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Eliminating Willfulness as a Prerequisite to Recovering an Infringer's Damages in Dilution Cases Image

Eliminating Willfulness as a Prerequisite to Recovering an Infringer's Damages in Dilution Cases

Sarah Benowich

Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. The Supreme Court, settling a circuit split, held that, although highly important, willfulness is not a prerequisite for a trademark infringement plaintiff to obtain a profits award.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects 'Defense Preclusion' in Trademark Suit Image

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects 'Defense Preclusion' in Trademark Suit

Anthony J. Dreyer

On May 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split, finding that any preclusion of litigation defenses must comply with traditional res judicata principles, and ruling that Lucky Brand was not precluded from asserting its defenses in its long-standing trademark litigation against Marcel Fashions Group

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Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Ownership and Fair Use Image

Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Ownership and Fair Use

Shaleen J. Patel & Sushmitha Rajeevan

Machine learning allows certain AI to create entirely new content based upon the materials it used to learn. In the process of creating new content, AI may create copies of copyrighted works in memory storage as a byproduct of its overall output sequence. This article explores authorship and ownership of such AI-generated content, and to what extent, if any, can copyrights be infringed upon when AI reproduces copyrighted works for machine learning.

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You've Made Your Bed, Now Lie In It – Binding Settlement Agreement Defeats A Post-Settlement Judgment Image

You've Made Your Bed, Now Lie In It – Binding Settlement Agreement Defeats A Post-Settlement Judgment

Rudy Kim & Chris Han

Holding that the parties' executed agreement mooted the issues in the case, the Federal Circuit recently reversed a district court's decision to grant summary judgment of non-infringement despite the parties' agreement. The decision builds upon prior Federal Circuit case law giving effect to settlement agreements.

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Howard Shire & Shaleen Patel

Article III Inter Partes Review Decision Precluded By Congress, SCOTUS Rules SDNY: Video Game Makers Not Violating Copyright with NBA Player Tattoos

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Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Be Involuntarily Liable for Copyright Infringement Image

Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Be Involuntarily Liable for Copyright Infringement

Shaleen J. Patel

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states are free to commit copyright infringement. The Court held that Congress attempted to abrogate states' sovereign immunity in an unconstitutional manner when enacting the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 (CRCA).

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Practical Tips for Securing Patent Rights for AI-Generated Inventions Image

Practical Tips for Securing Patent Rights for AI-Generated Inventions

Gunjan Agarwal 

While AI is rising as a key commercial player at the global scale with an expected market size of almost $400 billion by 2025, are patent laws around the world equipped to incentivize this revolution?

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Avoiding Trade Secret Losses During Corporate Collaboration Image

Avoiding Trade Secret Losses During Corporate Collaboration

Felix Eyzaguirre & Katherine D. Prescott

Effective corporate collaborations — whether close customer relationships, supplier partnerships or formal joint ventures — demand that sensitive information be shared. Without proper agreements and well-defined boundaries, however, those corporate collaborations can lead to loss of trade secret protection and entangle the parties in litigation.

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Jeff Ginsberg & Matthew Weiss

Federal Circuit: Method of Preparation Claim is Patentable Federal Circuit: Same Party Cannot Join IPR Petitions under 35 U.S.C. §315(c)

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Attorney's Fees After Octane: More Chances for Defendants to Even the Playing Field Image

Attorney's Fees After Octane: More Chances for Defendants to Even the Playing Field

Rudy Y. Kim

With fewer restraints after Octane, district courts now have broader discretion to grant motions for attorney's fees. But understanding the circumstances under which exceptionality has been found is critical. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit post-Octane provide some important guidance on when attorney's fees may be available under Section 285.

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