United States: Intellectual Property

On March 25th, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Fourth Circuit that had held Cox Communications contributorily...

Plaintiff Lynne Freeman brought copyright infringement claims against author Tracy Deebs-Elkenaney (who publishes under the pseudonym Tracy Wolff), Entangled Publishing LLC...

On March 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the Fourth Circuit’s judgment upholding contributory copyright liability in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, 607 U.S. ____ (2026), and remanded the case, in which a jury had awarded $1 billion in statutory damages.

On February 25, 2026, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill 717 (LB 717) into law. LB 717 will expand the scope of the Nebraska Installment Loan and Sales Act (the “ILSA”) —Nebraska’s primary licensing law that governs the origination, making, and servicing of non-mortgage consumer-purpose loans—by raising the threshold loan amount for licensing under the ILSA, imposing new disclosure requirements for ILSA licensees, and expanding the prohibition against making l

Artificial intelligence is no longer a technology on the horizon — it is embedded in the daily operations of healthcare organizations, financial institutions, marketing teams, law firms, and manufacturers worldwide.

For the second time in less than a year, the USPTO, along with the DOJ's Antitrust Division, has stepped into a patent case pending in the Eastern District of Texas.

In Exafer Ltd v. Microsoft Corp., No. 24-2296 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2026), the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's exclusion of Exafer's damages expert report and vacated the district court's order...

In Nextcea Inc. v. Lipotype, Inc., et al., No. 1:24-cv-12624-JEK, Judge Kobick granted Defendants' motion to dismiss, holding that the asserted patent claims were directed to unpatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

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On March 23, 2026, Governor Ferguson signed HB 1155 into law, banning all non-competition agreements in the state—including those already in effect—regardless of worker income, requiring employers to notify affected...

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Trade secrets are among the most valuable forms of intellectual property a company can possess. Unlike patents or copyrights, which require public disclosure, trade secrets derive their value from remaining confidential.