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• March 12, 2026

  Justices Told Fed. Circ.'s 1-Line Orders Flout Loper Bright

  A lighting company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look at a Federal Circuit decision that affirmed the invalidation of various claims in its LED patents, saying the circuit's one-line orders without explaining the court's reasoning violate the justices' decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.

• March 12, 2026

  US Chamber Report Warns Of Risks To IP Protection

  While the U.S. has ranked at the top of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's list measuring how countries worldwide are enforcing intellectual property laws, the group said problems with free trade agreements and efforts to reduce pharmaceutical prices could cause problems on the horizon domestically.

• March 12, 2026

  Colo. Entity Steals A Wolters Kluwer Trademark, Court Told

  An entity is impersonating a Wolters Kluwer subsidiary by using a nearly identical business name and has already deceived several businesses by using the subsidiary's trademark, according to a complaint in Colorado federal court.

• March 12, 2026

  TV Academy Foundation Sues Over CW Docuseries Clips

  The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has sued the producers of the CW docuseries "TV We Love," accusing the team behind the show of using nearly 50 unlicensed clips from the foundation's Emmy broadcasts and its long‑running oral history project "The Interviews."

• March 12, 2026

  USPTO Clarifies Design Patent Eligibility For Computer Icons

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued guidance Thursday saying computer-generated digital designs depicted in holograms, virtual reality and the like are eligible for design patents, noting that displaying images on a screen is no longer strictly necessary for patent protection.

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