Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 12: Canada to Add Resale Royalties to Copyright Law, Fifth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Evidence in ‘Call of Duty’ Copyright Suit, and Ninth Circuit Rejects Trademark Appeal in Yoga Pants Case

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit again finds Minerva estopped from challenging the validity of patent claims after remand by the U.S. Supreme Court; the Ninth Circuit affirms a summary judgment ruling nixing trademark infringement claims against lululemon’s Align yoga pants; government officials in the EU and South Korea claim EV tax credit provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act flout international treaties; the Fifth Circuit affirms the exclusion of improper character evidence in a copyright infringement case involving a video game character from the Call of Duty: Black Ops series; Canadian ministers are drafting amendments to that nation’s copyright laws that would create a right to royalties on resales of works by painters, sculptors and other visual artists; and President Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act into law.Read More