A California federal judge denied a bid by Amazon and its streaming platform unit Twitch Monday to toss a patent infringement suit over video streaming technology, saying the patent at issue isn't abstract and invalid but shows an improvement over prior inventions for computer functionality.
A California federal judge on Thursday questioned a request to appoint the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to be interim lead counsel in putative class copyright litigation against Meta from comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors over the tech giant's AI product, saying before there's a certified class, "What's the point?"
The maker of Invisalign teeth aligners on Thursday urged a California federal judge to toss antitrust claims in a certified class action brought by consumers who claim the company illegally limited competition, arguing that it had a lawful reason for ending an interoperability deal with a rival company.
A California judge overseeing PG&E's bankruptcy voiced "frustration" at a hearing Wednesday over investors' arguments on a motion to appoint interim lead counsel in a parallel securities suit, telling the plaintiffs' attorney he was "going around in circles" answering questions on how the class action procedures interact with the bankruptcy process.
Online retail giant Amazon and its streaming platform unit Twitch urged a California federal judge during a hearing Wednesday to toss a patent infringement suit brought against them over video streaming technology, saying the patent-at-issue is invalid because there is "nothing special, nothing new" about the claimed invention.