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Nurse Showed COVID Was Work-Contracted, West Virginia Supreme Court Rules

Insurance Journal

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled 3-2 that a prison nurse is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her COVID-19 disease because she provided sufficient evidence that she contracted it in her workplace and not outside of work. Brittany …

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Jack Daniel’s Continues, with Trademark Dilution as the New Battleground

IP Watchdog

The ruling addressed VIP’s defenses to trademark infringement and trademark dilution. The High Court ruled that VIP had no defense to either cause of action. It continues on remand in Arizona federal court, where this case first began a decade ago in 2014. But the story does not end there.

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Ninth Circuit Says Group of Chinese Companies Indicted for Trade Secret Theft Failed Foreign Sovereign Immunity Test

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday when the court ruled they lacked foreign sovereign immunity and therefore are not shielded from an indictment for economic espionage in connection with their alleged efforts to steal trade secrets from E.I. A group of Chinese companies struck out for a second time at the U.S.

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Oral Hearings in UK Optis/Apple Global FRAND Case Indicate Justices Will Modify High Court Ruling

IP Watchdog

Last week, oral hearings concluded at the UK Court of Appeal in the ongoing patent licensing dispute between wireless communication developer Optis and consumer device giant Apple over 4G standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Optis and practiced by Apple devices.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

The Barrister

Supreme Court ruled that admissions programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (“UNC”) and Harvard College violated the equal protection clause on the grounds that the consideration of race as a stand-alone criteria in admissions is a form of racial discrimination. 2 In the 2023 case, SFFA v. Harvard , 3 the U.S.

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BHP Faces UK Contempt Charge for Funding Case Over Brazil Dam Collapse

Insurance Journal

BHP faces a full contempt of court hearing in Britain for funding litigation to try to prevent some Brazilian municipalities suing the mining giant over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on Thursday. Thursday’s ruling is …

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 25: World IP Day 2025 Celebrates Musicians; Texas A&M to Lead Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies; and Tenth Circuit Affirms Specialty Metals Trade Secret Dismissal

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: intellectual property advocates across the globe get ready to celebrate musical creators for World IP Day 2025; Gilead Sciences scores a legal victory on discovery production in a case involving a conspiracy to sell counterfeit Biktarvy; former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu delivers a stinging blow to misguided (..)