What the Third Circuit decided, what it left open for generative AI, and what companies training models should do now.
What was the case about?
ROSS Intelligence set out to build an AI legal-research tool to compete with Westlaw.
The term “dupe” can carry different meanings in different contexts, but it has increasingly become the label for a product that imitates the appearance, aesthetic, or functionality of a branded product without copying the brand itself. Dupes have occupied the
IPR filings rebounded from the Q2 record low but remain about 70% below last year, and the institution rate for fiscal 2026 closed at 41%.
The headline
Inter partes review petitions rose to 97 in the third quarter of
What Section 43(a) requires, who can sue, what a court can order, and when a letter beats a lawsuit
Most companies treat intellectual property enforcement as patents and trademarks. Some of the damage that hits the P&L has nothing
Every stage of a trademark’s life now has a scam built around it. Here is what each one looks like, how the USPTO is responding, and what to do if your application is already caught up in it
A business
What counts as a trade secret, how to protect one, and what to do when confidential information walks out the door
Not every valuable innovation is patented. For a lot of companies, the important intellectual property is a process,
A post-financing punch list for companies without in-house IP counsel
The wire hit your account. The board wants a hiring plan. Product, sales, and a new market are funded instead of theoretical. That is usually when intellectual property slides
The three ways to attack a patent’s validity at the Patent Office: what each one costs you, what each one buys you, and why the choice is harder than it was a few years ago
When a patent is asserted
A practical primer on the intellectual-property questions that move deal value
In many deals, the intellectual property is the asset. Software, patents, brands, and trade secrets often carry more of the purchase price than the hard assets do.
