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Dec 6, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
A social media influencer accused of copying another creator’s content and aesthetic fired back against a proposed amended complaint, dubbing it “a tactical ploy” that should be rejected by the court. Attorneys for influencer Sydney Nicole Gifford had until Nov. 30 to ask for leave to amend her intellectual property claims against Alyssa Sheil, accused of stealing Gifford’s content and online aesthetic.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert |Aruni Soni
OpenAI Inc.'s effort to centralize eight copyright suits into multidistrict litigation could be a tactic to mitigate a recent ruling that it must face a key claim brought by Intercept Media Inc. and slow down some of the more advanced proceedings, attorneys say. Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Nov.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Gilbert |Aruni Soni
OpenAI Inc.'s effort to centralize eight copyright suits into multidistrict litigation could be a tactic to mitigate a recent ruling that it must face a key claim brought by Intercept Media Inc. and slow down some of the more advanced proceedings, attorneys say. Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Nov.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
OpenAI Inc. will petition to centralize eight copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits against it in New York and California into a multidistrict litigation, the company told a federal judge Thursday. The artificial intelligence company informed Magistrate Judge Wang of its decision at status conference this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a letter filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Annelise Gilbert
OpenAI Inc. will petition to centralize eight copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act lawsuits against it in New York and California into a multidistrict litigation, the company told a federal judge Thursday. The artificial intelligence company informed Magistrate Judge Wang of its decision at status conference this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, according to a letter filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
President Joe Biden signed a bill banning enforcement or validation of any trademark confiscated by Cuba’s government on Sunday, according to a Monday White House press release. The No Stolen Trademarks Honored Act expands the prohibition against US federal courts enforcing rights to trademarks confiscated by Cuba then asserted by Cuban nationals. It bars the US Patent and Trademark Office from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights to such marks.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
Hopewell Pharma Ventures Inc. filed an emergency motion to stay Merck Serono SA’s federal lawsuit alleging infringement related to its Mavenclad multiple sclerosis treatment after an administrative tribunal invalidated two of the the patents. The case should be paused while Merck appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions to the Federal Circuit because no issues of fact remain in the case and no trial is necessary, Hopewell said Nov. 27 in a letter supporting its motion.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
Prolific patent monetization executive Leigh Rothschild accused Starbucks Corp. and a Baker Botts LLP partner of defaming him in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Rothschild cited a statement from attorney Rachael Lamkin included in an Oct. 10 Bloomberg Law article. That line—“And with Leigh Rothschild, we never get the money because the shells go bankrupt”—was false and defamatory, according to a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
A California federal judge ordered Bravo TV star Lala Kent to show cause as to why her trademark infringement suit against a cosmetics company shouldn’t be dismissed for lack of prosecution.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Annelise Gilbert
Fire pits sold by City Bonfires LLC and Backhome Products LLC infringe three Solo Stove patents, according to a new federal lawsuit. The defendants were aware of Solo’s patents and protected trade dress due to previous business discussions, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.
