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Boxing Out Competitors: WNBA Star Angel Reese's Growing Trademark Portfolio

Angel Reese—the former LSU basketball superstar who now plays for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA—made headlines recently when she filed an application to register MEBOUNDS as a trademark for clothing and related items (Serial No. 99,234,613).

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Northern District Of California Decides AI Training Is Fair Use, But Pirating Books May Still Be Infringing

Two groundbreaking decisions from the Northern District of California—Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. and Bartz v. Anthropic PBC—shed light on how courts are approaching the use of copyrighted materials...

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Duane Morris LLP

Why So Many Sequels? Squid Game, Spinoffs, And The Use Of Copyright

With the highly anticipated release of Squid Game season 3 last week, Netflix once again dives into the unique story that has captivated much of the world for the past several years.

United States IP

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Lerner David

In Microsoft v. ParTec, Error By The Office Trumps Fintiv, Leading To Referral

In Microsoft Corp. v. ParTec Cluster Competence Center Gmbh, IPR2025-00318, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. June 12, 2025), the Acting Director referred the IPR to a board panel because the petitioner...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies That Enablement Of Prior Art Is A Separate (And Distinct) Inquiry From Enablement Of Claims In A Patent

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Delegated Rehearing Panel Sends Lifeline To Mercedes-Benz

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Jones Day

Revisiting Competitive Keyword Bidding

United States IP

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

The Perils Of Broad Patent Claims: From Issuance To Invalidity

United States IP

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Upadhye Tang

District Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Works To Train Large Language Models Is Fair Use

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Second District Court Finds Fair Use In Evaluating Use Of Copyrighted Works For LLM Training

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Cannabis IP Licensing 101

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

PTAB/USPTO Update - July 2025

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Spacing Out: PTAB Rejects Word Count Challenge Over Missing Spaces

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

5 Federal Circuit Patent Cases You Need To Know

United States IP

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Harness IP

Why Early Mediations Fail And How To Maximize Their Chances For Success

United States Litigation

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JAMS

America's Misunderstood Trade Deficit

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Trump's Plan B For Tariffs

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

June 2025 Newsletter

Worldwide International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Rare Earth Minerals, And China's Global Dominance

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Patent Litigation

Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

USPTO Imposes New Limits On Credit Card Payments

As announced on the USPTO website, as of June 30, 2012, there will be a daily limit of $49,999.99 for credit card accounts, but no daily limit for debit card accounts.

United States Healthcare

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Foley & Lardner

Nanotechnology: Who Will Be The Leaders In The Fifth Technology Revolution?

Modern history can be broken into several periods of technological revolutions that developed in different regions throughout the world.

United States Healthcare

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McDermott Will & Emery

The WilmerHale Obviousness Report: One-Hundred Decisions Of The Federal Circuit Post-KSR

In April 2007, the Supreme Court’s decision in KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc. heralded an important potential shift in the law of obviousness.

United States Healthcare

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WilmerHale

FCC Creates World's First Spectrum Band For Medical Device Area Networks

United States Healthcare

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Dentons

The Supreme Court Speaks On Diagnostic Patents—Mayo v. Prometheus and Myriad

United States IP

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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

GSK And Genentech Settle Cabilly Patent Lawsuit

United States IP

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Beeser Ramamoorthy LLP

Federal Circuit Sets Standard For Joinder In Multidefendant Patent Cases

United States IP

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Morgan Lewis

Supreme Court Invalidates Personalized Medicine Patents on Grounds They Are Unpatentable Subject Matter Under Patent Act

United States IP

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Venable LLP

FDA Regulations And The Regulation Of Constitutionally Protected Speech

United States Healthcare

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Venable LLP

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Copyright

Northern District Of California Decides AI Training Is Fair Use, But Pirating Books May Still Be Infringing

Two groundbreaking decisions from the Northern District of California—Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. and Bartz v. Anthropic PBC—shed light on how courts are approaching the use of copyrighted materials...

