Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system. Users in state courts will have to customize the formatting to fit local requirements. Defendant’s misgivings, meaning any facts that might demonstrate the defendant’s lack of character or empathy.

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Legal Talk Network

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Set against the gorgeous coastline of Monterey, California at the beautiful Portola Hotel & Spa, the 2019 California Lawyers Association (CLA) Annual Meeting had a small town feel of something much bigger. Looking forward to covering the California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting! Ahhhhhh beautiful Monterey!

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Brett Trout

MARCH 11, 2025

Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. The case was settled in 2022.

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Clio

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Whether youre a law student attempting to master case briefing, or a lawyer seeking to re-learn this skill to advocate more effectively, this blog post provides a useful cheat sheet to make tackling case briefs more efficient. Unlike legal briefs , case briefs are not submitted to the court or opposing counsel.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The real challenge often lies in defending that patent. The goal is for competitors to look at your patent and decide they would rather stay out of your market or pay you a licensing fee than try to fight your patent in court. Brett Trout In the world of intellectual property, securing a patent is just the beginning.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

This means that a plaintiff will need to prove four main elements: a duty of care owed by the defendant to the plaintiff, a breach of that duty, causation , and damages. In rare cases, a plaintiff also may recover punitive damages , which are meant to punish a defendant who engaged in serious wrongdoing and deter others from acting similarly.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

.” Some details about its lawsuit: Betty’s Best sued 1,099 defendants in a single complaint. As usual, the Schedule A provides threadbare information about each defendant. Why did Betty’s Best name “only” 1,099 defendants on this one complaint? The court reduced the asset freeze from $21M to $2M.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

Federal statutes do not provide clear answers to these questions, so courts will need to confront them. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts. A pending lawsuit in the U.S.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 23, 2025

Shopify said California courts lack personal jurisdiction over it. The district court agreed with Shopify, as did a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit. The en banc court issues a total of four opinions, and collectively they show Shopify was never close. Briskin sued Shopify for a variety of privacy violations in California.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 31, 2024

Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2024

The court summarizes the allegations: Roblox has a virtual currency designed for use on its platform called “Robux.” The court is unpersuaded. The court doesn’t appreciate this argument: these are children we’re talking about. Roblox The post Roblox Must Defend Illegal Gambling Claims–Colvin v.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The pandemic caused civil courts in the United States to adopt technology at an unprecedented pace and scale, improving participation in court proceedings and helping users resolve disputes more efficiently. Pew researchers examined pandemic-related emergency orders issued by the supreme courts of all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Weve written extensively on how lawyers can use AI responsibly and, as yet another court decision is released addressing lawyers use of AI, its never been more important to understand the risks and limitations of AI use. How did the court respond to the hallucinations? How did the court respond to the hallucinations?

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Unfortunately for Rothschild, one of the defendants, Starbucks, did not settle quietly. from defendants through AT. Starbucks has since moved to dismiss the defamation suit, arguing that the Florida court lacks jurisdiction and that Lamkins comments were made in her personal capacity, not as an official spokesperson for the company?

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Brett Trout

APRIL 10, 2025

Why Litigation Experience Matters in a Patent Attorney One of the most overlooked but highly valuable assets in a patent attorney is litigation experience specifically, experience arguing patent cases in federal court. It could be the difference between owning IP that looks good on paper and IP that actually protects your market.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

” (Technically, the defendants in this case are enumerated on “Exhibit 1” instead of “Schedule A,” but same thing). The court describes the phenomenon: This case is one of many in the Northern District of Illinois’s “cottage industry” of “Schedule A” cases. The defendant sold the flag below it.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

At this point, I’ve not paid close attention to the proceedings because everything at the district court level is a rehearsal for the inevitable appellate court review. Each side has phalanxes of lawyers, and no point is too picayune to spar over. I’m sure the appellate court will be eager to docket this one.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 14, 2025

