Whirlpool, Acorda, Kyle Bass, Michelle Lee, Google, Uber, copyright lawsuits, IP Commission Report – the week in IP

March 14 2017

A jury awarding Whirlpool $7.6m, the PTAB upholding Acorda patents in four Kyle Bass IPRs, the USPTO confirming Michelle Lee is still director and Anthony Scardino is acting deputy director, Waymo adding a patent claim to its dispute with Uber, Malibu Media filing its first copyright suits for three months, and the IP Commission Report updating IP theft losses were in the recent intellectual property news

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