Federal Circuit, Utility Patent

Google LLC v. Parus Holdings — Federal Circuit Vacates IPR Decision, Faults PTAB for Analyzing Prior Art in Isolation and for Secret Claim Construction

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The Federal Circuit vacated a PTAB decision upholding Parus Holdings’ voice-browsing patent against Google’s IPR challenge, holding that the Board improperly analyzed prior art in isolation rather than in combination, secretly construed a claim term without notice to Google, and failed to explain its inconsistency with earlier IPR rulings on related Parus patents.

Federal Circuit, Utility Patent

Ridge Corp. v. Kirk NationaLease — Federal Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction, Finding Substantial Non-Infringement Questions on Three Patent Claim Limitations

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The Federal Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction in a patent dispute over insulated truck cargo doors, holding that the accused ‘sandwich’ panel door raised substantial questions of non-infringement under three separate claim limitations and that the patentee failed to show irreparable harm.

Fourth Circuit, Trade Secret, Federal, Trademark, Federal

dmarcian, Inc. v. DMARC Advisor BV — Fourth Circuit Upholds Cross-Border IP Injunction Under Abitron’s Conduct Test

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The Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction against a Dutch software company’s use of an American company’s brand and trade secrets, holding that Abitron Austria’s conduct-focused test for the territorial reach of U.S. IP law is satisfied where the defendant directly targeted U.S. customers online.

IP Law, Other International

Illiquidx Ltd v. Altana Wealth — UK Court of Appeal Upholds Trade Secret Protection for Venezuelan Debt Fund Strategy

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The England and Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Altana Wealth and Brevent Advisory, upholding the High Court’s finding that they misused Illiquidx’s confidential information—a strategy for creating a sanctions-compliant Venezuelan debt fund—when they launched a competing fund after their joint venture collapsed.

Other International (India), Right of Publicity

Preity Zinta v. Google LLC — Bombay High Court Orders Takedown of 275 AI Deepfakes and Chatbot Personas

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India’s Bombay High Court ordered Google, Meta, and X to remove approximately 275 deepfake videos, AI-generated chatbot personas, and morphed images exploiting actress Preity Zinta’s name and likeness — marking one of India’s first significant judicial interventions against AI-generated personality-rights violations.

Eighth Circuit, Trade Secret, Federal

Wilbur-Ellis Company v. Gompert — Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Trade Secret Claims for Lack of Specificity

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The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for four former employees, holding that Wilbur-Ellis Company’s trade secret claims failed because it never specifically identified what trade secrets were taken or how — and that the coordinated mass departure to a competitor did not, without more, breach the employees’ duty of loyalty.

Sixth Circuit, Trademark, Federal

Nelson v. MillerKnoll — Sixth Circuit Rules Authorization Defeats Bubble Lamp Trademark Claims

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The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for MillerKnoll, holding that the Nelson family authorized the company’s ownership of the iconic George Nelson Bubble Lamp trademarks through a 2006 royalty agreement — and in a precedential ruling, confirmed that authorization defeats unregistered trademark infringement claims under Lanham Act § 1125(a).

Federal Circuit, Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology — Federal Circuit Holds AI-Powered Dental Imaging Patents Ineligible Under § 101

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The Federal Circuit affirms invalidation of two Dental Monitoring patents covering deep-learning dental arch image analysis, holding that applying generic machine learning to a new domain — orthodontic imaging — does not supply the “inventive concept” required for patent eligibility under § 101.

Federal Circuit, Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

Etison LLC (ClickFunnels) v. HighLevel — Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Sales Funnel Website Patents Under Alice

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The Federal Circuit affirmed that ClickFunnels’ sales-funnel website creation patents are invalid under § 101, holding that the abstract idea of “filtering information based on user preferences” cannot be rescued by conventional template-selection and sequential-webpage features, while also clarifying the burden-shifting framework for representative-claim analysis.

IP Law, UK Courts

easyGroup Ltd v. Cubico (Easy Bathrooms) — UK IPEC Rejects “Easy” Family-of-Marks Claim After 13 Years of Coexistence

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A UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court judge dismisses all trademark infringement and passing-off claims by easyGroup (the entity behind easyJet, easyHotel, and related brands) against bathroom retailer Easy Bathrooms, ruling that the claimant failed to prove a legally recognisable “family of marks” and that 13 years of market coexistence demonstrated no consumer confusion.

District Courts, Trade Secret, Federal

Signant Health v. Definium Therapeutics — Delaware Court Dismisses LSD-Drug Trade Secret Suit for Lack of Specificity

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A Delaware federal judge dismissed Signant Health’s DTSA trade secret claims against Definium Therapeutics, finding that identifying confidential LSD-trial technology only in broad, categorical terms — without pinpointing the specific information allegedly misappropriated — is insufficient to survive a motion to dismiss.

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