Shareholders of X, formerly known as Twitter, were taken to task by a California federal judge over what was deemed as “sloppy legal writing” in their proposed class action lawsuit. The lawsuit arises out of allegations of misrepresentation relating to cybersecurity matters that supposedly led to a drop in stock value. While the judge criticized…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has undertaken a unique enforcement action against the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The action is directed at entertainment firm, Impact Theory LLC, who has agreed to pay a settlement of $6 million. This comes in response to the SEC’s claims that the firm’s NFT sales were structured…
In a marked development, Google has agreed to a settlement with a communications patent holder in a Texas federal court case, effectively ending a legal dispute over alleged patent infringements. The communications patent holder had previously lodged an accusation against Google, alleging the tech giant had infringed on its patented technology. Legal disputes over intellectual…
In recent legal news, a trademark infringement lawsuit has been lodged in Illinois federal court by a manufacturer of THC and CBD-infused beverages. The company argues that its business competitor has been marketing drinks with a name that is “confusingly similar and nearly identical” to its own, demonstrating potential trademark infringement. This occurrence presents another…
Ohio-based electric vehicle maker, Lordstown Motors Group, has successfully resisted a motion to dismiss its bankruptcy case. The ruling, which was delivered on Monday, emanated from a Delaware judge who deemed the company’s efforts to liquidate assets under Chapter 11 as a valid execution within the realm of insolvency law. Foxconn, the opposing party in…
In a recent decision, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi dismissed a patent around a novel method for verifying identity. Popular dating app brands like eHarmony and Tinder were the subjects of these separate, but concurrent patent lawsuits. The court examined the technological merit of the patent and found “no cognizable technological improvement,” leading to the…
A recent incident involving a former division vice president at a well-established HVAC company has sparked an unusual dispute within the North Carolina Business Court. The former executive is accused of hurling his driver’s license at a court reporter during an undisclosed occurrence. Apart from this unexpected encounter, the ex-vice president is also alleged to…
In a recent verdict, a Delaware federal jury ruled in favor of a Canadian dietary supplement company over trademark infringement allegations. This landmark judgment is significant because it asserts that the supplement company’s name did not infringe the trademark of a competing firm. The case captures an essential aspect of current legal challenges involving trademark…
A Maine-based craft beer manufacturer has charged that a Vermont cannabis company has infringed on its trademark. This alleged infraction has been triggered by the cannabis company’s use of a closely matching name to market its marijuana merchandise and associated products. The name in contention is ‘Goodfire’, for which the brewery holds trademark rights. Trademark…
The Federal Circuit, under the leadership of Judge Pauline Newman, has upheld the decisions made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated claims of two remote control patents owned by Universal Electronics. These patents were challenged by Roku, a California-based company well-known for its digital media players. This development marks the end…
In recent litigation news, Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc (CREXi) has urged a California federal court to discount what it calls ‘pretextual’ discovery requests from real estate listings competitor, CoStar Group Inc. The intellectual property theft lawsuit put forth by CoStar is at the center of these demands. The ongoing legal battle features two significant…
In an important precedent, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled that a website prompting college students to upload study materials as exchange for similar content, cannot evade a copyright lawsuit. The lawsuit has been initiated by a for-profit Connecticut university, which asserts the presence of their copyrighted content as being discernible via a watermark on…
In a significant development, the Federal Circuit refused to overturn a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) conclusion that several claims in a series of patents related to phones and digital devices were not, in fact, patentable. The court supported the PTAB’s determination that the claims were invalid due to double patenting. The patents, held…
A New Jersey attorney, currently in federal custody, has appealed to a federal judge for his release until trial. He was reportedly found practicing law with a suspended license whilst simultaneously facing charges of wire fraud and identity theft. The attorney was re-incarcerated last week. The specific nature of these allegations and the context of…
In a recent legal showdown concerning intellectual property rights, a federal judge in Illinois has responded to a major Chinese radio company’s refusal to make payments in the ongoing conflict with Motorola. The judge ruled to enforce a sales ban on the company, prohibiting it from selling any products that utilize two-way radio technology across…
In a patent dispute focused on superconductor memory technology, law firm Perkins Coie has been granted permission to continue defending Intel Corp. The ruling came as a result of the assessment that the firm’s previous engagement and contacts with the plaintiff do not pose a significant risk of conflict. This decision was issued by a…
The State Bar of California has recently filed disciplinary charges against an Orange County attorney in response to alleged misconduct involving a student loan debt relief scheme. The attorney is accused of unlawfully collecting an estimated $12 million in fees from approximately 2,600 clients; these activities purportedly took place from 2015 through to 2020. The…
In a recent ruling, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) declared that Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH failed to establish its patent analyzing law firm client leads as anything more than an unpatentable abstract idea. This statement came on Monday, dealing a blow to the company’s efforts to secure…
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH’s recent attempt to patent a method of analyzing client leads has been dismissed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB maintained that the method proposed by the media conglomerate was nothing more substantial than an unpatentable abstract idea. The PTAB’s decision reiterates…
A recent development in the California legal landscape has seen Tom Girardi’s attorney son-in-law, who is encumbered with two separate ethics complaints in the state, receiving a partial concession from a California bar court. The court has elected to temporarily pause the ethics proceedings, opting to allow a simultaneous criminal case in Illinois federal court…
In a recent ruling, the Fifth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction, thus preventing a Chinese company from selling their stand mixers. Allegations have been leveled that these products are infringing upon Whirlpool’s trademark KitchenAid stand mixers. The central controversy revolves around the argument that the product’s exterior design, rather than being a mere aesthetic choice,…
On August 28, 2023, the American Bar Association (ABA) launched a new task force dedicated to the investigation of the extensive legal and ethical landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems. According to their public statement, the cardinal purpose of this task force would be to analyze the potential transformation that these cutting-edge…
Artificial Intelligence, specifically Generative AI’s impact on intellectual property infringement, especially in relation to trademarks, is a rising topic of interest amongst legal professionals. As the utilisation of AI continues to increase, we find ourselves grappling with an expanding list of questions pertaining to intellectual property rights, most notably, the potential risks generated by trademark-infringement….
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Moderna Inc. have recently agreed to a final judgment of noninfringement in relation to a lawsuit brought forth by Alnylam. The lawsuit accused Moderna of using patented biotechnology for its Spikevax coronavirus vaccine. This judgment follows a ruling on claim construction by a Delaware federal judge, a ruling that Alnylam has…