IP Law Daily, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Aug 14, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding intellectual property issues.

• IP Watchdog, Ninth Circuit Says District Court Abused Its Discretion in Striking Biotech Company’s Trade Secrets at Discovery Stage, by Eileen McDermott

• JD Supra, Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Combat Counterfeit Imports, by John Macaluso

• Mondaq, AI Patent Eligibility 2025: Key Takeaways From The USPTO's August Memo, by Charles Dresser, Steve Wang, and Kurt Hoppmann

• Patently-O, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Generic Hair (and Let the Supreme Court In)!, by Dennis Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law).

• IP Update, Use of general knowledge in IPR petitions will no longer work, by Ashley K. Justice

• California Intellectual Property Blog, After Trademark Failure, Why Doesn’t OpenAI Seek ChatGPT Patents?, by Mandour & Associates APC

• Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Judge Kness: the SAD Scheme “Should No Longer Be Perpetuated in Its Present Form”–Eicher Motors v. Schedule A Defendants, by Eric Goldman (Santa Clara University School of Law).

• Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility, Expanding the Reach of the DTSA: New Ruling Clarifies “Act in Furtherance” Requirement, by Michael A. Brodlieb

• MoFo Tech Blog, USPTO Internal Memo Suggests that Patenting AI Inventions May Become Easier, by Joshua A. Crawford, Anna Yuan, and Jonathan Bockman

• TTABlog, US SPACE FORCE Applicant Files Certiorari Petition Seeking Reversal of Section 2(a) False Connection Refusal, On Remand, by John Welch

Attorneys: John Macaluso (Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP). Charles Dresser, Steve Wang, and Kurt Hoppmann (Caldwell). Ashley K. Justice (McDermott Will & Shulte). (Mandour & Associates APC). Michael A. Brodlieb (Epstein Becker and Green, P.C.). Joshua A. Crawford, Anna Yuan, and Jonathan Bockman (Morrison Foerster LLP). John Welch (Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.).

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