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fromWIRED
36 minutes ago

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense to challenge its designation as a supply-chain risk, arguing the Pentagon's sanctions violate free speech protections and threaten hundreds of millions in government revenue.
fromEngadget
37 minutes ago
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Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon to challenge its designation as a national security supply chain risk, claiming the action violates constitutional rights.
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago
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Anthropic to challenge DOD's supply chain label in court | TechCrunch

Anthropic plans to legally challenge the Defense Department's supply chain risk designation, arguing the restriction is overly broad and legally unsound.
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fromWIRED
36 minutes ago

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense to challenge its designation as a supply-chain risk, arguing the Pentagon's sanctions violate free speech protections and threaten hundreds of millions in government revenue.
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fromTechCrunch
26 minutes ago

Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation | TechCrunch

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after being labeled a supply chain risk for refusing unrestricted military access to its AI systems, citing concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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fromEngadget
37 minutes ago

Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon to challenge its designation as a national security supply chain risk, claiming the action violates constitutional rights.
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fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Anthropic to challenge DOD's supply chain label in court | TechCrunch

Anthropic plans to legally challenge the Defense Department's supply chain risk designation, arguing the restriction is overly broad and legally unsound.
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fromAxios
40 minutes ago

Anthropic sues Pentagon over rare "supply chain risk" label

Anthropic filed lawsuits challenging the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation, arguing the government cannot blacklist companies based on policy disagreements over protected speech regarding AI safety.
#tariff-refunds
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fromFortune
3 hours ago

Tariff refund process could be ready by the spring, customs official says | Fortune

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing a streamlined refund system for approximately $166 billion in illegal tariffs paid by over 330,000 importers, expected to be ready within 45 days.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Tech industry is in tariff hell, even if refunds are automated

Trade groups urge courts to establish a clear tariff refund process as 300,000 US businesses await $175 billion in unlawful tariff collections, with interest accruing at $23 million daily.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs

A US trade court judge ordered the government to pay billions in refunds to importers for illegally collected tariffs, directing Customs and Border Protection to finalize entry costs without tariff assessments.
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fromFortune
5 days ago

Finance leaders divided on using potential tariff refunds-just 18% would fully roll back price hikes | Fortune

Corporate executives remain divided on tariff refund strategies and are reluctant to reduce prices despite potential cost relief from Supreme Court rulings.
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fromFortune
3 hours ago

Tariff refund process could be ready by the spring, customs official says | Fortune

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing a streamlined refund system for approximately $166 billion in illegal tariffs paid by over 330,000 importers, expected to be ready within 45 days.
Intellectual property law
fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Tech industry is in tariff hell, even if refunds are automated

Trade groups urge courts to establish a clear tariff refund process as 300,000 US businesses await $175 billion in unlawful tariff collections, with interest accruing at $23 million daily.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs

A US trade court judge ordered the government to pay billions in refunds to importers for illegally collected tariffs, directing Customs and Border Protection to finalize entry costs without tariff assessments.
Intellectual property law
fromFortune
5 days ago

Finance leaders divided on using potential tariff refunds-just 18% would fully roll back price hikes | Fortune

Corporate executives remain divided on tariff refund strategies and are reluctant to reduce prices despite potential cost relief from Supreme Court rulings.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 hours ago

Why won't Travelpro repair my carry-on bag? I have a lifetime warranty!

Travelpro must honor its lifetime warranty by replacing a 1998 Rollaboard suitcase with a broken handle, as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act requires companies to fulfill written warranty obligations regardless of parts availability.
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fromPatently-O
3 hours ago

The Expanding Patent Document: Fewer Claims, More Words, and a Trend That Predates Alice

Patent specifications have nearly doubled in length over twenty years to over 13,000 words, but claim counts have declined since 2005, contradicting expectations that Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank would cause a structural break in 2014-2015.
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fromFuturism
21 hours ago

The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Crushing Blow to "AI Artists"

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case on AI-generated art copyright, ruling that works without human creators cannot be protected, dealing a major blow to AI art legitimacy arguments.
#patent-infringement
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
23 hours ago
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CAFC Affirms JMOL of Non-Infringement in Blood Sequestration Device Patent Dispute

