Velocity of Content

JANUARY 12, 2022

Seems like a simple enough task, but one that is a common challenge for most fast-paced, discovery-driven companies. A primarily remote workforce also presents new considerations around compliance and greater risk of copyright infringement. A 2020 Information Seeking and Consumption Study by Outsell, Inc. Johnson, A.

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IP Publishing Journalism Intellectual Property 98

The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2023

v Zorro Productions Inc. ). In delivering its new judgment in the long-running (15+ years and counting!) Background Back in 2007, US company Zorro Productions sued CO.GE.DI. The Supreme Court thus sent the case back to the Court of Appeal for a new assessment. International – Compagnia Generale Distribuzione s.p.a.

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Copyright Law Advertising Advertising 138

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

[vi] Although P2P music sharing had been around before, Napster streamlined the process by consolidating the industry and foreshadowed the future success of rival digital music streaming companies. This constitutes the idea of mass catalogue with little to no procurement costs that lead to massive profits for the company.

Copyright Law 71

Copyright Law Copyright Music Law 71

The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. These are the basic facts underlying this lawsuit. Ross was a legal research AI startup.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Copying 123

Patently-O

AUGUST 13, 2021

A new petition asks the court to examine the phrase again and help define when a document crosses the publication threshold. Centripetal Networks, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. , On balance, the Federal Circuit found the document “sufficiently disseminated” to count as a publication. Centripetal Networks, Inc.

Confidentiality 90

Confidentiality Advertising Advertising Invention 90

LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

It seems as if Netflix and Hulu are continuously pumping out new content in their endless battle to win over more monthly subscribers. The streaming companies claimed that the ’588 Patent was unpatentable due to obviousness. 1] Netflix, Inc. 23, 2021) [2] Netflix, Inc. DivX, LLC, IPR2022-1083 (PTAB Sept. 1, 2023)

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Technology Patent Art Invention 52

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

She examines the claims of the pharmaceutical companies, and explores whether it’s time to look beyond compulsory licenses. New Balance Athletics Inc. vs New Balance Immigration Private Ltd. to pay upwards of 81 Lakhs to Strix Ltd. Crimzon Fashion Accessories Pvt. Disruptive Health Solutions v.

Licensing 59

Licensing IP Patent Infringement Confidentiality 59

Velocity of Content

MARCH 15, 2022

Chief Information Officer of REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. , Another key challenge is in finding a balance between supporting individual preferences of researchers, while creating consistency across the organization, as well as opportunities for collaboration. With so many pressing priorities, where does a new company begin?

Intellectual Property 98

Intellectual Property Publishing Copyright Licensing 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Last year, the most important case in the history of web scraping— hiQ Labs, Inc. Two cases have emerged that approach this issue from new angles. Bright Data is the world’s biggest scraping company, headquartered in Israel. Verio, Inc., LinkedIn Corp. hiQ Labs I, 938 F.3d Bright Data.

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Blogging Cease and Desist Contracts Marketing 104

The TTABlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 6, 2022 - 2 PM (In Person): In re Wave Neuroscience, Inc. October 12, 2022 - 1 PM: Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. October 18, 2022 - 10 AM: Comptime, Inc. Francis Paper, Inc. October 18, 2022 - 1 PM: In re The New York Times Company , Serial Nos. Fashion Electronics, Inc. Cancellation No.

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Registration Music Publishing Technology 62

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

by guest blogger Christine Haight Farley Because it is grading season, when I read the Second Circuit’s per curiam decision in Vans, Inc. Studio, Inc. Rather, the quoted language came from an SDNY decision ( Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., MSCHF Prod. LEXIS 32063 (2d Cir. Nature Labs, LLC , 221 F.

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Blogging Trademark Branding Brands 110

IPilogue

JULY 6, 2021

But while the Court acknowledged that the website-blocking order may impair TekSavvy’s customers’ expressive interests, it ultimately agreed with the lower court that an extensive Charter rights analysis was not warranted given the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Google Inc. v Equustek Solutions Inc.

