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• February 20, 2026

  Centripetal Wants Squires To Erase 2022 Patent Review Order

  Centripetal Networks Inc. has asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires to undo a 2022 decision instituting review of a cybersecurity patent that was part of its since-vacated multibillion-dollar judgment against Cisco Systems, saying the decision conflicts with his current policies.

• February 20, 2026

  7th Circ. Wary Of Tackling Jurisdiction In 2 'Schedule A' Suits

  Facing requests to address alleged jurisdictional shortcomings against e-commerce platforms in two mass counterfeiting cases Friday, a Seventh Circuit panel signaled that such discussion seems unwarranted in one vendor's fee appeal while resolving the issue separately for an e-commerce intermediary might be inappropriate given its unclear case record.

• February 20, 2026

  Wireless Builders Want FCC Kibosh On Dish 'Shell Games'

  Dish Network has reneged on its promise to build a 5G network, and with that pledge rescinded, it has stopped paying the companies that were supposed to be doing the build out, placing all their operations at risk, those companies told the Federal Communications Commission.

• February 20, 2026

  Credit One Bank Pays $10M In Calif. DAs' Suit Over Debt Calls

  Credit One Bank will pay $10.2 million to settle a lawsuit from a group of California district attorneys alleging it inundated consumers with excessive debt collection calls, even when they had no account with the bank, three years after the Ninth Circuit held that district attorneys can sue banks over such calls.

• February 20, 2026

  State Privacy Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know

  In the first weeks of 2026, state lawmakers pushed policy initiatives aimed at protecting consumers' most sensitive personal data, with two states moving closer to banning companies from selling location data and South Carolina becoming the latest to establish enhanced digital safeguards for minors despite continued industry pushback. 

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