Transformative Fair Use and AI Training: Anthropic Reaches a Historic $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Despite Its Fair Use Win.
Can training an AI model on copyrighted books ever qualify as fair use? That question of AI training fair use sits at the heart of one of the most consequential copyright disputes of the AI era. On July 20, 2026, the Northern District of California approved a class action settlement awarding a class of copyright holders $1.5 billion against Anthropic PBC, the creators of the Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model (“LLM”) Claude. Continue reading…
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.: The Supreme Court Clarifies Skinny Label Patent Infringement and Active Inducement
When does a generic drug’s “skinny label” cross the line into skinny label patent infringement? For years the answer splintered the lower courts, and the Supreme Court has now resolved it.
Trade Secret Theft by a Former Employee: What Companies Should Do First
When a company suspects trade secret theft by a former employee, the first hours and days after the problem comes to light can affect the entire case. That discovery often comes well after the employee has left — when a competitor’s product looks familiar, a key customer moves, or an internal audit surfaces unusual downloads. The practical goal is not to accuse first. It is to preserve evidence, stop additional access, identify what information is actually at risk, and decide whether the facts support a litigation response under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), state trade secret law, contract claims, or emergency injunctive relief.
What Is the Defend Trade Secrets Act?
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) is the federal civil trade secret statute that lets an owner of a misappropriated trade secret sue in U.S. district court when the secret relates to a product or service used in, or intended for use in, interstate or foreign commerce. The statute sits in 18 U.S.C. Chapter 90, alongside the Economic Espionage Act. That matters because trade secret disputes that once depended primarily on state law can now be litigated in federal court with federal remedies, including injunctions, damages, and in rare cases ex parte seizure, meaning a no-notice request for court-supervised seizure before the other side is heard.
How Much Does Patent Litigation Cost? Markman and Claim Construction Budget Drivers
Patent litigation cost is not a single number. It is a staged budget that changes with the patents asserted, the accused technology, venue, discovery burden, claim construction, expert work, damages theory, case-narrowing motions, trial posture, and appeal risk. Public survey data, including the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2025 Report of the Economic Survey, can provide broad benchmarking, but the practical question is what must be funded before the next leverage point.