When patent claims list limitations separately, each limitation must correspond to distinct structures in the accused product; a single structure cannot satisfy multiple separate limitations.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 days ago
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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 6: WIPO Issues PCT Filing Study; CAFC Affirms Use of Unaccused Devices in Royalty Determination; USTR Notorious Markets List Highlights Live Sports Piracy

The Federal Circuit ruled that noninfringing features can be considered in reasonable royalty determinations, allowing damages experts to include unaccused virtual machines in royalty base calculations when causally connected to accused features.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 days ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 6: WIPO Issues PCT Filing Study; CAFC Affirms Use of Unaccused Devices in Royalty Determination; USTR Notorious Markets List Highlights Live Sports Piracy

The Federal Circuit ruled that noninfringing features can be considered in reasonable royalty determinations, allowing damages experts to include unaccused virtual machines in royalty base calculations when causally connected to accused features.
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fromABA Journal
3 days ago

OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license

OpenAI faces a lawsuit for allegedly practicing law without a license after ChatGPT provided legal assistance that encouraged a woman to breach a settlement agreement and file frivolous motions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

What does the US military's feud with Anthropic mean for AI used in war?

Anthropic's refusal to allow Claude AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons has triggered a Pentagon supply chain risk designation, highlighting tensions between tech company safety values and military demands.
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fromPatently-O
2 days ago

Twenty and Done: The Fee-Driven Collapse of Claim Count Diversity

Patent fee structures have created a hard threshold at 20 claims, causing 28% of 2025 utility patents to issue with exactly 20 claims compared to 6% in 2005.
#telephone-history
fromFuncheap
2 days ago
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SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

fromFuncheap
2 days ago
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SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

fromFuncheap
2 days ago
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SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

fromFuncheap
2 days ago
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SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

fromFuncheap
2 days ago
Intellectual property law

SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

fromFuncheap
2 days ago
Intellectual property law

SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

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fromUPI
3 days ago

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media - UPI.com

A Los Angeles jury is deciding whether social media platform design features can create product liability for user addiction and mental health harms, potentially reshaping Big Tech regulation globally.
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fromThe Conversation
3 days ago

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media - platform design meets product liability

A Los Angeles jury is deciding whether social media platform design features can create product liability for mental health harms in young users, potentially reshaping Big Tech regulation globally.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

The Heppner And Warner Rulings: Hobgoblin Consistency Or An Application Of Principle? - Above the Law

Warner v. Gilbarco and U.S. v. Heppner reach different conclusions on AI tool discoverability because Warner involved irrelevant materials and pro se representation, not because of conflicting privilege waiver standards.
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fromSourcing Journal
3 days ago

Facebook, Instagram Named 'Notorious Markets' by USTR

The USTR's 2025 Notorious Markets List identifies online and physical markets engaging in counterfeiting and piracy, including Meta platforms, causing significant harm to U.S. intellectual property owners, workers, and consumers.
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fromEngadget
3 days ago

UK government delays AI copyright rules amid artist outcry

The UK government delayed its AI data bill after stakeholder consultation revealed opposition to allowing AI companies to train models on copyrighted materials without creator consent.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
3 days ago

House of Lords urges UK government to protect IP against AI misuse | Computer Weekly

The UK House of Lords warns that weakening copyright laws for AI training would harm creative industries and undermine emerging licensing markets for content creators.
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fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Microsoft: Anthropic Claude remains available to customers except the Defense Department | TechCrunch

Microsoft confirmed that Anthropic's Claude models will remain available to enterprise and startup customers despite the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation against Anthropic.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

The UK House of Lords warns against weakening copyright protections for creative industries to benefit AI companies, urging a licensing regime instead of opt-out systems.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Soak and Pounce: 1920's Style Submarine Patents

Patent applicants historically delayed filing divisional applications to allow competitors to independently develop inventions, then emerged with claims to capture those market investments through interference proceedings.
#tariffs
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fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Nintendo sues the U.S. government for a refund on tariffs | TechCrunch

Nintendo sued the U.S. government for tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, joining over a thousand companies seeking reimbursement from the $200 billion collected.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Nintendo Suing United States Govt. Over Trump Tariffs

