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  • hospital-400 Fifth Circuit Nixes Statutory Damages Award in Hospital Form Copyright Clash

    January 14, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on January 9, 2020, held that statutory damage awards are not available when a defendant infringes in one way before the copyright was registered and another way after registration.
  • Drug-400 Amgen Wins in Kidney Drug Infringement Appeal

    January 10, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 7, 2020, vacated and remanded a lower court ruling which held that Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, didn’t infringe Amgen Inc.’s patent for the kidney disease drug Sensipar.
  • Prince_at_Coachella-400 Prince Estate Wins Copyright Dispute Over YouTube Concert Videos

    January 9, 2020

    The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on January 6, 2020, awarded a summary judgment victory to Prince’s estate on its claims that unauthorized concert recordings posted to YouTube infringed the late musician’s copyrights.
  • Keypad-400 Google Wins Keypad Patent Validity Appeal

    January 7, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 6, 2019, reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that held claims of a Koninklijke Philips NV keypad patent valid.
  • Bycicle-400 Fed. Cir. Remands Bicycle Chainring Patent Dispute

    January 3, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 18, 2019, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision which invalidated SRAM’s improved bicycle chainring patent for obviousness.