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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Contour IP v. GoPro — Court Overturns $8.2M Patent Verdict, Grants Judgment as a Matter of Law on Invalidity

A federal judge in San Francisco granted GoPro judgment as a matter of law that the sole remaining valid patent claim covering its action camera live-preview technology was invalid, overturning an $8.2 million jury damages award in a case that has been litigated for over a decade.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Moonbug Entertainment v. BabyBus — Court Denies Appellate Fees but Awards $280K for Extraordinary Copyright Enforcement Efforts

After prevailing in a $25.6 million copyright case over CoComelon character infringement, Moonbug sought $933K in additional fees. The court denied appellate fees — finding BabyBus’s curated appeal was objectively reasonable — but awarded $280K for extraordinary judgment enforcement work neces

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Bouck v. Meta — N.D. Cal. Holds Meta’s Generative-AI Advertising Tools Could Defeat Section 230 Immunity in Chinese Penny-Stock Pump-and-Dump

Chief Judge Seeborg denied Meta’s motion to dismiss claims by investors who lost more than $300 million to a Chinese penny-stock scam advertised on Facebook and Instagram, holding that Meta’s generative-AI advertising tool ‘Advantage+ Creative’ — which actually produced some

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Sanas.AI v. Krisp Technologies — Court Finds AI Accent Conversion Patents Survive Section 101 Challenge

A federal court denied Krisp Technologies’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that Sanas.AI’s patents on real-time accent conversion using machine learning claim specific technical improvements rather than abstract ideas, distinguishing them from mere digital format conversion

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Harrington v. Pinterest — N.D. Cal. Holds DMCA § 512(c) Safe Harbor Covers Embedded UGC in Email and Push Notifications

A Northern District of California court granted Pinterest summary judgment under DMCA Section 512(c), holding that the safe harbor protects user-generated images embedded in email, in-app, and push notifications because the underlying files remain stored on Pinterest’s servers regardless of ho

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