Brett Trout

JANUARY 29, 2025

Brett Trout When it comes to intellectual property disputes, the stakes are high. The court ultimately dismissed his case, citing his persistent failures to address these issues. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and experience navigating the complexities of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and federal courts.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 21, 2025

Drake has focused her efforts on helping clients successfully navigate their intellectual property (IP) challenges, whether those challenges relate to patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or copyrights. Drake is a former chair of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property (IP) Section as well as the Women and the Law (WAL) Section.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging infringement of three patents related to real-time retail technology. This case underscores the importance of protecting intellectual property and of conducting intellectual property due diligence before launching new technology. in the U.S.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

After many rounds of motions to dismiss, intellectual property cases against AI developers are moving into the discovery phase. Just weeks into 2025, we got our first answer, with a court ordering OpenAI to produce a complete training dataset to plaintiffs. What Happened?

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 17, 2025

Brett Trout The Cost of Defending Your Patent As an inventor or patent holder, your intellectual property represents years of hard work, creativity, and financial expenditures. Resources: Patent litigation often involves technical experts, discovery, and court proceedings. Ready to explore your options?

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Brett Trout

JUNE 12, 2025

What the courts want now is a technological blueprint : a narrative that spells out the detailed how —not just the what —behind your invention. But what did the court see? 0) Taking Advantage of the Anticipated Changes to Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement (0) The Federal Circuit’s recent Recentive v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But this new era of AI has not come without controversy, as authors and rights holders have launched waves of litigation against the companies that trained and released generative AI models, as well as their investors and affiliates, alleging violations of intellectual property rights.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 3, 2025

Direct Copyright Infringement Found The court held that ROSS directly copied 2,243 Westlaw headnotes. This could have significant implications for AI companies in legal tech and beyond, as courts increasingly scrutinize how copyrighted works are used in AI training. Whats Next?

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 30, 2025

Three proposed billsthePREVAIL Act, RESTORE Act, and PERA (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act)aim to fix longstanding issues in patent law, making iteasier for inventors to obtain patents, defend them in court, and monetize their innovations. This law would give inventors a real weapon against infringers? to fall behind other countries.

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Brett Trout

JUNE 18, 2025

Can courts order access to your 3D printer data? If that part ends up on social media or in the middle of a lawsuit, a single photo could trace it back to the exact machine—and possibly the person—who printed it. Even if you never intended to break the law, this kind of traceability raises big questions.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Starbucks has since moved to dismiss the defamation suit, arguing that the Florida court lacks jurisdiction and that Lamkins comments were made in her personal capacity, not as an official spokesperson for the company? 0) Battle Royale: Alpha Modus Sues Walgreens for Patent Infringement (0)

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Brett Trout

APRIL 10, 2025

Why Litigation Experience Matters in a Patent Attorney One of the most overlooked but highly valuable assets in a patent attorney is litigation experience specifically, experience arguing patent cases in federal court. It could be the difference between owning IP that looks good on paper and IP that actually protects your market.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 16, 2025

Vague, overly-broad, and overly-narrow language can significantly weaken your application if used incorrectly or without a clear understanding of how patent claims need to be drafted and are interpreted by courts and the USPTO.

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Brett Trout

APRIL 11, 2025

Tags: court cases , cyber law , email , information technology , Internet Law , trade secrets Related posts Suing Over Artificial Intelligence (0) When AI Turns Against You: The Devastating Fallout of a Single Download (0) The Rise of Chinese AI: Implications for U.S.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Generally, the DMCA provided additional digital rights management (“DRM”) and copyright protections to aid rights holders in protecting their intellectual property assets by prohibiting the production and distribution of technology that attempts to circumvent DRM and the act of such circumvention. Double Scienter. Corelogic, Inc.,

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Martindale-Avvo

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

While lawyers in all fields skip vacations, work-life balance may be more accessible in fields with typically more predictable, consistent hours, such as intellectual property, real estate, and trust and estate law. Vacation Slackers Workers in most industries, including law, find it difficult to truly disconnect while on vacation.

