Supreme Court Rejects Merck’s Bid to Reinstate $2.5B Damage Award Against Rival January 20, 2021 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Merck & Co. Inc.’s bid to revive a $2.54 billion jury verdict it...
Judge Throws Out Apple Copyright Claims Against Security Software Startup Corellium December 30, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc.’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps...
Supreme Court Will Decide Constitutionality of Patent Appeal Board Appointments October 14, 2020 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether more than 100 technology disputes must be reheard because judges...
How Pandemic, Contracts Focus Intellectual Property Insurance on Intangible Assets October 9, 2020 By Madeleine Brown The demand for intellectual property (IP) cover has been increasing year on year as businesses become more aware of the...
Supreme Court Hears Google’s Appeal of Oracle’s $8 Billion Copyright Claim October 7, 2020 By Jan Wolfe and Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday as it considered whether to protect Alphabet Inc.’s Google from a long-running...
Judge Orders Cisco to Pay $1.9 Billion in Cybersecurity Patent Lawsuit October 6, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc. to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it...
Appeals Court Reinstates Glaxo $235.5 Million Verdict Against Teva October 5, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a 2017 jury verdict ordering Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to pay GlaxoSmithKline Plc...
Soccer Star Messi Scores Trademark Victory Over Massi in EU Court September 17, 2020 Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has won a legal battle over trademark rights relating to his own logo after...
Led Zeppelin Back on Top in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Lyrics Copyright Case March 11, 2020 By Andrew Dalton A federal appeals court has restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven.” The...
Brooks Brothers and Brooks Running Shoes Clash Over Trademark February 13, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Brooks, the running shoe and apparel unit of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against...