Active or passive?

What makes website operators directly liable for copyright infringement

VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., No. 17-35587, March 15, 2019, Ninth Cir.

Vehicle charging station patents short-circuit under Alice analysis

ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc., No. 18-1739, March 28, 2019, Fed. Cir.

Supreme Court ruling leaves a mark

Trademark right survives licensor’s bankruptcy

Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, No. 17-1657, May 20, 2019, U.S.

PTAB rejects inherently obvious finding

PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 18-1599, March 8, 2019, Fed. Cir.

Testing truths

Experimental use preempts public use, on-sale bars to patentability

Barry v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 17-2463, Jan. 24, 2019, Fed. Cir.

Extra! Extra!

SCOTUS clarifies copyright infringement lawsuit prerequisite

Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, No. 17-571, Jan. 8, 2019, U.S.S.C.

Obviousness doesn’t require motivation to combine prior art

Realtime Data, LLC v. Iancu, No. 18-1154, Jan. 10, 2019, Fed. Cir.

Court of Appeals revives denied trademark application

In re: Guild Mortgage Co., No. 17-2620, Jan. 14, 2019, Fed. Cir.

When a surname can be registered as a trademark
Schlafly v. St. Louis Brewery, LLC, No. 17-1468, Nov. 26, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Lens manufacturer loses the blame game
Circumstantial evidence seals induced patent infringement liability
Enplas Display Device Corp. v. Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., No. 16-2599, Nov. 19, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Music platform hits a sour note
Resale of digital music violates Copyright Act
Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., No. 16-2321, Dec. 18, 2018, 2d Cir.

Confidential sales can trigger the on-sale bar to patentability
Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229, Jan. 22, 2019, U.S. Sup. Ct. 

Print still matters

Trade show catalog bars patent

Nobel Biocare Svcs. AG v. Instradent USA, Inc., No. 17-2256, Sept. 13, 2018, Fed. Cir.

SAS Institute, Inc. v. Iancu, No. 16–969, April 24, 2018, S.Ct.

Stairway back to court

Erroneous jury instructions trip up copyright verdict

Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, No. 16-56057, Sept. 28, 2018, 9th Cir.

How ranges described in prior art trigger obviousness presumption

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Synvina C.V., No. 17-1977, Sept. 17, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Can you sue foreign corporations for trademark infringement?

Plixer Int’l, Inc. v. Scrutinizer GmbH, No. 18-1195, Sept. 13, 2018, 1st Cir.

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Printed publication bars patents on drug tracking system

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, No. 17-1671, July 13, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Factual compilation qualifies for “thin” copyright

Experian Information Solutions, Inc. v. Nationwide Marketing Services, Inc., No. 16-16987, June 27, 2018, 9th Cir.

What’s fair in copyright and trademark …

Alleged infringement of technical standards raises questions

American Society for Testing and Materials v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., No. 17-7035, July 17, 2018, D.C. Cir.

Court blocks trademark for sports shop

In re Detroit Athletic Co., No. 17-2361, Sept. 20, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Federal Circuit revives soda trademark battle over “ZERO”
Royal Crown Co., Inc. v. The Coca-Cola Co., No. 16-2375, June 20, 2018, Fed. Cir.

Supreme Court allows patent owner to recover lost foreign profits
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011, June 22, 2018, U.S.

Shot down
Photogs lose DMCA case over metadata removal
Stevens v. CoreLogic, Inc., No. 16-56089, June 20, 2018, 9th Cir.

Phonetic alphabet fails patent-eligibility test
In re Wang, No. 17-1827, June 20, 2018, Fed. Cir.