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Brett Trout

JULY 9, 2025

Increase Your Business Valuation Trademarks are intellectual property assets that enhance the value of your business. Nationwide Legal Rights A federal trademark registration gives you exclusive rights to use your mark across the entire U.S. This is critical in an online world.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Invisible Narratives sought an ex parte TRO to prevent that from happening, which the court grants. The court relies on 512(f) as the basis of the TRO: “Invisible Narratives has presented evidence that Next Level was neither the original creator of Skibidi Toilet nor the lawful copyright owner of Skibidi Toilet characters.

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JUNE 16, 2025

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Brett Trout

JULY 23, 2025

Brett Trout Universal Music Group (UMG), the global leader in music entertainment, has just entered a strategic partnership with intellectual property asset manager Liquidax Capital to file 15 new patents related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 9, 2025

Determining when a dupe seller crosses the line and a dupe infringes intellectual property rights can be tricky. In most jurisdictions, courts ask whether granting one party exclusive rights to a feature puts competitors at a non-reputation-related disadvantage. The legal issues dupes raise aren’t necessarily novel.

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Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

For litigation lawyers, it can predict how a case might play out in court, which makes it easier to decide if its worth settling or going all the way. Practice area modules: Tailored analytics for areas like intellectual property, antitrust, and employment law. Is AI difficult to integrate AI into legal workflows? Not really.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

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MatterSuite

MARCH 28, 2025

Protection from Disputes Generally, legal documents are legally binding on both parties who are fighting in court. Helps to Maintain Compliance One of the best things about legal documents is that the court and authorities approve them. These help you to protect your intellectual properties legally.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

” “I am a law professor who teaches and writes about intellectual property and entertainment law with a focus on trademarks and false advertising, particularly online.” I am interested in the federal courts, specifically SCOTUS and how rule on things of interest.

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Brett Trout

JULY 8, 2025

But instead of getting public support, Lululemon is facing an uphill battle in the court of public opinion. Lululemon is asking the court to: Stop Costco from selling the alleged knockoffs Remove ads and marketing for the items Award Lululemon damages for lost profits What is Trade Dress? What is the Lawsuit About?

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The court opinion includes a screengrab of the tweet (see page 3). 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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Eric Goldman

MARCH 22, 2025

Given the large numberof readers of the blog, this was a great opportunity for me to share my ideas with others who work in the intellectual property law area.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This rule poses a significant challenge for companies, especially startups, which may need to allocate more resources to protect their intellectual property. Surrette , an intellectual property attorney, highlighted that some startups opt to develop products and implement trade secrets to protect them rather than filing patents.

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Clio

MAY 12, 2025

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Meta Platforms (“Meta” ), the court similarly concluded that training an AI was fair use of copyrighted (and even pirated) works—but strongly suggested the outcome may have been different on a better-developed record. In Kadrey v. But the two opinions took somewhat different paths to reach the same conclusion.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 14, 2025

Innovation and Startups (0) Found Another One: Court Sanctions Both Local and Lead Counsel for AI-Generated Case Citations (0) Taking Advantage of the Anticipated Changes to Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement (0)

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Now, courts will have the benefit of a “pre-publication” version of the Copyright Office’s long-awaited Report on Generative AI Training (the “May 2025 Report”). Adding to the uncertainty, the day after the pre-publication report was released, the Trump administration dismissed the Register of Copyrights—a move she is challenging in court.

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Legal Expert Connections

JULY 6, 2025

Fill your newsletter with information about a recent favorable outcome you’ve achieved or a significant court ruling. A monthly client newsletter, delivered via email, is an excellent way to stay in touch with this important group. Also share news about attorney activities and your participation in local Bar or civic activities.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 22, 2025

Component Part Manufacturer The court allows the plaintiff to proceed on the argument that Google is a “component part manufacturer” of Character.ai Component Part Manufacturer The court allows the plaintiff to proceed on the argument that Google is a “component part manufacturer” of Character.ai Character.ai

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MatterSuite

JANUARY 14, 2025

Prevents Intellectual Property Theft : It deters unauthorized use or disclosure of proprietary information by making it legally enforceable. Even though it is called a nondisclosure agreement, NDAs do not always need to be notarized to be upheld in a court of law. Are NDAs Legally Binding?

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