The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2024

One valid reason for acceleration is that infringement or revocation proceedings, in respect of the same underlying patent, are pending before a national court, other competent authority in an EPC contracting state, or the UPC. The board shall inform the parties of its decision. Full details here.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

Over the next few months, the following will take place and IPKat readers will have an opportunity to enroll with a 25% discount in the registration fees: Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law Trier, 1-5 July 2024 This course will provide a thorough introduction to European intellectual property law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

This case reveals the important differences between the US Law and the European Union (EU) (and United Kingdom (UK)) Law under several points of view: criminal law, privacy/data protection law, intellectual property (IP) rights (and sui generis rights), and even law of contracts.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2024

Webinar on navigating intellectual property in sustainable fashion (13 March) 4IPCouncil is organizing a webinar on second-hand luxury markets on 13 March at 16:00 CET. 42nd ATRIP Congress: intellectual property, ethical innovation, and sustainability – Towards a new social contract for the digital economy?

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Contracting Parties are required to give a minimum period of 2 months to respond to a provisional refusal. La entrada Changes in the Madrid protocol se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property. These modifications seek to provide uniformity in the time limits for users of this system to defend their applications.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Private School Too Public With Photographs Joshua Potter April 01, 11:19 AM April 01, 11:22 AM In March 2024, professional photographer Mando Morlos ("Morlos") filed a Complaint alleging that St. Francis requesting that they immediately stop all unauthorized use of Morlos' intellectual property. Morlos and St.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Wading into contract law, the policy underlying the Bayh-Dole act, and the practical realities of Government-funded research, the Federal Circuit rejected USF’s argument. February 9, 2024) The November 1997 subcontract expressly provided for application of Bayh-Dole, and USF accepted NIH funding from Mayo under the subcontract.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Launched in 2014 and controlled by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), the ‘Infringing Website List’ (IWL) carries details of pirate sites nominated by rightsholders and provides the basis for future enforcement via escalating actions. This is anticipated to be 15 or 16 months.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024. Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot discussed a recent ruling from the Paris Court of Appeal, which held that L'Oréal's continued use of photographs beyond the period stipulated in the copyright assignment contract constituted infringement in France.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Both laws, summarized below, went into effect on January 1, 2024. First, AB 1076 renders all noncompete clauses in employment contracts void. Under the law, employers must individually inform current and former employees who have or had unlawful noncompetes in their contracts that those provisions are no longer valid.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). For now, not much will change from a legislative perspective.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Delaware has long been favored by businesses for many reasons, including its courts’ deference to parties’ ability to contract. On January 29, 2024, however, the Supreme Court of Delaware, in another well-reasoned and expansive analysis reversed and remanded the Chancery Court’s order. 162, 2023, 2024 WL 315193 (Del.

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

For almost twenty years, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have been negotiating a Design Law Treaty (DLT) that would streamline and align procedural requirements for obtaining registered design rights across jurisdictions. negotiating position at the upcoming diplomatic conference in November 2024.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

of the Business and Professions Code , has made it unlawful to include a non-compete clause in an employment contract or to require an employee to enter a non-compete agreement that doesn’t meet specified exceptions. What You Need to Do: Review existing employment contracts for non-compete clauses.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

This term, I had the amazing opportunity to work at AstraZeneca Canada through Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program placement. AstraZeneca is a global company, some contracts can require engaging in services in other countries. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This essential webinar provides exclusive insights from our 2023-2024 edition of the 50-State Desktop Reference. The first specifies that any contract that is void under California law is unenforceable regardless of where and when the employee signed the contract. California recently enacted two new non-compete laws.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Both laws, summarized below, went into effect on January 1, 2024. First, AB 1076 renders all noncompete clauses in employment contracts void. Under the law, employers must individually inform current and former employees who have or had unlawful noncompetes in their contracts that those provisions are no longer valid.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

92077944 (February 7, 2024) [Not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas L. Selva & Sons , 217 USPQ at 647 (“courts would be the proper tribunals in which to litigate a cause of action for enforcement or breach of the contract”). Welch 2024. Tiarra Hamlett and Michael Hamlett Jr. Casagrande). Text Copyright John L.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Specifically, the new law, signed by Governor Newsom on September 1st, provides that any contract that is void under California law is unenforceable regardless of where and when the employee signed the contract. Under existing California law, non-compete agreements with California employees are typically void.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the inaugural session of the 2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panelists meticulously examine pivotal legislation, landmark cases, and legal advancements spanning trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and restrictive covenants, and computer fraud on a national scale. Legal challenges are expected.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. All in all, 2024 promises to be an exciting year for EU copyright law. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Dear readers, Happy new year! Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! Stay tuned!

