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Dechert LLP

Dechert Re:Torts - Issue 18

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Bipartisan Momentum Builds to Shine Light on Litigation Funders - In October 2023, we discussed the efforts by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Kennedy (R-LA) to address the concerns presented by opaque third-party...more

Perkins Coie

Does Copyright Law Preempt Contractual Provisions Imposing AI-Related Usage Restrictions on Content?

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The explosive growth of generative AI has been accompanied by a corresponding growth of contractual provisions addressing generative AI issues. Website operators in particular are increasingly seeking to use their online...more

Littler

Highlights of the Federal Proposals to Regulate NIL Deals

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The 2023 college football season ended in early January, and sports fans are eagerly anticipating the start of college basketball’s March Madness. Many are also anxious about the future of college sports, given the non-stop...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Preemption Questions Continue as FTC and NLRB Fight Restrictive Covenants

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As federal administrative agencies wade further into rulemaking and adjudicative efforts to outlaw noncompetes and restrictive covenants, defendants are beginning to raise preemption arguments in response to state court...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Ozempic Gains Popularity, Its Maker Loses First Legal Fight

With Hollywood celebrities speaking out both in favor of and against the use of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss, it was only a matter of time before demand outpaced supply. Although most might believe that...more

Irwin IP LLP

String ‘Em Up: Light Patentee OK to Notify Others of Patent Suit: Lite-Netics, LLC, v. Nu Tsai Cap. LLC, d/b/a Holiday Bright...

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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but don’t complain to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) if a patentee calls you an infringer, claims you copied, or threatens to sue your customers.  Holding speech...more

White & Case LLP

Website terms of service – enforceable or preempted?

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There is a deepening circuit split on whether the US Copyright Act preempts contract claims arising from terms of service. A recent petition to the US Supreme Court by a song lyrics website highlights this, with potentially...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Copyright Litigation and Recent Developments: Spring 2022

In our May 2022 copyright update, Manatt’s attorneys summarize recent decisions of interest from the U.S. courts and Copyright Office, and highlight other matters that we’re watching in the coming months....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Recent Federal Court Ruling Refuses to Expand the Scope of Georgia Trade Secret Act’s Preemption Clause

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It is well established that the Georgia Trade Secret Act (“GTSA”) includes a preemption clause holding that the Act “supersede[s] conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other laws of this state providing civil remedies for...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CBD Pain Cream Producer Feels the Pain from Dismissal of its Trade Secrets Claims for Lack of Misappropriation Evidence

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A federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in a trade secrets dispute involving CBD-based pain cream, recently granted summary judgment in favor of all but one...more

Hicks Johnson

A Guide to Texas Trade Secret Laws

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What companies need to know as disputes grow larger, more frequent - Given the primacy of technology to the operation of the global economy, it should come as no surprise that jury awards in trade secret disputes are...more

International Lawyers Network

Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed!: Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy

We live in a time of contradictions and confusion, and today we aim to explore how some such tensions have manifested themselves in the area of intellectual property law. On the one hand, we have a national and...more

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets

Lanham Act Preemption of State Law Where Cannabis Trademarks Are At Issue

As cannabis products become legal in more and more states, commercial interest grows in protecting the trademarks associated with those products.  The United States Patent and Trademark Office has maintained its refusal to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Rough Ride for Split Federal Circuit on Eligibility of Driveshaft Vibration Reduction Method

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Sharply differing majority and dissenting opinions in the Federal Circuit’s recent American Axle & Manufacturing v. Neapco Holdings decision present yet another case where the Federal Circuit appears to be in need of further...more

Holland & Knight LLP

D. Delaware Invalidates Patent Directed to Onsite Data Backup; Discusses Role of Evidence, USPTO and Preemption

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The District of Delaware recently found a patent directed to onsite data backup to be abstract and ineligible for patent protection. The court's discussion went beyond the standard Alice inquiry, and touched on the roles of...more

Fish & Richardson

EDTX & NDTX Monthly Wrap-Up – March 2019

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Two recent cases in the Eastern District of Texas touched on the federal patent preemption defense. One case addressed preemption in the context of an assignment of patent ownership dispute, and the other case addressed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

5th Circuit Provides Guidance On The Scope Of Louisiana Uniform Trade Secrets Act’s Preemption Provision

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It is well known that courts interpreting their respective states’ versions of the Uniform Trade Secret Act (“UTSA”) have not uniformly applied UTSA’s preemption provision....more

Sullivan & Worcester

Au Revoir, Droit de Suite—9th Circuit Narrows California Resale Royalty Act to a Single Year’s Sales

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The idea of moral rights continues to be a notable difference between European and American intellectual property rights with respect to visual arts. Last week’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in a...more

Blank Rome LLP

Out of Wonderland from Diehr to Aatrix: 3 Steps to Overcoming 101 Rejections

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Post-Alice, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) is aggressively rejecting software claims under the Alice two-part test, the parameters of which many examiners are still trying to understand. Not...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Federal v. State Trademark Registration for Marijuana-Related Goods and Services

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Despite numerous states having legalized medical marijuana, and a handful of others having legalized marijuana for recreational use, it still remains impossible to obtain a U.S. federal trademark registration for marijuana...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | January 2018

FDA Announces Intent Not to Enforce Portions of FSMA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will not enforce certain provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) because the agency needs...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Two Federal Preemption Cases, One Consistent Outcome

Two Federal Preemption Cases, One Consistent Outcome - Two recent decisions from the Fourth and Fifth Circuits—with similar outcomes—have contributed further guidance and consistency on the issue of federal preemption with...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | September 2017 #3

FDA Announces Final FSMA Produce Safety Rule - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the produce safety rule of the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2010 (FSMA) is now final, establishing...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Excess Cargo? Shipping Common Law Claims Out of a Trade Secret Complaint

AFS, a company specializing in streamlining shipping costs and logistics, had its eight count amended complaint streamlined to only one—its Tennessee Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“TUSTA”) claim—primarily due to preemption and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Important Open Source Ruling Confirms Enforceability of Dual-Licensing and Breach of GPL for Failing to Distribute Source Code

A recent federal district court decision denied a motion to dismiss a complaint brought by Artifex Software Inc. (“Artifex”) for breach of contract and copyright infringement claims against Defendant Hancom, Inc. based on...more

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