Sterne Kessler’s U.S. IP Update is a newsletter delivering the latest developments in U.S. intellectual property law, tailored for companies and legal counsel in Korea. Stay informed on key court decisions, policy changes,...more
6/25/2025
/ Appeals ,
CAFC ,
Contract Terms ,
Damages ,
Expert Testimony ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
USPTO
Some of the largest movie studios have entered the fray of GenAI copyright litigation. Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and DreamWorks sued the image-GenAI company Midjourney, Inc. in the...more
6/16/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Damages ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Fair Use ,
Film Industry ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Machine Learning ,
Plagiarism ,
The Copyright Act ,
Willful Infringement
Last week, in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit issued its first en banc decision in a utility patent case in several years. The case involves the gatekeeping function of district courts vis-à-vis expert...more
5/28/2025
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Damages ,
Daubert Standards ,
En Banc Review ,
Expert Testimony ,
Expert Witness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Rule of Evidence 702 ,
Utility Patents