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Damages Experts Face a Harder Gate — EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC -

Decision: EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, 137 F.4th 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2025) (en banc) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, decided May 21, 2025. The holding. In a rare en banc decision — the court’s first in a utility-patent case since 2018 — the Federal Circuit vacated a jury’s award of more […]

You Still Need Permission to Trademark Someone Else’s Name — Vidal v. Elster -

Decision: Vidal v. Elster, 602 U.S. 286 (2024) — U.S. Supreme Court, decided June 13, 2024 (unanimous in result). The holding. The Lanham Act’s “names clause” — which bars registration of a trademark that identifies a living person without that person’s written consent — does not violate the First Amendment. Steve Elster sought to register […]

Design Patents Just Got Easier to Challenge — LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC -

Decision: LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, 102 F.4th 1280 (Fed. Cir. 2024) (en banc) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, decided May 21, 2024. The holding. Sitting en banc for the first time in a patent case since 2018, the Federal Circuit threw out the Rosen-Durling test that had […]

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Court Dismisses DentalEZ Claims Against Professional Sales Associates -

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has dismissed Professional Sales Associates, Inc. (“PSA”) from DentalEZ, Inc. v. Firstar Dental Company, No. C25-1368JLR. In an order dated October 20, 2026, Judge James L. Robart granted PSA’s motion to dismiss and dismissed DentalEZ’s two Lanham Act claims against PSA — false advertising and […]

Lawrence Graham Appointed Technical Advisor in Eastern District of Texas Patent Case -

U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III has appointed Lowe Graham Jones attorney Lawrence Graham as Technical Advisor in VALUE8 Co., Ltd. v. Ford Motor Company, No. 2:25-cv-01117-RWS, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The case, filed in November 2025, is a patent infringement action concerning Ford vehicle infotainment systems. […]

LGJ Ranked in Chambers USA 2026 -

Lowe Graham Jones has been ranked in Chambers USA 2026 as a leading department for Intellectual Property in Washington. Two of the firm’s attorneys were also ranked individually: Lawrence Graham, Band 3, and Mark Walters, Band 3, in Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation. Chambers USA ranks law firms and individual lawyers on the basis of independent […]

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