/ip?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:53:17 +0000 /ip/articles/2380355?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380355 Apple is going after a former employee on its Apple Watch team in a California federal lawsuit, claiming he stole trade secrets related to the wearable device to share with his new employer, Chinese phone maker Oppo. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:13:55 +0000 /ip/articles/2380297?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380297 While the D.C. Circuit on Friday declined to revive Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit challenging her suspension, experts said the court provided an opening for her to seek further review, by suggesting that the precedent limiting the arguments available to her may be flawed. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:50:57 +0000 /ip/articles/2380143?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380143 A top Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge Friday rejected challenges to GenghisComm Holdings LLC patents issued as recently as 2022, as part of the three discretionary review decisions issued over the last week.  Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:08:39 +0000 /ip/articles/2380172?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380172 Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court claiming the company deceptively "sells" movies on Amazon Prime Video without disclosing to consumers that its limited digital license to any audiovisual work might be inaccessible down the line. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:04:29 +0000 /ip/articles/2380260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380260 Five Guys, BJ's and other chain restaurants have been sued in Texas federal court by Smart Order LLC, which alleges that the eateries are infringing its patent covering online customer purchasing systems available through mobile apps or in-store kiosks for curbside pickup or scheduled preorders that help cut down on waiting times. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:37:19 +0000 /ip/articles/2379798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379798 A truck mudflap entrepreneur who won a patent infringement trial representing himself failed to convince the Federal Circuit on Friday to recalculate his $228,000 damages award, which he said would have been higher absent a "fraud" on the lower court. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:58:00 +0000 /ip/articles/2380085?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380085 Rapper and songwriter Missy Elliott and a producer who claims to be a joint author of some of her music resolved their copyright dispute minutes before a jury was to be selected, a Pennsylvania federal judge told potential jurors Friday morning. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:45:08 +0000 /ip/articles/2380026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380026 There are new rules for when and how evidence other than patents or printed publications can be considered in inter partes reviews, and while this change is intended to reflect current Federal Circuit precedent, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's memo seems to acknowledge tension with last month's Shockwave decision, say attorneys at Finnegan. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:40:07 +0000 /ip/articles/2380205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380205 After winning a trademark case last month, OpenAI has asked a California federal judge to order a company with a similar name to pay almost $10 million in attorney fees, saying the other litigant had "extraordinarily weak positions" and used unreasonable legal tactics. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:17:33 +0000 /ip/articles/2380095?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2380095 An Illinois federal judge issued a contempt order against Hytera Communications on Friday, granting Motorola's request after its Chinese rival sold a subsidiary for €75.5 million while owing Motorola $489 million for a trade secrets theft judgment and under a court-ordered prohibition on transferring assets. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:00:36 +0000 /ip/articles/2379925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379925 The First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit that a muralist had brought against the organizers of a Massachusetts state fair over promotional videos for the event that used her artwork without crediting her, finding that even though this was the third time she sued, a federal district court was right to declare her latest claims time-barred. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:46:58 +0000 /ip/articles/2378179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2378179 The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:45:54 +0000 /ip/articles/2379948?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379948 This past week in London has seen football manager Bruno Lage sue the owner of Olympique Lyonnais and Botafogo football clubs, luxury fashion brand Christian Dior Couture target a jewelry business trading under the same name, and a Russian motorsports promoter take action against Formula One after it canceled its Russian Grand Prix in 2022. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:41:59 +0000 /ip/articles/2379912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379912 A company that sells energy drinks and dietary supplements called "Gorilla Mind" lost its bid to block a rival from selling energy drink products with the word "Gorilla" while its trademark infringement suit plays out in California federal court. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:38:44 +0000 /ip/articles/2374814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2374814 The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit against her colleagues for barring her from hearing cases, holding that she failed to show that the statute that was used to suspend her is unconstitutional. Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:55:14 +0000 /ip/articles/2379976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379976 Britain's antitrust authority said Friday that it has launched a formal investigation into the proposed merger of Getty Images and Shutterstock, which would create a $3.7 billion visual content company, to decide whether it will harm competition in U.K. markets. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:38:47 +0000 /ip/articles/2379419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379419 Subsidiaries of Canadian cannabis company Halo Collective Inc. were hit with a nearly $2.9 million judgment over claims that they infringed on a Colorado-based firm's patents, losing the litigation after their attorneys withdrew because they could "no longer pay." Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:33:26 +0000 /ip/articles/2379867?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379867 A New Jersey federal judge cut defamation claims brought against an aerospace hardware company by its former president on Thursday, but allowed his wrongful-termination claims to proceed, finding that he sufficiently pled a causal connection between his protected whistleblowing activities and his firing.  Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:33:22 +0000 /ip/articles/2379674?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379674 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Thursday declined to wipe out a claim in a University of Pennsylvania gene therapy patent, denying a win to Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., which is fighting an infringement case in Delaware federal court. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:43:23 +0000 /ip/articles/2379696?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ip/articles/2379696 A Delaware federal judge overruled German biotech company Lindis's $50 million patent infringement win against Amgen, finding an inventor purposefully withheld harmful information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to an opinion made public Wednesday.