Latham DQ'd From Sleep Apnea Device Co.'s Patent Fight

By Madison Arnold

A Delaware federal court has disqualified Latham & Watkins LLP from representing the creator of a sleep apnea implant in its patent dispute after the firm served as counsel to the rival's underwriters, saying the "appearance of impropriety is glaring."

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Texas Judge Cements VidStream's $105M Trial Win Against X

By Dani Kass

A Texas federal judge has locked in VidStream LLC's $105 million infringement trial victory against X Corp. and topped it off with an additional $67 million in interest, but he shot down a series of requests for more damages and relief.

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Fed. Circ. Backs No Infringement Finding In Railcar Fight

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit accusing railcar manufacturer Greenbrier of infringing a pair of patents covering railroad gondolas, backing a lower court's finding that the company's products didn't include all the elements of the patents.

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Anthropic Judge Says Deal Notices Downplay Opt-Out Avenue

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has ordered changes to the notice emails being sent to members of a class of writers who secured a $1.5 billion settlement of copyright infringement claims against artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, saying the current wording does not give "equal dignity" to the option of opting out of the settlement versus filing a claim.

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EDTX Jury Awards $907K In Videoconference Patent Trial

By Adam Lidgett

A federal jury in Texas on Wednesday awarded technology company Barco just over $907,000 as part of a case that had alleged Yealink Network Technology infringed its ClickShare videoconferencing patents.

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Campbell's Wants $17M Soup Rack Patent Verdict Tossed

By Elliot Weld

Soup giant Campbell's has asked an Illinois federal judge to throw out a $17.3 million jury verdict that found it had infringed patents related to gravity-operated racks in grocery aisles, saying the racks "indisputably" contain unpatentable elements.

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Libby Parent Accuses OpenAI Of Infringing TM With Sora App

By Hailey Konnath

OverDrive Inc., the company behind the popular library app Libby, has accused OpenAI's Sora app of infringing its student library app Sora, claiming that it damages the integrity of its brand and could confuse and harm the children who use its collection of ebooks, audiobooks and read-alongs.

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MVPs: Kirkland's Adam Alper And Michael De Vries

By Theresa Schliep

Adam Alper and Michael De Vries of Kirkland & Ellis LLP won a $25 million verdict in patent litigation over a promising fecal transplant technology and are representing Motorola in a blockbuster intellectual property case, earning them a spot among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

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Whirlpool Sues Rivals To End Import Of 'Copycat' Microwaves

By Rae Ann Varona

Whirlpool Corp. on Tuesday urged the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of certain Samsung, LG, Haier and other rival brand microwaves, claiming the companies infringed several of its patents for its combination hood microwaves.

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HP Ends Wi-Fi Patent Disputes By Joining Sisvel Pool

By Jamie Lennox

HP Inc. has ended its Wi-Fi patent litigation with Huawei, Philips and Korean development lab Wilus by joining Sisvel's patent pool as a licensee, following recent deals with companies like Acer and Cisco.

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'Call Your Mother' Deli Kvetches About 'Bubbi' In TM Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Call Your Mother, a Washington, D.C., bagel and deli shop with 21 locations, has slapped a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey deli named Call Your Bubbi, saying the names are "confusingly similar," and the trademark infringement is willful.

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Samsung Settles ITC Trade Secrets Case Against BOE

By Adam Lidgett

South Korea-based Samsung Display Co. Ltd. has reached a deal to end allegations at the U.S. International Trade Commission that China's BOE Technology misappropriated its trade secrets for device screens.

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In-House Atty From Teva Joins Spencer Fane's DC Office

By Jack Rodgers

A former associate general counsel of Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israel-headquartered biopharmaceutical company, is returning to private practice with Spencer Fane LLP, where he will work as a partner with the firm's intellectual property practice group, according to a Monday announcement.

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Proskauer Hires IP Litigator From O'Melveny In NY

By Andrea Keckley

Proskauer Rose LLP announced that it has hired a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator who holds a doctorate in organic chemistry and advises on the full spectrum of intellectual property matters.

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The Future Of Gen AI Training Amid Reddit Data Scraping Suit

Reddit's lawsuit against Perplexity AI is not framed as a classic copyright infringement fight, demonstrating that even when companies avoid fair use claims, the path by which training data is obtained is legally consequential, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

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Bonus Spotlight

BigLaw Begins To Fall In Line With Cravath Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and Dechert LLP are among the law firms following the lead of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on year-end associate bonuses this week, with at least five large firms matching the market leader within a day of Cravath's Tuesday announcement.

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Troutman Owes $3.7M In Atty Fees After $1M Malpractice Loss

By Jake Maher

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP must pay $3.7 million in attorney fees to a healthcare tech company that won on malpractice claims against the firm in 2024 after six years of litigation and an eight-day bench trial, a New Jersey state judge has ordered.

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Dissent Accuses Redistrict Ruling Of 'Judicial Misbehavior'

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit judge denounced the judge who penned a federal court order blocking Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, saying in a Wednesday opinion the order blocking the redistricting amounts to the "most blatant exercise of judicial activism" he had ever seen.

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Halligan Says Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment

By Jared Foretek

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan acknowledged Wednesday that the full grand jury in the James Comey case never saw or voted on the final version of the indictment that was handed up to the court in the case. An attorney for Comey said the clarification was grounds for dismissal.

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Alaska Senator Pushes For Better Vetting After Judge Scandal

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Wednesday that after a federal judge in his state resigned in disgrace last year, he decided he had to revamp his selection process for judicial nominees.

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Pillsbury Asks 2nd Circ. To Guard $4M Client Fee From SEC

By Aaron Keller

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to allow it to keep a $4 million advance payment retainer from the since-convicted former CEO of a bankrupt cybersecurity company, but the law firm conceded it should have clarified its rights after the government sought an asset freeze.

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The House's Plan B For Repealing Provision On DOJ Lawsuits

By Courtney Bublé

If the Senate does not take up a bill to repeal a provision in the government funding package allowing senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages, a Republican House member is already making contingency plans.

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Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is An 'Originalist' Idea

By Katie Buehler

A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain agency officials at will, claiming the precedent has roots that date back to the country's founding and reflects key separation of powers principles.

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