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Amazon is the biggest third-party online marketplace in the United States and a go-to platform for numerous businesses. However, to get the most out of selling on Amazon, it is essential to join the Amazon Brand Registry....more
Case Name: Jazz Pharms., Inc. v. Avadel CNS Pharms., LLC, Nos. 2024-2274, 2024-2277, 2024-2278, 2025 WL 1298920 (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2025) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Reyna, and Taranto presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from...more
Hot on the heels of our recent update on the UK Intellectual Property Office's (UKIPO) revised approach to bad faith objections (UKIPO/SkyKick), we now have the first, and eagerly anticipated, English court decision assessing...more
Fighting knock-offs in the fashion industry is notoriously difficult. Copyright, trademark, and trade dress laws offer some protection for branding and marketing materials used to sell fashion products, as well as for...more
The New Dubai Emblem Law (Law No. (1) of 2025) was implemented by the government of Dubai to regulate the use of emblems for the Emirate of Dubai and the government of Dubai. The new law repealed the previous law, Law No....more
Xsys Italia v. Esko-Graphics ORD_23545/2025 - The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has delivered a decision clarifying the temporal scope of the UPC’s jurisdiction over European patent infringement...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's (Seventh Circuit) decision in Curry v. Revolution Laboratories, LLC, 124 F.4th 441 (7th Cir. 2024), has drawn attention to the interplay between federal and state law in...more
Addressing whether a federal district court had jurisdiction over an action for declaratory relief that certain trade secrets and trademarks were invalid and not infringed, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more
1. CONTENTIEUX EPILOGUE DE L’AFFAIRE DES COMPOTES - Par un arrêt en date du 8 janvier 2025, la Cour de cassation a mis un point final à la saga du cartel des compotes en rejetant les pourvois formés contre l’arrêt de la...more
Eight NBA teams recently filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a petition that asks the Supreme Court to reject application of the discovery rule to copyright cases. The discovery rule starts the clock for bringing a...more
2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop artificial intelligence (“AI”) offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for companies and dealmakers. In particular, 2024 saw regulators focusing...more
Bound to Happen: Inherent Property Leaves No Question of Reasonable Expectation of Success - In Cytiva Bioprocess R&D Ab v. Jsr Corp., Appeal No. 23-2074, the Federal Circuit held that a claim limitation merely reciting an...more
Here is a case from the opposite coast of the United States. This case may be looked at as persuasive authority in cases filed in the 9th circuit...more
An increasingly competitive and fractured marketplace and a rapidly evolving legal landscape mean that protecting your intangible assets, enforcing your rights, and mitigating intellectual property risks are more challenging...more
On October 11, 2024, Edwards filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. The question presented, as framed by Edwards, is: “Whether, under Hatch-Waxman’s safe harbor, an infringing act is “solely...more
Few areas will be as impacted by the incoming second Trump administration as international trade policy. Check out our team’s assessment of what the coming year may bring for trade regulation and enforcement. Husch...more
Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more
Recently, influencer, Sydney Gifford is suing fellow, influencer, Alyssa Sheil, claiming misappropriation – this claim exceeds imitation, instead Gifford argues that Sheil appropriated her entire look, including her atheistic...more
A commercial affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association settled a lawsuit with FanDuel on Friday over the alleged unauthorized use of the names and images of MLB players on its sports betting platform....more
Ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your cocktails and nachos, because we might just witness one of the wildest boxing events in recent history: Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul! Yes, you heard it right. Iron Mike, the baddest man on...more
Failure to Obtain Advice of a Third Party Is Not Evidence of Willfulness - In Provisur Technologies, Inc., v. Weber, Inc., Appeal No. 23-1438, the Federal Circuit held that patentees cannot use an accused infringer’s failure...more
The Productivity Paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more
On October 31, 2024, the European Commission (EC) fined Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV (Teva) EUR462.6 million for abusing a dominant position in several EU Member States on the...more
Disputes, AI and modern law - Q1 How should parties seek and agree a seat for ADR, and what advantages does your jurisdiction offer?...more
Image Alex Shandro It appears that the debate surrounding the UK’s Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception is about to reignite. TDM exceptions are key to assessing the legality of training generative AI models, and to...more