art Asserted in Second Petition Should Have Been Asserted in the First

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The PTAB denied institution of a second inter partes review (“IPR”) petition filed by Aylo Freesites (“Petitioner”) after having previously instituted inter partes review of Petitioner’s first petition related to the same...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Three Takeaways from the Initial Determination at the ITC Regarding Standard Essential Patents in the 1380 Investigation

On January 8, 2025, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cameron Elliot issued a public version of the Initial Determination (ID) in Certain Video Capable Electronic Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-1380 brought by Complainant Nokia. While...more

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Expected Changes to IP Policy under the Second Trump Administration

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Intellectual property (“IP”) policy does not weigh heavily on most voters’ minds, and so is not often addressed in presidential campaigns. This past campaign was no different – President-elect Donald Trump did not expressly...more

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Better Late Than Never: DOD Amends DFARS Implementing SBIR/STTR Data Rights, What it Means for Small Business

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On December 18, 2024, the Defense Department (DOD) issued its Final Rule (Rule) amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the data rights portions of the Small Business...more

Erise IP

Eye on IPRs: January 2025: USPTO Fee Increases; Patent Challengers Can't Dismiss Fed. Cir. Appeal After Decision

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Effective January 19, 2025, the USPTO is increasing various patent filing fees, including an across-the-board fee increase as well as specific increases for America Invents Act trials, Director Review, and other procedures....more

White & Case LLP

A Decade of FTC v. Actavis: The Reverse Payment Framework is Older, but Are Courts Wiser in Applying It

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In 2013, the United States Supreme Court significantly changed the landscape of patent settlements in the pharmaceutical industry with its FTC v. Actavis, Inc. decision. In Actavis, the Court held that certain types of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Motivation MIA? Federal Circuit Sends IPR Back to the Drawing Board

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision, finding that the Board erred by failing to explain its holding and reasoning regarding a motivation to combine prior...more

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Interoperability Doesn’t Imply Derivative Work

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit explained that to be a derivative work, a program interoperative with another must actually incorporate aspects of the underlying work. The Court further ruled that licensees of a...more

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Transparency Is the Best Medicine: Device Parts Don’t Justify Orange Book Listing

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s delisting of patents from the Orange Book because the patent claims did not “claim the drug that was approved” or the active ingredient of the drug...more

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