Kartikay Mehrotra

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Michael W. Shapiro |Adam Taylor |Kartikay Mehrotra

The next battleground in President Donald Trump’s tariff push is a technocratic federal appeals court that spends most of its time resolving intellectual property disputes. The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday ruled a 1977 law doesn’t give the president authority “to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world.” The Trump administration immediately took steps to appeal the case to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Aruni Soni |Kyle Jahner |James Arkin |Kartikay Mehrotra

President Donald Trump’s firing of Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter will stand for now as a judge ruled Wednesday she hadn’t shown she’d suffer irreparable harm. Perlmutter can’t resume her duties as director as her bid for a temporary restraining order was rejected by Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, who ruled from the bench during a hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Lauren Castle |Adam Taylor |Kartikay Mehrotra

Fortress Investment Group’s connection to patent monetizer VLSI Technology LLC will be at the heart of a three-day trial starting Tuesday that could upend infringement verdicts against Intel Corp. totaling more than $3 billion. An Austin, Texas, jury is set to decide whether plaintiff VLSI and Finjan Inc. are both under Fortress’ control. Intel argues a 2012 licensing agreement with Finjan, which also covers patents owned by “affiliates,” blocks the chipmaker from infringement liability.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kartikay Mehrotra

Trump fights ex-Copyright chief’s bid to regain jobCourt to hear bid for reinstatement on May 28The Trump administration fired back Monday against ousted Copyright Office chief Shira Perlmutter’s lawsuit, arguing her emergency request for reinstatement should be denied because the president has sweeping authority to remove her.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kartikay Mehrotra

The Trump administration fired back Monday against ousted Copyright Office chief Shira Perlmutter’s lawsuit, arguing her emergency request for reinstatement should be denied because the president has sweeping authority to remove her.