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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. The sportswear giant has sued multiple competitors over its Flyknit technology, including: Adidas (2021) Nike accused AdidasPrimeknitshoes of infringing on Flyknit patents. The case was settled in 2022.

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2024 at Clio: A Landmark Year in Review

Clio

Firms now bill 34% more cases and charge 20% higher rates on a flat-fee basis compared to 2016. Here are just a few of our key findings from this years report: 79% of surveyed legal professionals are now using AI in some capacity in their practice 74% of billable work thats billed by the hour could be automated by generative AI.

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Ninth Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Ads–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand

Eric Goldman

I wrote a whole paper just about that in 2016–we’re still discussing it 8 years later. This could prime trademark owners to reignite the litigation crusade against Google (there were over 2 dozen lawsuits 15 years ago) and then pursue their competitors as contributory trademark infringers. The Overlay of Legal Ethics Rules.

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The “Winning Isn’t Normal” Copyright Enforcement Campaign Is More “Abusive” Than “Winning”–Bell v. Kiffin

Eric Goldman

Two prior blog posts on Bell’s litigation efforts: Fair Use Protects High Schools Use of Inspirational MemeBell v. This extraordinary assertion, with which Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Faulkner might take issue, [FN] frankly causes this court to wonder whether it is dealing with a litigant whose feet are firmly planted on the ground.

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What We’ve Learned from Senators and Justices on Legal Talk Network

Legal Talk Network

Volunteer your time, whether its on the civil side or on the criminal side, to get into the courtroom and make sure that justice prevails in this litigation. His advice to lawyers is as follows: Use your law license to become part of the solution. Too many people, particularly the poorest people in America, dont have legal representation.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

If you haven’t been watching the litigation tsunami over Meta Pixels, it’s been a sight to behold. The news continues to be awful for IAPs being legally responsible for not terminating the Internet access of possible recidivist downloaders. Pixel Cases. Last time I checked, I think there were 150 pixel rulings in Westlaw.

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Ep 293: Litera’s Avaneesh Marwaha: The CEO Who Left Before AI and Returned to Lead Through It

LawNext podcast

What happens when a CEO steps away from a legal tech company just before the generative AI revolution explodes, then returns two years later amid a landscape that is being dramatically transformed? For Literas Avaneesh Marwaha , that is exactly what happened.