IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2022

A Florida federal judge won't let a group of timeshare exit companies escape claims they misled consumers into thinking they could easily get out of their contracts, saying there is enough of a factual dispute about their advertisements for a jury to weigh in.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In just over two years since the inception of college Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights, a groundbreaking lawsuit has emerged, alleging a violation of Florida’s NIL laws. Dexter’s lawsuit, brought in the Northern District of Florida, seeks to void his NIL agreement with Delaware-based entity Big League Advance Fund II, LP (BLA).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 17, 2023

In recent years, cybersecurity has become a significant concern for businesses of all sizes across the United States, and Florida is no exception. Below are the top five cybersecurity concerns for Florida businesses: Phishing Attacks. In Florida, phishing attacks are one of the most common types of cyber attacks that businesses face.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 16, 2023

Boating is a popular pastime in Florida, with its beautiful coastlines and numerous waterways. Therefore, in honor of National Safe Boating Week, below are the top five safety issues that Florida boaters need to be aware of to prevent accidents and injuries.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 18, 2022

Apple has urged a Florida federal judge to move an antitrust suit over its App Store to northern California, where a district court has already tossed what the tech giant says are similar claims from a "serial" litigant who wants to end-run the previous ruling.

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IP Law 360

MAY 13, 2022

The Eastern District of Virginia rocket docket and the Northern District of Florida were last year’s fastest civil trial courts in the nation, and interviews with two of their judges reveal they have some of the same practices to keep litigation moving efficiently, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, Florida enacted a wide-ranging, complex, poorly drafted, and enthusiastically censorial law, SB7072. Fortunately, a Florida federal judge blocked Florida’s social media censorship law as unconstitutional. As expected, Florida has appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The National Hockey League and the Seattle Kraken have ended their trademark dispute with a Florida apparel maker they labeled a serial infringer of intellectual property after the company filed a preemptive lawsuit arguing its Kraken-inspired T-shirts are protected speech.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the Florida drug company's directors and controlling stockholder in exchange for a series of revised license agreements, debt and equity cancelation, and $14.25 Shareholders of Inhibitor Therapeutics Inc. million in cash.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The vagaries of standing and its importance were illustrated this fall in the Federal Circuit's opinion in University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc. The issue of standing can be outcome-determinative: without it, no matter how worthy a party's position or arguments, a court will not consider them without standing.

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MARCH 22, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7B, which makes several amendments to Florida’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) law, adding Florida to the growing list of states loosening prior state NIL restrictions.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At the start of summer, Governor Ron DeSantis declared that Florida is “no longer in a state of emergency.” New York vs. Florida. For better or worse, Florida has gone in the opposite direction. Florida law now prohibits businesses from implementing these measures with respect to customers.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Florida-based SuperCooler Technologies Inc. is seeking more than $100 million in damages against the Coca-Cola Company on claims the beverage giant lured it into "dishonest and deceptive" talks, divulged its trade secrets, and broke promises to use its technology in machines that take mere seconds to cool bottled beverages.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

2021 Florida Legislative Session. Earlier this year, the Florida legislature took up the question of online privacy and considered HB 969, the Florida Consumer Data Privacy Act. Where does Florida rank? What can Florida do to improve? Comparitech , a U.K. The trend is clearly toward stronger data privacy laws.

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IAM Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Trend propelled the Southern District of Florida and Western District of Pennsylvania onto Docket Navigator’s 2021 list of busiest US courts for patent defendants.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A recent Florida appellate decision demonstrates why this can be a winning strategy in the right circumstances. State law varies greatly with respect to the appealability of a non-final, or interlocutory, ruling, but the Florida appellate court concluded the immediate appeal was proper. Background. In AmeriGas Propane, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) recently announced that it discovered on July 16, 2021 that its online unemployment benefit system, CONNECT was compromised, potentially affecting personal information of 57,000 accounts.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When Florida’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law went into effect this past summer, it created many opportunities for businesses that wanted to enlist college athletes as part of their marketing campaigns. What do you need to know about this new development and the volatile state of student-athlete.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted Defendant Snap Dock's motion for judgment on the pleadings under FRCP 12(c). Florida, September 9, 2022). Finding the product configuration to be de jure functional, the U.S. E-Z Dock, Inc. Snap Dock, LLC , Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-450-SPC-NPM (M.D.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 8, 2024

