Justices to Consider Patent Case on ‘Skinny’ Drug Labels

The US Supreme Court will hear generic drug maker Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s challenge of an appeals court holding that it induced doctors and pharmacists to prescribe its heart medicine for off-label treatments that would infringe a rival’s patents.

X’s Antitrust Suit Targets Common Music-Industry Copyright Moves

Elon Musk’s social media platform is accusing music publishers of violating antitrust law through the seemingly mundane practice of using a trade group to send takedown requests for posts they say infringe their copyrights.

US Is Scrutinizing Big Tech Talent Acquisitions, FTC Chief Says

The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at moves by major tech companies to hire away the employees of a startup instead of buying the venture outright, the agency’s Chairman Andrew Ferguson said, addressing a growing practice seen as a way to avoid antitrust review.

Patent Chief Rejects Chinese Firm’s Challenge Over Micron Chips

The head of the US Patent and Trademark Office threw out an administrative tribunal’s decision to consider a Chinese semiconductor firm’s challenges against US-based Micron Technology Inc.’s protected methods for circuits and memory devices.

OpenAI Bid to Shield Lawyer Messages Vexes Copyright Judge

OpenAI Inc.'s confidential messages with attorneys about deleting pirated data may be protected by attorney-client privilege, a federal judge said, but “it’s not a good look” that the company waffled on its stance.

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Grok’s Sexualized Images Test the Limits of AI Oversight

For the past several weeks, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has been routinely and repeatedly used to digitally undress people on X. Despite a mounting outcry from global regulators, the tool has continued operating in the US with limited government intervention.

Google’s Win in RNC’s Spam Email Case Upheld by 9th Cir. (1)

Google LLC fended off a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee Friday, after a federal appeals court ruled that Google can’t be held liable for allegations that Gmail sent fundraising emails to recipients’ spam folders in the lead up to midterm elections in 2022.

US Is Scrutinizing Big Tech Talent Acquisitions, FTC Chief Says

The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at moves by major tech companies to hire away the employees of a startup instead of buying the venture outright, the agency’s Chairman Andrew Ferguson said, addressing a growing practice seen as a way to avoid antitrust review.

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Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

Challenged claims of CamelBak Products LLC’s patent that relates to drink bottles with bite-actuated mouthpieces aren’t unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the PTAB said, in an inter partes review by Trove Brands LLC. Trove Brands LLC v. CamelBak Products LLC, P.T.A.B., IPR 2024-01137, 1/15/26

Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

The court vacated and remanded the decision of the PTAB that Apple Inc. didn’t prove by a preponderance of the evidence that challenged claims of Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’s patent that discloses a portable and wireless network box are unpatentable. Apple Inc. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, 2026 BL 9689, Fed. Cir., 2024-1419, nonprecedential, 1/13/26

Case: Trademarks/Likelihood of Confusion (Fed. Cir.)

The court affirmed the TTAB decision rejecting Laurel Designs LLC’s “Sazerac Stitches” mark, because substantial evidence supported the board’s finding that three of the relevant DuPont factors favored a finding of likelihood of confusion. In re Laurel Designs LLC, 2026 BL 9692, Fed. Cir., 2024-1203, nonprecedential, 1/13/26

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