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SCOTUS Issues Long-Awaited TCPA Ruling Narrowing The Definition Of An Autodialer

By Leila Javanshir & David Rice
April 9, 2021

On April 1, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, which limited what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Court unanimously held that Facebook’s…

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Google v. Oracle and the Future of Copyright in APIs

By Brian Esler & David O'Neill (CEO, APImetrics)
April 6, 2021

The Supreme Court has now come out with its decision in the long-running Google v. Oracle case. To take a deeper dive, we’ve invited David O’Neill, CEO of APIMetrics to help us analyze the true impact of the decision.…

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USPTO Addresses Gender Inequality in the Patent Bar

By Julie Reed
March 23, 2021

The USPTO has recently received criticism about the lack of gender equality in the patent bar, which is composed of people who have passed the USPTO registration exam.

To take the patent bar, one does not have to be an…

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Virginia Becomes the Second State to Adopt a Comprehensive Privacy Law

By Leila Javanshir
March 9, 2021

On March 2, 2021, Virginia passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The CDPA imposes obligations on businesses handling the Personal Data of Virginia consumers and goes into effect on January 1, 2023. Virginia follows in the footsteps of California,…

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Stimulus Legislation Brings Substantial Changes to Trademark and Copyright Law

By Brian Esler
February 16, 2021

Congress tucked major trademark and copyright legislation into the almost 6,000 page COVID-relief stimulus package it passed in the waning days of 2020. Overall, these changes will make it easier for rightsholders to pursue infringement claims going forward.

On the…

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Text Message Marketing Can Cost You Millions

By David Rice, Andy Murphy & Leila Javanshir
February 5, 2021

Does your cannabis company use text message marketing to build customer relationships through a loyalty program? That common practice could bankrupt your company.

It is a shock to many that text message marketing can expose you to staggering damages claims…

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Supreme Court Denies Cert in Jack Daniel’s Dog Toy Case

By Bob Cumbow
January 19, 2021

The United States Supreme Court has denied Jack Daniel’s distillery’s petition for a writ of certiorari from a Ninth Circuit decision holding that a dog toy seller’s use of the Jack Daniel’s trademarks and label design is expression protected by…

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Can Patent Assignors Challenge Patent Validity? U.S. Supreme Court to Decide

By Marie Weiskopf
January 13, 2021

On Friday, January 8, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari filed by Minerva Surgical Inc. in a dispute with Hologic Inc. The question presented by Minerva is “whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who…

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Senators Send Letter to USPTO Requesting Action to Remedy Gender Gap in Patent Bar

By Marie Weiskopf
January 6, 2021
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On December 11, 2020, Sens. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Christopher Coons, D-Del. sent a letter to Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), regarding…

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Fair Use Defense in Seuss/Star Trek “Mash-Up” Case; Netflix Settles Sherlock Holmes Case

By Bob Cumbow
December 31, 2020

Big doings in copyright law the week before Christmas! The Congressional approval of a new federal statute providing low-cost, accelerated adjudication of low-value copyright disputes and criminalizing infringing streaming activities will be the subject of a future blog article. Meanwhile,…

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