Amy Landers
@amylanders.bsky.social
Intellectual property, law specialist, and professor of law
Fourth edition of Understanding Patent Law (revised and updated) https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531029135/Understanding-Patent-Law-Fourth-Edition?srsltid=AfmBOorvIJY-erg0chCzus37DsMFh6MLQ5W
Fourth edition of Understanding Patent Law (revised and updated) https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531029135/Understanding-Patent-Law-Fourth-Edition?srsltid=AfmBOorvIJY-erg0chCzus37DsMFh6MLQ5W
Nice Tiffany dupe, Madewell!
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nice Tiffany dupe, Madewell!
Feels-like temp in Philly suburbs is now 30
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Feels-like temp in Philly suburbs is now 30
If the Supreme Court invalidates the tariffs, the funds must be repaid to those who paid them in the first instance. Am I missing something?
BREAKING: Trump has said that after $2,000 payments are distributed to low- and middle-income Americans, using revenue collected from foreign tariffs, any remaining funds will be applied to lowering the national debt.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If the Supreme Court invalidates the tariffs, the funds must be repaid to those who paid them in the first instance. Am I missing something?
In case you missed this from @stevevladeck.bsky.social, Jackson's order forces the case to proceed in quick, but regular, order through the appellate process...
If you’re trying to catch up on what went down with #SNAP late last night at #SCOTUS, here’s my attempt to read the breadcrumbs on the “administrative stay” issued by Justice Jackson—and why a justice so critical of the Court’s grants of emergency relief to Trump still granted temporary relief here:
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In case you missed this from @stevevladeck.bsky.social, Jackson's order forces the case to proceed in quick, but regular, order through the appellate process...
That did not take long
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
That did not take long
Patent cases pending for cert from @denniscrouch.bsky.social This is paywalled, but free for profs. Useful summary-- patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
Supreme Court on Patents Fall 2025
by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court's docket heading into its November and December conferences includes six pending certiorari petitions focusing …
patentlyo.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Patent cases pending for cert from @denniscrouch.bsky.social This is paywalled, but free for profs. Useful summary-- patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
U.S. PTO director John Squires announced he will determine whether the office's PTAB will hear challenges to the validity of specific patents, taking on a responsibility that had been delegated to board judges since its creation in 2012. @denniscrouch.bsky.social www.uspto.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uspto.gov
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
U.S. PTO director John Squires announced he will determine whether the office's PTAB will hear challenges to the validity of specific patents, taking on a responsibility that had been delegated to board judges since its creation in 2012. @denniscrouch.bsky.social www.uspto.gov/sites/defaul...
Thaler's shooting his shot
A computer scientist asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law @blakebrittain.bsky.social reut.rs/4mVniED
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thaler's shooting his shot
Here we go
Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence. $AAPL
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here we go
For the first time, I've read the full version of the Maker's Mark decision (involving Ceurvo). I did not realize how many pages of exhaustive research about Kentucky bourbon this judicial opinion actually contains. 🥃
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For the first time, I've read the full version of the Maker's Mark decision (involving Ceurvo). I did not realize how many pages of exhaustive research about Kentucky bourbon this judicial opinion actually contains. 🥃
Right of publicity?
The deluge of AI-generated videos featuring deceased public figures has already forced OpenAI to change the way Sora handles copyrighted works.
Dead celebrities are apparently fair game for Sora 2 video manipulation
OpenAI’s likeness protections for living “public figures” don’t apply to “historical figures.”…
arstechnica.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Right of publicity?
I wonder why some great Trademark casebooks don't have significant material about actual counterfeiting (the criminal statutes)
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I wonder why some great Trademark casebooks don't have significant material about actual counterfeiting (the criminal statutes)
1% RIF, from communications team, office of public engagement, and patents unit
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1% RIF, from communications team, office of public engagement, and patents unit
Antitrust claim fails in ND Cal. District Court for Hermes pre-spend requirements for Birkin bags.
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Antitrust claim fails in ND Cal. District Court for Hermes pre-spend requirements for Birkin bags.
If you’re ever in Seattle, an A+ bookstore
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If you’re ever in Seattle, an A+ bookstore
No substantial similarity
Universal Music Group convinced a New York federal court on Tuesday to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit over an allegedly unauthorized sample in Mary J. Blige's 1992 hit song "Real Love."
Universal Music defeats copyright lawsuit over Mary J. Blige's 1992 sample
Universal Music Group convinced a New York federal court on Tuesday to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit over an allegedly unauthorized sample in Mary J. Blige's 1992 hit song "Real Love."
reut.rs
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
No substantial similarity
Morgan and Morgan's TM declaratory relief action against Disney for use of Steamboat Willie in its ads. Link to complaint: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Morgan and Morgan's TM declaratory relief action against Disney for use of Steamboat Willie in its ads. Link to complaint: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Great interview with @marklemley.bsky.social
A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great interview with @marklemley.bsky.social
Right of publicity scholars....
i don't agree with this on any level but i have to say he looks great in this shirt
www.404media.co/shein-luigi-...
www.404media.co/shein-luigi-...
Shein Used Luigi Mangione’s AI-Generated Face to Sell a Shirt
United Healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione is not, in fact, modeling floral button-downs for Shein.
www.404media.co
September 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Right of publicity scholars....
Those interested in Copyright/AI: must read
Here is the direct link to the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.12546
August 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Those interested in Copyright/AI: must read
First Amendment, content-based restriction on First Amendment-protected activity in a designated public forum so subject to strict scrutiny. Added irreparable harm presumed for 1st A. protected activity. Decision: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
August 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
First Amendment, content-based restriction on First Amendment-protected activity in a designated public forum so subject to strict scrutiny. Added irreparable harm presumed for 1st A. protected activity. Decision: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
The Eco-Factors issue that will not die.... 🚨 Whether apportionment can be built into a portfolio license.
August 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Eco-Factors issue that will not die.... 🚨 Whether apportionment can be built into a portfolio license.
Paris is not Vegas
August 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Paris is not Vegas
Worth a read. NB: “Firms may also shift their patenting focus to international jurisdictions with more predictable or affordable IP regimes“. Maybe US will be less popular for enforcement actions? Thus driving down the value of US patents….?
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Worth a read. NB: “Firms may also shift their patenting focus to international jurisdictions with more predictable or affordable IP regimes“. Maybe US will be less popular for enforcement actions? Thus driving down the value of US patents….?