Intellectual Property
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Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the justices’ 2014 ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank should be used like a “scalpel, not a sledgehammer” when applied to the question of a patent’s validity… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The company behind Napster has urged a California federal judge to reject a “wildly inflated” request for $6.1 million in attorney fees lodged by songwriters as part of a settlement aiming to end claims that Napster failed to pay millions in so-called mechanical royalties… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Amazon is launching a team aimed at putting counterfeiters in the crosshairs, the online retail behemoth announced Wednesday, saying the new unit’s remit will span the globe as it supplements other efforts Amazon is already making to stop the sale of fake merchandise… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge on Monday shot down Google’s “novel” theory that a San Diego company had engaged in inequitable conduct by lying to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in order to obtain patents for online advertising technology that Google is accused of stealing… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge has ruled that startup Magic Leap Inc. will have to retool its lawsuit if it wants to pursue claims that competitor NReal and its founder tried to take a “free ride” on Magic Leap’s design for wearable augmented reality technology… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 