Intellectual Property

  • The Federal Circuit on Monday shot down a bid to press pause on its finding that Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges are unconstitutionally appointed, even though the request was backed by both parties in the case, Arthrex Inc. and Smith & Nephew Inc., as well as the federal government… Read this piece in its…

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  • A CBD brand has lost its bid to kill a suit claiming it was part of a conspiracy to steal a formula for a hemp-based topical cream, with a Florida federal judge ruling the cream maker’s claims of trade secret theft are strong enough to go forward… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Aerospace giant Airbus has won a bid to nix a trademark infringement suit brought by Chuck Yeager, with a California federal judge ruling the renowned pilot hadn’t adequately shown the court has jurisdiction to handle the case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The nonprofits behind Wikipedia and the Internet Archive have filed lawsuits in California federal court challenging claims that their websites’ search functions run afoul of patent-protected text prediction technology belonging to a Canadian company called WordLogic Corp… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Sharp Corp. filed a suit Tuesday in California federal court against rival television maker Vizio Inc. and a collection of companies that help produce Vizio TVs, claiming they are infringing a dozen patents that protect Sharp’s LCD technologies… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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