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District Court Enforces Post-Expiration Destruction Order Despite Patent Lapse

In a post-judgment ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the court rejected defendants' bid to escape a destruction mandate...

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Pre-trial Trademark Injunctions: Hard To Get But Worth The Squeeze?

Trademark owners often seek pre-trial injunctions to halt infringement during litigation, which are highly valuable but challenging to obtain.

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

The Federal Circuit recently held an asserted patent was not entitled to its priority date because the priority application lacked written description support for the asserted claims.

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UPC Holds CE Marking Approval Is Evidence Of Imminent Infringement And Starts The Clock Running Where Considering Any (Unreasonable) Delay In A PI Application

The UPC's Hamburg Local Division (LD) has granted a preliminary injunction (PI) preventing Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co from offering, placing on the market or using...

United States IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Déjà Sue: AI Summaries Fail To Dodge Copyright Infringement

United States IP

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Irwin IP

Claim Construction: Indefinite Or Clerical Error?

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Protecting What Matters: How To Secure And Monitor Your Trade Secrets

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Unlocking Competitive Advantage: The Strategic Role Of Trade Secrets In IP Protection

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Standing To Sue For Patent Infringement: Where Do We Stand On The "Exclusionary Right" Requirement?

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses Findings Of Willful Infringement, Claim Construction, And Infringement By Doctrine Of Equivalents

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Different From U.S. Concepts Of POSITA/PHOSITA, Proving "Common General Knowledge" Under German And The EPC Law: Why Proving Common General Knowledge Matters—and Why It's Harder Than It Looks

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Your Best Bet For Enforcement: Schedule A Cases Or Section 337 Investigations?

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Un ajustement de la durée des brevets offert pour les brevets canadiens délivrés à compte du 2 décembre 2025

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Smart & Biggar

USPTO Issues Revised Inventorship Guidance For AI-Assisted Inventions: Key Takeaways For AI/ML Innovators

United States IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

USPTO Proposes Dramatic Restrictions For Inter Partes Review Institution

United States IP

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Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

FBI's Most Recent Gambling Arrests Suggest Sports-Betting Regulations Are Effective

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

[PODCAST] Utilizing Co-Mediation - Bringing Together Multiple Perspectives To Reach Effective Settlements

United States Litigation

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JAMS

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

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Trademark Disputes

Patent Litigation

Patent

District Court Enforces Post-Expiration Destruction Order Despite Patent Lapse

In a post-judgment ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the court rejected defendants' bid to escape a destruction mandate...

United States IP

JM

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

The Federal Circuit recently held an asserted patent was not entitled to its priority date because the priority application lacked written description support for the asserted claims.

United States IP

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UPC Holds CE Marking Approval Is Evidence Of Imminent Infringement And Starts The Clock Running Where Considering Any (Unreasonable) Delay In A PI Application

The UPC's Hamburg Local Division (LD) has granted a preliminary injunction (PI) preventing Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co from offering, placing on the market or using...

United States IP

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Claim Construction: Indefinite Or Clerical Error?

United States IP

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Unlocking Competitive Advantage: The Strategic Role Of Trade Secrets In IP Protection

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Standing To Sue For Patent Infringement: Where Do We Stand On The "Exclusionary Right" Requirement?

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses Findings Of Willful Infringement, Claim Construction, And Infringement By Doctrine Of Equivalents

United States IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Different From U.S. Concepts Of POSITA/PHOSITA, Proving "Common General Knowledge" Under German And The EPC Law: Why Proving Common General Knowledge Matters—and Why It's Harder Than It Looks

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Un ajustement de la durée des brevets offert pour les brevets canadiens délivrés à compte du 2 décembre 2025

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Smart & Biggar

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Licensing & Syndication

FERC Requests Information On Streamlining Post-Licensing Hydropower Approvals And Issuance Of A Blanket Rule For Post-Licensing Amendments

On November 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking stakeholder input on how it could streamline approval for post-licensing activities at hydropower projects...

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

State-Level Digital Asset Licensing: What To Watch As We Head Into 2026

California, Louisiana, and Illinois have established comprehensive crypto licensing frameworks that mirror New York's BitLicense regime.

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Implications Of CRISPR Dispute On Licensees

A decision in May from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has extended the long-standing and well-publicized dispute over inventorship of use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology in eukaryotic cells.

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Massachusetts Finalizes Comprehensive Money Transmission Regulations

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Understanding IP Infringement Risk In Typeface Use In AI-Generated Content

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Bennett Jones LLP

Three Of Six Patentholders With The Same Secured Party Have Now Filed Suit

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

FCC Rulemaking On Space Station Licensing And Spectrum Sharing In The Upper Microwave Bands

United States Media & IT

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Holland & Knight

Navigating The Gray-Market Landscape

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

BIS Rescinds Biden-Era Firearms Export Rule: Key Regulatory Changes For Exporters

Worldwide International

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Wiley Rein

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Trade Secrets

Protecting What Matters: How To Secure And Monitor Your Trade Secrets

In the second article of our new series, we explain how trade secrets can be safeguarded to prevent misappropriation or unauthorised publication...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Unlocking Competitive Advantage: The Strategic Role Of Trade Secrets In IP Protection

Trade secrets are a versatile asset in the modern intellectual property landscape, offering flexible and cost-effective safeguards for innovations best let out of the public domain...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Ninth Circuit Refuses To Apply California's "Reasonable Particularity" Requirement To Claims Under The Defend Trade Secrets Act

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. underscores an important distinction in trade secret law between California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act...

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Spotlight On Upcoming Oral Arguments – December 2025

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Trade Secrets In The AI Era: Navigating Transparency Under The EU AI Act

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

$833 Million Trade Secret Verdict Offers A Stark Warning For Businesses

United States IP

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Marks Gray

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: October 2025

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WilmerHale

We Get Privacy For Work — Episode 12: Managing Competing Priorities: Data Breach Notification Laws And Trade Secrets (Video)

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Six Practical Steps For Protecting Trade Secrets (Video)

United States IP

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

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Copyright

Déjà Sue: AI Summaries Fail To Dodge Copyright Infringement

In another case addressing the use of copyrighted works by artificial intelligence technology ("AI"), the Southern District of New York denied a partial motion to dismiss a direct copyright infringement claim...

United States IP

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Irwin IP

AI Legal Watch: November 2025

On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published a package of legislative proposals known as the "Digital Omnibus."

Worldwide Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Adopting An "Orphan Works" Scheme: Proposals From The Copyright Amendment Bill 2025 (Cth)

The Federal Government recently announced Australia's first statutory orphan works scheme by way of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2025 (Cth) (Bill).

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Kattison Avenue | Issue 15

United States Media & IT

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Amendment On Declarations Of Tangible And Intangible Cultural Heritage

Mexico Media & IT

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OLIVARES

Outwitting The Algorithmic Tide: Governance Risks And Director Responsibilities For AI Slop (Video)

Canada Technology

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Procido LLP

CRTC Releases New Definition Of "Canadian Program"

Canada Media & IT

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Goodmans LLP

Artist's Resale Right Proposed In Canada's 2025 Federal Budget

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Gen AI Class Action Key Decisions And Trends In 2025

United States Technology

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Duane Morris LLP

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Latest Videos

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Navigating The Inescapable Trap – Added Matter At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

What's Scary (And What's Not) About Copyright: Lessons From Horror Film & TV (Video)

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, Episode 81: FTC Noncompete Ban Update

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The F Word At The Federal Circuit (Podcast)

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Mayer Brown

Licence To Film: Surveillance In Accident Benefits Claims (Video)

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SBA Lawyers LLP

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