Runbuk v Ice Cap Adventures — High Court refused to set aside an order for evidence from an Irish witness
Case Runbuk Inc v Ice Cap Adventures and David Kelly Court High Court (Ireland) Judge Barry O’Donnell (Government of Ireland,
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Peter Millar, LLC v. Peter Millar, LP — Default Judgment Bars Continued Trademark Use
A default judgment permanently barred a nonappearing defendant from using the PETER MILLAR mark and required surrender of infringing materials.
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Abu Elreich v. Waymo and Uber — Rideshare Identification Patent Invalid Under Section 101
The court invalidated a rideshare identification patent as an abstract method of organizing human activity and dismissed infringement claims against Uber and Waymo with prejudice.
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DLP v Coram — dismissed both the patent-infringement claim and the invalidity counterclaim
Case DLP Limited v Coram UK Holding Limited Court Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (United Kingdom) Judge David Stone (Lord Thomas
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Aristo Pharma v Takeda — upheld the Elvanse supplementary protection certificate and dismissed the validity challenges
Case Aristo Pharma GmbH v Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc & Anor; Stada Arzneimittel AG v Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc Court
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Nolen v. PeopleConnect, Inc. — Class Certification Upheld for Yearbook Publicity Claims
The Ninth Circuit upheld damages and injunctive classes alleging that Classmates.com used yearbook names without consent under California’s right-of-publicity statute.
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Goddard v. Microsoft — Implausible AI-ownership complaint dismissed with prejudice
The Northern District dismissed with prejudice an incoherent AI-ownership complaint because it violated Rule 8 and the proposed amendment repeated implausible allegations.
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Actiglass v. Sud Gestion — Court overturned trademark and unfair-competition damages against Actiglass for lack of proof of its own conduct
Case Société Actiglass v. Société Alpha Glass, Société Allo Vitrage Auto, Société Elise, Société Sud Gestion, and Mme [O] [G],
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Fauré Le Page v. Goyard — Court upholds cancellation of misleading “1717” luxury-goods trademarks
Case Fauré Le Page Maroquinier SAS and Fauré Le Page [Locality 1] SAS v. Goyard ST-Honoré SAS Court Court of
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Pmjc v. [D] [L] — Court upheld trademark revocation but revived an unfair-competition claim
Case Pmjc v. [D] [L], [U] [L], and [L] Creative Court Court of Cassation, Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber (France)
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Wimbi Foundation & Wimbi Boats v. 3BBB — Court reinstated the trademark-infringement action because ownership was a merits issue
Case Wimbi Foundation and Wimbi Boats v. 3BBB, Mr. [I] [L], as judicial representative of 3BBB, and AJ [Q] &
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Cook — unreliable damages expert excluded but competing business claims proceed to trial
The Eastern District excluded plaintiffs’ damages expert but found factual disputes requiring the business case to proceed toward trial.
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Together AI v. Sesterce France — California Court Keeps GPU-Services Contract and Fraud Claims
A Northern District court allowed an AI infrastructure provider’s contract and fraud claims against French affiliates to proceed under jurisdictional and alter-ego theories.
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Scott v. Ulta Beauty — Website trademark and access terms did not violate California’s Yelp Law
Ulta’s trademark-use and website-access provisions did not waive consumers’ right to criticize the company and therefore did not violate California’s Yelp Law on the pleaded facts.
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Tran v Stockport MBC — Tribunal rejected homeowners’ road-noise compensation claim
Case Mr Dieu Quang Tran and Mrs Phung De Tran v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Court Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
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Doe v. GitHub — AI code-output allegations did not state a DMCA metadata claim
The Ninth Circuit held that programmers did not state a DMCA claim because they failed to allege removal of copyright information from copies of their own code.
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Concurrent Ventures, LLC v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. — Patent challenge cannot be resolved at the pleading stage because eligibility depends on disputed claim characterizations
Patent challenge cannot be resolved at the pleading stage because eligibility depends on disputed claim characterizations.
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Entain v Liquidity Trading — conditionally struck out the copyright claims but largely preserved the defence and counterclaim
Case Entain Operations Limited, LC International Limited, Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Limited and 365 Scores UK Limited v Liquidity Trading
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toyou v. MGT — Court upheld the limited fee award and rejected the remaining damages claims
Case Kabushiki Kaisha toyou v. Kabushiki Kaisha MGT, START QUEST Co., Ltd., Y1, Y2, and Y3 Court Intellectual Property High
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A.I.C. v. Eskey Koki — Trademark infringement appeal dismissed as an abuse of rights
Case A.I.C. Co., Ltd. v. Eskey Koki Co., Ltd. Court Intellectual Property High Court (Japan) Date Decided September 9, 2026
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X v. NTT Corporation — Court rejected infringement claim because utility model rights do not arise retroactively
Case X v. NTT Corporation, Appeal Seeking Damages Court Intellectual Property High Court (Japan) Date Decided September 9, 2026 Citation
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ConMed Corp. v. Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office — Court upheld rejection of surgical suction-system patent application for lack of novelty
Case ConMed Corporation v. Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (Request to Rescind a JPO Decision) Court Intellectual Property High
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Merck Serono v Controller of Intellectual Property — High Court rejects Mavenclad supplementary-protection-certificate appeal
Case Merck Serono S.A. v The Controller of Intellectual Property Court High Court (Ireland) Judge Barry O’Donnell (Government of Ireland,
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Inter IKEA v Vlaams Belang — Political parody may justify trademark use only after a rights balance
Case Inter IKEA Systems BV v Algemeen Vlaams Belang VZW, S, T, U, V and Vrijheidsfonds VZW Court Court of