A federal judge in Texas construed key terms in a patent for portable activity centers, ruling that accessories must be exchangeable with one another and that tray surfaces must slope downward toward a central point.
A federal judge dismissed NVIDIA’s vicarious infringement defense in a class action alleging the chipmaker trained AI models on pirated books, though contributory infringement claims survive.
A federal judge in Manhattan granted an ex parte order freezing assets and enjoining sales of counterfeit Slip 'N Slide products, targeting major payment processors and e-commerce platforms.
A federal judge in New Hampshire denied Sig Sauer’s motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement dispute, ruling that a jury must decide whether the firearm manufacturer’s pivoting contour brace infringes two patents for stabilizing attachments.
A Massachusetts federal court refused to dismiss challenges that Maquet Cardiovascular LLC’s patent covering intravascular blood pump systems is invalid for lack of written description and enablement, while rejecting two indefiniteness defenses raised by...
A federal judge in Chicago transferred a patent infringement lawsuit against Google to the Northern District of California, ruling that the West Coast forum offered clearer access to witnesses and physical evidence.
A federal judge in Delaware concluded that Ricoh plausibly alleged its videoconferencing patents contain an inventive concept, denying Zoom's motion to dismiss.
A federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction blocking a former co-founder from using proprietary mortgage technology he allegedly cloned for his own company.
A federal judge in New York found a glassless mirror maker acted in bad faith by copying a competitor’s brand but limited the permanent injunction to a disclaimer due to the plaintiff’s 15-year delay in suing.
A Second Circuit ruling in the adidas-Thom Browne stripe dispute resolves an open question about what counts as "misconduct" when withheld emails surface after trial.
A Texas federal judge refused to break off H-E-B's case from a 17-defendant patent suit over Bang energy drinks, concluding the grocery chain's supply-chain ties to its co-defendants were too tangled to split.
A Louisiana federal judge paused her own specific-performance order requiring a Norwegian technology company to hand over proprietary manufacturing know-how to its American licensee, finding that once trade secrets leave the vault, no appeals court can put...
A Delaware federal judge ruled that IV's targeted licensing campaign and string of lawsuits against banks and insurers gave Assurant enough of a legal threat to file a preemptive declaratory judgment action.
A federal court in San Francisco granted Apple Inc leave to file an early summary judgment motion arguing Neonode Smartphone LLC’s patent is invalid for lack of written description.
A group of food photographers and a company allege the ride-hailing company displayed their copyrighted work on its website without permission to promote its services.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil granted in part Klauber Brothers' motion to reconsider a dismissal, permitting the plaintiff to amend its complaint regarding two specific apparel designs after finding that an argument about defendant access was waived.
A food-tech company accused of copying a competitor's nutrition-software platform to build its own product will face trial on the core claims — but the court trimmed the case at the pleading stage.
A Texas startup alleges Apple's latest operating system infringes three patents covering a "selection ring" navigation tool designed for immersive digital environments.
A Delaware federal judge wiped out the last surviving claim of a reactive targeted advertising patent after finding it covered nothing more than the age-old practice of tailoring a pitch to a particular customer.