A federal judge reduced a $58.9 million jury verdict in a trade secret dispute to approximately $10.4 million, ruling that lost-profit calculations for two major waste haulers were based on conjecture rather than evid...
A federal judge reduced a $58.9 million jury verdict in a trade secret dispute to approximately $10.4 million, ruling that lost-profit calculations for two major waste haulers were based on conjecture rather than evidence.
A federal judge in Tennessee granted adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings’ motion for early discovery but attached a protective order designed to prevent the company from using the threat of unmasking a defendant to force a settlement.
A federal judge in Texas ruled that Headwater Research LLC’s six-year delay in suing Verizon Wireless to maximize damages constituted an implied waiver of its patent rights, barring the patent assertion entity from enforcing two patents against the telecomm...
A federal judge in Florida denied fintech Sunbit's request for an emergency ex parte order to stop former employee Kathie Keil and competitors Synchrony Financial and CareCredit from using trade secrets, ruling that the company failed to prove immediate irr...
A Northern District of California magistrate judge ruled that Apple’s product roadmaps do not automatically qualify for the highest level of confidentiality protection, rejecting the company’s attempt to shield strategic planning documents under a "Source C...
A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday narrowed a subpoena xAI served on OpenAI, limiting the scope of documents the AI company must produce regarding its hiring of former xAI employee Xuechen Li, who is accused of stealing trade secrets.
A Delaware federal judge dismissed a fraudulent inducement claim in a dispute over social media account control, leaving a franchise buyer with only a breach of contract case against the sellers of its yogurt chain.
A Northern District of California judge denied motions to exclude expert testimony on functionality and secondary meaning in BuzzBallz’s trade dress infringement suit against MPL Brands, allowing key evidence to reach the jury or decide summary judgment.
A federal judge in Utah ruled that a jury’s finding of trademark infringement supports a permanent injunction, rejecting the argument that a zero-damages verdict precludes equitable relief.
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that a pro se musician failed to plausibly allege that YouTube users had a reasonable chance of seeing his original composition before uploading allegedly infringing tracks, dismissing the case with leave to amend.
Chief Judge Virginia M. Kendall severed six jewelry defendants from Chrome Hearts LLC’s mass trademark infringement lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to establish a "logical relationship" between the six appearing entities and the 86 other defendant...
A federal judge denied competing scheduling requests from The Foundry and Adobe in their trademark dispute, criticizing both sides for failing to act with urgency.
FTI Consulting successfully added new defendants and 15 counts, including trade secret misappropriation, in its commercial dispute with former government official Jonathan Orszag.
A federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of California ordered Cangrade to produce its settlement agreement with third-party Paylocity but rejected requests for related negotiation documents, ruling they were not proportional to the needs of the...
A federal judge in the Northern District of California granted an ex parte temporary restraining order against anonymous registrants of two domain names that hosted websites mimicking the investment firm Fisher Investments, citing risks of consumer phishing...
A federal judge in Tennessee granted adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings' motion for early discovery against an anonymous defendant, but imposed strict protective conditions to curb the company's "suggestive" pattern of coercive settlement practices and p...
A federal magistrate judge in New York ordered OpenAI to log clawed-back data and evaluations withheld because they post-date the litigation, and to meet and confer with plaintiffs on raw evaluation data in the consolidated copyright infringement litigation.
A federal judge in Manhattan denied Maxim Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Playboy Inc., ruling that the plaintiff’s five-month delay in seeking relief and its failure to protect contest mechanics as trade secrets or copyrightable expressi...
A federal judge in Manhattan entered a default judgment against dozens of defendants operating 52 counterfeit networks that sold fake footwear and apparel bearing Nike and Converse trademarks, imposing joint and several liability for statutory damages and p...
A Southern District of New York judge issued a preliminary injunction against Chinese defendants selling infringing artificial lash extensions on TikTok Shop, restraining their sales and freezing assets held by major payment processors.