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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 hours ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 13: Former USPTO Patent Examiner Settles Conflict Allegations; EU Parliament Endorses EUIPO Register of Works Used to Train AI; U.S.-Based Operations Become Discretionary Denial Factor at PTAB

The U.S. Department of Justice settled a conflict of interest case with a former USPTO patent examiner for $122,480, marking the second such settlement in two weeks.
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fromEngadget
33 minutes ago

Adobe agrees to pay settlement for making its subscriptions hard to cancel

Adobe settled a DOJ and FTC lawsuit for $75 million over deceptive subscription cancellation practices and hidden early termination fees.
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fromReadWrite
50 minutes ago

CFTC advisory sports prediction markets a 'pragmatic shift' - expert

The CFTC's new advisory signals pragmatic openness to regulating sports prediction markets rather than prohibiting them, contingent on court determinations of legality.
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fromArs Technica
2 hours ago

Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty

Adobe settled a DOJ lawsuit for $75 million over hidden cancellation fees that violated consumer protection laws requiring easy subscription cancellation.
#patent-infringement
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week 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.
fromTheregister
3 hours ago

AFRINIC says litigant is trying to 'paralyse' it

We are currently facing a web of litigation and procedural roadblocks driven by CIL, Larus Ltd, and associated advocacy campaigns. The post mentions litigation to prevent the registry from issuing IPv4 addresses, and objections to the creation of a new committee to consider bylaw changes.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 hours ago

EFF Launches New Fight to Free the Law

Public Resource acquires and makes available online a wide variety of public documents such as tax filings, government-produced videos, and federal rules about safety and product designs. Those rules are initially created through private standards organizations and later incorporated into federal law. Such documents are often difficult to access otherwise, meaning the public cannot read, share, or comment on them.
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#ai-ethics
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fromFast Company
5 hours ago

Grammarly's AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it's being sued

Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real people's likenesses without consent to provide writing suggestions, prompting a class action lawsuit over unauthorized use of professional writers' identities and expertise.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

Grammarly disabled its Expert Review AI feature that mimicked prominent writers' styles without consent, facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for unauthorized commercial use of identities.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash

Grammarly disabled its AI feature that mimicked famous writers' personas without consent after facing lawsuits and backlash from impersonated authors and journalists.
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fromWIRED
2 days ago

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature

Grammarly faces a class action lawsuit for using names and identities of journalists, authors, and academics without consent in its AI-powered Expert Review tool, with claimed damages exceeding $5 million.
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fromFast Company
5 hours ago

Grammarly's AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it's being sued

Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real people's likenesses without consent to provide writing suggestions, prompting a class action lawsuit over unauthorized use of professional writers' identities and expertise.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

Grammarly disabled its Expert Review AI feature that mimicked prominent writers' styles without consent, facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for unauthorized commercial use of identities.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash

Grammarly disabled its AI feature that mimicked famous writers' personas without consent after facing lawsuits and backlash from impersonated authors and journalists.
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fromWIRED
2 days ago

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature

Grammarly faces a class action lawsuit for using names and identities of journalists, authors, and academics without consent in its AI-powered Expert Review tool, with claimed damages exceeding $5 million.
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fromBloombergtax
5 hours ago

NetChoice Files First Case Over Chicago's Social Media Tax (1)

NetChoice filed a constitutional challenge to Chicago's social media tax, arguing it violates federal law and constitutional protections on commerce and free speech.
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fromThe Verge
3 hours ago

Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit

Adobe will pay $75 million to resolve a US government lawsuit alleging deceptive subscription cancellation practices and hidden termination fees.
#copyright-law
fromThe IP Law Blog
4 hours ago
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The Briefing: No Paper, No Standing: Kanye West, Copyright Transfers, and the Writing Requirement

Copyright transfers must be in writing under Section 204(a) of the Copyright Act; without written documentation, ownership and enforcement rights do not exist.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
8 years ago
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Is the Supreme Court breathtakingly dishonest or just completely clueless?

