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Denied, but Not Defeated! F-Bomb Still in Play as Federal Circuit Breathes New Life Into Old Words
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit came out with its decision in In Re Brunetti, which sheds new light on whether widely used commonplace words can ever become registered trademarks.
Background: Iancu v. Brunetti...
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From Cocktails to Mocktails: Protecting Your Brand in America's $9 Billion N/A Market
The American drinking landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. While alcohol used to be a staple for late nights, social gatherings, and weekend relaxation, today's consumers are increasingly mindful about their alcohol consumption. This sh...
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Swipe, Tap, Comply: What PCI DSS 4.0.1 Means for Your Business
With the seemingly never-ending updates to B2B contracts for compliance with new (and amended) comprehensive state privacy laws, the U.S. Department of Justice’s bulk data transfer rule, and artificial intelligence (AI) integrations, it’s no wonder that PCI DSS 4.0 likely hasn’t hit any Top 10 lists for 2025. That doesn’t mean compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is any less important than other requirements – in fact, it could be more important if a business wants to continue to receive payment via credit or debit card!
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First Machine Learning Patent Ruling: Invalid or Just Obvious?
On April 18, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in Recentive Analytics Inc. v. Fox Corp. et al. that new uses for established machine learning do not make the claims patent-eligible.
Recentive Alleges Fox’s Infringement...
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The Particularities of Trade Secret Identification
It is not uncommon for employers to discover that a departing employee has downloaded information before walking out the door. But the mere fact that an employee downloaded information does not necessarily mean the employee—or his or her new employer...
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When Man Beats Machine: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
Summer must be coming, because the courts are starting to heat up with copyright decisions in artificial intelligence (AI) cases.
We’ve previously written here, here, and here
about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register copyright in “A Recent Ent...
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