Intellectual Property
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Kanye West promised a business partnership with a Black-led company, but instead stole its technology for his “Sunday Service” video and e-commerce platform, the company alleges in a suit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A man who claims Fox ripped off a concept he came up with to create the network’s hit television show “Empire” suffered a blow Friday when the Ninth Circuit, which had previously revived the suit, ruled that a lower court had been right to toss the case again… Read this piece in its entirety at
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LinkedIn Inc. has urged a California federal court to consider a recent Ninth Circuit decision in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case against Qualcomm, saying the ruling backs up the professional networking site’s argument that it has no duty to let rival startup hiQ use automated bots to scrape its data… Read this piece in
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Pop star Lizzo has won a bid to nix counterclaims by three songwriters who say they deserve credit for her chart-topping song “Truth Hurts,” though the California federal judge handling the lawsuit decided to give the songwriters another chance to make their case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. beat back a challenge to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a Delaware federal court ruling unsealed on Monday, with the judge finding Novartis’ patent valid and holding that a planned generic by HEC Pharm infringed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 