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This week in Other Barks & Bites: a Ninth Circuit majority affirms a summary judgment dismissing false representation claims over Circuit Judge Bumatay’s dissent arguing that non-observable aspects of a product could support an actionable claim; a joint WIPO-IRENA report advances several recommendations to promote the electrification of the EU’s heavy-duty road transport sector; China’s Tencent removed more than 250,000 AI songs from its streams during 2025 for corporate policy violations; the USITC issues cease-and-desist orders to several respondents in a Section 337 case over semiconductors brought by Infineon; the Eleventh Circuit reverses a summary judgment ruling that had dismissed infringement claims brought by a licensee of photographs captured by Annie Liebovitz; and the USPTO extends its pilot program for expediting ex parte appeals by patent applicants into May 2028.
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