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Cover of the @chicago.suntimes.com today:

"Established following Dr. Gerstenblith’s retirement from teaching, the fellowship will support emerging attorneys pursuing careers at the intersection of cultural heritage, repatriation, museum practice, and nonprofit law." h/t @fashionbyfelicia.bsky.social

Mr. Mitchell, WDM Valley. I don't keep a lot of course packets, but I kept this one:

D608,660 - issued to Kimberly-Clark in 2010 for a design for a "tissue box." #DesignPatents

I still want to know who wrote that essay about a certain self-proclaimed "Visionary." That's all I'll be saying about that.

We made it to the weekend, friends. What are we reading, watching, listening to, or otherwise doing for fun (or distraction)?

Looking at this old research agenda and shaking my head at the sweet summer child who wrote it:

D666,416 - issued in 2012 for a design for a "grieving pouch." #DesignPatents

So, I can't read it but apparently the World Trademark Review is writing about #ScheduleA:

US trademark litigation heads for another record as Schedule A share breaks 40%The latest district court data reveals that expanding trademark caseloads are becoming increasingly concentrated around one enforcement model, one court and a relatively small group of specialist law ...www.worldtrademarkreview.com

The case is: University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC, Docket No. 1:26-cv-00887 (D. Del. Jul 20, 2026). Assigned to Judge Hall. Patents-in-suit: - US 10,019,470 - US 10,095,718 (These are both utility patents, which we can tell just by looking at the numbers.)

Note also that this bill wouldn't do anything about the special type of judge shopping that we see in #ScheduleA cases: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"The bill says that the pool of eligible judges can be based on division, not district." Read: You can still file in Amarillo if you want Kacsmaryk.

GOP Bill To Curb Judge Shopping May Have Limited Effect - Law360A Senate Republican has introduced legislation that he says will fix the judge shopping issue, but court observers don't think it will make much of a difference.www.law360.com

Today is utility patent day at @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social's IP Summer Camp. Hope you can join us!

D290,248 - issued in 1987 for a design for an "inflatable life raft." #DesignPatents

Once again, I have to shake off [REDACTED] and rally myself to [REDACTED].

"Apple was ordered to explain when it first became aware of any Chinese law or standing issues, why it did not provide earlier notice about those issues, and whether any failure to disclose was justified or harmless."

Judge Calls Off IP Trial, Threatens Sanctions Against Apple - Law360A Texas federal judge has vacated an impending trial date for a patent infringement suit against Apple, saying he needed time to resolve outstanding jurisdictional issues, but ordered Apple to explain...www.law360.com

"The judge said the appeal would be meritless, adding that 'Freeman and her lawyers have engaged in "vexatious" and bad faith conduct throughout' the case."

Writer Must Post $150K Bond During Romantasy IP Appeal - Law360A New York federal judge on Tuesday said a writer has to put up a bond of $150,000 while she appeals the dismissal of her suit accusing a best-selling fiction author of stealing her romance-fantasy bo...www.law360.com

D12,033 - issued in 1880 for a design for a "coffin screw." #DesignPatents