Another Brand Owns a Pokémon Trademark. Nintendo Strikes Back
IPNews® – Nintendo has filed a trademark cancellation against the JIGGLYPUFF trademark. JIGGLYPUFF is a character in the Pokémon series, and surprisingly Nintendo never bothered to protect it by filing...
View ArticleFDI Enforcement Trends in EU, EU Member States, and UK: Q1 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, the approach of the European Union, EU member states, and the United Kingdom toward foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews continues to be cautious and is increasingly...
View ArticleSecurities Enforcement Roundup – April 2025
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from April 2025.
View ArticleStrict Liability for Unreasonable Harm: Aggregating Liability to Restore...
Omer Pelled, Aggregating Liability for Medical Malpractice, 22 Yale J. Health Pol’y L. & Ethics 134 (2024). Carl Coleman The American system of medical malpractice has long been criticized for...
View ArticleU.S. v. Wen Ho Lee 25 Years Later
On May 29, 2025 from 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT, the Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter, the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago, and the Northern District will host a special event to...
View ArticleUK court reaffirms its stringent plausibility standard in AstraZeneca despite...
One of these things is notlike the other....Despite the bright weather in London, as many readers know not everything is bright for consistency between EPC states on plausibility - hey there, UK! The...
View ArticleFriday’s Endnotes – 05/09/25
Glaring Omissions from the Kadrey v. Meta Hearing — “…the hearing included little or no discussion of three key points that must be considered as part of any AI training fair use analysis: (1) under...
View ArticleTTABlog Test: Are Leather Bags Related to Cosmetics Under Section 2(d)?
The USPTO refused to register the mark HUELLA for leather bags, leather wallets, and similar leather goods, finding confusion likely with the identical mark registered for cosmetics and make-up. The...
View ArticleBack to First Principles: UK Court of Appeal Resets the FRAND Framework in...
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Optis Cellular Technology LLC v Apple Retail UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 552, handed down on 1 May 2025, is arguably the most significant UK FRAND decision since Unwired...
View ArticleCelsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years for “unbank yourself” scam
Alex Mashinsky—the disgraced founder of the Celsius Network cryptocurrency bank who deceived hundreds of thousands into losing billions with the catchy slogan "unbank yourself"—was sentenced to 12...
View ArticleThe Briefing: No CTRL-ALT-DEL For the Server Test
On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and James Kachmar break down the Supreme Court’s decision to pass on the McGuckin v. Valnet case—and how it keeps the legal confusion swirling around the...
View ArticleCollusion by Algorithm?: Antitrust Allegations and the Future of Rental Pricing
Photo by luis gomes on Pexels.comBy: Hannah Gracedel It’s that time of year again. You come home from a long day of work to a little note taped to your apartment door. You open it, and it’s a lease...
View ArticleTrump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
President Donald Trump said he is killing a broadband grant program that was authorized by Congress, claiming that the Digital Equity Act of 2021 is racist and unconstitutional. "I have spoken with my...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Affirms Trademark Refusal for “US SPACE FORCE” Mark
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) that refused registration of the mark "US SPACE FORCE" based on false suggestion of a...
View ArticleOther Barks & Bites for Friday, May 9: USPTO Responds to GAO Report;...
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit issues several precedential decisions, including one ruling defining the “ground” that a patent validity challenger could have reasonably...
View ArticleHappy Purim!
Originally posted 2016-03-24 10:38:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Purim – the holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Speaking of which — click here for the PTO’s response to the...
View ArticleThree score and phony years ago
Originally posted 2007-06-08 17:45:24. Republished by Blog Post PromoterCounterfeit Chic has posted Knockoff News number 60! The post Three score and phony years ago appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF...
View ArticleHow Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups
Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up,...
View ArticleCourt Orders Production of Litigation Funding Agreements in Patent Case:...
Recent Decision Highlights Discoverability of Funding Arrangements In a recent discovery dispute in the Northern District of California, Judge Sallie Kim has ordered the plaintiff to produce litigation...
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