Retail & E-Commerce

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Latest News in Retail & E-Commerce

  • October 31, 2025

    Social Media Co., Instacart Cut Deal To End 'Fizz' TM Suit

    Social media platform Fizz Social Corp. has reached a deal to end its trademark infringement and anti-cybersquatting suit accusing Instacart Inc. and Partiful Co. of ripping off its "FIZZ" mark to launch a rival "Fizz" beverage-delivery app targeting the Gen Z demographic.

  • October 31, 2025

    Gov't Owes $330K In Fees For NSF Funding Fight, Court Told

    A higher education association seeks more than $330,000 in attorney fees and costs from the government after winning a ruling blocking the Trump administration from cutting certain National Science Foundation funding, according to a memorandum filed in Massachusetts federal court.

  • October 31, 2025

    Minn. Makes More Tribal Deals To Build 'Unique' Pot Market

    Minnesota has signed its fifth compact with a federally recognized tribe, allowing each one to issue licenses for eight cannabis retailers outside their respective reservations, as well as licenses to grow and manufacture the plant, with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe the latest to reach deals.

  • October 31, 2025

    TikTok Divestiture Deal Revolves Around IP Considerations

    The divestiture deal between the U.S. and China to resolve a security dispute over TikTok's U.S. operations is seen as a diplomatic breakthrough, but its success hinges on the treatment of intellectual property and may set a precedent in the global contest over digital sovereignty and IP control, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • October 31, 2025

    OpenAI Opposes 'Cookie-Cutter' Google Search Fixes

    OpenAI waded into the Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly Friday to urge the D.C. federal judge to apply flexibility to mandates requiring Google to syndicate its search results to would-be rivals, arguing that permitting Google's more rigid "ten blue links" proposal would stifle "innovative uses."

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