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US Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter said the Supreme Court put “little thought” into the implications of its recent decision absolving an internet service provider for not shuttering accounts of users who repeatedly pirated music.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. failed to convince a Texas federal judge Future Link Systems LLC’s litigation conduct in two dismissed patent suits warranted awarding attorneys’ fees.
Lego AS convinced a Connecticut federal court that a toy company infringed copyrights and trade dress protecting its iconic Minifigure figurine design.
Norton Rose Fulbright expects to grow revenue from intellectual property work 25% this year, thanks to a focus on the most profitable clients and lateral hires, the practice head said.


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Hackers have breached Jones Day and accessed the files of 10 clients, the law firm said on Monday.
A Universal Music Group NV unit agreed to end its massive copyright lawsuit against French record label Believe SA a few months after pausing litigation for settlement negotiations.
First Brands Group failed to adequately test the market before reaching a $25 million bankruptcy sale agreement for its recognizable auto parts intellectual property, including its Trico brand, auto electronics designer and producer NOCO Co. said.
The creator of a mobile app for tracking wildfire information urged a court to block software firm Intterra Inc.'s planned May release of the AWARECA public safety app commissioned by California’s Forestry and Fire Protection Department.
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Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge, reiterated her argument the DC Circuit should revive the lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional her suspension from hearing cases at the Federal Circuit.
In this video, we explore how the copyright in a song – the musical composition – works. We look at what courts use to determine whether there was an infringement, and why these cases can be so complicated.
An attorney for a Massachusetts health-care provider faced skeptical questions from an appellate panel Monday as he tried to preserve a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging the provider’s use of tracking tools on its website.
A Massachusetts teacher who was fired after disclosing a student’s new preferred name and pronouns to their parents urged the First Circuit to revive her First Amendment suit against school officials.
Hackers have breached Jones Day and accessed the files of 10 clients, the law firm said on Monday.
A patient of Oregon Reproductive Medicine LLC convinced adequately alleged that the fertility clinic’s use of LinkedIn’s Insight Tag violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a federal court ruled.
The court denied this motion by The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors to dismiss CentralSquare Technologies LLC’s claims for unfair trade practices and breach of fiduciary duty. CentralSquare Techs. LLC v. Nat’l Bd. of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, 2026 BL 119542, M.D. Fla., 6:25-cv-1294-RBD-DCI, 4/2/26
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in Washington denying a default judgment against Foxy Lady Inc. in Gulliver’s Tavern Inc.'s action for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related claims. According to the appeals court, the district court didn’t clearly err in finding that the marks weren’t sufficiently similar, in finding that the proximity of the goods factor in the likelihood of confusion test weighed in favor of the defendant, in finding that Gulliver’s Tavern’s mark was presumptively weak, in its application of the likelihood of confusion factors, or in denying Gulliver’s Tavern’s motions for default judgment. Gulliver’s Tavern Inc. v. Foxy Lady Inc., 2026 BL 118920, 9th Cir., 24-5629, unpublished, 4/3/26
The court affirmed the decision of a federal district court granting Columbia House of Brokers Realty Inc. and others attorneys’ fees in Designworks Homes Inc.'s copyright infringement action relating to floorplans of homes in resale listings. Designworks Homes Inc. v. Columbia House of Brokers Realty Inc., 2026 BL 117041, 8th Cir., 24-3181, nonprecedential, 4/2/26
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