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Trump conjures up a phony dispute with Ron DeSantis over China tariffs
The former president claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposed his tariffs on China and his aid to farmers. That’s false.
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Looming U.S. Investment Restrictions on China Threaten Diplomatic Outreach
Any such restrictions are expected to anger Beijing and will be the first test of the new channels of communication that the world’s two largest economies are trying to restore.
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Addressing Competition Concerns in the Developing Generative AI Industry: Key Insights From FTC Analysis
The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) raises important competition concerns, prompting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to analyze potential risks and propose solutions. In its recent June 29 blog post, the FTC highlighted the need for proactive measures to address competition issues in the evolving generative AI industry. This article analyzes the FTC’s…
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Preliminary Means Preliminary: Federal Circuit Emphasizes the Non-binding Nature of the PTAB’s Preliminary Guidance Under the Pilot Program for Motions to Amend in Medytox, Inc. v. Galderma S.A.
In Medytox, Inc. v. Galderma S.A, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Final Written Decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) that found Medytox’s proposed substitute claims invalid and denied Medytox’s motion to amend substitute claims. On appeal, Medytox challenged the Board’s findings on claim construction, new matter, enablement, and written description….By: Haug Partners…
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Axonics, Inc., v. Medtronic, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2023)
Establishing a prima facie case of obviousness based on a multiple prior art references generally requires that the references teach or suggest all claim elements and that one of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to combine the references to achieve the invention as claimed. During patent prosecution, rebutting an examiner’s motivation to…
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Ten State AGs Sue Coinbase, Alleging Securities Law Violations
On June 6, Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin each filed enforcement actions against leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and its parent, alleging that Coinbase’s staking rewards program constituted unregistered securities sales in violation their states’ securities laws. These actions followed an investigation by a multistate task force with…
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TikTok Ban on Contractor Devices
The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA have issued a new interim rule, FAR 52.204–27, implementing Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117–328), the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act,” which prohibits the use of TikTok or other applications developed by Chinese-owned ByteDance Limited on contractors’…
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Deutsche Bank Confirms Vendor Data Breach Leaked Customers’ Information
On July 11, 2023, BleepingComputer reported that Deutsche Bank AG confirmed that one of the company’s service providers experienced a data breach affecting the personal information of some Deutsche Bank account holders. However, Deutsche Bank is still in the process of investigating the incident and does not yet know what data types were affected….By: Console…
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Pension Benefit Information Files Notice of MOVEit Data Breach Affecting 371k Consumers
On July 12, 2023, Pension Benefit Information, LLC (“PBI”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after learning that a vulnerability in the MOVEit file-transfer software used by PBI resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access confidential consumer data. In this notice, PBI explains that the incident resulted…
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Rockland Trust Bank Informs 14,806 of Recent Data Breach Involving Vendor’s Use of MOVEit Software
On July 10, 2023, Rockland Trust Company (“Rockland Trust Bank”) filed a Notice of Data Security Incident with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that one of the company’s vendors experienced a data breach related to the vendor’s use of the MOVEit file transfer software. In this notice, Rockland Trust explains that the incident…
