Federal appellate courts issued several significant IP rulings, including a Federal Circuit precedential decision affirming that prosecution laches barred Gil Hyatt's action under 35 U.S.C. § 145. The Ninth Circuit remanded a copyright dispute involving Christian music composers due to triable issues of access and similarity. The U.S. Chamber released an IP Statistical Annex correlating effective IP protection with higher R&D investment. The Trump Administration canceled collective bargaining agreements at multiple federal agencies including the USPTO and NASA. Anthropic settled a class action over alleged copyright infringement by its Claude chatbot. The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of a trademark suit for lack of trademark ownership. Nvidia forecasted 50% sales growth after beating revenue expectations.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Ninth Circuit remands a copyright case involving Christian music composers after finding triable issues of access and similarity; the Federal Circuit affirms prosecution laches ruling against inventor Gil Hyatt; the U.S. Chamber releases its IP Statistical Annex showing a strong correlation between effective IP protection and R&D investment; the Trump Administration cancels collective bargaining agreements with several federal agencies including the USPTO and NASA;
CAFC Affirms Prosecution Laches Ruling for USPTO Against Inventor Gil Hyatt - On Friday, August 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Hyatt v. Stewart affirming the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's ruling that prosecution laches barred inventor Gil Hyatt's action under 35 U.S.C. § 145 from obtaining patent claims, finding no abuse of discretion despite Hyatt's argument that he properly relied on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rulings until an intervening change in
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