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Intellectual Property Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on IP law. Coverage includes high-stakes cases involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other forms of IP, as well as policy developments and licensing deals.
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Latest News in Intellectual Property
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July 23, 2025
Texas Jury Says Verizon Owes $175M For Infringing 2 Patents
A federal jury Wednesday found that Verizon infringed a pair of wireless communications patents owned by Headwater Research, putting the telecommunications company on the hook for $175 million in damages.
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July 23, 2025
Full Fed. Circ. Won't Disturb Machine Learning Patent Ruling
The full Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to reconsider its first-ever patent eligibility decision involving machine learning, leaving in place a panel's April findings that applying established machine learning methods to a new area cannot be patented.
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July 23, 2025
9th Circ. Clarifies Bored Ape NFTs Are Trademarkable Goods
The Ninth Circuit issued a significant ruling for digital asset creators Wednesday finding that Yuga Labs' Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible tokens are protectable "goods" under federal law, while also reversing Yuga Labs' $8 million summary judgment win and ruling that a jury must decide whether rival NFTs confuse consumers.
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July 23, 2025
Anthropic Judge Says Authors Can Seek OpenAI Docs In NY
A California federal judge on Wednesday told a certified class of authors claiming Anthropic stole their work to train its AI technology that they have his blessing to ask a New York court overseeing copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft to produce documents and deposition testimony related to the California case.
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July 23, 2025
Astellas, Generics Scolded For 'Abusive' Discovery In IP Case
A Delaware federal magistrate judge on Wednesday rebuked Astellas Pharma and makers of generic drugs for what she deemed exploitation of the discovery dispute process in the brand-name company's patent infringement case, calling their dozens of fights "not just excessive" but also "abusive of the discovery dispute process."

Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Infringement suits over patents, copyrights, and trademarks
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board disputes
- Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation
- Section 301 cases
- Trade secrets disputes
- Licensing and royalty fights
- Right-of-publicity suits
- Antitrust disputes involving IP issues
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Copyright Office
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Patent reform legislation and related bills in Congress
- Efforts to streamline international intellectual property law
- ENFORCEMENT
- Piracy and counterfeiting actions
- International trade disputes involving IP issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of IP practices
Readership
- Intellectual property lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the life sciences, technology, and other IP-focused industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals