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On June 30, 2025, Perceptix filed suit against Meta Platforms for infringement of U.S. Patent 8,498,439, which describes a headphone that turns on when it is worn. The ‘439 Patent is assigned to the Electronics and...more
Taking your retail brand to the next level and attracting an equity investment based on the value of your brand requires not only business acumen but strategies for brand protection. Protecting your trademarks by way of...more
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a pressing legal debate over how copyrighted materials can be used to train generative AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), without permission...more
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design—or a combination of these—that identifies and distinguishes the source of goods or services of one party from those of others. Essentially, a trademark is your brand’s identity...more
With major legal battles unfolding in both the UK (Getty v. Stability AI) and the U.S. (including Kramer v. Meta, The New York Times v. OpenAI, and Bartz v. Anthropic), the outcomes are set to reshape the entire AI landscape....more
The biotechnology and life science sectors underpin breakthroughs in health care, agriculture, and environmental sustainability by leveraging living systems to create next-generation medicines, diagnostics, and bio-based...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized a rule increasing the annual limit on accepted requests for prioritized patent examination from 15,000 to 20,000, effective with fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025). This...more
On July 10, 2025, after nearly a year of work involving experts and thousands of AI industry participants, the European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, establishing the first detailed compliance...more
Key Takeaways - Courts Lean Toward Fair Use for AI Training: Two California rulings suggest that using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence (AI) may be considered fair use if outputs are transformative and do...more
The Court ruled that the post-sale context can be relevant when establishing similarity between trade marks....more
In July 2025, the U.S. federal government proposed an 84% reduction in funding to the Office of Space Commerce. Some say the move would effectively terminate the agency’s further development of the Traffic Coordination System...more
In Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation V. Unified Patents, LLC, Appeal No. 23-2110, the Federal Circuit held that a patent owner lacks Article III standing to appeal an inter partes review decision on patentability when...more
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
District court holds that Meta’s downloading of books from online “shadow libraries” and use of such books to train its Llama large language models constitutes fair use, but endorses “market dilution” theory of harm as...more
Acting Director of the USPTO Coke Morgan Stewart recently discretionarily denied institution of an inter partes review (IPR) based on a new consideration, “settled expectations,” that is, the length of time that the...more
With volatile market conditions and recent FDA shakeups, biotech companies are increasingly focused on bolstering cash runways and accelerating R&D efforts. But fierce competition for financing has some biotechs turning to...more
On July 10, 2025, the EU published its Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models, a comprehensive, though not exhaustive, framework designed to guide Artificial Intelligence ("AI") providers in complying with the...more
In the linked article about a trademark dispute, the author notes that the plaintiff claimed the defendant used a “copyrighted name.” Just a reminder: one can patent inventions, copyright creative works of expression, and...more
In the first half of 2025, the Rx IP Update team reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. Below are our top stories....more
A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more
On May 1, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 11,140,841 in the case of Aardevo North America, LLC v. Agventure B.V. The patent in question, owned...more
Globally, market volatility has eroded confidence and subdued M&A activity. A “wait and see” approach is the prevailing sentiment for many market participants; it is difficult to convince boards to advance deals while...more
Your employees can be your company’s most valuable asset — but they also represent your greatest vulnerability when it comes to protecting confidential information and intellectual property (IP). To protect confidential...more
As the pace of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) innovations continues to accelerate, companies from various technology and industry sectors are turning to ArentFox Schiff’s Patent group for guidance in protecting...more
Multinational groups adopting cost contribution arrangements (CCAs) — or cost share agreements in US parlance — as part of their cross-border intellectual property (IP) development strategies have a new opportunity to...more