Analysis

'Best Judicial System In The World': Alsup Reflects On Career

By Bonnie Eslinger

Before taking inactive status late last year, U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup presided over historic litigation in California's Northern District for 26 years, arriving at his San Francisco chambers every weekday before dawn to prepare for the day's work.

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Lululemon Gets Nike Patent Axed, Jury Verdict Overturned

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge Tuesday found that a Nike patent covering how sneakers are made is invalid and overturned a jury's verdict finding that Lululemon owed $335,450 for infringing it, holding that the patent's claims were obvious.

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Fed. Circ. Upholds TikTok's Win Against 'For You' Patent Suit

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed TikTok Inc. prevailing in a patent infringement suit brought by video technology developer 10Tales that alleged the app's "For You" feature copied its invention covering a digital "recommendation system."

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Fed. Circ. Partly Revives Tesla Challenge To Charging Patent

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday partially reinstated Tesla's challenge to a Charge Fusion Technologies vehicle charging patent, throwing out part of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that found the automobile company failed to show some of the claims were invalid.

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Squires Ends TikTok IP Challenges For Not Listing Foreign Ties

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has terminated Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges to seven Cellspin Soft patents that TikTok has argued were invalid, saying TikTok didn't list all the interested parties in the case, particularly those outside the U.S.

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Full Fed. Circ. Is Told Panel Defied EcoFactor In DePuy Case

By Dani Kass

DePuy Synthes is urging the full Federal Circuit to review a circuit panel's decision reviving patent infringement litigation against it, saying the panel majority undermined the court's en banc EcoFactor decision on when to admit expert testimony.

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Reddit's AI Scraping Suit Sent Back To State Court

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has ordered that a case brought by Reddit Inc. claiming Anthropic PBC improperly gathered user content to train its large language models be sent back to state court, finding that each of Reddit's allegations have extra elements that defeat federal preemption.

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Moderna, Pfizer Want Bayer's COVID-Shot Patent Suits Tossed

By Elliot Weld

Pharmaceutical giants Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss lawsuits seeking to recover royalties from sales of their respective COVID-19 vaccines, which plaintiff Bayer claims were made possible via infringement of its patent.

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Fed. Circ. Upholds Samsung's PTAB Win Over Display Patents

By Dani Kass

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightly invalidated claims of two related Manufacturing Resources International Inc. patents for cooling electronic displays, the Federal Circuit affirmed Tuesday.

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USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. Patent Panel Is Constitutional

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is urging the Federal Circuit to reject a British bookmaker's challenge to a review panel's revival of DraftKings' inter partes review of one of its patents, saying any constitutional challenges have to fail.

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ITC Latest To Probe InterDigital Claims Against TCL, Hisense

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission is the latest venue to take up InterDigital's globe-spanning dispute against Chinese TV manufacturers Hisense Co. Ltd. and TCL Technology Group Corp., claiming the companies are importing TVs from the U.S. that infringe InterDigital's video coding patents.

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Ford Says Suit Against Solar Battery Maker Is Valid

By Susan Smiley

Ford asked a Michigan federal court Monday to proceed with a breach of contract suit it brought against solar battery maker Sol-Ark over confidential technology Sol-Ark allegedly revealed in patent applications, arguing it is "demonstrably incorrect" that Sol-Ark came up with the technology on its own.

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Fire Shutter Maker Beats Rival's False Ad Suit Over Certification

By Jonathan Capriel

A New York federal judge ended a false advertising lawsuit brought by a manufacturer of commercial grade fire shutters that accused a rival of misrepresenting its products as meeting flame and heat testing standards, saying the competitor's marketing was "literally true."

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Parents Seek Early Win In IP Row With Atlanta Media Co.

By Kelcey Caulder

Parents on Monday asked a Georgia federal judge to grant them an early win in their copyright infringement suit against an Atlanta media company over their children's content on social media and streaming sites.

