Five-minute video briefs of the leading U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, and other selected patent, trademark, and copyright decisions — the facts, the question presented, what the Court held, and the rule each case stands for.
A unanimous Supreme Court held that Amarin failed to state a claim that Hikma induced infringement of its method-of-use…
In an opinion by Justice Thomas, the Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion judgment and held that an Internet service…
The Federal Circuit's first utility-patent en banc decision since 2018. Sitting en banc, the court held, 8-2, in an…
A unanimous Supreme Court vacated a $43 million trademark award, holding that a “defendant’s profits” award under…
The “TRUMP TOO SMALL” case. The Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act’s names clause — barring registration of a mark…
Sitting en banc, the Federal Circuit overruled the forty-year-old Rosen-Durling test for design-patent obviousness as…
The Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act’s infringement provisions are not extraterritorial: infringing “use in…
The "Bad Spaniels" dog-toy case. A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Kagan, held that the Rogers v…
A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch, held that Amgen's patents were invalid for lack of…
By a 5-4 vote, in an opinion by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court held that assignor estoppel — the rule barring a…
By a 7-2 vote, in an opinion by Justice Thomas, the Supreme Court held that a patent owner can recover lost foreign…
By a 5-4 vote, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch, the Supreme Court held that when the PTAB institutes an inter partes…
These videos are educational case briefs, not legal advice, and watching them does not create an attorney-client relationship with the presenter or the firm. Case law and its interpretation evolves, always check a decision's subsequent history. Do not rely on these case briefs, but read the case yourself or have your attorney read them. Videos are presented via AI avatars and voice clones of John Goodhue and Kyle Coleman, created with their participation and consent.
