This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit issued six precedential IP opinions this week, including in a trade secret misappropriation case, and one on Friday in which the court found that prosecution disclaimer applies due to patentee communications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office despite overcoming the examiner’s prior art rejection on independent grounds. The Japanese government also urged OpenAI to change Sora 2’s copyright authorization framework from opt-out to opt-in; the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court finding that Monster Energy did not show a likelihood of consumer confusion between its non-beverage products and “4Monster”-branded camping supplies; the Seventh Circuit decided an issue of first impression on the evidentiary bases required to make out a copyright infringement claim for a sound recording; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned consumers about the risk of fatalities stemming from Chinese counterfeit air bag inflators; and more. 
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