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Recent reports show that trade secret litigation hit a historic high in 2025 with more than 1,550 cases filed in federal courts across the United States. Experts may attempt to sift through this data and explain the what and...more
Most general counsel did not build their careers expecting to spend meaningful time on trademarks. They are rarely the reason a deal closes, a lawsuit settles or a quarter hits its numbers....more
Since 2021, college sports have charted a new course, one in which participants can enjoy the spoils of the billion-dollar industry that college sports have become. This journey was born of individual states granting student...more
Our cross-sector team was on the ground in Las Vegas last month for CES 2026 to better understand the business and technological environment our clients face. Innovation is always the theme of CES, but this year the pace and...more
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to resolve a question of patent infringement liability: can advertising a product as a “generic”—without more details—give rise to liability for induced infringement? The...more
Q: Why do companies refer to the Super Bowl as The Big Game in their advertising? A: Because the Super Bowl is trademarked, but The Big Game is not. Of course news outlets can use either term under the fair use doctrine,...more
The 13th edition of the Nice Classification (NCL 13-2026) became effective on January 1, 2026, and has been incorporated into U.S. examination practice through updates to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO)...more
For most executives at middle-market companies, pursuing intellectual property litigation might seem like a prospect to avoid at all costs. Litigation, they believe, is expensive, time-consuming, and unpredictable. Those...more
Trademark case law continues to develop each year, and 2025 was no exception, with courts issuing a wide array of trademark opinions. For a more in-depth discussion of 2025's most impactful decisions, we invite you to watch...more
Knobbe Martens’ 2025 Federal Circuit Year in Review report, covering over 50 of the most noteworthy patent-related Federal Circuit decisions issued last year, is now available! The report provides in-depth analysis from...more
AI has become a buzzword synonymous with transformation, revolution, and innovation. Some industries are closer to effectively implementing AI solutions than others, due to the nature of their work and the complexity of the...more
In a case that should stand as a strong reminder to apportion your damages whenever possible, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a significant post‑trial ruling in Trinseo Europe GmbH v. Harper, et al., upholding the...more
In 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) experienced significant procedural and substantive changes. Under new leadership at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a series of developments reshaped...more
In a recent case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement of a design patent, signaling heightened scrutiny of functional features in design...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has now brought an end to the uncertainty surrounding the temporal assessment of earlier rights in EU trade mark proceedings. In its judgment, the CJEU has set aside the...more
California privacy law has entered a new phase. In Part One of this two-part episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin Partners Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley breaks down California’s new CCPA regulations governing Automated...more
On January 13, USPTO announced the design of SPARK, a new pilot program to incentivize meaningful participation by U.S. small and medium-sized businesses, universities, and non-profits in standards development organizations...more
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The Olympic Games’ intellectual properties (“Olympic Properties”) are broadly protected worldwide, including the rings symbol, mascots, names (e.g., “Milano Cortina 2026”), mottos, graphics, event designs, music and...more
This issue of The PTAB Review begins with a review of notable developments at the PTAB, including changes to institution procedures, and precedential and informative decisions. Next, the authors explore several appellate...more
Over the past year, we sat down with four voices offering complementary vantage points on robotics: Jason Fiorillo (Chief Legal Officer, Boston Dynamics), Magnus Egerstedt (Dean of Engineering, UC Irvine), Joyce Sidopoulos...more
Kilpatrick’s Joe Petersen and Briggs Wright recently presented “The Current AI Landscape in Trademarks and Copyright” at the firm’s annual Advanced Trademark Law Seminar in New York. ...more
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Less than a year after holding that generic machine-learning patents are abstract in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., the Federal Circuit may be refining where to draw the line on patent eligibility....more