A federal judge in Kansas City entered a $500 million judgment against a bankrupt real estate data company, putting the finishing touches on a world-spanning, copyright-infringement suit. In 2016, CoStar Group, the country’s largest provider of commercial real estate information ...

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Killer Joe Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-20 (MLW No. 68530/Case No. 14-3274 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Sailor Music v. Walker (MLW No. 66770/Case No. 14-0012 – 9 pages) (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Kressel, J.)

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A central Pennsylvania school district is giving its tiger-head logo a face-lift after a complaint from the University of Missouri that the feline face was too similar to its own image.

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The America Invents Act introduced procedures that allow parties to submit prior art to challenge competitors’ U.S. patent applications. Parties have already begun to advantageously incorporate these procedures into their intellectual property strategies.

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The battle over ownership rights to the Oscar-nominated film “Raging Bull” landed at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, as the daughter of the movie’s co-writer sought the justices’ help to avoid a knockout of her copyright infringement claim.

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The shoe company had sued a fellow St. Louis-area business, Mark Lemp Footwear, for allegedly infringing its copyright for a design that covers much of the top of a shoe and part of the sides.

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The verdict was the fourth-biggest patent decision in U.S. history.

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Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al. v. X One X Productions (MLW No. 62415/Case No. 10-1743 – 28 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)

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