Anthropic Asks 9th Circ. To Halt AI Copyright Trial For Appeal
Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has urged the Ninth Circuit to overturn a California federal judge’s refusal to delay trial in a copyright lawsuit from authors who allege their works were illegally obtained to train the company’s large language model, Claude.
Aerospace Tech Biz Valued At $800M Following SPAC Merger
Merlin, an autonomous flight technology company for the defense industry, on Thursday announced plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I in a deal that was built by three law firms and would value the aerospace company at $800 million.
What To Watch As FAA Preps Beyond-Line-Of-Sight Drone Ops
With drones poised to fly as yet forbidden skies — beyond the sight line of their operators — under long-awaited potential new rules from the Federal Aviation Administration, the anticipated boon for commercial ventures will hinge on how to safeguard the wider airspace.
Judicial Panel Consolidates SAP Patent Suits In Del.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated four patent infringement cases filed by software firm SAP SE against subsidiaries of Canadian financial services company TMX Group in the District of Delaware, saying this forum will be convenient for the parties and witnesses.
Justices Allow Mississippi’s Social Media Age Verification Law
The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that social media giants like Facebook, X, YouTube and Reddit must comply with a Mississippi law that requires platforms to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent before minors can create accounts, while the companies challenge its constitutionality.
DiDi Investors Get Partial Cert. In Ride-Hailing App IPO Suit
A New York federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to partially grant class certification in an investor suit alleging DiDi Global Inc., a ride-hailing business based in China, hid enterprise-threatening regulatory risks during its initial public offering in 2021.
Staffing Co. Says Ex-Partner Stole Tech For Rival Product
A company that connects staffing agencies to temporary workers in real time has accused a onetime business partner of stealing trade secrets to build a competing platform, alleging in a complaint in Seattle federal court that the defendant has filed patents that falsely claim ownership of the technology.
DC Circ. Upholds Toss Of Video Privacy Suit Against Paper
The D.C. Circuit has refused to revive a proposed class action accusing the Washington Examiner of illegally sharing website visitors’ video-viewing information with Meta, finding that the plaintiff had failed to show that she “subscribed” to the content that she accessed online rather than through her newsletter subscription.
Whoop’s Health Tracker Accused Of Sharing Users’ Data
Health and wellness company Whoop Inc., whose wearable devices track and collect users’ heart rate, movement, blood pressure and other health metrics, is secretly sharing that data and other user information with an undisclosed third party, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.
Va. Judge Dismisses VLSI Suit Over PTAB Conduct
Patent Quality Assurance took home another win against semiconductor patent company VLSI Technology on Wednesday, as a Virginia state court dismissed the abuse of process and conspiracy claims VLSI brought against PQA after the latter got VLSI’s microchip patent invalidated at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Semtech Investor Sues Brass Over Copper Goods Sales Drop
The top brass of high-performance semiconductor company Semtech Corp. has been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in California federal court claiming that they misled investors about the performance and sales of the company’s products and failed to disclose certain issues that led to the end of the company’s partnership with Nvidia.
Match Group To Pay $14M, Simplify Cancellations In FTC Deal
Dating app developer Match Group Inc. will pay $14 million and has agreed to simplify its account cancellation process and cease locking consumers out of paid-for accounts to resolve the Federal Trade Commission’s claims launched against it nearly six years ago.
New Jersey Firm Fights Ouster From Bidding For DOD Contract
A New Jersey IT services integrator has filed a formal protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to exclude the company from further competition for a major federal information technology support contract.
Business Groups Fail To Halt Calif. Climate Reporting Rules
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups lost a bid to block new California state regulation requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks that they said violated their First Amendment rights, when a federal judge Wednesday denied them preliminary injunction.
Construction Equipment Antitrust Cases Centralized In Ill.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said Wednesday it has centralized the pretrial proceedings for a number of lawsuits accusing construction equipment rental companies of driving up prices nationwide by sharing sensitive data through software provided by Rouse Services.
Edible Arrangements Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Trademark Suit
Attorneys for Edible Arrangements on Wednesday urged the Eleventh Circuit to overturn the dismissal of its trademark infringement suit against 1-800-Flowers, arguing a lower court wrongly found the action was barred by a prior settlement between the parties related to similar conduct.
Roomba-Maker Execs Sued Over Post-Amazon Deal Issues
The top brass of iRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in New York federal court claiming they exaggerated the effectiveness of the company’s restructuring plan following the abandonment of a proposed $1.7 billion merger with Amazon.
FCC Waives Local Radio Ownership Cap In East Texas
The Federal Communications Commission will allow an acquisition of several commercial FM radio stations in east Texas to go through by waiving the agency’s local ownership cap, the agency said Wednesday.
OpenAI, Microsoft Beat Musk’s RICO Claims In For-Profit Fight
OpenAI and Microsoft again beat Elon Musk’s racketeering claims in his lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s now-abandoned pivot to a for-profit enterprise, after a California federal judge said Tuesday the amended allegations do not provide details on how the companies ran the enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity.
Fed. Circ. Says Apple Must Face Vibration Patent Suit
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday revived claims from Taction Technology Inc. against Apple Inc. of alleged infringement of vibration technology patents, saying a district judge was wrong to disqualify testimony from Taction’s expert.
FCC Pushes Back Prison Call Fee Reports After Rule Delay
The Federal Communications Commission is giving prison phone companies more time to file annual reports and certifications, saying that the companies would not have otherwise had “sufficient time for a fulsome response.”
Judge OKs Accelerate Diagnostics Ch. 11 Liquidation
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved medical technology company Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.’s Chapter 11 plan to liquidate as quickly as possible after it completed a $42 million sale to its stalking horse bidder Friday.
Sapiens Inks $2.5B PE Buyout Deal, With 4 Firms Advising
Sapiens International, a New Jersey-based software provider for the insurance industry, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Advent International in a $2.5 billion all-cash deal, the technology company announced Wednesday.
Cloud Services Co. Asks FCC To Grant Numbering Access
OXIO Inc. is seeking to bring its cloud-based telecom services to the U.S. market, but needs the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the mobile numbers its customers would use.
SPAC Behind EV Maker Nikola, Shareholders Strike Settlement
Stockholders and board members for the blank-check company that took electric-vehicle maker Nikola public said they reached a $6.3 million deal to end a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit that accused the SPAC of misleading investors about Nikola’s prospects.
