Blake Brittain

Tarboro, Washington, D.C., United States

Legal Reporter at Reuters

Reporter covering intellectual property at @ReutersLegal. Misplaced North Carolinian, music nerd -- talk to me about IP, BBQ, or R.E.M.

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Articles

'Dangerous' migrants require immediate deportation, US government says

2 days ago | gazette.com | Blake Brittain

By Blake Brittain(Reuters) - The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that "dangerous behavior" from a group of Venezuelan migrants detained by the federal government in Texas justified lifting a court order blocking their immediate deportation.
'Dangerous' migrants require immediate deportation, US government says

2 days ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

Detainees sit outside at dusk at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, the facility where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje/File Photo May 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that "dangerous behavior" from a group of Venezuelan migrants detained by the federal government in Texas justified lifting a court order blocking their immediate deportation.
Trump fires head of U.S. Copyright Office

2 days ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

May 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration fired the top U.S. copyright official in an email from the White House on Saturday, a U.S. Copyright Office spokesperson confirmed. The firing of Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter follows President Donald Trump's termination of U.S. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Friday. The Copyright Office is a department of the Library of Congress. Sign up here.
Nobel Prize winners convince court to revive CRISPR patent dispute

2 days ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier (L) and professor Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. pose for the media at the San Francisco park in Oviedo, Spain, October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso/File Photo May 12 (Reuters) - The University of California and the University of Vienna on Monday convinced a U.S. appeals court to revive their bid for patent rights to groundbreaking CRISPR gene-editing technology created by their Nobel Prize-winning scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.
Trump fires head of U.S. Copyright Office

3 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain

(Reuters) - The Trump administration fired the top U.S. copyright official in an email from the White House on Saturday, a U.S. Copyright Office spokesperson confirmed. The firing of Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter follows President Donald...
Nobel Prize winners convince court to revive CRISPR patent dispute

3 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain

(Reuters) - The University of California and the University of Vienna on Monday convinced a U.S. appeals court to revive their bid for patent rights to groundbreaking CRISPR gene-editing technology created by their Nobel Prize-winning scientists...
'Is the president not telling the truth?', judge asks about Trump's Abrego Garcia comments

1 week ago | reuters.com | Luc Cohen |Blake Brittain

Police officers stand guard at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, during a media tour, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.
'Is the president not telling the truth?', judge asks about Trump's Abrego Garcia comments

1 week ago | gazette.com | Luc Cohen |Blake Brittain

By Luc Cohen and Blake BrittainWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge pressed a government lawyer on Wednesday on whether Republican President Donald Trump was telling the truth when he said he could secure the return of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a phone call to El Salvador's president.
'Is the president not telling the truth?', judge asks about Trump's Abrego Garcia comments

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain |Aurora Ellis |Luc Cohen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge pressed a government lawyer on Wednesday on whether Republican President Donald Trump was telling the truth when he said he could secure the return of wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a phone call...
Whistleblower lawyer sues US over revoked security clearance

1 week ago | kfgo.com | Blake Brittain

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A lawyer who represented a government whistleblower in a case that led to U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment during his first term sued the Trump administration on Monday for revoking his U.S. security clearance, calling it “unconstitutional retaliation.” Lawyer Mark Zaid said in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., that the administration’s March decision to pull his clearance, which allows access to certain classified U.S. government...