The Federal Circuit reversed a PTAB decision that had upheld claims of a spinal implant patent, finding the Board misconstrued the term ‘complementary with one another’ and that the claims are obvious under the correct construction.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that all four Arendi patents directed to identifying information in a document and searching external databases are patent-ineligible under Section 101, ending a decade-long litigation against Google and Oath (Yahoo).
The Sixth Circuit affirmed denial of a preliminary injunction against P&G’s Spruce weed killer, holding that Scotts failed to prove its Miracle-Gro green-and-yellow trade dress was distinctive enough to support a likelihood of confusion.
NEC Corporation v. Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. et al, No. 2:24-CV-00720-JRG (E.D. Tex. June 4, 2026) (Gilstrap, J.) Download […]
Case: ProSync Technology Group, LLC v. Miller, No. SAG-26-1436 (D. Md. June 4, 2026) Court: United States District Court for […]
A federal judge in the Western District of Washington denied a joint motion to enter a consent judgment and permanent injunction settling Eli Lilly’s trademark claims over its Mounjaro and Zepbound weight-loss drugs, finding the proposed decree and injunction “overbroad.”
Two California attorneys drew $2,500 fines, six-month Ninth Circuit suspensions, and mandatory AI-disclosure orders after filing briefs that cited cases that did not exist. The court held that an attorney’s signature attests to personal verification of every citation, no matter who or what dra
Starr™ v. Google LLC, 2026 WL 1603313 (W.D. Tex. June 3, 2026) The Western District of Texas granted Google’s motion […]
In Anonymous Media Research Holdings LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00439 (E.D. Tex.), Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied Samsung’s […]
The Federal Circuit affirmed that patents claiming automated farming data collection using generic computer components are directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under Alice, but vacated the district court’s unexplained denial of attorney’s fees and remanded for further proceedings