Nintendo of America sued the U.S. Treasury Department, Homeland Security, and Customs & Border Protection to recover tariff payments made under Trump's executive orders that the Supreme Court deemed illegal.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Learning Resources CEO talks about SCOTUS decision on Trump's tariffs

Learning Resources CEO Rick Woldenberg successfully challenged Trump's tariffs in the Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 to strike down many of the president's tariffs after the company's import costs increased dramatically.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Nintendo sues the U.S. government for a refund on tariffs | TechCrunch

Nintendo sued the U.S. government for tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, joining over a thousand companies seeking reimbursement from the $200 billion collected.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
2 days ago

Nintendo Suing United States Govt. Over Trump Tariffs

Nintendo of America sued the U.S. Treasury Department, Homeland Security, and Customs & Border Protection to recover tariff payments made under Trump's executive orders that the Supreme Court deemed illegal.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Learning Resources CEO talks about SCOTUS decision on Trump's tariffs

Learning Resources CEO Rick Woldenberg successfully challenged Trump's tariffs in the Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 to strike down many of the president's tariffs after the company's import costs increased dramatically.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Nintendo is suing the US government for a refund of Trump's illegal tariffs

Nintendo of America is suing the US government for a refund of tariffs paid, following the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump's use of the IEEPA to levy reciprocal tariffs was illegal.
Intellectual property law
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Unconscious Plagiarism: Fact or Fiction?

Unconscious plagiarism claims by famous artists may reflect genuine memory lapses rather than intentional theft, though distinguishing between carelessness and authentic unconscious appropriation remains difficult.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Nintendo is suing the US government over Trump's tariffs

Nintendo of America is suing the US government, including the Department of Treasury, Department of Homeland Security and US Customs & Border Protection, over its tariff policy. The video game giant already raised prices on the Nintendo Switch in August 2025 in response to "market conditions" but has so far left the price of the newer Switch 2 console unchanged.
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#trademark-law
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Italy wins claim against name of Spanish restaurant chain The Mafia Sits at the Table

Spain's patent office ruled that a restaurant chain named 'The Mafia Sits at the Table' must change its name because it violates public order and morality by trivializing organized crime.
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fromThe IP Law Blog
6 days ago

Why Lady Gaga Prevailed in the "Mayhem" Trademark Dispute

A federal court denied Lost International's injunction against Lady Gaga's use of 'Mayhem' for her album and tour, applying First Amendment protections to merchandise under the Rogers test rather than traditional trademark confusion analysis.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Italy wins claim against name of Spanish restaurant chain The Mafia Sits at the Table

Spain's patent office ruled that a restaurant chain named 'The Mafia Sits at the Table' must change its name because it violates public order and morality by trivializing organized crime.
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fromThe IP Law Blog
6 days ago

Why Lady Gaga Prevailed in the "Mayhem" Trademark Dispute

A federal court denied Lost International's injunction against Lady Gaga's use of 'Mayhem' for her album and tour, applying First Amendment protections to merchandise under the Rogers test rather than traditional trademark confusion analysis.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Ashes of Creation CEO Breaks Silence Following Legal Victory

Steven Sharif, former CEO of Intrepid Studios, achieved a legal victory against the Board of Directors over claims of fiduciary duty breaches, trade secret violations, and unlawful asset seizure related to Ashes of Creation's collapse.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 days ago

UK presenters Ant and Dec take legal action over 'secret and unauthorised 250,000 profit' made from Banksy prints

A UK High Court judge ruled on 4 March that there is an "arguable case" for the court order, which was filed by McPartlin and Donnelly in August 2025. It centres on a relationship between the duo and an unidentified art consultant, only referred to in the filing as 'X'. The anonymous party handled the pair's purchase of six Banksy prints for a combined £550,000 from the art dealer, Andrew Lilley.
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fromVulture
3 days ago

The Pokemon Company Does Not Approve of the White House's Memes

We are aware of recent social content that includes imagery associated with our brand. We were not involved in its creation or distribution, and no permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property. Our mission is to bring the world together, and that mission is not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on resume

Hayden AI's former executive allegedly committed financial fraud by selling company stock without authorization to purchase luxury items, then stole proprietary data before being terminated.
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fromComputerworld
3 days ago

UK lawmakers back licensingfirst approach, adding pressure to global AI copyright standards

