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A Pennsylvania federal jury ruled in favor of Pennsylvania State University, finding that Vintage Brand, an online retailer, willfully infringed on the university's trademarks. The decision marks a significant win for...more
On November 12, 2024, Judge McMahon (S.D.N.Y.) granted defendant Lutron Electronics Co.’s motion for sanctions against plaintiff Geigtech East Bay LLC, and precluded Geigtech from presenting any theory of damages on retrial...more
The Canadian Hockey League and its affiliate organizations have been dismissed from an antitrust suit alleging they entered unlawful deals allowing them to exploit junior players and illegally profit from their labor....more
On November 13, 2024, United States Magistrate Judge Victoria Reznik (S.D.N.Y.) granted-in-part and denied-in-part DJ Plaintiff Carvana, LLC’s (“Carvana”) motion for a Protective Order to preclude Defendant IBM from deposing...more
On November 12, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced in a post on LinkedIn and a letter to friends and colleagues that she would be stepping down the second week in December. Deputy Director Derrick Brent will take over until...more
On July 19, 2024, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”) filed a complaint against performance sports beverage company Prime Hydration, LLC (“Prime Hydration” or “Prime”) in the United States District...more
Founders and their startups are typically at the forefront of ever-evolving fields, from space exploration and satellites to life-saving medical devices and medicines. Safeguarding intellectual property is critical for...more
In this episode of On Record PR, sponsored by Lawline, Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Sean Douglass, associate attorney at Panitch Schwarze, to discuss the impact of AI-generated content on intellectual property...more
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have approved the Riyadh Design Law Treaty. The treaty is designed to “make it easier, faster and more affordable for designers the world over to...more
Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156 is a statutory program that restores to a patent at least a portion of the term that was effectively lost while the covered product was undergoing regulatory review and could...more
According to recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Office) data, the Office receives a burdensome number (13%) of information disclosure statements (IDSs) having in excess of 50 total items of information. 89 Fed. Reg....more
The Draft Code sets out various obligations relating to transparency, copyright compliance, and management of systemic risks for providers of GPAI models....more
On October 18, 2024, the USPTO’s final rule regarding Motion to Amend (“MTA”) practice and procedures in trial proceedings under the America Invents Act became effective. The rule makes permanent several MTA pilot program...more
The After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 Program (AFCP) offered to patent applicants by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is ending on December 14, 2024. The program began in 2013 and was originally slated to last only 1...more
On November 14, 2024, the European Commission published the first draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (the Draft Code). The Draft Code is designed to help providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI) and...more
On November 18, 2024, Samsung Bioepis announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved its aflibercept biosimilar, OPUVIZ. ...more
The principle of “corporate separateness” – the idea that corporations are separate juridical entities and that stock ownership generally “will not create liability beyond the assets of the [corporation]” – is “deeply...more
Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the sixth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the...more
A district court recently refused to exclude testimony regarding consumer surveys conducted by a design patent expert, holding instead that the consumer surveys may be probative of how an ordinary observer would view the...more
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
On November 20, 2024, the Federal Court dismissed EMD Serono (Serono)’s judicial review of the Minister of Health’s decision to list Canadian Patent No. 3,087,419 (419 Patent) on the Patent Register one week after it was...more
In a landmark decision (UPC_CFI_15/2023) delivered on November 15, 2024, the Unified Patent Court's Local Division in Munich (UPC, LDM) ruled in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in a patent infringement case against...more
After filing a new drug submission for its ustekinumab biosimilar PYZCHIVA (Janssen’s STELARA), Samsung commenced the underlying action against Janssen for impeachment of Canadian Patent No. 3,113,837. Janssen sought to add a...more
Patent Examiners rely upon the Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP) to instruct application of the law to the most common patent prosecution situations. The MPEP’s forward refers to itself as a “guidance document”...more
Pennsylvania State University has secured wins on the field and in court this football season with a 10-1 football record (and likely a College Football Playoff berth), and a jury verdict in its favor in a lawsuit against...more