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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: The Southern District of California Grants Motion To Stay Pending The Outcome Of A Califo...

Ninth Circuit Appellees Move to Dismiss Appeal in No. 26-5041

A newly filed motion in the Ninth Circuit, No. 3 Motion to Dismiss in case 26-5041, puts a familiar but consequential appellate issue front and center: whether the appeal should pr...

Ninth Circuit Appellees Move to Dismiss Appeal in No. 26-5041

A newly filed motion in the Ninth Circuit, No. 3 Motion to Dismiss in case 26-5041, puts a familiar but consequential appellate issue front and center: whether the appeal should pr...

Court Enters Partial Summary Judgment on Copyright, Lanham Act, and DMCA Claims Arising from Breakdown of Art Licensing...

Art Akiane, LLC v. Art & SoulWorks LLC et al., No. 1:19-CV-02952, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 31, 2026) (Chang, J.). Judge Chang resolved numerous claims and defenses arising from...

Federal Court Dismisses UPF Lawsuit for Second Time

Who Bears the Burden? Federal DTSA vs. State Laws on Trade Secret Ascertainability: Comet Technologies USA, Inc. v. XP P...

Suspicious Downloads, Personal Email Forwarding, and Lies to Investigators Sufficient to Plead Trade Secret Misappropria...

Sagent Pharmaceuticals v. Farco USA, LLC, et al., No. 25 C 14080, (N.D. Ill. May 5, 2026) (Kocoras, J.). Judge Kocoras granted in part and denied in part defendants’ partial Fed. R...

Brief of Amicus Curiae Regarding Petition for Review in Allison v. Borunda, P.C.

Patent Case Transferred to Northern District of California Where Plaintiff Had No Illinois Ties

McLellan v. Google LLC, No. 25 C 12761, (N.D. Ill. May 4, 2026) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly granted Google’s motion to transfer this patent infringement case to the Northern Dis...

Meta Staves Off 3D Artist's AI Training Suit, For Now

A California federal judge has dismissed a Los Angeles-based 3D artist's proposed class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. removed copyright management information from art that w...

Ex-Flextronics GC Deputy Can't Ditch Calif. IP Theft Suit

The former deputy general counsel for Flextronics AP LLC cannot escape litigation alleging he sought to transfer company patents to a startup he secretly co-founded before leaving...

Judge refuses to dismiss indie artist’s proposed class action against Suno, clearing AI output and stream-ripping claims...

Only one count fell: a claim under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, which the plaintiffs told the court they had cited by mistake. Source

Bursor & Fisher Fends Off 'Grossly Improper' Accusations of Judge-Shopping Novel Claims

Ballard Spahr partner Jason Hamilton and Michael Laszlo of Clark Hill wrote in a sanctions motion filed by PeopleConnect in a suit brought by Bursor & Fisher: "The implication...

Court Denies TRO Bond Damages Without Prejudice for Insufficient Proof

Bright Head, LLC v. The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associates Identified on Schedule A, No. 24 C 13410, Slip Op. (N.D....

New York Court Allows Peer-to-Peer Payment Fraud Lawsuit to Proceed

Civil Procedure – Three related cases are transferred to Illinois

The court granted defendants Xirgo Technologies' motion to transfer three related cases to the Northern District of Illinois, reconsidering prior rulings under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b...

Preliminary Injunction Dissolved Against 252 Improperly Joined Defendants in Schedule A Counterfeiting Case

Collectanea J. Limited v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”, No. 25 C 4839, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 31, 2026) (Kocoras, J.). Judge Kocora...

June 2026 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

SILENCE IS EXPENSIVE: Pro Se Plaintiff Brandon Callier Scores $23K Default Judgment Against Cloud Funding And Its Owner

Federal Judge Rejects ‘Woulard v. Udio’ Dismissal Request, Transfers the Class Action Suit to New York

Udio has come up short in its attempt to toss the copyright class action lawsuit filed by indie artists including Attack the Sound frontman David Woulard, but the case is being tra...

SAD Scheme Plaintiff Must Pay $40k to Defendant–Guangzhou Tinpod v. Schedule A Defendants

The plaintiff is Guangzhou Tinpod Electronic Technology Co. The plaintiff initially sued under the XYZ pseudonym and hasn’t updated the case caption, even though its identity is no...

Eton's Galzin TM And False Ad Suit Survives Dismissal Bid

Eton Pharmaceuticals can proceed with trademark infringement and false advertising claims accusing Extreme V of marketing a dietary supplement as a Wilson disease treatment, with a...

Court steps in to assist with Sitzer/Burnett, Gibson settlements

Two special masters were appointed to oversee the distribution of funds. Plus, eXp sexual assault case headed to trial; intervention requested in Tuccori; more.

Court Denies Motion to Dismiss DTSA Claim Alleging Former Scientist Brought BTK Degrader Trade Secrets to Competitor

AbbVie Inc. v. BeiGene, LTD., et al., No. 24-cv-8167, (N.D. Ill. May 12, 2026) (Cummings, J.). Judge Cummings denied defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss AbbVie’s...