This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Department of Justice announces a two year prison sentence for trade secret theft; a new Lex Machina report shows that the District of Delaware receives the most patent suits among any U.S. district court during 2019; the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Apple’s appeal of $440 million patent ruling for VirnetX; a divided Federal Circuit declines a petition for en banc rehearing in a patent case involving the definiteness requirement under Section 112; Microsoft revises its quarterly guidance due to supply chain issues related to the coronavirus; the European Union’s highest court finds that the trademark “Fack Ju Göhte” is not morally unacceptable to German speakers; and an inventors’ class action lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Sensitive Application Warning System (SAWS) proceeds past a motion to dismiss.
Copyright
- Computer Law
- Fair Use
- First Sale Doctrine
- California Court Holds Pinterest’s Display of User-Uploaded Works Near Ads are Protected by DMCA Safe Harbor
- The Emperors’ New Codes: Understanding IP Community Ambivalence Toward Digital Assets
- USTR Suspends Review of Ukraine, Remains Concerned with China in Latest Special 301 Report
- CJEU Upholds 2019 EU Copyright Directive
- Robots and IP: Protecting Faces, Expressions and Vocalizations
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