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A recent report from BakerHostetler underscores the urgent need for US businesses to overhaul their intellectual property strategies in response to the transformative effects of artificial intelligence, evolving social media practices, and significant regulatory changes. The firm’s 2026 IP Perspectives report details…
A Tokyo District Court has sentenced a website owner to 18 months in prison and imposed a fine exceeding $6,000 for publishing spoiler-heavy posts containing extensive plot details and images from the films Godzilla Minus One and the anime series Overlord. The conviction, initiated by complaints from major Japanese co…
Biotechnology company Moderna has agreed to pay up to $2.25 billion to settle patent litigation over technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine, resolving a dispute with Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences. The lawsuits alleged that Moderna’s vaccine relied on patented lipid nanoparticle delivery systems, a technolog…
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded its 2023-24 term with significant decisions impacting intellectual property law, including a unanimous ruling on the Lanham Act’s name clause and a split decision on the timing of copyright damages. As the 2024-25 term begins, the Court has agreed to hear additional IP cases while decl…
The year 2024 proved transformative for U.S. intellectual property litigation, marked by steady case volumes, landmark Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions, and a surge in disputes involving artificial intelligence and trade secrets. Shifts in venue dynamics, the end of Chevron Deference, and the growing influe…
In a landmark decision, the Federal Circuit has ruled that generic pharmaceutical companies may deduct legal expenses incurred in defending Hatch-Waxman patent litigation as ordinary and necessary business expenses. The ruling, which affirms a lower court's decision in favor of Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc., clarifies…