Lauren Castle

Worldbeauty owes beauty start-up Lashify Inc. more than $30 million for infringing its patents by importing and selling similar artificial eyelash extension kits, a Texas federal jury determined. @BLaw https://t.co/MGFZnjKUcq

Two years after a July 2022 order forced patent case assignments to broaden beyond a single West Texas judge to a team of a dozen in the district, attorneys are once again flocking to a courtroom in the Lone Star State’s eastern region. @BLaw https://t.co/J2pYUwBE8j

Western Digital Technologies Inc. infringed Austria-based MR Technologies GMBH's patents with its magnetic hard drives, a California federal jury determined. @BLaw https://t.co/AhTOL8sCLj

A Texas federal judge’s order halting enforcement of the Biden administration’s sweeping ban on noncompete agreements has, at least temporarily, cleared a complex path to safeguarding trade secrets and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. @BLaw https://t.co/EbsiPKfZcD

An American Airlines Inc. pilot and other 401(k) plan investors told a Texas federal judge the company placed its “incestuous” relationship with BlackRock Inc. ahead of its fiduciary duty, resulting in a $15 million worker benefits loss. @BLaw https://t.co/sHb07V63lt

An American Airlines Inc. asset management director told a Texas judge his team didn’t believe negative press surrounding BlackRock Inc. and proxy-voting was a reason for the airline to be concerned over the firm’s handling of pilots’ retirement plans. https://t.co/oLoz3NdsQ7

Microsoft Corp. asked a Texas federal judge to order Ramey LLP to pay $100,000 in sanctions for maintaining a patent-infringement lawsuit against the tech giant after the patent owner asked the law firm to dismiss. @BLaw https://t.co/OllDlYvb6E

Amazon and two of its units owe AlmondNet Inc. $121.95 million for their Amazon Ads platform’s infringement of patent-protected methods and programs for targeted advertising, a jury found. @BLaw https://t.co/VtJMtxJqLg

Craft supply giant The Michaels Cos. Inc. at trial beat a paint-by-numbers kit designer’s allegations it infringed the “Masterpiece by Numbers” trademark by selling similarly named sets after a deal between them fell through. @BLaw https://t.co/2HvkHcL2Kk

A Texas federal judge with one of the busiest intellectual property dockets in the country told a room full of attorneys that the most successful cases have diverse lawyers as counsel who respect the jury’s time. @BLaw #aiplaSM24 https://t.co/76IY4owckM

A panel of federal judges overseeing intellectual property litigation agreed that attorneys must learn to appreciate each courts’ limited resources and “be adults in the room” to improve the efficiency of legal proceedings. @BLaw #aiplaSM24 https://t.co/BZ5kRkgM2T

I’m at the @aipla Spring Meeting this week. I’m excited to connect with intellectual property attorneys and listen to the many panel discussions. #aiplaSM24 https://t.co/xIAo5qG7SP

The US Federal Trade Commission’s new ban against employer noncompete agreements could trigger a surge in trade secret litigation and patent filings, as companies try to protect their intellectual property against pilferage by departing employees. @BLaw https://t.co/voabYmFm9k

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. told a Texas judge Demaray LLC should have to cover $6.8 million in legal fees for alleged misconduct during its unsuccessful patent infringement trial over the Korean technology giant’s semiconductor products. @BLaw https://t.co/DOGsYvlf9U

A trial over TMT Systems Inc.'s patent infringement allegations against Medtronic Inc. over sales of medical stent devices for aneurysms ended in a mistral. @BLaw https://t.co/CUw4FkO5vz

Panasonic Entertainment & Communication filed a federal lawsuit seeking judgment it didn’t infringe several camera patents and said Optimum Imaging Technologies sued the wrong subsidiary last year when it initially asserted infringement. @BLaw https://t.co/qgQaolkoVw

Kodiak Gas Services LLC sued its former business partner, alleging it acted like a “modern-day snake oil salesman” by failing to meet promises in a $4 million deal for natural gas monitoring devices and retaliating over patent ownership rights. @BLaw https://t.co/cMO0jiY1jE