Jury Awards $175M In Real Estate Trade Secrets Retrial

By José Luis Martínez

A San Antonio jury awarded $175 million to real estate analytics firm HouseCanary Inc. in its claims accusing title company Amrock LLC of misappropriating proprietary appraisal technology and data, nearly eight years after the case culminated in a $706 million verdict that was later overturned.

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Justices Won't Review Fight Over PTAB Prior Art Dates

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Lynk Labs Inc.'s petition arguing the Federal Circuit erred in deciding what date should apply to determine whether a patent application constitutes prior art.

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Supreme Court Lets 'Zioness' TM Co‑Ownership Stand

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined an appeal that asked the justices to answer whether separate entities can own the same trademark, after the Second Circuit upheld a New York jury verdict that said two nonprofits both owned the mark for "Zioness."

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Fed. Circ. Wary Of Reviving Patent In $81M Samsung Case

By Ryan Davis

The owner of a standard-essential 5G wireless network patent that a Texas jury said Samsung owes $81 million for infringing got pushback from the Federal Circuit on Monday when it argued the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's invalidation of the patent should be overturned.

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Implicit LLC Added Inventor Too Late To Avoid Sonos IPRs

By Dani Kass

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightfully rejected Implicit LLC's attempt to use a newly altered patent to avoid earlier invalidations, the Federal Circuit said Monday.

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Novo, Hims & Hers Make Up, Agree To Sell GLP-1s Together

By Theresa Schliep

Novo Nordisk A/S will start selling its GLP-1 medications on Hims & Hers Health Inc.'s platform as part of a deal that resolves the pharmaceutical company's patent infringement lawsuit against the telehealth provider, the companies announced Monday.

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Texas Jury Finds Lyft Owes $1M In Ride-Hailing Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal jury said Lyft owes $1 million to Quartz Auto Technologies, finding the ride-hailing giant was liable for infringing an automobile technology patent.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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K&L Gates IP Atty Tapped For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

A K&L Gates intellectual property litigator will become the Washington State Supreme Court's first justice of Middle Eastern descent, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Monday, announcing his pick to replace veteran retiring Justice Barbara Madsen.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Google, Amazon Wins Over Streaming IP

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Monday let stand decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate claims across three streaming patents owned by WAG Acquisition LLC, which had accused Google, Amazon, Netflix and other companies of infringement in numerous cases.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive LED Patent After Court's Invalidation

By Dani Kass

A California federal judge properly invalidated claims of a DSS Inc. LED-technology patent, the Federal Circuit determined Monday.

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NASA Contractors Seek Full Fed. Circ. Review Of Patent Fight

By Elaine Briseño

The owners of a rotary wing vehicle technology patent said the Federal Circuit expanded the scope of immunity when affirming a lower court ruling that said a NASA contractor could escape their infringement lawsuit because the government authorized use of its technology.

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Astellas Prevails In Patent Battle Over Bladder Drug

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge has held that Ascent Pharmaceuticals infringed four patents covering bladder medication Myrbetriq held by name-brand drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. and rejected Ascent's invalidity defenses.

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Judge Won't Toss Nokia Patent Claims Against Warner Bros.

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge has refused to dismiss Nokia's claims that Warner Bros. infringed a set of video coding patents, saying he couldn't conclude that the patents lack an inventive concept that would meet the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.

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Musicians Claim Google Stole Songs For AI Music Tool

By Ivan Moreno

A group of independent musicians from around the U.S. have sued Google in Chicago federal court, accusing it of copying millions of copyrighted songs and lyrics from YouTube and across the internet to build its AI music generator Lyria 3 — a product the plaintiffs say directly competes with human artists.

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Archer Says Air Taxi Rival Joby Hid China Ties, Imports

By Ivan Moreno

Archer Aviation fired back at electric air-taxi competitor Joby Aviation's trade secret lawsuit Monday, launching counterclaims that accuse Joby of unfair competition and false advertising by allegedly concealing China-based sourcing and misclassifying imports to evade tariffs.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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Judge OKs Sanctions In $500M Miss America Ownership Fight

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Golf Co. Approved For $35.7M Ch. 11 Sale To Nicklaus Family

By Vince Sullivan

A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge approved a $35.7 million sale of assets Monday in the Chapter 11 case of sports gear and golf course design enterprise Nicklaus Cos. LLC, agreeing to a deal that will see affiliates tied to retired golfer Jack Nicklaus acquire the business and end protracted litigation among its founders.

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Arnold & Porter Hires RE, IP Attys For West Coast Offices

By Isaac Monterose

Arnold & Porter hired an experienced real estate finance attorney and a veteran IP attorney for partner and counsel roles in its Seattle and San Francisco offices respectively, the firm announced Monday.

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Weighing Confusion Claims In Shoes-NFL Steakhouse TM Suit

A recent New York federal infringement complaint by 1587 Sneakers against Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce's Kansas City steakhouse 1587 Prime confronts the thorny question of how much operating in different industries should factor into likelihood-of-confusion analysis and why consumer perception can matter most in trademark fights, says Nate Garhart at Spencer West.

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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous

By Lauren Berg

A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.

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Employment Law Cases Have Rebounded Except For FLSA

By Max Kutner

Employment law cases overall have bounced back from pandemic-era lows, especially discrimination and disability accommodation suits, though a slump has continued for Fair Labor Standards Act claims, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina.

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NJ US Atty Trio Booted In 2nd Leadership Ouster

By George Woolston

A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein To Be Sentenced In June

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.

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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate

By Adrian Cruz

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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