Last week, the FTC and the Illinois and Minnesota Attorneys General brought suit against Deere & Company (Deere) challenging allegedly unfair equipment repair restrictions...

In a much anticipated move that is certain to be challenged in court, the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday published a proposed rule that would broadly ban businesses from entering into or enforcing...

Less than two months ago, the FTC faced at least five separate lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the agency in response to antitrust actions.

Last week, the Food and Drug Law Institute held its Annual Conference while also celebrating its 75th anniversary. There, members of FDA and industry players gathered to discuss the latest legal, policy, and regulatory...

In analyzing patent obviousness, how "simple" must the relevant technology be in order for "common sense" to supply a limitation missing in the prior art?

Did Nintendo finally release a Pokémon videogame with guns? Oh, wait, it's not Pokémon at all – it's Palworld, a game released by Pocket Pair, a different Japanese videogame company.

The Federal Circuit used to get a lot of flak for failing to defer to factual findings of the tribunal it was reviewing. My (highly unscientific) sense is that such criticism...

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has broad power to issue exclusion orders blocking the importation of goods determined to have infringed or misappropriated complainants' IP rights.

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein will step down on February 1, 2025.

Many states have enacted statutes curtailing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (known as "anti-SLAPP" statutes) to protect parties from lawsuits designed to chill speech.

Does recording an object's physical properties to a blockchain render the resulting network (or method of using the same) patent-eligible? In Rady v. Boston Consulting Group...

In Gibson v. Cendyn Group, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the first federal court of appeals to evaluate an antitrust claim based on algorithmic pricing.

Much ink has been spilled over the meaning of “about” when used to characterize an amount or a range recited in a patent claim.

The FTC's recent rule largely rendering employment-related non-compete covenants unenforceable has hit a roadblock—at least with respect to the named plaintiffs in the first-filed challenge...

Transactions valued at over $133.9 million will require HSR premerger notification in 2026. The updated thresholds are expected to take effect for transactions closing in mid- to late February 2026.

Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler has appealed the district court's denial of his bid to secure a preliminary injunction against the NCAA's "Four-Seasons Rule."

When agency enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) was revived near the end of the Biden administration, it was met with mixed reactions.

On May 7, 2026, Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi delivered remarks at NYU Law’s Engelberg Center outlining the Antitrust Division’s current approach to merger review.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing to pursue pharmaceutical manufacturers for allegedly improperly listing patents in the "Orange Book," delaying the entry of generic drug competitors.

Ever since the landmark case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), to succeed on a defamation claim, plaintiffs who are also public figures have a constitutional requirement...