https://www.law360.co.uk/ip?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Intellectual Property Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:01:48 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298548?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298548 The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited order banning certain power converter modules and computing systems from being imported into the U.S., in a final decision that upheld most of an administrative law judge's findings in the dispute over patents held by electronics company Vicor Corp. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:38:46 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298124 Three tech companies are taking issue at the Federal Circuit with jury instructions in a Texas case that implicate the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision, telling the Federal Circuit that the instructions "lower the standard for patent eligibility." Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:41:30 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297356?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297356 LG Electronics Inc. and TCL Industries Holdings Co. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reject the latest case asking the justices to review the Federal Circuit's use of one-word orders to affirm decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, saying the court has "repeatedly" skipped such challenges and shouldn't change tack now. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:40:30 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298551 The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a final decision on Thursday that ice-making machines made by Korean kitchen appliance company Bluenix infringe patents owned by Japanese rival Hoshizaki, issuing a limited exclusion order against the importation of the machines and their components. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:35:48 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298077?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298077 President Donald Trump has his sights set on taking down a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects certain government officials from being fired, a U.S. Department of Justice letter confirms, and he plans to leverage his prior legal victories to deliver the precedent's death knell and expand presidential power. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:12:07 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298573?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298573 The Federal Circuit's presumption that prior art is always enabled can lead it to "sacrifice true innovations based on earlier science fiction," the owner of invalidated food wrapping patents told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:56:49 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298487?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298487 The battle over whether local radio stations should pay royalties to performers whose songs they air is heating up. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:40:51 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298586 A cosmetics distributor that was sued for trademark infringement and lost has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether attorney fees and costs awarded to the prevailing party should have been trimmed to account for a default judgment that was reversed and a mistrial attributed to the plaintiff's counsel. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:07:56 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298471 A California federal judge properly found that Spectrum Solutions LLC didn't infringe a COVID-19 test maker's patent directed to preserving biological samples, the Federal Circuit said Friday in an opinion written by a top patent judge visiting the court. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298174 A Texas federal judge has granted X Corp.'s request to stay an infringement lawsuit from Sterling Computers Corp. over Sterling's content filtering patent while the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decides whether to initiate a review of the patent. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:09:27 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298098 A small biotech company's recent patent win, where the Federal Circuit held that even its limited domestic investments qualified it to sue at the U.S. International Trade Commission, makes clear that the ITC's powerful import bans aren't just available to major businesses, attorneys say. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:04:28 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297897 The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has rejected four applications from a New York man who wanted to register trademarks that referred to U.S. President Donald Trump in a negative context, saying that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year affirming the board's refusal to register "Trump Too Small" in another case foreclosed his First Amendment arguments. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:43:39 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298347?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298347 A California federal judge has upheld part of a new state law that the Association for Accessible Medicines alleged unlawfully restricted "reverse payment" settlements between makers of brand-name and generic drugs, finding that the law's attempt to regulate deals outside of California runs afoul of the Constitution, but is otherwise valid. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:05:07 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298061?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298061 Rapper Fat Joe managed to get the New York state law claims brought against him in a copyright suit over his 2016 hit single "All The Way Up" dismissed Friday but must continue facing the federal claims brought by fellow artist and purported song co-author Fly Havana. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:56:05 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297716?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2297716 Alvarez & Marsal has appointed a former PwC senior tax partner as a managing director and head of tax for the Southeast Asia region. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:35:22 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2295202?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2295202 Brands have unleashed a torrent of lawsuits across the U.S. that group dozens of online sellers into a single complaint for allegedly peddling counterfeit products, with Chicago emerging as the preferred venue for the litigation and inspiring a local federal judge to declare it has become "Illinois vs. The Internet." Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:43:36 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2293199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2293199 A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:42:04 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298552 BakerHostetler lost its bid Friday to keep a former client's suit alleging the firm botched its legal representation of its patent applications for a smart wardrobe system in federal court, with a Georgia federal judge rejecting the firm's argument that the claims involve patent law. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:40:23 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298400 An intellectual property attorney specializing in protecting design rights has moved his practice to K&L Gates LLP's Seattle office after more than 13 years with boutique IP firm Lee & Hayes PC. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:53:55 +0000 https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.co.uk/ip/articles/2298298 This past week in London has seen Spice Girls star Mel B's ex-husband bring a defamation claim against the publisher of The Sun, a hotel sue a former director convicted of embezzling its funds for breach of fiduciary duty, and comedian Russell Brand face a sexual abuse claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.