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A Shift In Fed. Circ.'s Approach To Patent Summary Judgment

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Range of Motion v. Armaid may come to be seen as a seminal opinion for potentially exposing and entrenching the Federal Circuit's movement away from its previous framework for identifying obvious noninfringement cases, says Nicholas Nowak at Nowak IP Group.

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Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs

Junior associates can better develop the legal, business and interpersonal skills they need for long-term success by approaching their firms’ learning and development programs armed with five tips for getting the most out of these resources, says Lauren Hakala at Reed Smith.

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Feature

Rats, Vapes And Vodka: Strange But True Cases For April Fool's

By Emily Field

A dead rodent in a burrito bowl delivery, a mix-up with vodka seltzer in the wrong cans and the Toys R Us brand taking on a Connecticut vape shop are among Law360's list of strange cases suitable for April Fool's Day.

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FTC Backs Florida's Move To Kill ABA's Accreditation Monopoly

By Hailey Konnath

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it supports the Florida Supreme Court's recent decision to end the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly, agreeing with the finding that it is "not in Floridians' best interest for the ABA to be the sole gatekeeper" in deciding who sits for the bar exam.

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NC Attys Oppose DOJ Interference In State Ethics Complaints

By Hayley Fowler

A group of North Carolina lawyers is opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed rule allowing the attorney general to review state-level ethics complaints against the department's attorneys, saying such a change would undercut the Tar Heel State's ability to regulate government lawyers.

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Blumenthal Presses DHS Chief To Scrap ICE Warrant Memo

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, is looking for assurances from the newly installed secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, that he will honor his apparent pledge to rescind a policy that allows immigration agents to enter private property without a judicial warrant.

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Habba, Ex-Firm Get Defense Redo In Suit Over Divorce Advice

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey appeals court gave former acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba another chance to pursue an anti-abusive litigation motion against an attorney suing her for malicious prosecution on Tuesday.

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7th Circ. Scolds Ex-Judge For Citing Fake Cases In Brief

By Celeste Bott

A Seventh Circuit panel admonished an attorney and former chief federal immigration judge for submitting a brief citing two nonexistent cases and a false quotation, saying while such errors can be "tell-tale signs" of AI hallucinations, her denial she used AI is "plausible" and the court won't consider further sanctions.

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'Construction Has To Stop!': Judge Blocks Trump's Ballroom

By Dorothy Atkins

A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday granted a historical preservation nonprofit's request for a preliminary injunction halting President Donald Trump's plans to turn the White House's East Wing into an "enormous" 89,000-square-foot ballroom, saying "unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has to stop!"

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Beasley Allen Seeks Stay Of DQ In Federal J&J Talc MDL

By Jake Maher

The Beasley Allen Law Firm asked a New Jersey federal court on Monday to hold off on disqualifying it from talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson while it appeals the disqualification order which it called "unprecedented and incorrect."

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Senate Dems Probe Musk's Alleged Role In CTA Retreat

By Sarah Jarvis

Three Democratic senators have asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide information on Elon Musk's possible involvement in the rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act, saying the department's moves allow entities tied to the billionaire to operate in obscurity.

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Analysis

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Unilever, Afroman, Musk

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a new suit against Unilever by an ousted member of a Ben & Jerry's board, as well as Afroman's defeat of a case by Ohio police officers after a raid of the comedic rapper's home.

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FBI Fired Agents Over Trump 2020 Election Inquiry, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

Former FBI agents who say they were illegally fired for working on the investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss filed a proposed class action in D.C. federal court Tuesday accusing the government of unconstitutional "political retribution."

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Brief

Moye White, Ex-Landlord Settle $4M Denver Lease Dispute

By Zach Dupont

Days before the start of a bench trial between a Denver landlord and defunct law firm Moye White LLP in state court, the two parties reached a settlement, ending the litigation where the landlord accused the firm of owing almost $4 million.

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