The Supreme Court established a two-part test for copyright protection of artistic features on useful articles: the feature must be perceivable as separate art and qualify as protectable work independently.
fromThe IP Law Blog
4 hours ago
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The Briefing: No Paper, No Standing: Kanye West, Copyright Transfers, and the Writing Requirement

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frompatentlyo.com
21 hours ago

Guest Post: Protectionist PTO Memo is on a Collision Course with TRIPS

USPTO Director's new policy considers U.S. manufacturing status when deciding whether to institute IPR and PGR proceedings, potentially conflicting with WTO TRIPS obligations requiring nondiscriminatory patent treatment.
#anthropic-lawsuit
fromWIRED
1 day ago
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'Uncanny Valley': Anthropic's DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs

fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago
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Anthropic's lawyer says government is 'pressuring' companies to ditch the AI startup, go to competitors

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fromWIRED
1 day ago

'Uncanny Valley': Anthropic's DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs

Anthropic's lawsuit against the Department of Defense represents an ongoing conflict with significant implications for the company's future and AI policy.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Anthropic's lawyer says government is 'pressuring' companies to ditch the AI startup, go to competitors

Anthropic is suing the Pentagon after being blacklisted from military work, claiming the government is pressuring customers to switch to rival AI providers and causing irreparable business harm.
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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers

HP releases firmware updates that trigger lockout chips, preventing third-party cartridge use, contradicting its sustainability claims and EPEAT 2.0 environmental standards.
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frompatentlyo.com
1 day ago

Untethered: USPTO Loosens the Article of Manufacture Requirement for Digital Designs

The USPTO relaxed design patent rules for computer-generated interfaces and icons, removing display panel requirements, allowing 'for' prepositions in claims, and extending eligibility to projected, holographic, virtual, and augmented reality designs.
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fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you

Anthropic sued the Pentagon over a supply chain risk designation, citing First and Fifth Amendment violations, amid broader concerns about government surveillance authority and AI oversight.
#tariff-refunds
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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

A Costco shopper is suing, saying members deserve a slice of any tariff refunds

A Costco member is suing to prevent the company from profiting twice on tariffs by receiving refunds from the government while charging customers higher prices without reimbursement.
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fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds

Nintendo joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking full refunds plus interest for billions in unlawful tariffs collected under the IEEPA, fearing the government will avoid refunding companies with finalized tariff payments.
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fromFortune
4 days 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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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

A Costco shopper is suing, saying members deserve a slice of any tariff refunds

A Costco member is suing to prevent the company from profiting twice on tariffs by receiving refunds from the government while charging customers higher prices without reimbursement.
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fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds

Nintendo joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking full refunds plus interest for billions in unlawful tariffs collected under the IEEPA, fearing the government will avoid refunding companies with finalized tariff payments.
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fromFortune
4 days 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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fromRAIN News
2 days ago

$40B lost to sound and sports piracy: New government report

The USTR's 2025 Notorious Markets report identifies dozens of piracy platforms globally, while documenting enforcement successes against counterfeiting and piracy operations across multiple countries.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Estee Lauder sues Jo Malone over use of her name on Zara fragrance

Ms Malone's use of the name Jo Malone' in connection with recent commercial ventures goes beyond that legal agreement and undermines Jo Malone London's unique brand equity. We respect Ms Malone's right to pursue new opportunities. But legally binding contractual obligations cannot be disregarded, and when those terms are breached, we will protect the brand that we have invested in and built over decades.
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#patent-eligibility
frompatentlyo.com
3 days ago
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The Razor Returns: AIPLA Tells the Supreme Court That Alice Step Two Has Revived the Pre-1952 'Invention' Requirement

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frompatentlyo.com
3 days ago

The Razor Returns: AIPLA Tells the Supreme Court That Alice Step Two Has Revived the Pre-1952 'Invention' Requirement

AIPLA urges Supreme Court to review Federal Circuit's patent eligibility framework, arguing it revived subjective standards the 1952 Patent Act eliminated.
#microsoft-anthropic-partnership
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fromComputerworld
2 days ago

Microsoft seeks a stay on DoD's effective ban on Anthropic offerings

Microsoft filed to pause the DoD's supply-chain risk ban on Anthropic, citing potential disruption to its own defense contracting operations and revenue from Azure integrations.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Microsoft backs Anthropic in its legal fight against the Pentagon

Microsoft filed a legal brief supporting Anthropic's challenge to the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation, citing negative impacts on the AI ecosystem and U.S. technology sector.
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fromWIRED
2 days ago

Trump Administration Won't Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic

Anthropic filed lawsuits challenging Trump administration sanctions that designated it a supply-chain risk, with the government refusing to commit to halting additional penalties and preparing an executive order banning the company from federal agencies.
#ai-regulation-and-government-oversight
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago
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OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic's defense in DOD lawsuit | TechCrunch

