Blake Brittain

Reporter covering intellectual property at @ReutersLegal. Misplaced North Carolinian, music nerd -- talk to me about IP, BBQ, or R.E.M.

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 Music labels' AI lawsuits create a new copyright conundrum for US courts. Listen to @blakebrittain on the Reuters World News podcast with more on this story https://t.co/RM496vcLzl

[Law360Union @law360union]

WE WALKED OUT: We are on a 24-hour work stoppage to stand in solidarity with our co-workers who were unlawfully laid off. WE are @Law360. #layoffs360

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

@edsbs short and sweet https://t.co/kW0wvaQ1J4

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

@edsbs Zooropa gang assemble

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

previously: https://t.co/jL80XdrKzk.

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

Miami bass is back at the Supreme Court https://t.co/0uRQNkYbrQ

[Sheila Dang @Sheila_Dang]

It's not just Meta and Microsoft - one lawyer counted nearly 900 active trademark registrations that already cover the letter X in a wide range of industries
https://t.co/d0pBwgXy08 by @blakebrittain

[Josh Gerben @JoshGerben]

Per a Reuters report, Adidas has indicated it will withdraw this court action.

The statement comes less than 24 hours after we broke the story.

👇

#adidas

[Josh Gerben @JoshGerben]

Adidas has taken court action to block a trademark filed by Black Lives Matter for its "Three-Stripe" logo.

Per the court filings made on March 27th, Adidas claims the Black Lives Matter stripes are too similar to its own.

A thread 🧵

#adidas #BlackLivesMatter
#BLM

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

SCOTUS is holding oral arguments in this case at 10, asking important First Amendment and trademark questions about dog toys that mimic Jack Daniel's bottles, of all things

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

In which a bunch of very smart people talked to me about trademarks, free speech, dog poop and whiskey: https://t.co/IeXAbNT8aX

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

In which a bunch of very smart people talked to me about trademarks, free speech, dog poop and whiskey: https://t.co/IeXAbNT8aX

[Nate Raymond @nateraymond]

The name "gruyere" can be used to label cheeses from outside of the Gruyère region of Switzerland and France, the 4th Circuit ruled today, in a victory for U.S. dairy groups and others. ⁦@blakebrittain⁩ ⁦@Reuters⁩ https://t.co/e2cMiGt4u9

[Reuters @Reuters]

UK Supreme Court hears landmark patent case over AI "inventor" https://t.co/w90b9c827R

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

Hermes International SCA urged a U.S. jury to find that a creator of non-fungible tokens violated its trademark for Birkin bags, while lawyers for the 'MetaBirkins' maker countered that the images were art https://t.co/1y9zWeDkV5 @cohenluc

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

@eddiequinones86 @janecoaston I think my brain might have been poisoned against them growing up by hearing much worse bands rip off their sound before trying to get into their music

[Westlaw Today @WestlawToday]

Delaware judge justifies litigation funding 'inquisition' in thriller order https://t.co/IzSd6FKAKO @AlisonFrankel

[Reuters @Reuters]

Merck could keep its patent edge by shifting Keytruda cancer drug to a simple shot https://t.co/ukp5D8Z2WD

[Blake Brittain @blakebrittain]

@edsbs justice for Smoke

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

A federal jury in Texas said Intel must pay VLSI Technology $948.8 million for infringing a VLSI patent for computer chips https://t.co/42hjXzIUI0 @blakebrittain