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Corporate Counsel

'Grinch' Counsel Starts New Chapter as VP of Legal

Dr. Suess Enterprises gave a promotion to five-year employee Nicole Gates, the company's first in-house attorney, and brought on Michael Lancaster as corporate counsel.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Philpot v. Independent Journal Review'

In 'Philpot v. Independent Journal Review', the Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's findings regarding fair use and copyright registration validity.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris Sees 16th Straight Year of Revenue Growth, but Profits Lagged

Chairman and CEO Matt Taylor pinned the 3.6% dip on pressures on transactional work.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Battle Over Design Patent Obviousness: Will The 'Rosen-Durling' Test Continue To Govern Future Design Patent Obviousness Inquiries?

An en banc panel of the Federal Circuit will soon decide whether to amend its long-standing framework for assessing design patent obviousness, known as the 'Rosen-Durling' test. The forthcoming decision in 'LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations' will be the first en banc decision the Federal Circuit has issued in a design patent case since 2008.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Copyright Fair Use and The Dark Knight

Let's say we want to tell stories using Batman. The copyright on the original Batman comic does not expire until 2035. To what extent can we use Batman and rely on the fair use doctrine?
9 minute read

Law.com

Beyond Language: How Multimodal AI Sees the Bigger Picture

What distinguishes between the ChatGPT versus multimodal varieties of artificial intelligence? How may such multimodal systems further extend machine learning's capacities? And by what means might novel implementations leveraging multiple modalities secure patent rights?
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global Patent Trends Report: Asia Leading the World in Patent Publication

MaxVal recently released its annual report on global patent publication trends which revealed several interesting currents. The resulting data, which spans the past five years, helps unravel the complex tapestry of innovation, technological shifts and the driving forces shaping the intellectual property landscape.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Finnegan, Recovering From Earlier Revenue Losses, Sees 6% Top-Line Growth

The firm has been investing in "adjacent services" that complement its traditional core IP offerings, said managing partner Erika Arner.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fish & Richardson Saw Growth in Core Practices Despite Revenue, Profit Slump

A slow year for contingency collections contributed to the IP firm's 2.4% decline in gross revenue, firm president and CEO John Adkisson said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Gowling WLG Launches AI-Based Brand Protection Service

The idea for the product, called Saturn, was born after a Gowling associate was seconded to a client and realized how onerous and expensive brand protection can be.
4 minute read

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