Intellectual Property
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A Sixth Circuit judge expressed worry Monday that courts have gotten stuck in a “groove” of misinterpreting copyright laws, while concurring in a divided ruling that revived a suit over rights to the 1960 song “Cathy’s Clown” by the Everly Brothers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Life sciences company 10x Genomics Inc. lost a bid on Thursday to nix a patent case brought by Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. and Harvard University, though the court did grant 10x Genomics’ request to move part of the litigation from federal court in Massachusetts to California… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Southern District of New York’s chief judge on Tuesday pushed back a high-profile drug patent trial from May to July after lawyers for Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Serenity Pharmaceuticals LLC expressed concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the proceedings… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Sweet James LLP, a Southern California personal injury firm known for its unique and extensive advertising campaign, sued a Beverly Hills-based rival Friday over internet advertising and sales pitches to potential clients that allegedly step on Sweet James’ trademark rights… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Technology giants Amazon, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., IBM, Microsoft and Sandia National Laboratories have joined other prominent institutions in pledging to refrain from enforcing patent protections for uses of their intellectual property aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 