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The Recorder

Amazon, Williams-Sonoma Duke It Out Over Software's 'Volition'

Orrick's Annette Hurst says that if Amazon isn't held responsible for AI that allegedly infringes Williams-Sonoma's copyrights, it's just the first step to liability-free killings by automated vehicles and AI-powered drones. Amazon counsel Mark Lemley says that under the rule Williams-Sonoma is proposing, "the internet as we know it would be impossible."
4 minute read

The Recorder

America Invents Act Has Added $3B to GNP, Study Contends

The 2011 law has reduced the need for and cost of patent litigation, ultimately generating substantial economic benefits, says the report by economists at The Perryman Group. It was sponsored by Unified Patents, one of the most frequent petitioners for America Invents Act trials.
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The Recorder

Amazon Wins Patent Infringement MDL Appeal as Fee Motion Looms

Fenwick & West has led the charge for Amazon since PersonalWeb Technologies sued 80 of its customers. The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a previous suit against Amazon, though voluntarily dismissed, precluded many of the new claims.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Beach's Lincoln Road to Get Amazon Store for Top-Rated Products

The e-commerce giant's 4-star store concept offers products highly rated by online customers.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Enforceability of Electronic Signatures in Florida and Beyond

The two key components for compliance with the UETA is a clear expression of intent and consent of the parties to proceed electronically.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Once Partners, Now Adversaries, Quinn Emanuel and Selendy & Gay Face Off in 2 Huge Class Actions

The cases are a big deal for Selendy & Gay, which has partnered with Boies Schiller Flexner spin-off Roche Cyrulnik Freedman to bring a dozen class actions seeking billions of dollars from the world's largest crypto-asset exchanges and major digital token issuers.
4 minute read

The Recorder

A Century-Old Supreme Court Decision Might Not Kill Patent Suits Against 80 Amazon Customers

A Federal Circuit panel sounded hesitant about taking the 113-year-old Kessler doctrine somewhere it hasn't been before.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Private Rights of Action and the CCPA—Unlimited Limitation?

In creating that private right of action, the act specifically notes that violations "shall not be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action under any other law."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Struggle With Generic .Com Trademarks

The justices sounded confident that a 19th-century precedent won't apply to Booking.com's application. But after an hour of telephonic arguments, it seemed like anyone's guess which case law will apply.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Silver Lining of High Court's Internet Tax Decision Not So Bright For Fla. Businesses

When the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 handed down its internet tax decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, which held that a company does not need to have a physical presence in a state to be required to collect sales tax on sales to customers, a thunderstorm erupted within the e-commerce industry.
7 minute read

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