Once you document your invention, consult a patent lawyer to discuss the best approach for protecting your invention. Patent lawyer fees: $12,000$20,000+ over the course of 2-4 years. What is the difference between a patent lawyer and a patent agent? Can I file a patent myself, or do I need an lawyer?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

If they can prove that the defendant acted negligently , an investor may recover damages for their losses. This generally means that the defendant breached a duty that they owed to the investor, which caused them to lose money or miss out on profits.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 14, 2023

The latest ruling addresses YouTube’s motion to dismiss the fourth amended complaint, which the court grants with prejudice. The court asked the plaintiffs to point to the relevant contract provisions that shape the implied covenant. Elenis Supreme Court ruling, but I wonder how it might apply to this case.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Brett Trout In a recent decision by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (CoA) dated December 20, 2024, the court underscored the critical importance of precise patent drafting. Legally, non-patent lawyers lack the skill required to draft patents and are therefore prohibited from drafting patents on behalf of clients.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 18, 2023

Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2021

Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. Both programs were approved May 7 by the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Innovation , which oversees the sandbox and reviews and approves applicants.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. This is the basic reason that summary judgment, at long last, must be GRANTED to Meta defendants.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 17, 2025

Brett Trout The Cost of Defending Your Patent As an inventor or patent holder, your intellectual property represents years of hard work, creativity, and financial expenditures. Resources: Patent litigation often involves technical experts, discovery, and court proceedings. Lets work together to protect the value of your innovation.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This includes survivors, witnesses, criminal defendants, and convicts. Many trauma-informed practices have already been implemented in court systems that deal with sensitive populations, such as juveniles or military veterans. Judge Pratts tips are valuable not only for those working in the courts but also for lawyers and their staff.

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 30, 2025

Three proposed billsthePREVAIL Act, RESTORE Act, and PERA (Patent Eligibility Restoration Act)aim to fix longstanding issues in patent law, making iteasier for inventors to obtain patents, defend them in court, and monetize their innovations. This law would give inventors a real weapon against infringers? Aligning the U.S.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A class action is a type of lawsuit in which many consumers (or other types of plaintiffs) can pursue compensation from the same defendant after suffering the same or similar harm. A class member can object to any proposed settlement, which must be approved by the court. What Is a Class Action?

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

What This Means for Patent Holders Nintendos legal strategy serves as a reminder that securing patent is only half the battle defending those patents is just as crucial. A Strong Patent Prosecution Strategy Is Essential If a patent is too broad or weakly defined, it may not survive legal challenges.

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Above the Law - Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting. What problem do you solve? It also allows us to work internationally. We cover all the tech.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 12, 2024

had been mostly invisible in court opinions. recently started showing up more in court opinions–but not necessarily in a good way. of their cases in state court. I can only see the cases filed in or removed to federal court, and only then when the cases trigger one of my alerts. the defendant’s home court.

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Clio

APRIL 17, 2025

These predictions are based on analysis of large datasets, often including judicial decisions, court filings, case law, and other legal data. For example, by analyzing court decisions, a predictive analytics tool can assess your possible chances of winning using certain procedures and estimate the potential costs and awards.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 22, 2023

district court granted summary judgment for the Copyright Office in Thaler v. copyright law protects only works of human authorship, and the defendant, Stephen Thaler, expressly told the Copyright Office that the work at issue, titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” “lack[ed] traditional human authorship.” Perlmutter , No.

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Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

While it is common to hear about large corporate defendants being sanctioned in huge products liability cases for not properly disclosing information, an individual plaintiff being sanctioned for the same offense is far less common. Would rather not have the lawyers for the other side put two and two together just yet.”

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The low grade the court earned is a consequence of it losing many points by misstating the law, misapplying the law, and especially skipping over the part where it was supposed to share its analysis and instead just stated its conclusion. Nope, the Supreme Court didn’t say that. MSCHF Prod. Studio, Inc. LEXIS 32063 (2d Cir.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 17, 2023

On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. The court also held that the coders did not have standing to seek damages, but they did have standing to pursue injunctive relief. The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously.

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