Federal Circuit - On August 7, 2019 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided Luxottica Group v. Airport Mini Mall, LLC, finding landlords may be contributorily liable for their tenants”™ or subtenants”™ direct trademark infringement”¦

Federal Circuit - On November 15, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Koninklijke KPN N.V. v. Gemalto M2M GmbH, holding Koninklijke KPN N.V.”™s (“KPN”) U.S. Patent No. 6,212,662 directed to a method for error checking data transmissions contained patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101...

Federal Circuit - On October 18, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in In Re General Electric Company. The Federal Circuit held that General Electric Company”™s U.S. Reissue Patent Application Nos. 14/593,087, 15/070,427, and 15/080,483 impermissibly recaptured subject matter surrendered during prosecution of U.S. Patent No. 7,990,705...

Federal Circuit - On October 3, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC. The Federal Circuit held U.S. Patent No. 7,774,911, a method of manufacturing patent, invalid under 35 U.S.C § 101...

Supreme Court - On November 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. The questions before the Supreme Court are whether: (1) copyright protection extends to a software interface, and (2) Google”™s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use...