The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Image: flickr.com Katfood The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corp., This week’s big IP news is the New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, trademark dilution and other violations of existing laws.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 25, 2021

federal agencies have flouted White House sanctions with a new campaign targeting cloud service companies, Microsoft Corp. Russian spies behind a cyberattack on software provider SolarWinds that led to breaches at nine U.S. said Monday.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 24, 2023

Comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden recently filed class-action lawsuits against Meta Platforms (parent company of Facebook) and ChatGPT maker OpenAI (backed by Microsoft Corp.)

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As I also mentioned, Microsoft’s lawyers seem to think that fair use excuses copying for AI purposes everywhere, so I would expect Microsoft to try that defense here, given its lack of other arguments. Case 3- Thomson Reuters Enterprise Center GMBH and West Publishing Corp. is being used as code. Case 2- Anderson, et al.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Even where traditional software development companies invested in AI capability, developing AI capability was often characterized by proprietary solutions, increased development costs, and increased risks. The Supreme Court took up subject matter eligibility related to software innovation in Alice Corp. Alice Corp. 208 (2014).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2022

” Companies have started to take notice of this trend. For example, Microsoft cited its interest in the “Metaverse” as a key reason for acquiring the game developer Activision Blizzard, in a $68.7 Microsoft Corp., Supreme Court’s test in Alice Corp. Leviathan Entertainment, and IBM.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 16, 2021

Microsoft Corp. AT & T Corp. , In that case, the plaintiffs alleged that a foreign company hired three engineers from plaintiffs’ foreign office and that they stole plaintiffs’ trade secrets and source code. courts are taking an increasingly broad view of the scope of U.S. activities. Generally, in the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

POLYMER ENCLOSURE WITH WIRE PASSTHROUGH FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICE ASSIGNEE: Neuralink Corp US PAT. The patent application, US 20230148968 A1, was published on May 18, 2023, and is managed by Neuralink Corp., a company widely recognized for its significant strides in neurotechnology. However, it’s not all smooth sailing.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Companies that participate in SSOs are often required to disclose their intellectual property rights that they deem essential to implement the standard. Member companies of the organizational partners should declare any intellectual property rights believed to be essential or potentially essential to the 3GPP development effort.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 15, 2022

Reynolds Vapor Company v. 14 See Masimo Corp. 16 See Masimo Corp. 22 See, e.g., Microsoft Corp. AutoStore Technology AS et al. , the Board instituted IPR in view of a Sotera -type stipulation that “address[ed] any concerns about overlap between the issues presented in the two fora.” F intiv, Inc. 19-cv-1100, D.I.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In August 31, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in HTC Corp. 2014), Microsoft v. Discrimination may exist even if preferential treatment is accorded to only one or a few companies. Disclosure statement: in 2019, the author served as an expert for HTC in an unrelated, non-U.S. LEXIS 26250, __ F.4 D-Link (Fed.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2023

Microsoft Corp., 25 2023) Previous district court opinion allowing Lanham Act false advertising claims to proceed against Microsoft; applying the Article III analysis that doesn’t (yet?) TocMail launched its IP-evasion product, got a patent, and then sued Microsoft for false advertising—all within two months.”

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 4, 2023

Microsoft Corp., 6,721,705 and 8,185,402 against Microsoft in the Western District of Texas. Microsoft has its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, and moved to transfer the case to the Western District of Washington. Parus Holdings, Inc. 6:21-CV-00570-ADA, 2022 WL 17420391 (W.D. Patent Nos.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Microsoft Corp., TocMail sued Microsoft for false advertising of its cloud-based cybersecurity software, Safe Links, which competes with TocMail’s cloud-based link scanner, as part of a greater Advanced Threat Protection program that accompanies Office 365. Microsoft moved to dismiss again for want of materiality/injury.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

2009): One example illustrates the problem with Microsoft’s approach. Assume also that the company selling the software doesn’t provide specific instructions on how to use the five features, thus taking potential liability outside the realm of § 271(b). Gateway, Inc., 3d 1301, 1320 (Fed. Kelley Co. , 3d 1538 (Fed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

LinkedIn Corp. Bright Data is the world’s biggest scraping company, headquartered in Israel. And while many have suspected as much, Bright Data claims to have evidence to support an unclean hands defense that other companies did not possess. LinkedIn Corp. hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d 3d 985 at 1005 ; hiQ Labs II at 43.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Microsoft Technology Licensing v. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. In Microsoft v. In another judgement, Raytheon Company v. The Microsoft Technology Licensing judgement was passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula. Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunication Corp.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 6, 2021

In 2019, Microsoft and the Pentagon signed a $10 billion contract to modernize U.S. In 2019, Amazon suggested that the Pentagon award the contract to Microsoft due to improper pressure from former President Trump. Oracle Corp, Alphabet Inc’s Google, IBM Corp , and others have joined the ranks.

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