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  • 2020 Patents for Humanity Winners web USPTO Announces 2020 Patents for Humanity Winners

    August 28, 2020

    The USPTO on August 26, 2020, announced the latest winners of the Patents for Humanity program, a USPTO initiative promoting game-changing innovations that address long-standing development challenges.
  • Sec. People, Inc. v. Iancu web Challenge of Agency Patent Cancellation Properly Dropped

    August 27, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 20, 2020, held that Security People, Inc. improperly challenged the cancellation of its patent by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a federal district court.
  • Nightcrawler web ‘Nightcrawler’ Makers Win Suit Over Murder-Filming Stringer Idea

    August 26, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on August 19, 2020, held that the 2014 film “Nightcrawler” starring Jake Gyllenhaal differed enough from another movie about a murder-filming news freelancer in Los Angeles for the movie’s makers to dodge copyright infringement claims.
  • In re Jackson web Rapper Rick Ross Beats 50 Cent’s Claim Over ‘In Da Club’ Sample

    August 25, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on August 17, 2020, held that US Copyright Act preempts rapper 50 Cent from pursuing right of publicity claims over another rapper’s mixtape sample of the hit “In Da Club.”
  • Star Trek web CBS Beats Copyright Claims Over Star Trek: Discovery ‘Tardigrade’ Episodes

    August 24, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on August 17, 2020, held that a story arc about a giant tardigrade, an eight-legged segmented micro-animal, in the television show “Star Trek: Discovery” didn’t infringe a copyright in an unreleased video game that also featured a giant tardigrade.