A San Diego federal judge on January 28, 2026 granted Smith Interface Technologies' motion for judgment on the pleadings, striking most of Apple's inequitable conduct and unclean hands affirmative defenses as insufficiently pleaded under the heightened...
A Maryland federal court has denied a former employee's motion to dismiss, allowing Peraton Inc.'s trade secrets and contract claims to proceed against Sam Hussain for allegedly forwarding confidential bid strategies to his personal email account.
Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos has issued a preliminary injunction against dozens of sellers on Temu and Walmart for distributing counterfeit goods bearing Lionel Messi’s trademark, ordering the platforms to disable the accounts and...
Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.’s motion to stay patent infringement proceedings pending inter partes review in Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. v. HP Inc., et al.
The Second Circuit vacated a dismissal of copyright infringement claims against Townsquare Media, Inc., holding that republishing an entire viral video and using recognizable screenshots as headlines are not fair use or de minimis at the pleading stage...
Judge Lorna G. Schofield ordered Verizon Online LLC to provide the identity of an anonymous defendant accused of illegally downloading and distributing copyrighted material.
Judge Richard G. Andrews of the District of Delaware issued a memorandum opinion resolving claim construction disputes in Belden Inc.’s patent infringement lawsuit against CommScope LLC.
A federal court in the Middle District of Florida granted a preliminary injunction against medical device maker EmCyte Corporation after finding that a distributor's confidential client list was improperly downloaded, its contractor abruptly resigned, and...
A Delaware federal judge has construed six disputed claim terms in two Belden patents covering electromagnetic interference shielding tape used in unshielded twisted pair cables, splitting the wins between Belden and CommScope in a ruling that will shape...
A federal judge ruled that the complaint sufficiently alleged copying linked to the DBRX series of LLMs, allowing the direct copyright infringement claim to proceed past the pleading stage.
A federal judge awarded Moonbug Entertainment $279,962.75 in post-judgment collection fees against BabyBus, while denying all appellate fees, after finding that BabyBus engaged in extraordinary evasion to avoid paying a $25.6 million copyright judgment.
A federal judge in Manhattan entered a default judgment and permanent injunction against more than 30 Chinese online sellers accused of trafficking in counterfeit merchandise tied to Supercell Oy's Brawl Stars mobile game.
A federal judge in Jacksonville kept a Lanham Act suit against Google in the Middle District of Florida, rejecting the company's bid to move the case to its home turf in the Northern District of California.
Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York entered a final default judgment and permanent injunction against twelve defendants for selling counterfeit Denim Tears apparel on Walmart.com Marketplace.
A Pennsylvania federal judge has cancelled a trademark registration for the term "MEDDPICC" and granted summary judgment to plaintiff MEDDICC LTD., resolving the core intellectual property dispute between the two parties.
A federal judge in Manhattan has frozen assets and ordered expedited discovery against a large group of anonymous online sellers accused of hawking unauthorized Godzilla merchandise on Walmart's marketplace.
The Southern District of New York granted USA Weightlifting's motion for injunctive relief, permanently enjoining USA Masters Weightlifting Inc. from using the "USA WEIGHTLIFTING MARKS" and ordering the transfer of infringing domain names.
The Federal Circuit on Friday reversed a Northern District of California grant of summary judgment to Intel Corp. in a patent infringement suit brought by VLSI Technology LLC, ruling that a pretrial stipulation established a U.S. nexus for 70% of Intel...