IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 4, 2024

SSDEs must notify the Competition Commission of India (CCI) within 90 days to qualify, with obligations and penalties for non-compliance. Conclusion Personally, I think there are a few good things about the draft digital competition law that the Indian competition law committee has put up.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The government unveiled Bill C-56 yesterday, legislation it touts as supporting the building of more rental homes (through tax measures) and stabilizing grocery prices (through Competition Act reforms). This too represents an important change as it undermines Competition Bureau independence in establishing and conducting inquiries.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

On May 23, 2023 , the 1st Civil Court of Valdivia granted the lawsuit for unfair competition filed by Aproval against The Not Company, ruling in favor of the Chilean dairy industry. La entrada NotCo’s unfair competition case se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Defensoría del Pueblo launched its publication “Free Competition and its Impact on Citizens’ Rights” on January 19, 2024. This comprehensive analysis addresses the relationship between free competition and human rights in Colombia, highlighting its importance in economic development and equity.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2024

In contrast to this, the Competition Law aims to prevent monopoly and provide fair competition and aims at reducing entry barriers in the market. Now if the Patentee abuses this power and denies the grant of licenses, then it may lead to an anti-competitive behaviour and would be restricted by the provisions of the Competition Act.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staked out its role in policing the potential competition and consumer protection implications of generative AI technologies’ use of copyrighted materials in comments submitted in the U.S. Copyright Office’s proceeding on AI and copyright.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 31, 2023

If the government was serious about competition and consumer pricing, this should have been an easy call. The deal is not popular, wireless and Internet prices remain stubbornly high, the Competition Bureau consistently opposed the deal, and a House of Commons committee that studied the merger recommended against it.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

Yet, Washington is debating proposals, driven by political narratives, that will limit the availability of patents and that fail to consider the impact on innovation and American competitiveness.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

By means of the Anti-Corruption Act (2195 of 2022), in addition to reinforcing anti-corruption measures, Colombia’s Competition Protection Regime was amended, particularly rules on benefits for collaboration and sanctions for individuals and corporations.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

The OECD council adopted recommendations on intellectual property and competition on June 7. The recommendations urge members to effectively enforce competition law against anti-competitive business practices related to intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2024

36/2023 has assumed control, replacing the previous competition regulation law (Federal Law No. This new legislation represents a remarkable development, focusing on competition practices and countering commercial monopolies. Introduction: In a significant step, Federal Decree-Law No. 4/2012) in the UAE.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 11, 2024

Kilpatrick partner Ted Davis recently presented his “Annual Review of Key Trademark & Unfair Competition Opinions” at the firm’s 2024 Advanced Trademark Law Seminar in New York. Key takeaways from the presentation include. By: Kilpatrick

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 3, 2024

The bill, LD 1496, would have significantly hampered Maine employers seeking to enter into non-competition agreements with their employees under most circumstances. Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed legislation that would have severely restricted the contexts in which Maine employers could use and enforce non-compete agreements.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Canada’s Competition Act was amended effective December 15, 2023 to both (i) establish a new, more expansive framework for challenging anti-competitive conduct by dominant firms and (ii) specifically provide that it is an anti-competitive act for a dominant firm to directly or indirectly impose excessive and unfair selling prices.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 9, 2023

The court found the company guilty of unfair competition, as it had been exploiting the reputation of others, misleading consumers, and disseminating incorrect or false information about its products. La entrada Unfair competition ruling se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 31, 2021

Now, more than ever, we must consider the relevant role that competition authorities and competition policy can play in a vigorous economic bounce-back, both through competition enforcement and competition advocacy. Main panel on competition policy in economic recovery.

