Copyright Damages for Timely Claims Regardless of Infringement Date
Resolving a circuit split on the issue of damages in copyright infringement cases, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision, in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S.\\\ (2024), that a...
DEA Confirms Cannabis Rescheduling
It was announced that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the federal agency responsible for enforcement of federal drug laws, will take up the recommendation from the U.S. Health and...
Ninth Circuit: No SHIFT+DELETE for Server Test
The issues where technology and intellectual property laws collide were discussed in the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Hunley v. Instagram, LLC, decided on July 17, 2023. In Hunley, the Ninth Circuit...
Limitations on Federal Trademark Law Reach: No Extraterritoriality Under Lanham Act
This posting reviews the last IP case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2022 term. As mentioned before, the keyword among these cases is “limitation.” The consensus of the Court is that...
Limitations on Transformative Use: SCOTUS Finds Nothing Transformative in Warhol’s Use of Goldsmith’s Prince Photo
Reviewing the last U.S. Supreme Court 2022 term, the highest court decided several high-profile cases involving intellectual property rights. The keyword among these cases is “limitation.” There...
Limitations of the 1st Amendment in Trademark Cases: the Dog Toy Case
Reviewing the last U.S. Supreme Court 2022 term, the highest court decided several high-profile cases involving intellectual property rights. The keyword among these cases – two trademark, one...
The Enablement Requirement Requires More Than Just “Two Research Assignments,” says SCOTUS
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, which touches on a formal requirement for patentability, the enablement requirement. In a...
U.S. Patent No. PP35,001 P3 Blueberry Plant Named ‘C15-270’
U.S. Patent No. PP35,001 P3 (‘001) issued on February 28, 2023 for “Blueberry Plant Named ‘C15-270’.” It was issued to inventors Jessica Scalzo & James W. Olmestead and applicants/assignees Costa...
U.S. Copyright Office Clarifies Registration of AI-Created Works
In order to clarify policy-related issues involving artificial intelligence and the copyright law issue of authorship, the U.S. Copyright Office, on March 16, 2023, commenced an AI initiative....
Fed Circuit Holds Claims Directed to Milk Not Patent-Eligible Under §101
On February 13, 2023, in ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its first opinion of the year dealing with patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C....
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