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

Why So Many Sequels? Squid Game, Spinoffs, And The Use Of Copyright

With the highly anticipated release of Squid Game season 3 last week, Netflix once again dives into the unique story that has captivated much of the world for the past several years.

United States IP

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Lerner David

Making Sense Of The First Two—Often Contradictory, Sometimes Confounding—Gen AI Fair Use Rulings

After a long wait, we received the first two generative AI (GAI) fair use rulings in rapid succession. The headline findings of fair use for these particular GAI trainings mask deeper lessons in these mixed rulings...

United States Technology

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

June 2025 FZLZ Minute

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

First Two Opinions Drop On AI And Copyright Fair Use

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

Promise, Peril And The Path Forward: Legal Industry AI

United States Technology

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

District Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Works To Train Large Language Models Is Fair Use

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Second District Court Finds Fair Use In Evaluating Use Of Copyrighted Works For LLM Training

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Artificial Intelligence And Copyright: Significant U.S. Judgment

United States IP

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William Fry

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Licensing & Syndication

Cannabis IP Licensing 101

Cannabis intellectual property (IP) licensing deals can be complicated, presenting unique issues. Many companies expect the biggest hurdle to be state cannabis law compliance.

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

One Step Closer To EU-Wide Compulsory Licences For Crisis Management

On 21 May 2025, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on a new Regulation which establishes an EU-level framework...

United States IP

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Arnold & Porter

The European Medicines Agency Proposes Streamlined Pathway For The Approval Of Biosimilar Medicinal Products In The EU

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a draft Reflection Paper proposing a streamlined pathway for the approval for certain biosimilar medicinal products (biosimilars) in the EU...

European Union Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

Split Federal Circuit Decision Emphasizes Need For Skilled Counsel

United States IP

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Mintz

When Is A Car A Character? The Ninth Circuit Revisits Copyrightability In Halicki v. Carroll Shelby Licensing

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Navigating Joint Ventures In Colorado's Brewing Industry

United States Commercial

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Fairfield and Woods

Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Halicki

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

SEP Licensing Wins Continue—Multinational Litigation Strategy Drives Licensing Win For Ericsson

United States IP

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Mintz

New York Enacts First-of-Its-Kind Law To License Buy-Now-Pay-Later Lenders

United States Consumer

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Mayer Brown

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Patent

In Microsoft v. ParTec, Error By The Office Trumps Fintiv, Leading To Referral

In Microsoft Corp. v. ParTec Cluster Competence Center Gmbh, IPR2025-00318, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. June 12, 2025), the Acting Director referred the IPR to a board panel because the petitioner...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies That Enablement Of Prior Art Is A Separate (And Distinct) Inquiry From Enablement Of Claims In A Patent

In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit recently clarified that the enablement inquiry applied to prior art references in the context of an anticipation defense differs from the enablement inquiry applied when evaluating the claims of a patent

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Delegated Rehearing Panel Sends Lifeline To Mercedes-Benz

A Delegated Rehearing Panel ("DRP") recently modified the PTAB's construction of the claim term "workload" and remanded, giving Mercedes-Benz USA...

United States IP

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Jones Day

The Perils Of Broad Patent Claims: From Issuance To Invalidity

United States IP

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Upadhye Tang

PTAB/USPTO Update - July 2025

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Spacing Out: PTAB Rejects Word Count Challenge Over Missing Spaces

United States IP

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

5 Federal Circuit Patent Cases You Need To Know

United States IP

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Harness IP

Federal Circuit PTAB Appeal Statistics For April And May 2025

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dabico And Petitioner's New Burden To Persuade: Director Denied Institution Under "Settled Expectations" Despite Patent Owner's Failure To Raise The Issue

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

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Live From Workplace Horizons 2025: Open Season On Restrictive Covenants? Protecting Your Company's Confidential Information In Uncertain Times (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Tips For Small Brands To Consider When Protecting Their Intellectual Property (Video)

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Withers LLP

Parameters At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

How To Navigate IP Issues In Robotics (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Tarnishing One's Reputation: The Perplexity AI Case (Video)

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Lowenstein Sandler

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