Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's decision that pharmaceutical company Vifor did not infringe a patent covering a method of making iron supplements asserted by rival Biofer.

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday restored a patent that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found invalid after Cisco Systems Inc. challenged it, disagreeing with the claim construction the board adopted.

Steptoe partner Nicholas Silverman used a novel legal argument to secure dismissal of charges against casino magnate Steve Wynn of acting as a foreign agent without registration and also won an eventual dismissal, after overturning a guilty verdict, of a case against Ali Sadr on charges of circumventing Iranian sanctions, earning him a spot among the white collar lawyers under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Morrison Foerster LLP's Christopher McKinnon guided two record-breaking financing rounds from Japanese investment company SoftBank in OpenAI and advised the two parties on the first-of-its-kind Stargate Project seeking to scale AI infrastructure, earning him a spot among the technology attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

Director James Cameron and Disney have asked a California federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by actor Q'orianka Kilcher alleging her face was used to craft the face of a main character in the 2009 film "Avatar," saying Kilcher had waited an unreasonable 16 years to make her claim.

A New York federal judge has granted Firy Inc.'s request to order Papaya Gaming Ltd. to disgorge $719 million and pay $10.1 million in attorney fees to Firy on top of a $420 million jury verdict in April for alleged misrepresentations about its mobile games being based on skill and not using bots.

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said he wouldn't grant a new trial or a favorable judgment to a company that asserted two patents against Roku after a jury cleared the streaming device maker in 2024.

A New York federal judge has denied Google's request for a second attempt at invalidating a patent asserted by a patent licensing company, rejecting its arguments that a Federal Circuit decision from last month made another try necessary.

A New York federal judge has denied Google's request for a second attempt at invalidating a patent asserted by a patent licensing company, rejecting its arguments that a Federal Circuit decision from last month made another try necessary.

A man who successfully defended himself from being held liable for damages when he was sued by a food photography company that claimed his photo of raw meat on Facebook counted as copyright infringement has asked the Seventh Circuit to find that he's the "prevailing party" for purposes of seeking attorney fees.