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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Google fends off part of textbook publisher lawsuit over ads

1 day ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

Miniature figures of people are seen in front of the new Google logo in this illustration taken May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo June 5 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has convinced a Manhattan federal court to dismiss part of a lawsuit from a group of top educational publishers that accused the tech giant of unlawfully promoting pirated electronic versions of their textbooks.
Amazon settles State Farm lawsuit alleging it stole elder care technology

1 day ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

Signage is seen at an Amazon facility in Staten Island, New York City, U.S., April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo June 5 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab has settled a lawsuit by insurance company State Farm accusing the e-commerce giant of copying its patented technology to develop elder care services for Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa, according to a filing in Delaware federal court.
Google fends off part of textbook publisher lawsuit over ads

1 day ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain

(Reuters) - Google has convinced a Manhattan federal court to dismiss part of a lawsuit from a group of top educational publishers that accused the tech giant of unlawfully promoting pirated electronic versions of their textbooks.
Amazon settles State Farm lawsuit alleging it stole elder care technology

1 day ago | today.westlaw.com | Blake Brittain

(Reuters) - Amazon has settled a lawsuit by insurance company State Farm accusing the e-commerce giant of copying its patented technology to develop elder care services for Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa, according to a filing in Delaware federal...
US appeals court sides with Moderna on COVID patent claims

2 days ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

A vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo June 4 (Reuters) - Moderna (MRNA.O), opens new tab convinced a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to uphold a ruling that undercut patent infringement claims by biotech company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY.O), opens new tab over Moderna's blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax.
Reddit sues AI startup Anthropic for allegedly using data without permission

2 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Bill Berkrot |Jonathan Stempel |Blake Brittain

(Reuters) -Reddit sued the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday, accusing it of stealing data from the social media discussion website to train its AI models despite publicly assuring it wouldn't.
US State Department's planned layoffs may violate court order, judge says

2 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Aurora Ellis |Blake Brittain |Alexia Garamfalvi |Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters) -A federal judge in California on Wednesday said her recent ruling barring President Donald Trump's administration from laying off tens of thousands of federal employees likely blocks the U.S. State Department's reorganization plan that...
US appeals court sides with Moderna on COVID patent claims

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

(Reuters) - Moderna convinced a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to uphold a ruling that undercut patent infringement claims by biotech company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals over Moderna's blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. The U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Samsung owes $112 mln for infringing Maxell patents, US jury says

1 week ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its booth during The 26th Semiconductor Exhibition 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo May 29 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Texas has determined that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab owes electronics maker Maxell (6810.T), opens new tab nearly $112 million after finding that the Korean tech giant's devices violate Maxell's patent rights.
Intel wins jury trial over patent licenses in $3 billion VLSI fight

1 week ago | reuters.com | Blake Brittain

A smartphone with a displayed Intel logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration May 29 (Reuters) - A Texas federal jury determined on Thursday that Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab may have a license to patents owned by VLSI Technology, boosting Intel's efforts to overturn patent infringement verdicts that awarded VLSI more than $3 billion in damages.