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CISA Warning: Firestarter Malware Persists in Cisco Devices

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have confirmed that threat actors are using FIRESTARTER malware to maintain persistence on Cisco network devices,...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

The Goblin in the Machine: What OpenAI’s “No-Pigeon Rule” Teaches Lawyers About AI Hallucinations

This article is about a real event. It is not satire, parody, or metaphor. In late April 2026, OpenAI publicly explained why one of its frontier AI systems had developed an unusual tendency to mention goblins, gremlins,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Key Takeaways: USPTO’s New GUI Design Patent Guidance

The USPTO’s newly updated guidance on graphical user interface (GUI) design patents marks a timely shift toward modern digital realities, offering companies far greater flexibility in how interfaces, icons, and immersive...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

When Consumers Enforce Open Source: The SFC v. Vizio Case

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A California court recently issued two important rulings in a lawsuit between a nonprofit organization and TV manufacturer Vizio over open source software....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

USPTO Updates SMED Guidance, Encourages Demonstrating Technological Improvement

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Following the introduction of the “Subject Matter Eligibility Declaration” (SMED) term in December 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has updated its best practices guidance on SMEDs, describing the...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Navigating the Challenges of AI Contract Negotiations: Insights from Loeb's AI Summit in LA

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At Loeb & Loeb’s recent AI Summit in Los Angeles, legal professionals gathered to share their experiences and strategies for negotiating contracts for artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The conversations highlighted both...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - May 2026

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U.S. PE entered 2026 with real momentum, driven by improving financing conditions, a backlog of delayed processes, and sustained demand for scaled, high-conviction assets. But activity became more selective as the quarter...more

Fenwick & West LLP

When Code Writes Itself: Rethinking IP Strategy in the Age of AI

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In the first quarter of 2026, a series of AI-related events ignited vigorous debates about the future of software. Autonomous workflow agents, popularized through tools such as Openclaw (formerly known as Clawdbot or Moltbot)...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Top Seven Things to Consider When Protecting and Patenting Medical Technology

Innovation in medical technology—spanning devices, diagnostics, software, and AI—creates enormous value. But capturing and protecting that value requires a thoughtful, multi-layered intellectual property (IP) strategy....more

Cooley LLP

Cooley Market Talks – AI and the New Capital Dynamic: IPOs, M&A and What Comes Next

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With AI transforming capital-raising dynamics and M&A strategies, our clients are navigating a dynamic moment. Tuesday, Cooley Partners Jamie Leigh and Dave Peinsipp were joined by Nicole Irvin and Todd Ebe of Goldman Sachs...more

Hanzo

A Smart Path to PCAOB Compliance

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When the 14-day PCAOB submission window begins, audit teams don’t have time to question whether their evidence is complete, authentic, or defensible. Yet many still rely on screenshots, PDF exports, and manual...more

Mintz

USPTO’s Supplemental Guidance on Design Patents: Key Changes to Requirements for Computer-Implemented and Emerging Digital...

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On March 13, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued supplemental examination guidance (“supplemental guidance”) addressing long-standing uncertainty surrounding design patent protection for...more

Polsinelli

Design Patents Expand for Digital Products While Courts Signal New Limits on Enforcement

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Key Takeaways - The USPTO has expanded design patent protection for digital and emerging technologies. Its March 2026 guidance confirms that graphical user interfaces (GUIs), icons, and designs in AR/VR, holograms and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Risk of Developing Your Own Competing Software to White-Labeled Software

I recently posted about another case where a company that developed a white-label software platform for a customer later sued that customer for trade secret misappropriation when the customer terminated the contract and then...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Planting a "Honeypot" in Source Code?

Fintech company MyCard Inc. dba as Knot filed an interesting and sprawling lawsuit against a competitor, Atomic F1. Of particular interest is the allegation that MyCard has caught Atomic F1 redhanded in copying MyCard's...more

Law School Toolbox

Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 348: How We're Thinking About NextGen Prep Differently (Plus, Try Our New Tool for Free!)

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're discussing how we're thinking about preparing for the NextGen bar exam differently -- and we're excited to introduce a new tool we've built to help you learn and...more

Smart & Biggar

Can you patent your AI? New guidance in Canada and the US for software and AI inventors

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Corporate investment in AI continues to accelerate globally and patent filings for AI-related inventions are rising across every major jurisdiction. The threshold question, “Is this invention eligible for patent protection?”...more

Brooks Kushman P.C.

FMReps Consulting Enterprises, LLC v. Ford Motor Company

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This decision provides a clear win for companies facing claims of patent infringement directed to abstract and unpatenable ideas....more

Ankura

From Waste to Control: Using SAM to Protect Your 2026 Budget

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As we enter the 2026 fiscal planning peak, organizations need to shift their focus from simple license compliance to strategic cost recovery. With March and April marking the finalization of yearly budgets for many...more

Venable LLP

When Proprietary Code Escapes: How Companies Should Prevent IP Leakage—and What to Do the Moment It Happens

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For many companies, the most valuable assets on the balance sheet are not the ones it fully captures. They are buried in source code, internal tooling, model harnesses, prompts, training pipelines, product roadmaps,...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Dealmaker's Digest: A Top 10 Bulletin - April 2026

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In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders....more

FBT Gibbons LLP

The Authority Problem: When Does an Authorized Agent Become an Unauthorized Buyer?

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If agentic commerce is going to work at scale, the market has to solve more than authentication, aka the “identity problem,” as we posited in part two of this series exploring the six fault lines of agentic commerce....more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Don’t Put Your Background IP into It: Protecting What’s Yours

Clear and precise recognition and treatment of intellectual property (IP) are critical in government contracting because the ownership and use of preexisting IP, so-called “Background IP,” turn on the timing of, and funding...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

What It Means to Be Technology Competent in 2026

When the ethical duty of technology competence officially arrived in 2012, courtesy of new Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the expectations were relatively modest. Much has changed since...more

DLA Piper

What's patentable about software?

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A software patent is a patent directed to a software program or an algorithm implemented in or using a computer....more

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