Micron wants the Federal Circuit to undo a Texas federal jury's finding that it owes $445 million for infringing Netlist computer memory patents, saying the verdict came "from overreach at every turn."
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Micron Tells Fed. Circ. $445M Netlist Verdict Was 'Overreach'

By Adam Lidgett

Micron wants the Federal Circuit to undo a Texas federal jury's finding that it owes $445 million for infringing Netlist computer memory patents, saying the verdict came "from overreach at every turn."

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Justices Won't Decide If PTAB Can Review Expired Patents

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has the authority to review expired patents.

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Justices Won't Review Ex-Examiner's Patent Bar Rejection

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former patent examiner's petition, which alleged that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wrongly rejected his request to practice before the agency based on a suspension he argued was improper.

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MGA's IP Clash With Rapper T.I. May Head To 9th Circ.

By Craig Clough

Hip-hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris urged a California judge Monday not to send their long-running intellectual property case against toy maker MGA Entertainment to the Ninth Circuit, but instead allow a new jury trial on punitive damages to proceed.

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Gibson Dunn Seeks Exit From Josh Cellars TM Royalties Case

By Aaron Keller

With a February trial date looming, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has asked a Connecticut state judge's permission to stop representing the former president of a company behind the popular "Josh Cellars" wine brand, claiming unpaid legal bills and an alleged breakdown of the attorney-client relationship require its withdrawal.

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MVP: Desmarais' John Desmarais

By Dani Kass

Desmarais LLP partner John Desmarais helped Apple beat a $360 million damages case and protected more than $400 million in damages for Ravgen Inc. in two of his eight trials last year, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

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PATENTS

PTAB Upholds Some Dish Network-Challenged Patent Claims

By Elliot Weld

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said Dish Network had successfully shown 13 claims in a patent held by Entropic Communications were unpatentable but four other claims could stand, after being ordered by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires to take a second look at the claims.

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Columbia Design Patent Survives Reexam In Seirus Row

By Ryan Davis

A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiner has upheld a Columbia Sportswear clothing design patent challenged by rival Seirus Innovative Accessories Inc. in a reexamination, as the companies continue sparring over the patent's validity in a long-running infringement suit.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Patent Owner's PTAB Win In Samsung Fight

By Adam Lidgett

A split Federal Circuit panel refused to revive Samsung's challenge to a pair of patents covering a way of navigating through data on an electronic device, shooting down the electronics giant's challenge to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that it forfeited a key argument.

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COPYRIGHTS & TRADEMARKS

Paint Maker Sued Over Rolling Stones Song In Ad

By Elliot Weld

Paint maker Behr was sued by record label ABKCO over claims that it used the Rolling Stones song "Paint It Black" in an advertisement without the proper license.

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TRADE SECRETS

Engineer Gets 46 Months For Stealing Tech To Aid China

By Craig Clough

An engineer was sentenced by a California federal judge to 46 months in prison for stealing trade secrets regarding nuclear missile detection used by the government and planning to send it to the People's Republic of China, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

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Lupin Drops Trade Secrets Case Against Rival

By Elliot Weld

Pharmaceutical company Lupin Inc. has agreed to drop allegations of stealing trade secrets against Transpire Bio Inc. and former Lupin employee Xian-Ming Zeng, after two other former Lupin employees escaped the suit last month.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Dynamic Databases

Several recent federal court decisions illustrate how parties continue to grapple with the discovery of data in dynamic databases, so counsel involved in these disputes must consider how structured data should be produced consistent with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, say attorneys at Sidley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Analysis

UK Firms Drive Transatlantic Appetite For M&A Dealmaking

By Aebra Coe and Chris Villani

The merger announced Monday between British legal giant Ashurst LLP and American law firm Perkins Coie LLP is the latest in a spate of deals driven, in part, by an appetite among global firms to gain a strong presence in the U.S.

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'Astounding' Holland & Knight Conduct Drives Liability Ruling

By Ryan Boysen

Holland & Knight LLP has forfeited a malpractice lawsuit in Alaska by refusing to turn over information to a Native American tribal corporation, with a state judge entering a default judgment as a sanction and calling the firm's conduct "a head scratcher" and "astounding."

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ABA Decries Lawmaker Calls For Impeachments Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

The American Bar Association said on Monday it's "alarmed" by lawmakers' interest in impeaching judges just because they don't like their rulings.

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Judge Orders Grand Jury Docs Released In Comey Case

By Brandon Lowrey

A Virginia federal magistrate judge Monday ordered the disclosure of all grand jury materials related to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, saying government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings.

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DOJ Backs White House's Military Lawyer Transfers

By Courtney Bublé

A newly released legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice says the Trump administration is allowed to detail military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia.

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Senator Slams Trump For 'Blowing Up' Wis. US Atty Process

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., accused President Donald Trump on Monday of skirting the process to nominate U.S. attorneys in Wisconsin with his pick of a failed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate for the office that covers Milwaukee.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court and Delaware Supreme Court last week had a dense slate of fiduciary duty battles, merger-process challenges, post-bankruptcy fights and a series of cases probing the limits of fraud pleading, credible-basis inspections and board-level disclosure duties.

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Law School Admission Council Pushes To Toss Antitrust Suit

By Andrea Keckley

The Law School Admission Council is continuing its push to toss a proposed class action accusing it of fixing application fees with its member schools, saying in a Pennsylvania federal court filing last week that the applicant's opposition to its dismissal motion "entirely fails to engage with the incoherence at the core of his case."

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Holyoak Leaves FTC For Interim US Atty In Utah

By Bryan Koenig

Melissa Holyoak left the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to become Utah's interim U.S. attorney, leaving the FTC down to two commissioners, both Republicans, in the Trump administration's latest use of interim U.S. attorney appointments.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

ArentFox Schiff

Ashurst LLP

B'Ivory LaMarr Trial Lawyers

Bryan Cave

Carmichael Ellis

Cashion Gilmore

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Desmarais LLP

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Gibson Dunn

Grant & Eisenhofer

HSF Kramer

Hamilton Lincoln

Haynes Boone

Holland & Knight

Hurwitz Sagarin

Ivey Barnum

K&L Gates

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Kramer Levin

Law Office of Craig Wilke

MoloLamken

Munger Tolles

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Perkins Coie

Polsinelli PC

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Richards Layton

Robinson & Cole

Schwabe Williamson

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slarskey LLC

Squire Patton

Umberg & Zipser

Wicker Smith

Willenken LLP

Williams & Connolly

Williams Simons

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Behr Holdings Corp.

Brennan Center for Justice

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Columbia Sportswear Co.

Competitive Enterprise Institute

ConocoPhillips Co.

DISH Network Corp.

Elliott Investment Management LP

EngageSmart

Entropic Communications, Inc.

Gold Reserve Inc

Google LLC

Greene's Energy Group LLC

Instagram Inc.

LG Electronics Inc.

Law School Admission Council Inc.

M & F Worldwide Corp.

MGA Entertainment Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Micron Technology Inc.

Netlist Inc.

Oil States International Inc.

Paramount Global

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Skydance Media LLC

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc.

Vista Equity Partners Management LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

National Economic Council

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Small Business Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Wisconsin Supreme Court