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

These new laws will become effective on January 1, 2024, and now is the time for employers to assess and revise their employment-related agreements and restrictive covenants accordingly. Employers must provide this notice by no later than February 14, 2024. The two new laws are detailed below. The two new laws are detailed below.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

On 15 January 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO ”) [1] launched a series of public consultations on the applicability of data protection laws to the development and use of generative artificial intelligence (“ GenAI ”). 3] See ICO Generative AI first call for evidence (15 January 2024). [4]

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

View the Recording – CLE Credit for this recording expires on January 11, 2024. 2022 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording – CLE credit for this recording expires on January 23, 2024. For CLE credit inquiries, please email cle@seyfarth.com after viewing the webinar.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 13, 2022

By 2024, ad spend is expected to grow to $4 billion annually. But as book authors have discovered over a century of adaptations, the appetite for content in La-La Land is voracious, leading to business terms that require absolute control of intellectual property. Podcasting is big business.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

View the Recording – CLE Credit for this recording expires on January 11, 2024. 2022 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording – CLE credit for this recording expires on January 23, 2024. For CLE credit inquiries, please email cle@seyfarth.com after viewing the webinar.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Additionally, by March 2024, the California Cybersecurity Integration Center and the California State Threat Assessment Center will perform a joint-risk analysis of potential threats and vulnerabilities to California’s critical energy infrastructure by the use of Gen AI (including mass casualty or environmental emergencies).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Specifically, the new law provides that any contract that is void under California law is unenforceable regardless of where and when the employee signed the contract. to the Business and Professions Code: (a) Any contract that is void under this chapter is unenforceable regardless of where and when the contract was signed. .”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Luckily for the Russian artist, his accusations quickly caught the attention of RATP DEVM Mobility Cairo, a French subsidiary responsible for the operation of Cairo’s third Metro line.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 15, 2024

On January 1, 2024, California officially began exporting its ban on noncompetes, nonsolicits, broad confidentiality agreements, and likely no-recruits to the rest of the country. According to the legislation, “California’s public policy against restraint of trade law trumps other state laws.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

An approval decision by the European Commission is expected in February 2024. The Memphis facility was the first North American contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) to be approved by the EMA to commercially manufacture an allogeneic cell therapy drug product.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Luckily for the Russian artist, his accusations quickly caught the attention of RATP DEVM Mobility Cairo, a French subsidiary responsible for the operation of Cairo’s third Metro line.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many, if not all, the readers of this blog will have sincere admiration for the academic world of intellectual property. The conference was attended by Italy's most authoritative professors who are experts in intellectual property and copyright law in particular, who gave a number of memories of Prof.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 21, 2022

Emily Xiang is an is an IPilogue Writer, President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. billion USD by 2024. billion USD by 2024. . Photo by Yrrah2 ( Wikimedia Commons ).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

VANDA’s breach of implied-in-fact contract claim was dismissed). On January 18, 2024, the court denied the government’s motion to dismiss regarding the Fifth Amendment takings claim. VANDA did not assert a trade secret misappropriation claim, but rather asserted a Fifth Amendment takings claim. ” 18 USC § 1905.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Wading into contract law, the policy underlying the Bayh-Dole act, and the practical realities of Government-funded research, the Federal Circuit rejected USF’s argument. February 9, 2024) The November 1997 subcontract expressly provided for application of Bayh-Dole, and USF accepted NIH funding from Mayo under the subcontract.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2024

Earlier, IPH group firm Pizzeys had sued RnB IP and its two founders – formerly partners in Pizzeys at the time of its acquisition by IPH – for alleged breach of non-compete, non-dealing, and/or non-solicitation restraints that were included in their employment contracts.

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