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Top Employment Law Changes of 2025 - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - Art, Law and the Athlete: Protecting Equine Imagery in the Studio and Market
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The Corner Series Podcast: Patent Investment Strategies
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The Briefing: What Is Fair Use and Why Does It Matter? (Featured)
Key Takeaways: The Federal Circuit held that general disclosure of any part of a compound may be insufficient to support a priority date for a specific species within the genus....more
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers extraordinary opportunities but also complex challenges as it reshapes industries and redefines how businesses operate across sectors. ...more
Deciding whether to pursue a patent for a technology can be challenging. In addition to a variety of legal considerations, the decision often depends on broader business considerations, such as the relative importance of the...more
On October 24, 2025, the Local Division Paris of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its decision in Raccords et Plastiques Nicoll v. First Plast, dismissing claims for literal infringement and infringement by equivalence...more
Two January 2026 decisions from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit confirm that copyright infringement requires substantial similarity in protectable expression, proven through both extrinsic and intrinsic tests....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part an appeal of an International Trade Commission decision....more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the formation of the Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) Working Group, which will report directly to USPTO Director John A. Squires....more
Trademarks are generally recognized as an essential and major component of each company’s economic value. In fact, a well-recognized report indicates that company trademarks and other intellectual property assets represent...more
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing an appeal by computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who argues AIgenerated works should qualify for copyright protection, contrary to the U.S. Copyright Office’s stance that only human-authored...more
On December 29, 2025, xAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate California’s Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency Act (TDTA). ...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had another busy docket in 2025. Here, we cover five key decisions that will shape the practice of intellectual property law going forward. ...more
Innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, especially in today’s world where artificial intelligence can instantly answer questions and generate content. While this presents exciting opportunities for inventors...more
IN RE: GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC - Before Lourie, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The estoppel provision of 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1) does not apply to ongoing ex parte reexaminations...more
ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY - Before Chen, Clevenger, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit confirmed that the Board may delay a decision on rehearing while...more
Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. MediaPointe, Inc. - Before Taranto, Stoll, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s...more
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC. v. LONGHORN IP LLC - Before Lourie, Schall, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Immediate appellate review may be unavailable for interlocutory bond orders...more
Join Bricker Graydon Wyatt’s K–12 Athletics Team for an Athletics Symposium! Spend more than two hours with leading school law and athletics experts—including special guest Ron Sayers from OHSAA—as we take a deep dive into...more
This case addresses whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding attorneys’ fees to Google under 35 U.S.C. § 285 after deeming EscapeX’s suit “exceptional,” denying EscapeX’s Rule 59(e) motion to amend the fee...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
The Lanham Act establishes several grounds for businesses to pursue litigation against competitors and other parties that are misusing their trademarks and engaging in other forms of false and misleading advertising. When a...more
Key Takeaways - U.S. copyright termination and renewal can flip worldwide ownership. The Fifth Circuit held that when a “worldwide” grant arises under U.S. law, a valid statutory termination or renewal can recapture global...more
Every business relies on intellectual property, whether it is created by the business or licensed from third parties. It is embodied in software, branding, marketing content, proprietary processes and the everyday work...more
For CEOs, general counsels, and CTOs, the question is no longer whether patents matter. The question is whether the company has an intentional strategy to identify, capture, and deploy intellectual property in alignment with...more
Our Employee Defection and Trade Secrets thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2026....more
Following his panel on music catalog deals at the LA IP/Entertainment Conference, Derek Crownover, vice chair of the firm’s Music Industry group, shares his insider perspective on the evolving music catalog market and how it...more