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Say Thank You With Chocolate: MERCI And DANKE Not Confusingly Similar, Says The TTAB

Merci, Danke, and Thank You—different in linguistic origin, yet all express gratitude. Now that we are in the holiday season, you may want to convey appreciation to someone by expressing thanks or giving a gift...

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Flawed Expert Evidence Can Limit Patent Damages To Nominal Amounts

In Rex Medical, LP v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Nos. 2024-1072, 2024-1125 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2025), the Federal Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion...

United States IP

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Lerner David

USPTO Issues Revised 2025 Inventorship Guidance For AI-Assisted Inventions

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Updated Guidance), providing a more streamlined and traditional framework...

United States IP

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Extra Claim Limitations May Be Applied If Other Options Explicitly Disclaimed

In Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. v. Fortress Iron, LP, Fortress Fence Products LLC (Fed. Cir. October 17, 2025), the Federal Circuit held that additional claim limitations may be applied...

United States IP

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Lerner David

Federal Circuit: Patentee Acts As A Lexicographer To Impliedly Define Term By Consistently Referring To Feature With Interchangeable Language

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

PTAB/USPTO Update - December 2025

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Protecting AI Assets And Outputs With IP Strategies In A Changing World

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Trademark Law Alert -- A Consent Agreement Walks The Plank

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

No Gold Standard But Still A Strict Approach On Added Matter From The UPC

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Control Sync's Third Corporate Disclosure Contradicts Its Other Three

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

QSBS Exemption Explained: The Unicorn Of Tax Breaks For Startup Founders

United States IP

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Cohen & Buckmann

Section 337 After Lashify: Practical Implications For Non-U.S. Companies: What The Federal Circuit's March 2025 Decision Means For Those Who Can Credibly Bring An ITC Case

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

District Court Enforces Post-Expiration Destruction Order Despite Patent Lapse

United States IP

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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

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Webinars

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Recorded on 13 Nov 2025 | 3:00 PM

Unlocking IP Department Superpowers: From challenge to opportunity - Success Stories and Best Practices from IP Leaders

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Recorded on 21 Oct 2025 | 12:00 PM

From IPMS to Ecosystem: How APIs & Agentic AI transforms Intellectual Property work

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Recorded on 9 Jul 2025 | 2:00 PM

Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

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Walkers

Recorded on 24 Jun 2025 | 3:00 PM

(2nd Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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Trade Secrets

Protecting AI Assets And Outputs With IP Strategies In A Changing World

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is evolving at extraordinary speed, creating new challenges and opportunities for intellectual property (IP) protection.

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

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

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.

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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

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

MB

Mayer Brown

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

Worldwide International

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Wiley Rein

Cisco Falls Under Harfang IP's Golden Eye

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

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Trademark

Say Thank You With Chocolate: MERCI And DANKE Not Confusingly Similar, Says The TTAB

Merci, Danke, and Thank You—different in linguistic origin, yet all express gratitude. Now that we are in the holiday season, you may want to convey appreciation to someone by expressing thanks or giving a gift...

United States IP

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Trademark Law Alert -- A Consent Agreement Walks The Plank

When unrelated parties seek to register and make simultaneous use of similar marks that face a possible finding of a likelihood of consumer confusion...

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

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

With the growth of e-commerce and the escalation of foreign counterfeiting, protecting IP rights has become more challenging and more important than ever.

United States IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

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

The Government's Patent Intervention At The ITC: Clarifying The Public Interest Exception To Exclusion Orders

United States IP

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BakerHostetler

AI In Patents: USPTO Issues Unified Inventorship Standard

United States IP

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Thompson Coburn LLP

United States Patent And Trademark Office Issues Revised Guidance On Inventorship For AI-Assisted Inventions

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

AI Legal Watch: November 2025

Worldwide Technology

BB

Baker Botts LLP

Global IP Protection: Why You Need A Strategy, Not Just An Application

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Harris Sliwoski

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Patent

Say Thank You With Chocolate: MERCI And DANKE Not Confusingly Similar, Says The TTAB

Merci, Danke, and Thank You—different in linguistic origin, yet all express gratitude. Now that we are in the holiday season, you may want to convey appreciation to someone by expressing thanks or giving a gift...

United States IP

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Flawed Expert Evidence Can Limit Patent Damages To Nominal Amounts

In Rex Medical, LP v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Nos. 2024-1072, 2024-1125 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2025), the Federal Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion...

United States IP

LD

Lerner David

USPTO Issues Revised 2025 Inventorship Guidance For AI-Assisted Inventions

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Updated Guidance), providing a more streamlined and traditional framework...

United States IP

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

Extra Claim Limitations May Be Applied If Other Options Explicitly Disclaimed

United States IP

LD

Lerner David

Federal Circuit: Patentee Acts As A Lexicographer To Impliedly Define Term By Consistently Referring To Feature With Interchangeable Language

United States IP

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

PTAB/USPTO Update - December 2025

United States IP

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WilmerHale

Protecting AI Assets And Outputs With IP Strategies In A Changing World

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

FDA Guidance On Biosimilars Highlights Glycosylation Profiling And Increases The Strategic Value Of Patents Covering Antibodies Defined By Glycosylation

United States Healthcare

FL

Foley & Lardner

No Gold Standard But Still A Strict Approach On Added Matter From The UPC

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

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Latest Videos

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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)

MB

Mayer Brown

Update On Plausibility – A Review Of Case Law In Europe Following G2/21 (Video)

JA

J A Kemp LLP

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 119: Landmark $1.5 Billion Class Action Settlement Addresses AI Copyright Claims (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

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