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Katy Perry's fame linked to singing, not clothing, Australian court hears June 10, 2025 | James Panichi

American singer Katy Perry’s reputation as a performer in Australia does not necessarily extend to her clothing-merchandise trademark, argued a submission made to the country’s highest court of appeal. In docu... (more story)

Fired US FTC Commissioner Bedoya resigns from agency, but suit continues June 09, 2025 | Dwight A. Weingarten

After nearly two months of litigation, Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, one of two Democrats who were removed from the US Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump this year, said he is resigning his post ... (more story)

OpenAI proposes sampling 10 million chats with aim to lift US preservation order June 09, 2025 | Emma Whitford

OpenAI is offering to confidentially sample 10 million recent user exchanges to determine if those marked for deletion contain disproportionate evidence of ChatGPT users getting around news outlet paywalls. In... (more story)

Getty Images accuses Stability AI of IP right violations as UK trial opens June 09, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

During the first day of a widely watched trial, Getty Images accused Stability AI of violating copyright and trademark laws through the training and output of its image-generating model, Stable Diffusion. The ... (more story)

Applicability of EcoFactor to Apple's US appeal could hinge on standard of review June 09, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A recent rejection by the full US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the methodology employed by an expert for EcoFactor has no bearing on that same expert’s proposal of reasonable royalty damages owe... (more story)

Simmons safeguards its bedding trademark against infringers in China June 09, 2025 | MLex Staff

Shanghai Simmons Bedding & Furniture Sales, the sales arm of US mattress brand Simmons in China, has successfully defended its well-known trademark in an appeal. The Foshan Intermediate People’s Court increase... (more story)

OpenAI ramps up fight to reverse US order preserving user chats June 06, 2025 | Emma Whitford

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is using his platform to condemn a court order requiring the company to preserve user chats marked for deletion, saying it shows the need for doctor-like AI conversation “privilege” as hi... (more story)

Anchoring jurisdiction to email blast not unreasonable, US judge finds June 06, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A dismissal in March of allegations a Canadian resident and her Argentinian business committed federal and state trade secret misappropriation was not enough to trigger an award of attorney fees yesterday, whe... (more story)

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China highlights fairness in refunding damages after patent invalidation June 09, 2025 | MLex Staff

In a landmark retrial, China's Supreme People’s Court has ruled that fairness — not just procedural timing — should guide whether patent damages must be returned after a patent is invalidated, a decision that ... (more story)

Getty Images, Stability AI duel in UK in test of copyright law's reach into AI June 06, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Inbar Preiss

The Getty Images v. Stability AI case — due to go to trial in London on June 9 — is a major legal test of how copyright law applies to generative AI. Getty alleges that Stability AI scraped its copyrighted ima... (more story)

Foreign trademark litigants demonstrate staying power in US courts June 05, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Protracted trademark litigation between competing sesame oil makers that spawned multiple appeals and an unsuccessful petition for US Supreme Court review could finally go to trial later this year. A Californi... (more story)

Two years in, UPC’s legal identity is pending with Court of Appeal June 03, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Two years into the Unified Patent Court’s operations, fundamental legal doctrines — including preliminary injunction standards, jurisdictional reach and infringement by equivalence — remain unsettled, with lit... (more story)

Disney down, but not out, in US patent fight with InterDigital June 02, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Melissa Ritti

A bid by The Walt Disney Company for an antisuit injunction barring InterDigital from enforcing relief it may go on to win in Brazilian patent infringement litigation was denied in the US one day after Disney ... (more story)

US court order preserving OpenAI chats shows importance of discovery planning May 30, 2025 | Emma Whitford

A recent court order requiring OpenAI to broadly preserve user conversations, including those marked for deletion, is highlighting how important it is for AI companies to develop sophisticated discovery compli... (more story)

Limits of Federal Circuit’s AI patent eligibility ruling put to test in US courts May 29, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Just over one month after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declared “do it on AI” insufficient to transform an abstract idea into a patent-eligible application, their decision is being cited as ... (more story)

Voluntary deals at heart of EU’s new crisis licensing rules, key lawmaker says May 28, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

European lawmakers reached a political agreement on a new compulsory licensing framework that preserves trade secret protections — an outcome that the European Parliament’s lead negotiator, Adrián Vázquez Láza... (more story)