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Television Copyright Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement 116

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

The financial distress of the company can lead to the insolvency and could affect the management. As the companies are dependent on intellectual property rights there must be a person who is an expert in the matter of intellectual property rights. In the case of Revlon Inc.

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Intellectual Property Licensing Trademark IP 82

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Anish Jain Trading as M/s Navkar Cosmo on December 20, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The Plaintiff contended that the Defendants had adopted identical packaging of its products, including eyeliner, kajal and mascara, and had only replaced the Plaintiff’s ‘GET BOLD’ mark with ‘NEW BOLD’, keeping the writing style and artwork identical.

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Registration Trademark Copyright Registering Trademarks 52

IPilogue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Supreme Court and could bark new rules for trademark use in expressive works. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc.’s The two-pronged test balances free speech and trademark protection by allowing the use of trademarks in expressive works if artistically relevant and not explicitly misleading. Will it bite? Grimaldi (1989) decision.

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Trademark Branding Brands Branding 126

JIPL Online

APRIL 21, 2021

Copyright protection entails a balance between the interests of authors in having monopolistic protection and economic incentives to encourage the production of works, and the interests of the public in having unrestricted access to certain kinds of information. [i] Public.Resource.Org, Inc. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. ,

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Government Copyright Public Domain Law 98

Patently-O

MAY 18, 2023

The case in question is Amgen Inc. Sanofi characterized the methods Amgen provided for generating additional antibodies as merely a trial-and-error process, claiming that Amgen’s patents failed the enablement requirement as they sought exclusive use over potentially millions more antibodies than the company had taught how to produce.

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Patent Law Law Patent Invention 120

IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, with the immediate and ever-increasing utility of computer-based applications, new software patent applications very often meet the criteria of usefulness and novelty, allowing most software patents to be eligible. Interestingly, a large tech company in 2011 almost failed to adequately define its software patent application.

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IP Law Patent Patent Application 59

SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

At issue in Lt Overseas North America Inc & Anr. Case S ummaries Karnataka High Court sets aside the order of the Regional Director, Corporate Affairs, on failure to consider the interplay between Section 16 of Companies Act and Trademarks Act. 2 (Lulu Mall). 2 (Lulu Mall). Not re-examining the re-fled application.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Confidentiality Trademark 105

SpicyIP

APRIL 15, 2024

By Goutham Rajeev and Vedant Bharadwaj Singh A recent public response by OpenAI’s CTO (Chief Technical Officer) on the data sources used by them to train their new text-to-video AI engine known as Sora has reignited the discussion on the use of copyrighted material t o train Generative Artificial Intelligence ( GenAI ). Google Inc.

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Fair Use Copyright Infringement Derivative Work Copyright 49

43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2024

Rampart Resources, Inc. Rampart/Wurth Holding, Inc., Note that the current website seems to have removed “resources” from the logo, which I expect is a big enough change that a new registration ought to be required.) 2024 WL 195999, No. 23-6895 (E.D. Rampart Resources was founded in 1989 in Baton Rouge.

Advertising 59

Advertising Advertising Branding Brands 59

LexBlog IP

JUNE 10, 2022

In taking up the case, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Oracle America, Inc. But what is “fair use” in copyright law, and how can companies be sure they are staying well within their bounds when it comes to borrowing and building on frameworks created by others? Understanding the Fair Use Doctrine.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Intellectual Property Copyright Copyright Infringement 52

The TTABlog

APRIL 4, 2023

The Board concluded that, in light of changes in the marketplace for the delivery of news, a new test is required for the registrability of non-syndicated columns or sections in printed publications or recorded media, and under that new test the columns qualified as good in trade. In re The New York Times Company , Serial Nos.

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Editing Registration Business Trademark 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Only through that training can the AI model be leveraged and applied to generate plausible and human-like new content (such as text, code, images, sound or video). This has given rise to the international debate surrounding how to balance the respective rights and interests of IP rightsholders and AI developers. Github, Inc. ,

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IP Database Right Intellectual Property Copyright 52

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the United States, where the company now boasts 12.5 In an August interview with Reuters, Webtoon Entertainment founder and CEO Kim Junkoo was certainly bullish on the company’s future. If big tech is serious about this IP-creating business, they’d have to buy us out,” the company’s CEO explained.

