Federal Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction for CPAP Company

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision affirming the grant of a narrowly-tailored preliminary injunction to SoClean, Inc., a medical device company that makes CPAP machines, based on trademark infringement claims against Sunset Healthcare Solutions, Inc. SoClean alleged in 2021 that Sunset infringed its U.S. Trademark Registration…

Musk-led Twitter rolls out new “Official” tags, removes them hours later

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Samuel Corum) Twitter is rolling out the $7.99-per-month version of its Twitter Blue subscription, which adds a blue checkmark to your profile. But with Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s move to paid checkmarks raising concerns about impersonation, Twitter also deployed a new “Official” label for notable accounts. However, in news that…

Microsoft “irreparably damaging” EU’s cloud ecosystem, industry group claims

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) This fall, Microsoft claimed to have addressed anticompetitive cloud infrastructure complaints from a few smaller cloud services providers in Europe. In a blog, the company announced it would be partnering with small to mid-sized cloud providers to give Microsoft customers more options for non-Microsoft cloud infrastructure. Notably,…

Twitter offering some laid-off staff only half what they’re owed, lawsuit says

Enlarge (credit: Justin Sullivan / Staff | Getty Images News) Before layoffs even began at Twitter, employees had already filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that Twitter had violated federal and California laws by not giving staff proper notice before termination. This lawsuit was widely reported, but it’s still unlikely that every employee hit by layoffs is…

This photographer captures birds as poetry in motion

A hummingbird called a black jacobin in flight. Christian Spencer Excerpted from Poetry in the Sky by Christian Spencer. Copyright © 2022. Available from teNeues Publishing. The true majesty of a bird can only be seen entirely when it is captured in flight. In general, this pre­sents technical and artistic challenges to the pho­tographer. Whether it is…

Elon Musk addresses Twitter advertisers in a meandering Q&A

New Twitter owner Elon Musk joined a Twitter Space today to address concerns from advertisers about changes at the company. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s nascent foray into running a social media platform has been tumultuous, from launching unfinished products, to alienating advertisers, to laying off half of its staff. Twitter’s Client Solutions Leader, Robin Wheeler…

Gaming company Kabam lays off 7% of its workforce to better align with goals

Kabam, the gaming company that has developed mobile games in partnership with entertainment brands including Disney, Marvel and Universal, has laid off about 7% — around 35 people — of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned from sources and confirmed with the company over email. The Vancouver-based company informed the affected employees about the move earlier…