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For many patent cases, the United States District Court hearing your patent dispute can have a big impact on case strategy, budget and management, and even, to some extent, case outcomes. As we discussed earlier this year, how a patent owner approaches an alleged infringer can turn into a costly and inconvenient endea…
Alpha Modus (AMOD)resolved its patent infringement litigation against Brookshire Grocery Co. pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The litigation involved allegations of infringement relating to Alpha Modus’s patented technologies covering real-time consumer behavior analysis,…
The European Union's new Directive (EU) 2024/1799, published on July 10, 2024, seeks to make repairs of household and electronic goods more accessible and sustainable by empowering consumers to choose independent repairers and use refurbished parts. However, the directive's interaction with existing industrial propert…
RIYADH — The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) announced on Monday a 102% increase in patent applications submitted by individuals in 2025 compared to the previous year. Based on the Authority’s report — the "Intellectual Property Information Statistical Report for 2025" — the Kingdom saw significant ga…
Churchill Downs Incorporated said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire the intellectual property for the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan-Stakes from 1/ST Racing’s Maryland department for $85 million, subject to customary closing conditions. Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, plans to…
Vietnam will introduce significant updates to its intellectual property (IP) regime effective April 1, 2026, under the Law on Intellectual Property revised by Law No. 131/2025/QH15. The changes clarify how IP rights are established, streamline registration procedures, and shorten examination timelines – marking a nota…
NBA Hall of Famer George Gervin, who used the same moniker as Williams while playing in the NBA from 1972 to 1986 (primarily with the Spurs), recently filed his own trademark application for the nickname shortly after the Bears' QB attempted to trademark it himself. Now, the United States Patent and Trademark Office w…
Nicole Mantini (00:05): Hi, and welcome to Ask an IP Litigator. Today we're going to run through some of the unique issues that arise when IP intersects with competition law. So Andy, to start us off, IP is all about giving some level of exclusivity to a market participant to permit it to exclude its competitors. Whil…
Who owns the intellectual property in a world run by AI? Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The distinction between computation and consciousness is central to understanding why legal debates over AI ownership remain unsettled.
Vietnam has recently approved major updates to its Intellectual Property Law. The reforms modernize the IP system for the digital economy and change how businesses protect, commercialize, and enforce IP assets in Vietnam. On December 10, 2025, the National Assembly approved amendments to the Law on Intellectual Proper…
By Frederick Mostert, Professor of Practice at the School of Law, King’s College, London and Research Fellow at the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford*, United Kingdom Digital technology is arguably humankind’s greatest achievement since speech. Thanks to Big Tech and the advent of plat…
Loeb & Loeb is proud to share that the firm and 14 Loeb lawyers have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Managing IP magazine’s IP Stars rankings, a leading specialist guide to intellectual property law firms and practitioners worldwide. The guide covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 70 jurisdictions…