IIP In The News

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The full Federal Circuit agreed to review whether tests for proving that a design patent is obvious have been overruled by U.S. Supreme Court precedent, taking up a dispute involving a General Motors unit in the court’s first en banc review of a patent case since 2018. To read…
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently considered challenges to three GM design patents for car parts. During a four-hour session, PTAB heard three separate cases brought by LKQ Corp. and its subsidiary, Keystone Automotive Industries Inc., as they sought to invalidate GM’s design patents. This hearing followed…
Labyron Carr and his nonprofit Cappin4Capo Inc., represented by Irwin IP LLP, have filed a lawsuit in Illinois alleging that Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Instagram, violated federal law by allowing a hacker to take control of their gun violence prevention nonprofit’s Instagram account for nonfungible token…
In a legal dispute linked to the film “Gone in 60 Seconds,” an attorney representing the movie’s producer presented their argument centered on Carroll Shelby’s company allegedly violating a settlement concerning the rights to the movie’s iconic “Eleanor” car by taking legal action against actions they were authorized to…
Several players in the replacement auto parts industry, including LKQ Corp. represented by Mark Lemley and Mark McKenna of Lex Lumina PLLC, and Barry Irwin, Iftekhar Zaim and Andrew Himebaugh of Irwin IP LLP., are urging the full Federal Circuit to reconsider the criteria used for determining the invalidity…
Irwin IP LLP attorneys Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz provide their insights on just how valuable pro bono work is. As discussed in the article, Providing pro bono legal services is of paramount importance for law firms as it upholds the fundamental principle of access to justice, ensuring that…
A federal judge in Los Angeles will conduct a hearing to determine if the Ford Mustang, which appeared in the remake film “Gone in 60 Seconds” starring Nicolas Cage, qualifies as a character protected by copyright, much like the Batmobile. The remake keept the iconic car “Eleanor,” but switched…
Jason Keener (Irwin IP LLP) and David Brandon (Clark Hill LLP) represent Denice Shakarian Halicki, Eleanor Licensing, LLC, and Gone in 60 Seconds Motorsports, LLC in an ongoing federal lawsuit (case number 8:20-CV-01344) against Shelby/Classic Recreations. The lawsuit seeks millions in damages for unauthorized replicas of Denice Halicki’s copyrighted…
According to a legal complaint filed by Opternative, eyewear e-commerce giant Warby Parker is accused of signing partnership contracts and NDAs with online eyeglass prescription test startup Opternative, then stealing the technology to launch its own competing feature. To read the full article, visit: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/16/opternative-vs-warby-parker/…