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For years, the IP conversations around crypto tokens focused almost entirely on copyright: who owns the underlying artwork, and what rights does minting actually convey. A recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Yuga Labs v. Ripps...more
On July 10, 2026, Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its employees who previously worked for Apple, accusing them of taking trade secrets to help OpenAI develop artificial intelligence hardware. The...more
In February 2022, commentators proclaimed the end of U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) China Initiative, a program created during the first Trump administration to combat Chinese economic espionage (i.e., the theft of trade...more
While the business case for biosimilars — generic equivalents of biologics, or medications made from living organisms — took many years to build, it is now firmly established and catching the attention of dealmakers across...more
In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin Shareholders Scott Hervey and Richard D. Buckley, Jr. break down the growing legal scrutiny around Polymarket, including allegations involving fabricated trading videos,...more
In NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a patentee’s prior commercial sale of a device embodying the invention does not qualify as a “public disclosure” under the AIA safe harbor of...more
Kilpatrick's Katie Apsens recently presented on the topic of "Design Patents Overview: Preparing an Application" at a recent firm CLE event. Katie's takeaways from the presentation include: * The opinions expressed are those...more
On September 11, 2026, Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management LLC (“Victoria’s Secret”) sued Thomas Pink Shirtmaker LLC (“Thomas Pink”) and six related companies and retailers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...more
Most inventors and business executives know that to obtain a patent, the claims of the application must be novel and non-obvious over the prior art. However, the scope of “prior art” is broader than most people realize....more
Our Patent Case Summaries provide a weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a final order approving a settlement between its Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) and a registered patent attorney accused of professional misconduct...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment and a jury verdict of noninfringement, holding that claim preambles reciting a “universal” spinal implant were limiting and that substantial evidence...more
Most operating agreements and shareholder agreements in New York were written for a business that ran on people, equipment, and client relationships. They say who owns the company, who makes decisions, and what happens when...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a commercial sale did not qualify as a “public disclosure” under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)(1)(B) where the sale did not make the relevant aspects of the invention available...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed dismissal of a patent and copyright infringement action, finding that an exclusive license remained in force, transferred all substantial rights in the asserted...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a judgment limiting a trade secret plaintiff to a reasonable royalty based on the parties’ licensing history, finding that unjust-enrichment damages are available under...more
For tech companies seeking to go public, an IPO-ready IP strategy means building a defensible, revenue-linked moat years before the S-1, not merely compiling a patent inventory at the finish line....more
HouseCanary, Inc., a San Francisco-based real estate technology and analytics company, along with several affiliated entities filed voluntary Chapter 11 petition’s on September 22, 2026, in the Bankruptcy Court for the...more
When you do a rebrand, what do you do with the retired mark? It’s a question that has plagued trademark holders for years. The Lanham Act defines abandonment as discontinuation of use with intent not to resume, and three...more
Most founders think patent risk comes from the outside. A competitor copies your technology. Someone files an IPR. Someone designs around your claims. In my experience advising startups, the more dangerous threat is internal....more
What: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued the second set of proposed rules to implement Executive Order (EO) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, covering 16 parts of the Federal...more
Ted Davis, Mike Bertelson, and Mitch Stockwell provided an in-depth review of notable recent court decisions focusing on trademark, patent law, and advertising issues at the firm’s annual Kilpatrick Intellectual Property...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, including the life sciences industry, from drug discovery and diagnostics to medical devices and manufacturing. With that transformation comes a critical challenge:...more
There was a significant ruling in the Doe v. Github case involving training of AI code generator models on open source....more
Kilpatrick's Crystal Genteman, Josh Lee, and David Reed, joined by Reagan Charney of Arxada, presented "Alternatives to District Court Litigation" at the 2026 edition of the Kilpatrick Intellectual Property Seminar Series...more