UK Parliament's House of Lords demands AI developers obtain licenses for copyrighted material before training models, with mandatory disclosure of training data sources.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Major Fortnite Leaker Actually Worked For Epic Games

Epic Games sued a contracted employee for leaking confidential information about unreleased collaborations despite signing an NDA.
#ieepa-tariffs
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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Forthwith, Part II: CIT Orders Refunds for All Importers, Not Just Litigants

After the Supreme Court invalidated IEEPA tariffs, CBP continued collecting unlawful duties without issuing refunds until a federal judge ordered comprehensive relief for all affected importers regardless of litigation status.
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fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Supreme Court Kills IEEPA Tariffs - Importers Cheer, Consumers ... Not So Much - Above the Law

Supreme Court ruled IEEPA tariffs unconstitutional, but refunds will go to importers, not consumers, due to how tariff collection and refund processes work in U.S. customs law.
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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Forthwith, Part II: CIT Orders Refunds for All Importers, Not Just Litigants

After the Supreme Court invalidated IEEPA tariffs, CBP continued collecting unlawful duties without issuing refunds until a federal judge ordered comprehensive relief for all affected importers regardless of litigation status.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Supreme Court Kills IEEPA Tariffs - Importers Cheer, Consumers ... Not So Much - Above the Law

Supreme Court ruled IEEPA tariffs unconstitutional, but refunds will go to importers, not consumers, due to how tariff collection and refund processes work in U.S. customs law.
#antitrust-litigation
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fromThe Mercury News
4 days ago

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Google will lower Android app store fees to 10-20% and allow certified alternative app stores, settling an antitrust case over illegal monopoly practices.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 days ago
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Antitrust trial begins that could lead to breakup of Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation

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fromFortune
5 days ago

DOJ rips into Ticketmaster monopoly in court: 'today, the concert ticket industry is broken' | Fortune

The U.S. Justice Department alleges Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the concert industry, driving up prices and harming consumers and artists through anti-competitive practices.
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fromEngadget
1 week ago

Sony faces a $2.7 billion antitrust lawsuit in the UK

A UK class action lawsuit alleges Sony overcharged 12.2 million PlayStation users through its digital store's 30% commission and near-monopoly on game distribution, seeking approximately £2 billion in damages.
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fromThe Mercury News
4 days ago

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Google will lower Android app store fees to 10-20% and allow certified alternative app stores, settling an antitrust case over illegal monopoly practices.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 days ago
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Antitrust trial begins that could lead to breakup of Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation

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fromFortune
5 days ago

DOJ rips into Ticketmaster monopoly in court: 'today, the concert ticket industry is broken' | Fortune

The U.S. Justice Department alleges Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the concert industry, driving up prices and harming consumers and artists through anti-competitive practices.
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fromEngadget
1 week ago

Sony faces a $2.7 billion antitrust lawsuit in the UK

A UK class action lawsuit alleges Sony overcharged 12.2 million PlayStation users through its digital store's 30% commission and near-monopoly on game distribution, seeking approximately £2 billion in damages.
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fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Litera Celebrates Creative Use Of Foundation With Innovation Awards, Crowning Troutman Pepper Locke As Winner - Above the Law

Foundation, Litera's knowledge management platform, enables law firms to centralize data and adopt data-driven approaches through its simple, adaptable interface and seamless integrations.
fromMedCity News
4 days ago

Moderna to Pay Up to $2.25B to Settle Patent Suit Over Covid-19 Vaccine Technology - MedCity News

Today represents the first real acknowledgement that team and those scientists have gotten that their technology was instrumental in Covid-19 vaccines, or at least the Moderna vaccine as we're announcing today with this settlement. This settlement validates the scientific contributions made by the researchers at Arbutus and Genevant in developing the lipid nanoparticle delivery system.
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from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Reddit Traders Are Cheering Moderna While Bears Watch the Cash Burn

Moderna's stock surged 12% weekly and 95% year-to-date, but Reddit sentiment remains cautious despite catalyst-driven spikes, with investors concerned about cash burn and 2028 breakeven targets.
#uspto-allowance-rates
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fromPatently-O
1 week ago

The Third Way: Examiner Action Dates and the Allowance Rate Curve

Examining USPTO allowance rates by anchoring outcomes to examiner mail dates provides the most direct measure of examination policy by capturing the moment examiners make final decisions.
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fromPatently-O
1 week ago

