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Associated Press challenges federal court limits on online access to immigration case records

The Associated Press on Tuesday sued the Administrative Office of the US Courts, arguing that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) violates the First Amendment to the US Constitu...

Supreme Court Patent Cases

Supreme Court denies VirtaMove without holding it for Tesla, Kahoot!, Intel, or FedEx. Plus new petitions on post-expiration royalties and § 101. Continue reading this post on Pate...

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

Feds Want Justices To Skip Google 'Settled Expectations' Row

The federal government is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that Google didn't meet the appropriate standard to get the Federal Circuit to look at the company's challenge to the U.S....

Trade Court Clears Path for Class-Based IEEPA Tariff Refund Claims

A recent procedural ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade could significantly raise the stakes in litigation over federal tariff collections. The court reportedly allow...

D.C. Circuit Clarifies Standards for 180-Day Forfeiture Decisions

Trade Court Clears Path for Class-Based IEEPA Tariff Refund Claims

A recent procedural ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade could significantly raise the stakes in litigation over federal tariff collections. The court reportedly allow...

WAITING, WAITING, WAITING: A California Federal Court Stays Another Claim Pending The California Court of Appeal’s Decis...

High Court Won't Hear Google's 'Settled Expectations' Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case in which Google argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents a...

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

H1B $100K Fee: Courts Align

A Massachusetts court vacated the fee policies in June 2026. Echoing that ruling, a California court bars enforcement under the 2025 proclamation and its 2026 extension. Neither pr...

Amici Tell Justices to Rein In USPTO’s ‘Settled Expectations’ Doctrine

Following a July petition for writ of certiorari filed by Kahoot AS! asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) “settled exp...

The Ninth Circuit finds Kalshi sports contracts on tribal lands likely violate federal law

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Kalshi is likely violating federal law by allowing users to wager on sporting events from tribal land. The court...

Federal Courts Are Running a Surplus Charging for Public Records

The Public Access to Court Electronic Records system rakes in about $145 million per year but only costs a fraction of that to operate.

Click First, Litigate Later? Courts Review Web Design in Online Arbitration Cases

Groups Ask Justices To Hear Apple's ITC Industry Rule Fight

The Federal Circuit wrongly continued the degradation of the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirement in patent disputes by sustaining a decision that Ap...

When Federal Court Is Too Much: Copyright Small Claims and the Case for Registration

If someone copies your original work, photograph, a marketing video, website copy, training materials, you have rights under copyright law. But for many creators and businesses, th...

US Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to mandatory immigration detention without bond hearings

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Thursday to determine whether mandatory detention without a bond hearing may be imposed for noncitizens who entered the US without inspec...

US Inventor Presses Justices To Hear $2.6B Centripetal Case

US Inventor Inc. has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive Centripetal Networks LLC's patent infringement case against Cisco Systems Inc., arguing that a lower court that wiped ou...

Trump’s Tariffs Back in Federal Court

The judges on the Court of International Trade in downtown Manhattan have twice ruled against Trump in major tariff cases.

CAFC Denies Mandamus Petition Arguing District Court Should Not Have Reconsidered Initial Transfer Ruling

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday denied two petitions for writ of mandamus arguing the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia...

Fed. Circ. Won't Overrule Sending IP Cases From Va. To Ill.

The Federal Circuit on Thursday said it won't send back to Virginia federal court a trio of suits accusing fleet vehicle telematics company Xirgo Technologies of infringing more th...

Justice Roberts Won't Pause Dutch Software Co.'s IP Trial

Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts on Wednesday rejected a Dutch software company's bid to postpone an upcoming trademark trial with its former U.S. partner while it petitions for rev...

US Presses High Court To Skip Tesla Case Over PTAB Review

The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pass on Tesla Inc.'s challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's limits on patent challenges, arguing Friday that the...