This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Ninth Circuit remands a copyright case involving Christian music composers after finding triable issues of access and similarity; the Federal Circuit affirms prosecution laches ruling against inventor Gil Hyatt; the U.S. Chamber releases its IP Statistical Annex showing a strong correlation between effective IP protection and R&D investment; the Trump Administration cancels collective bargaining agreements with several federal agencies including the USPTO and NASA; Anthropic AI enters into a class action settlement to end a copyright infringement case involving its Claude chatbot; the Second Circuit affirms the dismissal of a trademark case brought by Ripple Analytics after finding that the plaintiff did not own the trademark at issue; and Nvidia forecasts 50% sales growth over the upcoming quarter after beating analyst expectations on revenue.
Recent Posts
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 29: CAFC Affirms Prosecution Laches Ruling Against Hyatt; Trump Admin Cancels USPTO CBA; Second Circuit Affirms Lack of Standing in Ripple Trademark Case
- CAFC Dodges Key Issues in Reversing District Court Finding for Google on Prosecution Laches
- CAFC Corrects PTAB’s Inventorship Analysis in First Appeal of AIA Derivation Proceeding
- Brunetti’s Back: Split CAFC Rejects Most of Scandalous Trademark Applicant’s Arguments But Remands for Second Chance at TTAB
- CAFC is Unconvinced by Claim Construction Challenges to ITC’s Robotics Patent Infringement Finding