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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a permanent injunction, concluding that the district court properly determined that a party’s violation of a settlement agreement would lead to irreparable harm. Wudi...more
On July 17, 2025, US District Court Judge William Alsup approved a class certification against Anthropic for copyright infringement. According to Judge Alsup, it will be straightforward for the entire class to prove harm...more
"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity," Coco Chanel once said. Chanel, the eponymous company, has taken this motto to heart in its unwavering commitment to protecting its intellectual property — an effort...more
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more
A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more
Warner Music Group initiated a copyright infringement lawsuit against DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and its parent company, Designer Brands Inc. Warner Music Group accuses DSW of using over 200 recordings and compositions owned...more
In a recent patent case, the U.S. government urged a Texas federal court to give greater weight to the difficulty of calculating damages as a basis for finding irreparable harm. If embraced by courts, the move could give...more
Almost two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down what has turned out to be one of its most significant patent decisions of this century: eBay v. MercExchange. The eBay case has had the effect of precluding prevailing...more
OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC v. APPLE INC. - Before Prost, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Patent plaintiffs have a right to a unanimous verdict on each...more
In a significant development for the field of artificial intelligence and copyright law, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a ruling in a case brought by a group of authors against AI...more
In the United States, a plaintiff must have standing to bring suit in U.S. courts. For patent cases, this means that for a plaintiff to have constitutional standing, the plaintiff must show that it has “an exclusionary right...more
On June 11, 2025, Disney (including Lucasfilm, Marvel, and 20th Century Studios) and Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks) filed a Complaint for direct and secondary copyright infringement in the Central District of...more
After years of handling hundreds of Strike 3 Holdings (S3) copyright defense cases, there is one question I get seemingly more than any other. The question is this: "should I contact my ISP to call off the subpoena?"...more
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
Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. This month’s cases address when a prevailing party on a trade secret misappropriation claim can receive attorney’s fees, the...more
Following a recent trend to reduce large damages awards in trade secret misappropriation cases, a federal judge in Massachusetts cut Insulet Corp.’s damages award from $452 million to $59.4 million to avoid impermissible...more
On April 15, 2025, after jurors found a line of dolls from the toymaker, MGA Entertainment, Inc. (“MGA”), infringed the trade dress rights of a pop group owned by music artists Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris,...more
If your company has been sued for trade secret misappropriation, you are not without options. Trade secret litigation can move quickly and carry high stakes, including reputational harm, operational disruption, and...more
As more companies seek to spin out non-core businesses and the market for carve out divestitures heats up, counsel representing potential buyers and sellers should be prepared to identify and mitigate key risks that may arise...more
I have been following and writing about the ongoing legal battle between Nintendo / The Pokémon Company and PocketPair over PocketPair’s popular video game Palworld. This past week, PocketPair published a blog post addressing...more
I have previously written extensively on the ongoing legal battle between Nintendo / The Pokémon Company (referred to herein collectively as simply "Nintendo") and PocketPair over PocketPair's popular video game Palworld....more
The plaintiff AirDoctor sued the defendant under the Lanham Act for advertising and selling filters for use in AirDoctor purifiers. While the defendant advertised its filters as “compatible” and “replacements” for the...more
No matter what type of business you are in, trademark and copyright law can have significant effects on success and growth of your business. Both of these areas of law provide important rights over the intellectual property...more
Pop icon Lady Gaga is no stranger to making waves, but a new lawsuit initiated by California-based surfboard company Lost International (aka Lost Surfboards), shows that even superstars can find themselves navigating choppy...more