In copyright infringement and false designation of origin action brought by owners of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, district court holds that San Francisco-based Perplexity AI Inc. is subject to personal...more
Through our work with independent schools, we have seen numerous schools grapple with a variety of copyright issues including disputes over ownership of work created by teachers, unauthorized use of music or videos, and the...more
In Vidstream v. Twitter, the Federal Circuit affirmed unpatentability of Vidstream’s patent in view of a book even though the copyright page of the version submitted had a later copyright date. Vidstream, LLC. v. Twitter,...more
Last week, Sheppard Mullin partner Neil Popovic (San Francisco) secured summary judgment against recognition of a €2 million ($2.2 million) French judgment against art editor Alan Wofsy and Wofsy’s company Alan Wofsy &...more
The evolution of a new neighbouring right for press publishers is currently the subject of wide and heated debate. The European Commission proposed such a right in Article 11 of its proposal for a new directive on copyright...more
The PTAB’s recent final written decision denying a finding of unpatentability in ABS Global, Inc. v. Inguran, LLC, Case IPR2016-00927, Paper 33 (PTAB Oct. 2, 2017) highlights the importance of obtaining affidavit evidence to...more
Addressing the standard for establishing whether a prior art reference qualifies as a “printed publication,” the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR), finding that the...more