Matthew A. Braunel

May 28, 2024 | mondaq.com | Alan Norman |Matthew A. Braunel |Alex Weidner

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overhauled the standards for assessing the invalidity of design patents based on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The case, LKQ Corporation v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, involved a dispute over the validity of a design patent held by GM for a vehicle's front fender.

May 16, 2024 | mondaq.com | Matthew A. Braunel |Mike Nepple

If You Choose Not to Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice The Copyright Act's three-year limitation period doesn't limit damages to the three years before suit is filed. And in parts of the country, it currently doesn't require you to sue within three years of the infringement. That is where things stand after the Supreme Court's latest copyright ruling, which left the question of the viability of the discovery rule in a copyright action in limbo. In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v.

Oct 6, 2023 | mondaq.com | Matthew A. Braunel |Norma Jackson

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Aug 29, 2023 | mondaq.com | Matthew A. Braunel |Michael Parks |Alex Weidner

In an August 18, 2023 decision, a judge ruled that works generated by artificial intelligence (AI)1 are not copyrightable.

May 29, 2023 | mondaq.com | Anthony Blum |Matthew A. Braunel

With the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, a large number of "miners" use extremely large (and expensive) amounts of power to "mint" new "coins" for these cryptocurrencies. This "minting" process often involves advanced computers running complex and power-intensive mathematical operations.