November 2024

Trump Settles Copyright Suit Over ‘Electric Avenue’ Song

By Adam Lidgett ( November 21, 2024, 7:48 PM EST) — President-elect Donald Trump has settled a copyright lawsuit from the creator of the 1980s pop hit “Electric Avenue” who alleged the song was used without his permission in a social media post attacking President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election…. Law360 is on […]

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the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments”

Last Thursday I moderated a webinar titled “German FRAND Cases:  the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments.”  The panelists included Peter Picht and Erik Habich, who along with me edited the recently-published volume “FRAND:  German Case Law and Other Developments (Edward Elgar 2024) (see previous discussion on this blog here and here); Munich Regional Court

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the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments”

Last Thursday I moderated a webinar titled “German FRAND Cases:  the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments.”  The panelists included Peter Picht and Erik Habich, who along with me edited the recently-published volume “FRAND:  German Case Law and Other Developments (Edward Elgar 2024) (see previous discussion on this blog here and here); Munich Regional Court

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In Tight Vote, Senate Panel OKs Bill To Set New PTAB Limits

By Ryan Davis ( November 21, 2024, 6:45 PM EST) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday narrowly voted to advance a bill that would impose new restrictions on Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges, with several members expressing concern that it could drive up the cost of prescription drugs…. Law360 is on it, so

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the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments”

Last Thursday I moderated a webinar titled “German FRAND Cases:  the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments.”  The panelists included Peter Picht and Erik Habich, who along with me edited the recently-published volume “FRAND:  German Case Law and Other Developments (Edward Elgar 2024) (see previous discussion on this blog here and here); Munich Regional Court

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IP Atty Fights To Revive Allergan FCA Suit At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins ( November 21, 2024, 6:53 PM EST) — A patent attorney urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive False Claims Act allegations against Allergan over dementia drug patents, arguing his client used his expertise to discover the patents were fraudulently issued to block generics and that these are the kinds of

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the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments”

Last Thursday I moderated a webinar titled “German FRAND Cases:  the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments.”  The panelists included Peter Picht and Erik Habich, who along with me edited the recently-published volume “FRAND:  German Case Law and Other Developments (Edward Elgar 2024) (see previous discussion on this blog here and here); Munich Regional Court

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BREAKING: Trump Taps Ex-Fla. AG Pam Bondi As New AG Pick

By Lauren Berg ( November 21, 2024, 7:03 PM EST) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for U.S. attorney general, just hours after former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration amid allegations of sexual misconduct and

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the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments”

Last Thursday I moderated a webinar titled “German FRAND Cases:  the EC’s Amicus Brief and Other Developments.”  The panelists included Peter Picht and Erik Habich, who along with me edited the recently-published volume “FRAND:  German Case Law and Other Developments (Edward Elgar 2024) (see previous discussion on this blog here and here); Munich Regional Court

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NYT To OpenAI: You Deleted My Search Results

By Andrew Karpan ( November 21, 2024, 6:46 PM EST) — Lawyers for The New York Times and other newspapers suing Microsoft and OpenAI over allegedly using copyright-protected news stories to train ChatGPT now say that a week’s worth of their search result data was accidentally erased by OpenAI engineers…. Law360 is on it, so

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