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  • Pepsi-400 Pepsi Wins Copyright Suit Over Super Bowl Ad

    November 26, 2019

    The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 13, 2019, held that a Pepsi ad which ran during the 2016 Super Bowl and featured Funk singer Janelle Monae didn’t infringe on an advertising agency’s pitch.
  • Wargaming-400 Fed. Cir. Says Video Game Patent Review Not Time-Barred

    November 25, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on November 19, 2019, affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision that determined that Game & Tech. Co.’s video game technology patent was invalid in light of prior art.
  • AIA-Practice-Guide PTAB Publishes Consolidated Edition of AIA Trial Practice Guide

    November 22, 2019

    The US Patent and Trademark Office on November 20, 2019, published a new, consolidated edition of the Patent Trial Practice Guide that incorporates updates released in August 2018 and July 2019 into the original August 2012 Practice Guide.
  • Netfilx Netflix Escapes ‘Narcos’ Copyright Suit

    November 21, 2019

    The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on November 8, 2019, held that Netflix Inc.'s hit show “Narcos” did not copy protectable portions of a Colombian journalist’s memoirs about her affair with Pablo Escobar.
  • Data Fed. Cir. Restores Data Transmission Patent

    November 19, 2019

    The Federal Circuit on November 15, 2019, ruled that a district court erred when it found KPN N.V.'s data transmission systems patent unpatentable as an abstract idea.