The Third Way: Examiner Action Dates and the Allowance Rate Curve

Examining USPTO allowance rates by anchoring outcomes to examiner mail dates provides the most direct measure of examination policy by capturing the moment examiners make final decisions.
#patent-law
fromPatently-O
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

The Law/Fact Lever: How the Federal Circuit Can Control Obviousness Outcomes

Obviousness in patent law combines factual and legal elements, allowing appellate courts to bypass deferential review by recharacterizing factual findings as legal errors.
fromPatently-O
3 days ago
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Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

The Law/Fact Lever: How the Federal Circuit Can Control Obviousness Outcomes

Obviousness in patent law combines factual and legal elements, allowing appellate courts to bypass deferential review by recharacterizing factual findings as legal errors.
#patent-reform
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 years ago
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Conservative Ideology Will Rebuild the Patent System

Conservative political forces are positioning to reform the patent system by challenging the constitutionality of the America Invents Act and eliminating Chevron deference to reduce administrative agency power.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
5 days ago
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Opinion: Keep Going Squires USPTO: Inventors Want a Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program 2.0

The USPTO's Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program addresses inventor constraints by enabling reduced claim sets with prioritized examination, offering a pathway toward patent system reform that allows inventors to partially opt out of the one-size-fits-all utility patent model.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
5 days ago

Opinion: Keep Going Squires USPTO: Inventors Want a Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program 2.0

The USPTO's Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program addresses inventor constraints by enabling reduced claim sets with prioritized examination, offering a pathway toward patent system reform that allows inventors to partially opt out of the one-size-fits-all utility patent model.
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fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

House amendment responding to Pentagon-Anthropic conflict fails committee vote

A House amendment to prevent government blacklisting of firms refusing to deploy high-risk AI technology failed 16-25, after the Pentagon threatened to blacklist Anthropic for maintaining AI safety standards.
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

Some contractors who worked on OpenAI projects say Handshake AI is withholding thousands of dollars in pay

Five contractors who worked on various OpenAI projects told Business Insider that Handshake suspended their accounts without warning between the end of December and January, and four of those contractors were not paid for their work. The workers said they went to log in to work and learned their accounts had been suspended.
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fromSlate Magazine
4 days ago

The Tariffs Ruling Reveals a Growing Rift Between Two Liberal Justices

Much has been written about the differing strategies that Kagan and Jackson have adopted in their roles as members of the court's liberal minority: While Kagan takes a more institutionalist approach aimed at moderating the conservative majority, Jackson keeps pulling the fire alarm to warn the public about what she sees as the court's failure to rein in the current administration.
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fromBusiness Matters
4 days ago

UK Supreme Court rules Spain cannot avoid 120m renewable energy debt by claiming state immunity

The court concluded that Spain had effectively waived its immunity from enforcement proceedings by signing up to the ICSID Convention, which obliges member states to recognise and enforce arbitration awards issued under the framework.
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fromAbove the Law
4 days ago

Discovery As Truth-Seeking: Win Hard Without Playing Hide-The-Ball - Above the Law

Effective discovery requires more than compliance - it requires strategy. Litigators can balance expansive discovery rights and privacy concerns without slowing cases down through practical, results-focused approaches that consider proportionality, electronically stored information management, and the specific discovery rules applicable to their jurisdiction.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
4 days ago

Moderna Settles with Genevant and Arbutus, Ending LNP Patent Dispute

The settlement resolves all U.S. and international patent litigation concerning the unauthorized use of Genevant's and Arbutus' lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines. The agreement came just days before a highly anticipated jury trial was scheduled to begin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
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fromAdExchanger
6 days ago

Criteo Joins ChatGPT's Ad Pilot; Google Patents Gen AI Landing Pages | AdExchanger

AI investment has reached unprecedented scale with OpenAI raising $110 billion, while legal rulings establish that AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted, creating significant implications for marketers and publishers.
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fromFuturism
5 days ago

Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases

AI music generation company Suno reached two million paid subscribers amid ongoing copyright lawsuits, with its fair use defense facing legal challenges from multiple jurisdictions.
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fromTheregister
6 days ago

