Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- an article about the Federal Circuit finding that “Apple can’t reach back through history and apply the Beatles’ Apple Corps mark . . . to protect a broad category of live events and recordings”; and
- another article about how “[t]he Federal Circuit has clarified how courts should determine when accused patent infringers are barred from making invalidity arguments they didn’t include in an earlier [inter partes review] challenge.”