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fromFast Company
2 days ago

Anthropic's Pentagon showdown is drawing Silicon Valley into a larger fight

Thirty-seven AI researchers filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Department of Defense over the government's designation of the company as a supply chain risk due to its AI safety policies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

AI firm Anthropic sues US defense department over blacklisting

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense over a supply chain risk designation, claiming the government unlawfully punished the company for refusing to enable mass surveillance and autonomous weapons use.
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fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic's defense in DOD lawsuit | TechCrunch

Over 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon for arbitrarily designating the AI firm a supply chain risk after refusing to enable mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
#antitrust-settlement
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled

The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster without requiring a breakup, disappointing industry stakeholders who expected more substantial remedies.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

The World's Most Hated Ticket Company Is Finally Being Forced to Change

The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation, allowing Ticketmaster to remain a subsidiary despite widespread criticism from artists and lawmakers over inadequate penalties and continued market dominance.
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fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Live Nation reaches tentative settlement with Justice Department in antitrust lawsuit

Live Nation settled a Justice Department antitrust case requiring structural changes to Ticketmaster, including opening its platform to rival ticketing operators and limiting exclusivity contracts to four years.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled

The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster without requiring a breakup, disappointing industry stakeholders who expected more substantial remedies.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

The World's Most Hated Ticket Company Is Finally Being Forced to Change

The Justice Department settled its antitrust case against Live Nation, allowing Ticketmaster to remain a subsidiary despite widespread criticism from artists and lawmakers over inadequate penalties and continued market dominance.
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fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Live Nation reaches tentative settlement with Justice Department in antitrust lawsuit

Live Nation settled a Justice Department antitrust case requiring structural changes to Ticketmaster, including opening its platform to rival ticketing operators and limiting exclusivity contracts to four years.
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fromTheregister
1 day ago

Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban

Amazon obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction banning Perplexity's AI browser Comet from accessing its website, with a seven-day administrative stay allowing Perplexity to appeal.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Big Tech backs Anthropic in fight against Trump administration

Major tech companies support Anthropic's lawsuit against Trump Administration retaliation for refusing to enable mass surveillance and autonomous weapons with AI tools.
fromPitchfork
2 days ago

Bad Bunny Wins Dismissal of Sample-Clearance Lawsuit

As we stated when the case was filed, my client bought the rights to use the music at issue and was never provided evidence of the plaintiffs' contrary claims of ownership. When plaintiffs were forced to provide evidence in the lawsuit, they chose instead to abandon the case, resulting in the dismissal and final judgment in favor of defendants.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Yu-Gi-Oh Distances Itself From White House Iran Video

The White House used Yu-Gi-Oh anime footage without authorization in a video promoting U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, prompting the franchise to issue a statement denying involvement and permission.
#social-media-liability
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fromFortune
3 days ago

Big tech has defeated everything for 30 years, but for the first time faces something it can't control: a jury | Fortune

A landmark Los Angeles trial tests whether social media platform design features can create product liability for mental health harms in young users, potentially reshaping Big Tech regulation globally.
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fromThe Conversation
1 week 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.
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fromFortune
3 days ago

Big tech has defeated everything for 30 years, but for the first time faces something it can't control: a jury | Fortune

A landmark Los Angeles trial tests whether social media platform design features can create product liability for mental health harms in young users, potentially reshaping Big Tech regulation globally.
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fromThe Conversation
1 week 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.
#patent-law
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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Too Late to Invent an Inventor: Forfeiture and 256 in IPR Proceedings

Section 256 allows patent invalidation to be prevented through inventorship correction without express timing requirements, but the Federal Circuit ruled forfeiture principles can bar delayed corrections from supporting new arguments in inter partes review.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 days ago

Patreon's CEO says AI will be a 'bloodbath for the world's creative people' unless tech companies pay up

Patreon CEO Jack Conte argues that AI companies should compensate independent creators whose content is used to train AI models, as no licensing infrastructure currently exists for individual creators unlike traditional media.
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fromComputerworld
3 days ago

Anthropic's US gov't lawsuit says federal action "unprecedented and unlawful"

Anthropic sued the US government over being designated a supply chain risk, arguing the decision punishes the company for expressing safety concerns about AI capabilities rather than legitimate security reasons.
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fromHoodline
3 days ago

Miami Woman Says LaMusica Texts Kept Coming After She Hit Stop

A Miami woman filed a federal lawsuit against Spanish Broadcasting System for continuing to send marketing texts after she opted out, seeking class certification and statutory damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Super Settlement Spike - Above the Law

