Pins matching place:"Moakley US Courthouse"

Nike sued New Balance in Boston federal court, accusing dozens of its running shoes and football boots, from the Fresh Foam X 1080 v12 to the FuelCell SuperComp Elite v3, of copying Nike's patented Flyknit knitted uppers; it sued Skechers the same day.

Ruling from the bench in Boston, Judge William Young found NIH's termination of about 800 research grants on diversity and LGBTQ health "arbitrary and capricious" and ordered payments to resume, calling the record racial discrimination.

A federal judge in Boston barred the Trump administration from giving any effect to its 22 May 2025 revocation of Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, keeping Harvard able to enroll international students.

Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that freezing and terminating nearly $2.2 billion in federal research grants to Harvard violated the First Amendment and Title VI, and barred further retaliatory cuts.

Judge Richard Stearns threw out the Justice Department's Title VI suit seeking to claw back Harvard's federal funding, finding it had not pled any ongoing violation after the government's June 2025 notice.

Judge Julia Kobick heard Nike and New Balance argue over four disputed claim terms in Nike's Flyknit patent suit, after the case restarted in May 2026 from a stay pending Patent Office review.

New Balance sued Decathlon in Boston federal court, saying the logo on its Kiprun running shoes, a 'K' that becomes an 'N' when mirrored on the other side of the shoe, is virtually identical to New Balance's famous 'N'.

Universal Music Group and Sony Music filed a second copyright suit against AI music generator Suno in Boston federal court, alleging its licensed-music v6 model was trained on users' interactions with earlier models built on their recordings, 'laundering' the infringement.

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is to hear the Trump administration's appeal of the injunction keeping Harvard able to enroll international students, in the Moakley Courthouse's en banc courtroom.