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2024

The Trademark and Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable co-hosted by Harvard, NYU, and the University of Pennsylvania will take place this year at Harvard.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 24, 2023

supply chain and economic competitiveness. supply chain and economic competitiveness. A proposed Supply Chain Agreement was announced at the IPEF Ministerial meeting in May and provides an important opportunity to help build supply chain resilience and competitiveness. Secretary Raimondo Addresses Advisory Committee on U.S.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Stemming a tide of Delaware decisions closely scrutinizing and refusing to enforce non-compete agreements, Delaware’s Supreme Court held that forfeiture-for-competition provisions arising out of a Delaware limited partnership agreement are enforceable, reversing the Court of Chancery’s year-old decision in Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. It would be accurate to classify this ruling as another trademark owner loss in a competitive keyword advertising case, despite the fact that the trademark appears in the ad copy. Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. 1-800 Contacts v.

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Nelligan Law

JUNE 23, 2023

The activity targeted by the Competition Act amendment specifically involves agreements between employers (and may even be clandestine in nature). As a result, even if the ancillary restraints defence is potentially available, the Competition Bureau will be examining how reasonable the restraints on workers are.

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Trading Secrets

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Similar to the Chancery Court, the Supreme Court weighed the policy interests of the freedom of competition against the freedom of contract embodied in the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, several congressional committees are holding important hearings including the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet discussing IP competition with China.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its report on “More and Better Choices for Farmers: Promoting Fair Competition and Innovation in Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs,” which was prepared in consultation with the U.S. On March 6, 2023, the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

This is another lawsuit between personal injury law firms over competitive keyword ads. However, if it’s anywhere close to true, this will be another impressive entry into the annals of financially unjustified and irrational lawsuits over competitive keyword ads. Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? 1-800 Contacts v.

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IP.com

JULY 11, 2022

At the heart of the competition happening here is workflow automation with AI. The post Gain Competitive Business Advantages with this AI Roadmap appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. The modern business environment exists on a playing field of new technology. The domain of AI is.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

Competition law (hereinafter used interchangeably with antitrust law) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) have been regarded as two ends of the spectrum in an economy. Interface of Competition Law and Patents Patent law particularly bears more relevance to antitrust jurisprudence. An example of this is the case of FTC v.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The standard interface becomes a platform for market competition. global competitiveness, especially in emerging technology areas. Specific topics of interest include: Participation of U.S. firms in international technical standards development Ability of U.S. Divergent national/regional approaches can disadvantage U.S.

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McKinsey Operations

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Can European businesses achieve a competitive position in the global solar-PV supply chain and strengthen Europe’s energy transition and resilience? It’s challenging but a potential pathway exists.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

La entrada Infographic | Competitive edges in privacy se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This is consistent with many prior cases of competitive keyword advertising when the trademark isn’t displayed. lululemon. * Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. * Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Avance. * Restricting Competitive Keyword Ads Is Anti-Competitive–FTC v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that Centre for Intellectual Property Studies, National Law University, Jodhpur is is inviting submissions from law students for the ‘NLUJ CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition, 2022’ on the theme ‘“IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future’. 150/- (inclusive of GST).

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Pharma Kat The IPKat has learned that the conference, organized by InformaConnect, on “ Competition Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector ” will return to Brussels on 5 December. According to the organizers, this is the only European conference focussing specifically on competition law in the pharma sector.

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Michael Geist

MAY 27, 2022

.” However, a closer look at the policy suggests that the only thing that is history are any immediate hopes for a more competitive communications marketplace in Canada. The same is true for mobile wireless competition. ” These are not instructions to change. ” A full MVNO model?

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2024

The European Union antitrust authority said Tuesday that it is investigating whether Microsoft's investment of more than $10 billion in OpenAI should be reviewed under merger control rules, as the bloc hones in on competition in generative artificial intelligence.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 8, 2022

On 8 February 2022 , the Competition Commission of South Africa filed a referral with the Competition Tribunal for prosecution of Roche on alleged excessive pricing of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab. The Commission cited contravention of Section 8(1)(a) of the South African Competition Act. “8.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

2021-2022 was a big year for the Osgoode’s mooting team entry for the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition. We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the 2022-2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition ! Each member of the team will receive up to 3 credits for participating in the competition.

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