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1 day ago
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Feds sue 3 states for trying to bring Kalshi and Polymarket under more control | Fortune

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fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

CFTC and DOJ Sue 3 States as Jurisdiction Battle Raises Stakes for Prediction Markets

Federal authorities are asserting exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, challenging state regulations to ensure a unified framework for derivatives oversight.
fromFortune
1 day ago
Poker

Feds sue 3 states for trying to bring Kalshi and Polymarket under more control | Fortune

Intellectual property law
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

CFTC and DOJ Sue 3 States as Jurisdiction Battle Raises Stakes for Prediction Markets

Federal authorities are asserting exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, challenging state regulations to ensure a unified framework for derivatives oversight.
#meta
Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 days ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Law
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

Social Media Companies Are Suddenly Getting Killed in Court

Meta and Google face significant legal consequences for misleading practices and negligence affecting young users' mental health.
Law
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 days ago

Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield

Meta and Google face legal challenges undermining their protections under Section 230, particularly regarding child safety and content moderation.
Law
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

Social Media Companies Are Suddenly Getting Killed in Court

Meta and Google face significant legal consequences for misleading practices and negligence affecting young users' mental health.
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

"We appealed and appealed and lost every appeal. And then the case was ultimately dismissed."
US news
#copyright-law
#social-media
Law
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta's legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube were found liable for harming minors, challenging their legal protections under Section 230.
fromABC7 San Francisco
5 days ago

Bay Area lawyers in Washington DC for Supreme Court birthright citizenship case

"What's at issue is can the president rewrite the Constitution. And basically we are arguing that birthright citizenship is clearly stated in the 14th Amendment and that the Supreme Court actually already decided this issue in 1898," Kohli says.
Social justice
#uspto
Digital life
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation

A jury found big tech liable for addictive design features, establishing a precedent for legal action against social media companies for psychological harm.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

The Trump administration filed lawsuits against three states to assert federal control over prediction markets, challenging state regulations and gambling laws.
Law
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system

Lawyers face increasing sanctions for using AI-generated errors in legal briefs, with over 1,200 cases reported, including significant fines for fictitious citations.
Intellectual property law
fromABA Journal
2 days ago

TikTok creator sued by immigration firm, accused of making defamatory comments online

A TikTok creator is being sued for defamation by an immigration law firm over alleged false statements made online.
Law
fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days ago

California's top lawyer explains why he hasn't sued Kalshi like Nevada and Arizona

California's Attorney General emphasizes state sovereignty in regulating prediction markets amid ongoing legal battles across the US.
#patent-law
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 weeks ago

Too Late to Invent an Inventor: Forfeiture and 256 in IPR Proceedings

Section 256 allows patent invalidation to be prevented through inventorship correction without express timing requirements, but the Federal Circuit ruled forfeiture principles can bar delayed corrections from supporting new arguments in inter partes review.
fromPatently-O
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 weeks ago

Too Late to Invent an Inventor: Forfeiture and 256 in IPR Proceedings

Section 256 allows patent invalidation to be prevented through inventorship correction without express timing requirements, but the Federal Circuit ruled forfeiture principles can bar delayed corrections from supporting new arguments in inter partes review.
fromPatently-O
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

Law
fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

Why Realistic Scenarios Matter More Than More AI - Above the Law

Legal AI effectiveness relies on rich, realistic scenarios rather than sheer volume or speed of responses.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
3 days ago

CFTC lawsuit targets states over prediction markets ban

Federal regulators are suing Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut to assert authority over event contracts against state regulations labeling them as unlicensed gambling.
Law
fromReadWrite
6 days ago

Kalshi shifts Washington lawsuit into federal jurisdiction fight

Washington's lawsuit against Kalshi alleges illegal online gambling, claiming the platform misrepresents itself as a prediction market.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
3 days ago

FanDuel and DraftKings face Interactive Games patent lawsuit

Interactive Games LLC has filed lawsuits against FanDuel and DraftKings for patent infringement related to mobile wagering technology.
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial

