Intellectual Property

  • Ford Motor Co. won a bid to kill Versata Software Inc.’s claims that the automaker’s copying of the software company’s files constituted copyright infringement when a Michigan federal judge on Tuesday tossed that aspect of a larger fight over the rights to the code… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A patent owner who challenged the constitutionality of claim cancellations in America Invents Act reviews lost a $100 million proposed class action Tuesday when a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge tossed the case and said patents aren’t property under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Indivior Inc. on Thursday won a bid to temporarily block New Jersey-based Alvogen Pine Brook Inc. from selling a generic version of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone, which is at the center of an ongoing patent row, according to an order from a Garden State federal judge… Read this piece in its entirety at…

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  • Memphis-based rapper Blocboy JB on Wednesday became the latest pop culture figure to sue Epic Games Inc. for allegedly using signature dance moves without permission in the company’s widely-popular video game “Fortnite,” according to a complaint filed in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Lens.com Inc. lost a bid to kill or move a trademark case to its home state of Nevada on Thursday, after a New York federal judge decided contact lens maker Alcon Laboratories Inc. had properly brought the suit in the Brooklyn-based court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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