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Supreme Court Grants Cert. Petition in Hikma / Amarin Skinny Labeling Case

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Key Takeaways: Supreme Court to decide if “generic version” marketing can support induced infringement claims. On Jan. 16, 2026, the Court granted Hikma’s petition for cert. in a closely watched case that could redefine...more

Smart & Biggar

Canadian IP litigation 2025: a year in review

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In 2025, Canadian courts addressed a range of issues in intellectual property litigation. Highlights included the imposition of jail time on contumacious copyright pirates, appellate guidance on patent claim construction, and...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

What C Level Leaders Need to Know About the Seventh Circuit’s Decision in Next Payment Solutions v. CLEAResult: A Business Focused...

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a significant decision in Next Payment Solutions, Inc. v. CLEAResult Consulting, Inc., a case that offers important lessons for executives overseeing...more

International Lawyers Network

Little At Sea Over Legacy Trademarks

Trademark lawyers eventually learn a hard truth: brands often do not die; instead, they drift.  Sometimes they drift quietly into nostalgia. Sometimes they drift into the hands of the entrepreneurial and well-advised. Other...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

My IP Is Not Your IP: Clear Terms Are Key in Joint Development Agreements

Protecting a company’s confidential information — and ensuring there is the ability to sort through whose confidential information is whose — is of the utmost importance in a joint development agreement (JDA)....more

Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - January 2026 #3

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The evidence against the college basketball players indicted Thursday on federal sports gambling charges, and the alleged fixers involved in enticing and paying the players, appears strong enough for the NCAA to focus on...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Where Investor–Founder Alignment Actually Breaks Down in Life Sciences Deals

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At the outset of life sciences transactions, there is usually a strong sense of alignment. Founders and investors tend to agree on the importance of discipline, focus, capital efficiency, and long-term value. That was evident...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

PTAB Overly Relied on Statements of Doubt in Determining Conception and Reduction to Practice in Interference Proceedings

In Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc., the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of conception and reduction to practice as related to the written description of multiple patent applications. ...more

Goodwin

Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2025

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This past year contained a number of significant developments in litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. The following is a recap of the top three legal developments that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch last...more

BakerHostetler

Gatekeeping in Flux (Again?): The Federal Circuit Revisits Expert Admissibility

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The Federal Circuit’s ongoing struggle over how aggressively district courts should police expert testimony has once again divided the court, exposing a fundamental disagreement about the proper limits of Rule 702....more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

60 Seconds on Tech & Sourcing: Unlocking the BPaaS Advantage—Key Considerations for Successful Deals

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While often described as a hybrid of Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Business-Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) is far more than the sum of its parts. It represents a strategic shift toward...more

Morgan Lewis

Federal Circuit Finds ‘Configured to’ Means ‘Capable of’ in Patent Obviousness Appeal

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed that, absent specification language supporting a narrower interpretation, the patent claim terms “configured to” and “configured for” are properly construed to...more

Fish & Richardson

Texas Round-Up: December 2025

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Our Texas Round-Up for December 2025 covers decisions from the Eastern District addressing subject matter eligibility under Section 101 and the timeliness of expert opinions on non-infringing alternatives....more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Countdown to Data Privacy Day 2026: Deepfakes, Digital Replicas, and Synthetic Performers: Privacy Risks and Compliance in 2026

Deepfakes have moved from novelty to material enterprise risk, reshaping how organizations assess privacy, security, brand integrity and marketing. This technology can erode evidentiary trust, enable impersonation and fraud...more

Hogan Lovells

China’s new trademark use standards: Practical guidance for brand owners

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China's National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) has recently issued a new enforcement directive identifying seven categories of illegal trademark use that will be subject to heightened administrative scrutiny....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

When Substantial Similarity Becomes Subjective: The Ninth Circuit’s Warning in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg

On January 2, 2026, the Ninth Circuit issued a closely watched copyright decision in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg. The decision’s significance lies not in the verdict itself, but in the Court’s unusually candid critique of the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Universal Music Group’s Recent Success in Blocking Section 203 Termination Rights Could Pose a Threat to Artists’ Abilities to...

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On January 8, 2026, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York granted Universal Music Group’s motion to dismiss, and in so doing, prevented hip-hop group, Salt-N-Pepa, from exercising its termination rights...more

Lathrop GPM

“Flawed,” “Distorted” and “An Empty Promise”- Judges Call to Fundamentally Overhaul the Ninth Circuit’s Test for Copyright...

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In a decision that may foreshadow major doctrinal change, two judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have urged the court to rethink – or abandon – its long‑standing framework for assessing substantial similarity in...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - January 20, 2026

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On January 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Berk v. Choy No. 24-440: This case involves state “affidavit of merit” statutes that require certain types of lawsuits, like medical...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2026, Issue 2

New York AG Scrutinizes Instacart's Algorithmic Pricing Practices - On January 8, 2026, the New York Attorney General's Office sent a formal information request to Instacart seeking details about its pricing practices and...more

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Supreme Court Takes Up Hikma v. Amarin: Induced Infringement and Skinny Labels in the Crosshairs

The Supreme Court’s decision to review Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma Inc. places renewed attention on a familiar but unsettled issue in pharmaceutical patent law: how the induced infringement doctrine...more

BakerHostetler

2026 BakerHostetler IP Perspectives (BHIPP) v3.0

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Intellectual property is one of the – if not the – greatest assets a business can own. Innovative companies need to carefully identify and protect their IP assets in order to maximize their value over their terms of...more

Smart & Biggar

Canadian patent law 2025: a year in review

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2025 saw a significant statutory change and the long-awaited Supreme Court of Canada hearing of an appeal regarding the patentability of methods of medical treatment. The courts also considered due care in the context of...more

Hogan Lovells

Launch of new mobile-themed gTLD extension

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Almost twenty years after the launch of the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .MOBI, a new mobile-themed gTLD has just been introduced: .MOBILE....more

Smart & Biggar

[Webinar] Canadian trademark law 2025: a year in review - January 29th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Our presenters Toba Cooper, Karl Racine, Jennie Yum and Kwan T. Loh will deliver a roundup of Canadian trademark law, highlighting some of the most important new cases and practice directions from 2025. These are the key...more

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