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Intellectual Property

Smucker’s Trader Joe’s
Oct 16, 2025

Smucker sues Trader Joe’s over Uncrustables copy

Smucker sues Trader Joe’s, claiming its frozen PB&J sandwiches copy Uncrustables' design, packaging, and trademarked look.

The Anthropic website and mobile phone app are shown in this photo in July 2024. (Associated Press file)
Sep 10, 2025

Judge questions $1.5B Anthropic-AI book piracy deal

A federal judge raised concerns over Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement with authors, warning the AI copyright case could still go to trial.

President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he will revoke President Joe Biden's executive order setting standards and other guidelines for artificial intelligence, citing the need to foster free speech, innovation, and economic competitiveness. (Depositphotos.com)
Jun 24, 2025

OpenAI, Ive, Altman blocked from using ‘IO’ amid lawsuit

A budding partnership between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to develop a new artificial intelligence hardware product has hit a legal snag after a federal […]

A woman leaves the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster center at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville on Oct. 15. (Associated Press file)
Jan 15, 2025

Wisconsin attorneys assist NC hurricane victims

When Madison Attorney Jacqueline Jugenheimer was scrolling through LinkedIn in October, she came across a post from the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division calling for attorneys across the country […]

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Dec 4, 2024

Law firms face wide array of cyberthreats

By Gina F. Rubel (First in a series) Law firms and their clients are facing an unprecedented rise in cybercrime, with 2024 being the biggest year yet for cybersecurity incidents. […]

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Oct 30, 2024

Building a public profile builds a practice

By Ellen Keiley Lawyers who stand out in their community have probably taken the time and diligently worked to build their brand. Visibility has numerous benefits. Lawyers who are known […]

Former President Donald Trump’s election campaign had been playing the song ‘Hold On, I'm Coming’ at some of his appearances. (Associated Press)
Sep 4, 2024

Lawsuit forces campaign to stop using song

ATLANTA — A federal judge in Atlanta ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” while the family of one of […]

The shift to artificial intelligence in legal practices need not decrease lawyers' fees. (Depositphotos.com)
May 27, 2024

Generative AI reshapes legal profession

Generative artificial intelligence, commonly known as GAI, is transforming the legal profession, enabling efficiency in tasks such as document review, research, and administrative chores.

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Jan 25, 2024

Patent law also will feel the effects of AI

By Dave Nay The era of robots replacing lawyers has long been fodder for science fiction. But when it comes to patent law, that future is arriving ahead of schedule. […]

Mar 10, 2023

Intellectual Property – Copyright & Trademark – Personal Jurisdiction – Dutch Company – Software – Handshake Deal – Preliminary Injunction

The founder of the defendant-Dutch software company learned of the plaintiff-North Carolina software company’s product and reached into North Carolina to initiate a deal between the two companies. The companies […]

Jun 10, 2022

IP Frontiers: Checking in on expungement and reexamination: Early common pitfalls

by Special to The Daily Record  BridgeTower Media Newswires ROCHESTER, NY — Since Dec. 18, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has accepted two new types of ex parte proceedings […]

Electricity fingers
Mar 25, 2021

Tech company on track to receive $31.95M for patent violations

A federal jury has awarded $10.65 million to a North Carolina engineering company after finding that another company took its plans for a new product and used them to secure […]

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