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  • Library-400x200 Copyright Office Issues Final Rule on Adjusted Fees

    February 21, 2020

    ​The US Copyright Office on February 19, 2020, issued a final rule establishing adjusted fees for its services.
  • GPS-400x200 Uber Comes in First in GPS Tracking Patent Suit

    February 20, 2020

    The US District Court for the Northern District of California on February 12, 2020, held that the function of Uber Technologies Inc.'s app that displays driver and rider locations on a map doesn’t infringe two of X One Inc.’s GPS tracking patents.
  • Superstore 400x200 Walmart’s $3 Million Trade Secret Loss Affirmed by Eighth Circuit

    February 18, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit on February 12, 2020, affirmed a $3 million damages award against Walmart Inc. (Walmart) for misappropriating web designer Cuker Interactive LLC’s (Cuker) trade secrets by pressuring it into giving up its Adobe source files.
  • Network-400x200 Express License of Patent Includes Implied License of Continuations

    February 13, 2020

    The Federal Circuit on February 6, 2020, held that the express license of a patent includes an implied license for its continuations, including continuations of continuations, because they disclose the same inventions as the licensed patent. Cheetah Omni LLC v. AT&T Servs. Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 19-1264, 2/6/20.
  • Audio-400x200 Apple’s PTAB Argument Should Have Been Heard, Fed. Cir. Says

    February 12, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on February 7, 2020, held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) erred when it chose not to consider arguments Apple Inc. raised in an IPR-related board filing.