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
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
Online content disappears faster than most realize. A tweet is removed. A website is quietly edited. A post vanishes without notice. If that content becomes relevant to litigation, compliance, or an internal investigation, the opportunity to preserve it may already be lost. Historically, tools like Google’s cache or the Wayback Machine offered a second chance. But that safety net? It’s not holding up anymore.
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Last Updated September 2025
As social media continues to shape how we communicate and consume information, social media influencers hold substantial sway over public opinion and consumer behavior. But with that influence comes a growing wave of legal scrutiny. More and more, influencers are finding themselves at the center of legal disputes, where their online content—and the personas they’ve crafted—play a key role in court. This article examines several high-profile cases involving influencers, exploring the legal challenges around authenticity, the admissibility of digital content, and what these developments mean for the future of influencer marketing.
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