Marketing 93

Marketing Marketing Business Litigation 93

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

A dangerous new mandatory editorial transparency law to supplement Florida and Texas. This is reinforced by the statements of bill co-sponsor Gina Sillitti (emphasis added): “ Hate has no place in New York State , whether on our streets or online,” Sillitti said. Twitter, Inc. * NY Assembly Bill A7865A. March 2, 2022).

Social Media 108

Social Media Reporting Government Law 108

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The court says there are many reasons why a pseudonymous accountholder might no-show, and that’s why the service (Twitter in this case) can assert its users’ First Amendment rights: As a platform that permits anonymous posting, Twitter risks losing users if people learn that the company discloses users’ identities to anyone who asks.

Fair Use 93

Fair Use Plagiarism Copyright Marketing 93

43(B)log

MARCH 6, 2024

Qoins Technologies, Inc., 1, 2024) “Qoins is a financial technology company that collects funds from its customers and disburses payments to designated creditors in order to help its customers pay off their debts.” Some customers have also reached out to our new bank partner, but they are not in a position to help.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Business 45

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. These are the basic facts underlying this lawsuit.

Copyright Infringement 52

Copyright Infringement Copyright Fair Use Copying 52

IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

Last month, in an important ruling for Internet service providers, and anonymous users alike, a new defense is taking shape to subpoenas issued pursuant to the “unmasking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Specifically, in In re DMCA § 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter, Inc. , copyright infringement by MoneyBags).

Fair Use 62

Fair Use Copyright Infringement Copyright Marketing 62

LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

As Jim Pooley so aptly put it in a recent blog post , trade secret law is, at its core, a balancing of many competing interests. So my two amendments to the DTSA would provide greater balance for the protection of employees or others accused of trade secret misappropriation. Compare Quintara Biosciences, Inc. LEXIS 48399 (N.D.

Litigation 52

Litigation Intellectual Property Law Publishing 52

Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

by Dennis Crouch This post walks through a new petition for writ of certiorari involving claims that Valeant Pharma defrauded the U.S. In these cases, Silbersher is relying on public documents (file histories) which the pharmaceutical companies argue bar the qui tam proceedings under the public disclosure bar. Int’l, Inc. ,

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Patent Government Art Reporting 57

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2024

Companies can differentiate themselves in the marketplace by investing in branding efforts that go beyond generic terms which can build consumer trust, and secure long term success. v] Case study Institute of Directors v. Worlddevcorp Technology and Business Solutions Pvt. yahoo india!

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 52

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2022

Last month, in an important ruling for Internet service providers, and anonymous users alike, a new defense is taking shape to subpoenas issued pursuant to the “unmasking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Specifically, in In re DMCA § 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter, Inc. ,

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Copyright Infringement Copyright Marketing 52

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Ratajkowski explained the impetus for its creation in her essay “Buying Myself Back”, where she shares that the photo she shared on Instagram had been hanging in the Gagosian as part of Richard Prince’s “New Portraits” art show. Rapper Jay-Z has recently sued Damon Dash, co-founder and shareholder of his record label RAF Inc.,

Non-Fungible Tokens 111

Non-Fungible Tokens Art Moral Rights Copyright Infringement 111

SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Volvo, to argue that there has been a trend in these cases wherein giant companies go after smaller companies and start-ups with a collection of baseless arguments, in a bid to broaden the scope of their brand and cash in on the consequential benefits that flow from the same. attempting to restrain imports of Vivint Smart Home Inc.’s

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Trademark Licensing Copyright 105

Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

In the case, a pharmaceutical company sued a former product development employee and his new employer in the District of New Jersey for misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the DTSA. Similarly, in Five Star Gourmet Foods, Inc. Fresh Express, Inc. at *8; see also Payward, Inc. Contractors Inc.

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