International Trade Commission has decided that a Swedish manufacturer of air conditioners for use on boats doesn't have a patent case against a handful of rivals based in Florida and China after all.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

A Florida federal judge on Friday held self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright in civil contempt for delaying disclosure of financial information to the holder of a $143 million judgment against him and said a sanctions award of reasonable attorney fees and costs would be appropriate.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Justice cuts a nine-figure deal for botching its sexual abuse investigation of disgraced USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, college football legend Reggie Bush plows ahead with an NCAA defamation suit despite reclaiming his Heisman trophy, and Florida sues the ACC to detail its lucrative media rights contracts.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 6, 2022

Greenberg Traurig LLP has snagged two West Palm Beach shareholders from Akerman LLP to bolster the firm's intellectual property and technology work.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 8, 2022

While still relatively new, the laws and rule changes allowing college athletes to profit from use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) have already had dramatic impacts on the landscape of college athletics.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On February 9, in University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. government over a University of South Florida (USF) patent directed to Alzheimer’s disease research under the Bayh-Dole Act. United States, the Federal Circuit upheld royalty-free license rights of the U.S. The Federal Circuit’s decision confirms that 35 U.S.C.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 3, 2024

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed a ruling from an administrative tribunal that wiped out most of a patent issued to a Florida radiologist and his ex-Lockheed Martin business partner, whose company is suing Microsoft over its line of HoloLens AR headsets.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 18, 2024

A Florida state judge on Wednesday denied a former Greenberg Traurig LLP partner's request for a cyberstalking injunction against a social media influencer, saying the petitioner did not show enough evidence to justify it.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 18, 2024

A Florida federal magistrate judge has said aviation company AerSale should get a win on arguments that not only did it not infringe a trio of Jetaire patents, but also that the patents are invalid.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday sided with online education company Stride Inc. in a trademark infringement dispute over its now-renamed "Florida Online School," slamming the Florida Department of Education sub-agency that sued for trying to use "weak trademarks to bully its competitors."

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

District Court for the Middle District of Florida, charging Musk’s X Corp. with willful trademark infringement, as well as common law violations under Florida competition, trademark and service mark laws and violations of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The social media website formerly known as Twitter was hit Monday in Florida federal court with one of its first trademark lawsuits over Elon Musk's recent decision to rebrand the website as "X" — coming from a Florida legal marketing firm that also puts out "Mass Tort Insider."

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IP Law 360

APRIL 10, 2024

A Florida federal judge has thrown out Eli Lilly & Co.'s s suit accusing an online pharmacy of wrongly selling a compounded version of its drug Mounjaro, saying Eli Lilly was "using state law to enforce the terms of" federal law.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Investment group Big League Advance Fund on Friday urged a Florida federal judge to send Chicago Bears rookie Gervon Dexter's name, image and likeness suit to arbitration, arguing an agreement he signed with the group while playing at the University of Florida clearly states any and all disputes must be resolved in that forum.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Florida Virtual School v. In 2011, Plaintiff sued defendants for using the marks “Florida Virtual Academy/Program” and the associated acronyms, “FLVA/P.” In 2011, Plaintiff sued defendants for using the marks “Florida Virtual Academy/Program” and the associated acronyms, “FLVA/P.” 2024 WL 22039, No: 6:20-cv-2354-GAP-EJK (M.D.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 8, 2024

A former Greenberg Traurig LLP partner suing a social media influencer in a $150 million case alleging the influencer falsely accused the attorney of abuse in online videos on Monday moved to Florida state court an injunction petition to have the videos taken down.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 16, 2024

A Florida State assistant coach has been suspended for the first three games of the 2024 season for violating recruiting rules by connecting a potential transfer with a representative from an NIL collective during an official visit, the NCAA announced on Thursday. By: Kaufman & Canoles

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IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

Retail chain BJ's Wholesale Club was unable to persuade judges on an administrative patent board to knock out any claims from a pair of patents covering a self-checkout app that Walmart's Sam's Club brand is suing the rival over in Florida federal court.

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