FRONTIER Act Introduced in House; Google Hit With €890 Million Fine for DMA Violations; and PTAB Revises SOP 1 on APJ Panel Assignments

EU Commission fines Google €890 million for Digital Markets Act violations involving self-preferencing and steering restrictions. Second Circuit affirms copyright infringement dismissal against Jeff Koons as time-barred. Federal Circuit reverses Section 101 ruling, finding digital picture frame patent claims valid. Third Circuit affirms Ecolab cannot assert Deb Group patents without proper written communication. Unified Patent Court upholds Disney injunction across 11 EU countries for InterDigital video encoding patent infringement. University of Tennessee sues Anthropic for machine learning patent infringement. Sony files second copyright complaint against Udio over 30,000+ recordings.