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 […]
In a first-impression ruling, the Eleventh Circuit holds that copyright termination interests enter a debtor’s bankruptcy estate despite the Copyright Act’s inalienability provision, blocking 2 Live Crew from reclaiming album copyrights.
The Federal Circuit affirms that patents claiming a farming data relay system with equipment-specific protocol profiles are directed to abstract ideas and lack an inventive concept under §101, while remanding for reconsideration of attorney’s fees.
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
The U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted a Section 337 investigation into gray market Monster Energy drinks imported by 13 respondents, alleging trademark infringement through the sale of products manufactured exclusively for foreign markets.
The Eleventh Circuit reversed a jury verdict, holding that 2 Live Crew member Mark Ross’s copyright termination interests were swept into his bankruptcy estate and remained there because they were never scheduled or administered — leaving the group one vote short of the statutory majority need
A New Jersey federal court dismissed copyright claims against Netflix’s Boy Scouts abuse documentary, holding that factual content and common documentary techniques like archival footage, survivor interviews, and somber lighting are not protectable expression.
A Missouri federal court dismissed with prejudice all nine claims by a pro se plaintiff who alleged ChatGPT misappropriated her ’emotional-interaction model,’ holding that voluntarily inputting information into an AI tool defeats trade secret, CFAA, and privacy claims.
A Virginia federal court granted a temporary restraining order blocking political news site NOTUS from rebranding as ‘The Star,’ finding the Washington Star newspaper demonstrated a likelihood of trademark confusion.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in CareDx v. Natera, leaving intact the Third Circuit’s ruling that proof of actual consumer deception is required to support Lanham Act damages even when advertising is deliberately and literally false.