The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal challenging a US International Trade Commission decision that upheld an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) order, ruling that such an order was within the...more
3/27/2025
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Government Agencies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Semiconductors ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Sua Sponte ,
Tariffs
The US District Court for the Northern District of California granted the city and county of San Francisco a preliminary injunction enjoining the Port of Oakland from using the name or trademark “San Francisco Bay Oakland...more
In a copyright case, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit determined that the district court had jurisdiction over two Chinese companies that consented to jurisdiction in any judicial district in which a third-party...more
In an unpublished opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision finding that a pro se Californian artist failed to establish that an Italian artist had reasonable opportunity...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s ruling in a trademark dispute, upholding its decision to invalidate trademark applications. The Ninth Circuit held that district courts have...more
4/11/2024
/ Appeals ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Intent-to-Use ,
Lanham Act ,
Popular ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed an obviousness decision by the Patent Trial & Appeal Board, explaining that nothing requires a petitioner to identify a prior art reference as a “primary reference” in...more
The US District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of a case alleging that the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by denying the plaintiffs’ rulemaking...more
Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the Global Healthcare Industry -
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) seek out investments that are resilient, conducive to their aims and objectives, and reasonably free from market...more
5/5/2021
/ Appeals ,
Bonds ,
Collaboration ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Drug Pricing ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Germany ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Sovereign Wealth Funds ,
Vaccinations
Copyright jurisprudence in 2020 was, in many ways, a study in the scope of copyright protection. While certain courts brought century-year-old precedent to the forefront to interpret the scope of copyrights, other courts...more
2/2/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Eligible Subject Matter ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Music ,
Music Streaming ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Royalties ,
SCOTUS ,
State and Local Government ,
Trademark Royalties