Arbutus and Moderna settled a long-running patent dispute over lipid nanoparticle technology used in mRNA vaccines, ending one of the most valuable patent assertions in history.
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fromEngadget
3 days ago

Metadata company Gracenote is the latest to sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

Gracenote sues OpenAI for unauthorized use of its entertainment metadata and data framework without licensing or compensation.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Thousands of authors publish empty' book in protest over AI using their work

Thousands of authors published an empty book protesting AI firms using their work without permission or payment, demanding government protection of creative copyright.
#ai-shopping-bots
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fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Amazon wins court order blocking Perplexity AI shopping bots

A federal court ordered Perplexity AI to stop using its Comet browser agent to make purchases on Amazon, ruling the company accessed password-protected accounts without Amazon's authorization.
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fromEngadget
3 days ago

Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser

A federal court ordered Perplexity to stop using its AI shopping bot to make purchases on Amazon's marketplace, citing unauthorized access to password-protected accounts.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Amazon wins court order blocking Perplexity AI shopping bots

A federal court ordered Perplexity AI to stop using its Comet browser agent to make purchases on Amazon, ruling the company accessed password-protected accounts without Amazon's authorization.
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fromEngadget
3 days ago

Amazon wins a temporary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser

A federal court ordered Perplexity to stop using its AI shopping bot to make purchases on Amazon's marketplace, citing unauthorized access to password-protected accounts.
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fromBusiness Matters
3 days ago

Dragons' Den success story Piddle Patch wins landmark trademark infringement case

Piddle Patch won a UK trademark infringement case after a judge ruled a rival company deliberately exploited its brand recognition and market presence.
fromPitchfork
2 days ago

Dionne Warwick Claims Her Rights Firm Stole Millions in Royalties

According to the countersuit, from 2002 through 2025, AREC has collected and deposited into its own bank account "a 50% share of anything and everything that flowed as a result of her creative output from 1962 to 2001"-an amount reportedly unknown to Warwick. It wasn't until September 2025, Warwick's lawsuit alleges, that Warwick sought aid from the Davis firm.
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fromArs Technica
3 days ago

AI can rewrite open source code-but can it rewrite the license, too?

A developer rewrote open-source code using AI while having prior exposure to the original codebase, claiming the AI-generated version is structurally independent and not a derivative work despite not following traditional clean room practices.
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frompatentlyo.com
3 days ago

PTA Keeps Score: Patent Term Adjustment as a Measure of the USPTO Backlog

Patent Term Adjustment data reveals the USPTO's examination backlog has nearly returned to 2015 levels after years of improvement, with average PTA climbing from 120 days in 2021 to 296 days by December 2025.
#ai-regulation
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fromWIRED
4 days 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.
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago
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Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation | TechCrunch

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fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 days ago

Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo 'supply chain risk' designation

Anthropic sued the Trump administration to overturn the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply chain risk, challenging restrictions on military use of its AI technology.
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fromEngadget
4 days 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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fromWIRED
4 days 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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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Anthropic sues Trump administration to undo US supply chain risk' tag

Anthropic sued the Pentagon to block its national security blacklist designation, arguing the action violates free speech and due process rights while challenging restrictions on AI military use.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 days ago

Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo supply chain risk' designation

Anthropic sued the Trump administration to reverse the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation, arguing the government unlawfully punished the company for refusing unrestricted military use of its AI technology.
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fromTechCrunch
4 days 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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fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 days ago

Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo 'supply chain risk' designation

Anthropic sued the Trump administration to overturn the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply chain risk, challenging restrictions on military use of its AI technology.
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fromEngadget
4 days 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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fromAxios
4 days 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.
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fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

AI lab Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting

Anthropic sued the Pentagon over a 'supply chain risk' designation imposed after refusing to remove AI safety guardrails for military autonomous weapons and surveillance applications.
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fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders

Anthropic sued federal agencies and leaders for allegedly retaliating against the company for refusing to modify Claude's terms of use for Department of Defense surveillance and autonomous weapons applications.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

Anthropic sues Defense Department over the Pentagon's effective blacklisting

Anthropic sued the Pentagon to challenge its designation as a supply chain risk, citing business harm and disagreement over AI model access requirements.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 days 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
4 days 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
5 days 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.
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fromABA Journal
1 week 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
6 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
6 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
6 days ago
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SFO Museum Free Tour: "Give Me a Ring: A Telephone Retrospective"

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

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

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

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

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

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fromUPI
1 week 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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fromAbove the Law
6 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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