Windows, Office software scalper jailed for 22 months

A Florida woman was convicted of fraudulently acquiring and selling Microsoft COA labels in bulk, generating millions in illegal profits through discounted software key sales.
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fromPatently-O
5 days ago

Federal Circuit Dissent Rates Collapse After Newman's Departure

Judge Pauline Newman's removal from the Federal Circuit caused the court's dissent rate to plummet from 19% to 6%, transforming it into one of the most consensus-oriented appellate courts in the federal system.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
5 days ago

CAFC Partially Reverses PTAB Decision Upholding Patient Imaging Patent Claims

The CAFC affirmed as to anticipation but reversed as to obviousness, holding that the Board relied on the wrong legal standard in finding no motivation to combine. The court emphasized that KSR v. Teleflex explicitly eschews such a rigid approach to obviousness, indicating the PTAB failed to properly apply flexible, common-sense reasoning when evaluating whether combining prior art references would have been obvious to one skilled in the art.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
5 days ago

Inventing with Intent: Where Engineering Rigor Meets Business Reality | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Shelton rejects the romanticized notion of invention as unconstrained creativity. He explains that he is not a fan of "blue sky" brainstorming sessions detached from operational constraints. In his view, unconstrained ideation often produces shallow ideas that collapse under real-world scrutiny. Instead, he deliberately over-constrains the problem. Technical constraints. Regulatory constraints. Cost constraints. Operational bottlenecks. Competitive barriers. Existing prior art. All of it goes into the box.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
6 days ago

Squires Updates Conflict of Interest Guidance for Examiners Following DOJ Settlement Announcement

For patents to be born strong, and the public to have confidence that they are, we must ensure strict adherence to USPTO's ethical standards and avoid (real or apparent) conflicts of interest.
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fromPatently-O
5 days ago

Guest Post: Design Patents at the ITC

The ITC applied a lower visual similarity standard than the Federal Circuit requires in finding design patent infringement, potentially allowing judges to disregard claimed design elements as minor or trivial.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
6 days ago

When Lawyers Need Help: Supporting Colleagues While Protecting Clients

The legal profession rewards endurance, precision and control. It also quietly normalizes stress, isolation and overextension. For patent practitioners and other IP lawyers, the pressures are uniquely acute: compressed prosecution deadlines, high-stakes litigation exposure, often unrealistic client-driven budget constraints, regulatory whiplash at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and increasingly complex technologies layered with global filing and prosecution strategy.
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#ai-copyright-law
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
1 week ago
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear AI copyright case

AI-generated content cannot be legally copyrighted because current copyright law requires human creators, as confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case challenging this principle.
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fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

From Boilerplate To Architecture: How AI Broke The Monolithic IP Clause - Above the Law

AI systems expose fundamental flaws in traditional IP indemnity clauses, requiring contract drafters to address layered, context-dependent risks that cannot be covered by single catch-all promises.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Protecting Your Brand in the Age of AI: What Founders Need to Know Now

AI accelerates content creation but does not eliminate legal responsibility; founders must understand copyright, trademark, and IP protections in the AI era to avoid costly mistakes.
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fromPatently-O
1 week ago

Intitled to Tie Him Up: Can 18th-Century Chancery Practice Restore Patent Injunctions?

The U.S. government supports injunctive relief for non-practicing entities in patent cases, challenging two decades of post-eBay precedent limiting NPE injunctions through historical equity principles.
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fromNextgov.com
6 days ago

What rights do AI companies have in government contracts?

Government AI procurement involves multiple acquisition pathways that determine contractor rights to restrict technology use, making the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute a contractual matter rather than a novel policy question.
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
6 days ago

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case, allowing a lower court's rejection of copyright protection for AI-generated artwork to stand.
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fromPatently-O
6 days ago

Cleaning House: Director Squires Responds to Examiner Conflict-of-Interest Scandal

USPTO Director John Squires mandated that patent examiners must recuse themselves from examining applications where they hold any stock or bonds in the applicant company, following a $500,000 settlement with examiner Daxin Wu for undisclosed financial conflicts.
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fromArs Technica
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Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US

Charter and Cox merger approval lacks meaningful conditions despite significant broadband market overlap and reduced consumer choice in high-speed service areas.
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