Ninth Circuit Temporarily Enjoins Enforcement of California SB 261

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order enjoining the enforcement of California SB 261 while the court hears the interlocutory appeal filed by the US Chamber of Commerce and other... Read more »

District Court Should Have Corrected Evident Error in Claim Language: Federal Circuit

In Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s invalidity for indefiniteness determination based on erroneous claim language that the... Read more »

Fifth Circuit Remands Short Sale Disclosure and Securities Lending Rules to SEC for Further Economic Analysis

A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the SEC’s short sale disclosure and securities lending reporting final rules, without vacatur, for further economic analysis (National Association of Private... Read more »

Federal Circuit Denies Mandamus Relief for USPTO Director's De-Institution of IPRs

In In re Motorola Solutions, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Motorola’s petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the USPTO to resume inter partes reviews (IPRs)... Read more »

SEC to Review Short Sale Disclosure and Securities Lending Rules After Remand from Fifth Circuit

After the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the SEC’s short sale disclosure and securities lending reporting final rules for further economic analysis, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins directed SEC staff to evaluate... Read more »

Federal Circuit Clarifies Pre-AIA Prior Art "By Another"

In Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a reference is considered “by another” if it does not reflect the... Read more »

Duplication, Not Imitation, Required for Sound Recording Copyright Infringement: Seventh Circuit

In Richardson v. Kharbouch, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held. as a matter of first impression, that a plaintiff alleging infringement of a sound recording copyright must present... Read more »

US court remands enforcement action against foreign sovereign to consider defences under New York Convention (US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit)

In Deutsche Telekom, A.G. v. Republic of India, 2025 WL 2810722 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 3, 2025), the US Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a decision of the District Court that granted... Read more »

No Right to Jury Trial on Copyright Act Disgorgement of Profits Claims: Ninth Circuit

In Rearden, LLC v. Walt Disney Pictures, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held, in a matter of first impression, that the US Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 504)... Read more »

District Court Erred in Denying Section 285 Fees to Prevailing Party: Federal Circuit

In Future Link Systems, LLC v. Realtek Semiconductor Corp., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the US District Court for the Westen District of Texas’s denial of attorney... Read more »
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