Adam Lidgett

The fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to ignore the Trump administration's request to stay a D.C. Circuit ruling that reinstated her while she challenges her removal, saying the government's case is not strong and attempts to weaken the role of Congress.

A Utah federal judge has refused to block a former executive of a drone company from working with a competitor or to stop the competitor from making or selling any military drones for a year, the latest episode of a trade secret dispute.

The Trump administration is asking a District of Columbia federal judge to cancel an upcoming hearing over a bid to block an executive order ending the collective bargaining rights of two unions representing employees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Weather Service.

Cambridge Industries USA Inc. pushed the Federal Circuit to curb the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's use of what the company said is an "irrational" policy of allowing patent owners to dodge challenges based on their "settled expectations" over a patent's validity.

Brandt's Fruit Trees has agreed to drop a lawsuit in Washington federal court claiming a Yakima Valley farm illegally used its Pink Lady apple trademark in connection with approximately 55,000 unlicensed trees that produce Lady in Red apples.

Apple Inc. is arguing that Texas, not Georgia, federal court is the right forum for Fintiv Inc.'s lawsuit accusing the technology giant of trade secret theft and racketeering, saying Fintiv is trying to repackage patent litigation from the Lone Star State, where Apple was partially cleared.

A former Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC client has hit the firm with a professional negligence suit in Texas federal court, saying the firm's allegedly "shoddy, substandard" legal work led to one of the company's patents being almost completely wiped out.

Ouraring Inc. has inked a deal allowing RingConn to keep its smart rings on the U.S. market following the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block Ultrahuman and RingConn from importing products it held infringed a wearable computing device patent.

A California federal judge has cleared telecommunications company Viasat in a suit accusing it of infringing a pair of Sandisk digital content and buffering patents, telling Sandisk's attorneys that they also have to prove why they should not be sanctioned for conduct in the case.

A Florida federal judge has narrowed pharmaceutical company Lupin Inc.'s lawsuit accusing a rival of stealing trade secrets, freeing a pair of former employees of claims that they breached their fiduciary duties by allegedly swiping the company's confidential information.