The Trump administration agreed to stop pursuing a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster as part of a settlement that blindsided state attorneys general in the middle of a trial. Attorneys general from 27 states and the District of Columbia are continuing to pursue the case without the US government, at least for now.
US news
#ai
Law
fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

Morning Docket: 03.30.26 - Above the Law

AI associates should not be blamed for failures, raising questions about their necessity.
Law
fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

Morning Docket: 03.30.26 - Above the Law

AI associates should not be blamed for failures, raising questions about their necessity.
#trademark-infringement
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Chinatown-based sneaker store sues Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes over trademark infringement | amNewYork

A Chinatown sneaker shop is suing Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce for trademark infringement over the name 1587 Prime.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Chinatown-based sneaker store sues Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes over trademark infringement | amNewYork

A Chinatown sneaker shop is suing Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce for trademark infringement over the name 1587 Prime.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Legal Cases Against Social Media's Do No Harm

Social media companies cannot evade responsibility for mental health harm by claiming pre-existing conditions are the primary factor, as platforms may significantly worsen existing conditions regardless of baseline mental health status.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
4 days ago

Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokemon Patent Trolling

Nintendo's patent on character summoning has been rejected by a U.S. patent examiner, marking a significant setback for the company.
#intellectual-property
#trade-secrets
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
6 days ago

Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims

The case examines the balance between patent disclosures and trade secret protection under California law regarding a cosmetic penile implant.
fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

No Do-Over: Trade Secret Plaintiffs Must Crystallize Their Theory by Summary Judgment

Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
6 days ago

Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims

The case examines the balance between patent disclosures and trade secret protection under California law regarding a cosmetic penile implant.
fromPatently-O
2 months ago
Intellectual property law

No Do-Over: Trade Secret Plaintiffs Must Crystallize Their Theory by Summary Judgment

#trademark
Intellectual property law
fromAxios
6 days ago

From pet clothing to plastic socks: Inside Trump airport trademark applications

DTTM filed trademark applications for 'Trump International Airport' and related merchandise, marking a unique move by a sitting president's private company.
Intellectual property law
fromAxios
6 days ago

From pet clothing to plastic socks: Inside Trump airport trademark applications

DTTM filed trademark applications for 'Trump International Airport' and related merchandise, marking a unique move by a sitting president's private company.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
6 days ago

Judge denies NCAA request to block DraftKings in trademarks case

A federal judge allowed DraftKings to continue using NCAA branding but indicated the NCAA likely has a strong case against trademark infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Meta's Big Court Defeat Has Huge Implications for Lawsuits Against the AI Industry

Meta and YouTube lost a landmark trial over social media addiction, impacting their platforms and potentially affecting AI companies as well.
#copyright-infringement
Intellectual property law
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

BMG brings infringement lawsuit to Anthropic over AI training

BMG Rights Management accuses Anthropic of illegally using song lyrics to train its AI chatbot, seeking damages for copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

The dictionary sues OpenAI | TechCrunch

Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for massive copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized scraping of nearly 100,000 articles to train ChatGPT and generating verbatim reproductions of its content.
Intellectual property law
fromRAIN News
2 weeks ago

BMG brings infringement lawsuit to Anthropic over AI training

BMG Rights Management accuses Anthropic of illegally using song lyrics to train its AI chatbot, seeking damages for copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

The dictionary sues OpenAI | TechCrunch

Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for massive copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized scraping of nearly 100,000 articles to train ChatGPT and generating verbatim reproductions of its content.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

Patent Law Year in Review: USC IP Institute 2026

The USC Intellectual Property Institute held its annual IP Year in Review session covering major patent law developments, featuring panels on trademarks, publicity rights, and copyright.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

Music giant BMG sues Anthropic over AI training

BMG sued Anthropic for training Claude AI models on copyrighted song lyrics from torrent sites without authorization, citing 493 instances of copyright infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Organizations Warn Fast-Track of Bill to Separate Copyright Office from Library of Congress Would Be a 'Grave Mistake'

A coalition of consumer rights and library groups opposes fast-tracking H.R. 6028, which would separate the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress and restructure leadership appointments, urging regular legislative procedures to prevent unintended consequences.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

