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Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (117+ words) Bloomberg Law News According to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, challenged claims of Applied Optoelectronics Inc.'s patent that relates to optical isolator arrays with magnetic bases for use in optical subassembly modules aren’t unpatentable as anticipated by or…...
AI Chatbot Laws Are Emerging as a Hot-Ticket Item for States
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (165+ words) State legislatures have transformed the regulatory landscape for AI chatbots. Fifteen US states have enacted chatbot laws, according to Bloomberg Law’s AI Tracker, and the pace is accelerating — 10 of those laws were signed in 2026 alone. To replicate the research that…...
Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (119+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that some challenged claims of Pictiva Displays International Ltd.'s patent that discloses an organic-light emitting diode are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by…...
Samsung Can’t Duck Willful Infringement Claims Tied to Earbuds
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (93+ words) Bloomberg Law News Samsung Electronics Co. failed to escape claims that the electronics giant knew of and willfully infringed Zophonos Inc.'s patent for audio technology used in some of Samsung’s earbud products. Zophonos successfully argued that it was plausible…...
Samsung Customer Drops Suit Over Data Collection From Smart TVs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (108+ words) Bloomberg Law News Five Samsung Electronics America Inc. customers dropped their proposed class action alleging the smart TV maker secretly collected consumers’ viewing data and shared it with Google LLC and X Corp. without consent. The plaintiffs filed a notice…...
Sony Keeps Defense Win Against PlayStation 4 Infringement Claim
2+ week, 4+ day ago (120+ words) Bloomberg Law News Sony Interactive Entertainment prevailed Friday against a company that accused its PlayStation 4 video game console of infringing its image-rendering and data-compression patent. The tech company convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that an…...
Google Nest Camera Violates Biometric Privacy, Class Suit Says
2+ week, 4+ day ago (113+ words) Bloomberg Law News Google LLC’s Nest cameras collect the biometric data of Americans without their consent, according to a class privacy suit filed Thursday in federal court. The Virginia residents suing Google in the case filed Thursday in the US…...
Google Nest Camera Violate Biometric Privacy, Class Suit Alleges
2+ week, 4+ day ago (113+ words) Bloomberg Law News Google LLC’s Nest cameras collect the biometric data of Americans without their consent, according to a class privacy suit filed Thursday in federal court. The Virginia residents suing Google in the case filed Thursday in the US…...
Renesas, Licensing Firm Settle Semiconductor Patent Dispute
2+ week, 5+ day ago (106+ words) Bloomberg Law News Renesas Electronics Corp. settled its dispute with a patent licensing firm over semiconductor devices used in products for Honda and Toyota vehicles. Renesas and MR Licensing LLC requested the US District Court for the Eastern District of…...
Cyber Agency Targets September Release of Breach Reporting Rule
3+ week, 1+ day ago (89+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to issue a final rule by September that would require companies to report cyber incidents and ransom payments to the agency. The rule, which would require critical infrastructure entities to…...