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Can Political Campaign Ideas Be Copyrighted?
1+ hour ago (1556+ words) This judgement delivered by the Patna High Court in Prashant Kishor vs The State of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary & Ors, decided on 12 May 2026 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 271 of 2020, is an important ruling dealing with the intersection of…...
i Bomma Ravi Rules Out Links to Piracy Websites
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (266+ words) Tainted i Bomma Ravi, who was widely identified as the key figure behind the original i Bomma platform, has now publicly stated that he has no connection with the Bappam website currently operating online. According to Ravi, unknown individuals are…...
AI, Patent Strategy, and What Actually Drives Outcomes in 2026 " Part 2
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (200+ words) Part 1 of this series focused on diligence and opinions. Patent prosecution is undergoing the same transition: AI has dramatically improved efficiency, but strategic value increasingly comes from understanding where automation helps, where it creates risk, and where experienced judgment still…...
Foreign Filing Licenses in a Global Market
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (335+ words) Governments use foreign filing requirements to control the flow of sensitive technology. A patent application filed outside a country's borders may be treated as an export of technical data and require national security review. That means companies must understand not…...
Pre'Launch Trademark Risk: What In'House Counsel Should Address Before Product Launch
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1057+ words) Most trademark problems do not begin with a refusal from the USPTO or a cease-and-desist letter from a competitor. They begin much earlier during product development and brand naming, often before legal is meaningfully involved. For in-house counsel, pre-launch trademark…...
It's not a trap: A shared copyright license can still be exclusive
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (437+ words) Addressing statutory standing under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded, holding that a license is not rendered nonexclusive merely because the copyright owner retained certain rights…...
Bottom Line: "Bum Bum" Packaging Falls Flat on Trade Dress Protection
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (662+ words) On March 17, 2026, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Sol de Janiero's (SDJ) packaging for a beauty cream product was functional and therefore not entitled to trade dress protection under the Lanham Act....
The AI Arms Race in Patent Litigation
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (269+ words) Whatever the net effect, practitioners who master AI-assisted workflows while balancing the legal and ethical requirements of the practice should hold a durable advantage over those who do not. " Effective AI implementations will enable capabilities that were previously impractical or…...
Inside the USPTO's AI Rollout: What IP Stakeholders Need to Know
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (624+ words) The USPTO is not new to AI. The agency has used what it calls "traditional AI" or "classic machine learning" for automated classification, relevance ranking, and similar tools across the pre-examination, examination, and post-examination workflows for years. What is new…...
Third Circuit Affirms Denial of Stelara Biosimilar Injunction
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (705+ words) As previously reported, litigation between Johnson & Johnson and Janssen (J&J) and Samsung Bioepis (Samsung) involving Samsung's Stelara biosimilar, PYZCHIVA (ustekinumab-ttwe) (previously known as SB17), was resolved via a settlement agreement in 2023. .. .By: Goodwin Third Circuit Affirms Denial of Stelara Biosimilar Injunction…...