Last Updated September 2025
From sneakers and coffee pods to mobile apps and even fake magazine covers, intellectual property (IP) disputes increasingly turn on what happens online. Product listings, social media promotions, and digital ads often become central to claims of trademark infringement, false advertising, or unfair competition.
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Last Updated September 2025
On July 31, 2025, the USPTO issued a three-page memo instructing the PTAB to stop waiving and start enforcing Rule 42.104(b)(4). For petitions filed after September 1, every claim limitation must be mapped to a pinpoint location in a printed publication or patent. Anything else—including AAPA—can no longer supply a missing element (though it can still explain motivation to combine). The Office says the bright-line approach aligns PTAB practice with the Federal Circuit’s recent Shockwave decision and will cut down on remands.
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Last Updated August 2025
If 2025 had a theme for us, it’d be: “Make it faster, make it easier, and let legal teams do more.”
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Last Updated September 2025
Page Vault, a trusted leader in online evidence collection for the legal industry, is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, marking the company’s third consecutive appearance on the prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.
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Last Updated September 2025
Attorneys understand the duty to preserve evidence under common law and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. But in today’s digital environment, dynamic web content — websites, social media, ephemeral communications — presents an especially volatile category of electronically stored information (ESI). A Terms of Service page can change without notice. A tweet can disappear overnight. If these losses occur after the duty to preserve arises, courts are no longer hesitant to impose significant sanctions (see Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e)).
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Last Updated September 2025
New for 2025: Your Essential Guide to Social Media Collection for Legal Matters
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