The Tinderbox: A Framework for Skinny-Label Inducement Before the Supreme Court

Generic manufacturers' decisions to market cheaper drugs with carved-out patented uses while promoting them as full equivalents raises questions about induced patent infringement liability in method-of-use patents.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
3 weeks ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 13: Former USPTO Patent Examiner Settles Conflict Allegations; EU Parliament Endorses EUIPO Register of Works Used to Train AI; U.S.-Based Operations Become Discretionary Denial Factor at PTAB

The U.S. Department of Justice settled a conflict of interest case with a former USPTO patent examiner for $122,480, marking the second such settlement in two weeks.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo supply chain risk' designation

Anthropic sued the Trump administration to reverse the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation, arguing the government unlawfully punished the company for refusing unrestricted military use of its AI technology.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 weeks ago

The Expanding Patent Document: Fewer Claims, More Words, and a Trend That Predates Alice

Patent specifications have nearly doubled in length over twenty years to over 13,000 words, but claim counts have declined since 2005, contradicting expectations that Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank would cause a structural break in 2014-2015.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 weeks ago

Twenty and Done: The Fee-Driven Collapse of Claim Count Diversity

Patent fee structures have created a hard threshold at 20 claims, causing 28% of 2025 utility patents to issue with exactly 20 claims compared to 6% in 2005.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 month ago

Guest Post: Design Patents at the ITC

The ITC applied a lower visual similarity standard than the Federal Circuit requires in finding design patent infringement, potentially allowing judges to disregard claimed design elements as minor or trivial.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

From Boilerplate To Architecture: How AI Broke The Monolithic IP Clause - Above the Law

AI systems expose fundamental flaws in traditional IP indemnity clauses, requiring contract drafters to address layered, context-dependent risks that cannot be covered by single catch-all promises.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 month ago

Extolling the Virtues: 'Space-Efficient' Preamble Fails to Limit

The Federal Circuit reversed an indefiniteness ruling while affirming dismissal of breach-of-contract claims in NimbeLink Corp. v. Digi International Inc., with the patent issue centering on whether claim preambles impose substantive limitations.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 27: UK Trademarks No Longer Within Scope of EU Law Post-Brexit; Second Circuit Reverses Ruling on Concert Rates Under BMI Consent Decree; USPTO Employee Pays $500K to Resolve Conflict of Interest Allegations

UK trademark rights cannot support opposition proceedings within the EU following Brexit's transitional period conclusion.
Intellectual property law
fromThe IP Law Blog
1 month ago

The Briefing: Vetter v. Resnik: When Copyright Termination Goes Global

The Fifth Circuit ruled that copyright termination under U.S. law cannot recapture foreign exploitation rights, limiting authors' ability to reclaim worldwide grants despite decades-old agreements.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 month ago

Privity Without Duty: When Patent Inventors Are Bound but Not Represented

University-employed inventors often lose control and compensation decisions when universities and licensees litigate patents without including inventors.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Copyright Office Report: Copyright Claims Board a Success, But Statutory Changes Needed for Efficiency

The Copyright Claims Board estimated that 'as much as three-quarters of its time is spent on the initial review of claims and amended claims and writing noncompliance orders explaining claim deficiencies,' according to the report. The U.S. Copyright Office on Friday released its report pursuant to the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, finding that the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) is largely successful but that there is 'room for improvement in various respects.'
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fromPatently-O
1 month ago

When Obviousness Rejections Pile On: Rethinking Multi-Reference Combinations

Combining numerous prior art references to reject a patent claim often reflects hindsight and risks improper obviousness findings; doctrinal tests already address this.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

USPTO De-Designates Two PTAB Decisions on RPIs in Light of Corning Optical

The Office de-designated Proppant Express Invests., LLC v. Oren Techs., LLC, IPR2017-01917, Paper 86 (PTAB Feb. 13, 2019); and Adello Biologics LLC v. Amgen Inc., PGR2019-00001, Paper 11 (PTAB Feb. 14, 2019). According to a USPTO email sent Tuesday, both decisions conflict with the decision in Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband Inc., IPR2014-00440, Paper 68 (PTAB Aug. 18, 2015) (precedential).
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