Intellectual Property
Nikola files for bankruptcy protection and plans intellectual property sale - Financial Times
‘Patent mills’ sell scientists inventorship of bizarre medical devices - Science
New IP-Focused Altcoin Surges 164% in First Week Amid Launch of Research Collaboration With Stanford University - The Daily Hodl
Webinar: Recent Developments in Pharma Patent Law - Fenwick & West LLP
Psilera Inc. & atai Life Sciences Announce Licensing Agreement for DMT Patent Portfolio - BioSpace
Intellectual property issues in artificial intelligence trained on scraped data - OECD
OpenAI suddenly thinks intellectual property theft is not cool, actually, amid DeepSeek’s rise - Engadget
Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025: shortlists revealed - Managing Intellectual Property
Opinion: Canada must hit the U.S. where it hurts most: its lucrative patents - The Globe and Mail
Patents
Dolby sells 2,500 patents to Dominion Harbor - IAM
Tamil Nadu team patents tech to use eggshells to fix broken bones - The Times of India
Trump-era mandates threaten USPTO stability, trademark filings - Federal News Network
ITC bans importation of power modules over Vicor patent infringement - World Intellectual Property Review
OS Therapies Secures Key Patent for Cancer Drug Manufacturing Through 2040 | OSTX Stock News - StockTitan
New Nike 3D Printing Patent - 3D Printing Industry
Alibaba Sued for Patent Infringement of Cloud Delivery System - Bloomberg Law
Strawberry patent case putters - Courthouse News Service
Texas' favorite burger chain slammed by yet another lawsuit - mySA
How to Improve Patent Quality for Everyone—Fast - IPWatchdog.com
Copyright
Birkenstock Loses Copyright Battle in German Court Ruling - The New York Times
Birkenstocks are not works of art, top German court rules in copyright case - The Guardian
Birkenstock sandals not ‘works of art,’ German court says in denying copyright bid - POLITICO Europe
Birkenstock sandals are not art, says German court - BBC.com
Birkenstocks Aren’t Art, German Federal Court Says - ARTnews
'Not art': Why Birkenstock, popular sandal maker, lost copyright protection bid - Hindustan Times
Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI - The Guardian
BLACKPINK's Rose leaves Korea Music Copyright Association - 코리아타임스
AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts Everyone—Here’s What to Do Instead - EFF
Trademarks
Trump-era mandates threaten USPTO stability, trademark filings - Federal News Network
Meghan Markle rushes 'cringeworthy' rebrand after trademark woes: expert - Fox News
Honda Trademarks V3R - Cycle World
Ahren Stringer and Joel Birch Trademark Dispute - Blunt Mag
Gucci registers trademark in Russia - Ukrainska Pravda
Lori Falce: Congress should take 2 aspirin and defend its trademark authority in the morning - TribLIVE
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, February 21: USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks is Leaving; FTC Seeks Public Comments on Tech Censorship; CAFC Affirms Descriptiveness Refusal Over Estoppel Arguments - IPWatchdog.com
X Corp., Social Media Marketing Firm Drop 'X' Trademark Suit (1) - Bloomberg Law
WWE Files Trademarks For Ricky Saints & A New Show - eWrestlingNews
Pepperdine University Sues Netflix & Warner Bros. Over ‘Running Point’ Trademark Infringement - Deadline
Trade Secrets
Ex-Intel worker pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets - OregonLive
Former Intel employee pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets - The Business Journals
Chinese companies accused of conspiring to steal imaging trade secrets from Philips - Radiology Business
Guardant Health sues rival Natera over cancer-testing trade secrets - Reuters
Former Oregon engineer charged after keeping 4,000 files of semiconductor trade secrets - KOIN.com
Cognizant alleges Infosys 'caught red-handed' stealing trade secrets - The Economic Times
Natera Stole Guardant Cancer Test Trade Secrets, Suit Says - Bloomberg Law
Infosys caught red-handed stealing trade secrets: Cognizant | 'Infosys asked TriZetto to trust' | Inshorts - Inshorts
They spoke out against their employer. Then trade secrets law was used against them. - Business Insider
Moral Rights
Tambuwal lacks moral rights to challenge defecting politicians – APC - MSN
Copyright infringement and the recognition of intellectual property rights in Tanzania: an analysis of Jutoram Kabatele Mahalla vs. Vocational Education Training Authority (Civil Appeal No. 63 of 2019) - Dentons
(PDF) Artificial intelligence and moral rights - ResearchGate
Comment - We need a new moral right - The Bookseller
Abortion - The Hastings Center
I’m a Human Rights Expert. After October 7th, We Need Moral Complexity. - Harvard Crimson
Rise of Text-to-Speech AI Models Part 1: Intellectual Property Issues - Morgan Lewis
Has a US law created to safeguard artists’ work backfired? - Art Newspaper
Afghanistan: New UN Report stresses urgent need for Taliban to roll back on moral policing - Amnesty International
Web Content
Texas District Details Need For Web Content Filter; Wis. System Seeks Messaging System - Education Week
Languages most frequently used for web content as of February 2025, by share of websites - Statista
Creating Accessible Websites Using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines - InfoQ.com
Web Content Management Market Size to Surpass USD 28.76 Billion by 2032 | S&S Insider - GlobeNewswire
Judge Orders HHS, CDC and FDA to Restore Deleted Web Pages - Infectious Disease Special Edition
Web Content Management Market Size Worth $33.32 Billion, Globally, by 2031 Growing at 19.4% CAGR | Exclusive Report by The Insight Partners - Yahoo Finance
Government Purge of CDC’s HIV Web Content Alarms ID Pharmacists and Other Experts - Pharmacy Practice News
Judges suspend NIH plan to slash payments and order health agencies to restore web pages - Science
Open Web’s Content and Audiences are Compelling to Brands: Digitas’ Megan Jones - BeetTV