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  • shutterstock_1233989791-400x200 Second Circuit Upholds Hasidic Jewish Trademark Arbitration Award

    May 9, 2019

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on May 1, 2019, upheld an arbitration award in a trademark dispute over the use of the mark “Bobov” within a Hasidic Jewish community. Landau v. Eisenberg, 2d Cir., No. 17-3963, 5/1/19.
  • microsoft-80658_640 Microsoft Escapes Copyright Claims for Misappropriation of DRM Tech

    May 6, 2019

    The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 2, 2019, upheld the dismissal of Media Rights Technologies Inc.’s (MRT) copyright infringement claims against Microsoft Corp., ruling that MRT should have raised the claims in its 2013 patent infringement suit against Microsoft.
  • negative-space-airplane-landing-airport-sebastian-grochowicz-400 DuPont Wins Patent Dispute Over Airplane Blankets

    May 6, 2019

    The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 17, 2019, affirmed a district court’s ruling that Unifrax I LLC, a global specialty fibers company, infringed DuPont’s patent for materials in thermal-acoustic blankets that are installed in airplanes. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company v. Unifrax I LLC, Fed. Cir., No. 17-2575.
  • Adams-Morgan-400x200 Copying Photo for Local Film Fest Site Infringes Copyright

    May 2, 2019

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on April 26, 2019, reversed and remanded a “fair use” copyright decision, holding that Violent Hues’s unlicensed use of a commercial photographer’s photograph on their website failed all four factors of the fair use defense.
  • IPday2019-FB-banner-E-400 AIPLA Co-Sponsors World IP Day Events

    May 1, 2019

    AIPLA co-sponsored two spectacular events in Washington DC in celebration of World IP Day.