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The Recorder

Outgoing USPTO Director Kathi Vidal: ‘We All Want the Country to Be in a Better Place’

As Vidal prepares to transition back to private practice, rejoining Winston & Strawn in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., the outgoing director of the USPTO spoke with The Recorder about the key challenges ahead on IP, AI and innovation.
19 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmaceutical Patents: Benefits and Challenges

Despite the obvious benefits of pharmaceutical patents, they are also a source of contentious debate concerning issues of unaffordable drug pricing, accessibility to medication, and unfair competition. Many argue that pharmaceutical patents cause more harm than good.
8 minute read

The Recorder

How a Second Trump Presidency Could Shape IP

From leadership changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to shifts in biopharmaceutical patent policy to regulation of rapidly evolving fields like artificial intelligence, here’s what the IP community can expect from a second Trump presidency.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Not All Secrets Are Trade Secrets: SDNY Examines the Limits of NDA Protection

This article discusses the restrictions of an NDA. "Although an NDA can and should be one piece of the protection architecture around a company’s trade secrets, it is not enough: placing information under an NDA does not automatically create trade secret protection."
13 minute read

The Recorder

Departing USPTO Director Vidal to Rejoin Winston & Strawn

Kathi Vidal, who announced she is stepping down from her role in Washington ahead of the change in administrations, will rejoin the AmLaw 200 firm’s litigation department in the Silicon Valley and Washington offices.
4 minute read

International Edition

Newly-Appointed Kirkland Clinches Victory at Supreme Court in Longrunning Sky Feud

Lawyers say the judgment had been highly anticipated because it had the potential to deviate from settled EU case law on what constitutes bad faith registrations of a trade mark.
3 minute read

The Recorder

USPTO Director Kathi Vidal Announces Resignation Ahead of Administration Change

Vidal, a former partner with Winston & Strawn in Silicon Valley, announced in a LinkedIn post that she would depart in December. Deputy Director Derrick Brent will succeed her as head of the USPTO.
3 minute read

Law.com

Pleading Importation: ITC Decisions Highlight Need for Adequate Evidentiary Support

The International Trade Commission is empowered to block the importation into the United States of products that infringe U.S. intellectual property rights, In the past, the ITC generally instituted investigations without questioning the importation allegations in the complaint, however in several recent cases, the ITC declined to institute an investigation as to certain proposed respondents due to inadequate pleading of importation.
9 minute read

The Recorder

'Rampant Piracy': US Record Labels File Copyright Suit Against French Distributor Believe

A complaint filed in New York accuses the digital music distributor and its subsidiary, TuneCore, of "blatantly" infringing copyrights by releasing "sped up" or remixed versions of well-known songs for use on social media platforms.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Pierson Ferdinand's New Partner Talks Startup's IP Risks, Deepfake Regulation and More

IP partner Daniel Rose dives into the risks startups face in ignoring IP and whether deceptive AI like deepfakes can truly be regulated.
5 minute read

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