LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Software products often have more than one author or developer, and layered copyright ownership. Without thorough due diligence, purchasers may be exposing themselves and their companies to costly litigation, unforeseen limitations on use of the software and, even, unexpected competition. READ THE ARTICLE IN THE LICENSING JOURNAL HERE.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on its damages calculation, that one of the asserted patents was not infringed, and that Intel was wrongly barred from raising a defense that it had a newly acquired license to the asserted patents.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches contracts, international IP, patents, copyright, and courses on Biblical Law. Moreover, damage demands in litigation cases involving IP are rising.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). CIT [Supreme Court].

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Tanzim Rashid is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 2L JD/MBA Student at Osgoode Hall Law School & the Schulich School of Business. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China. Lack of IP protection may expose the development to theft, infringement and misuse by Chinese competitors and it may result in huge economic losses for the developers. licensing, assignment, JVs, cooperation and co-development etc.)

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

AUGUST 24, 2022

Public records suggest that plaintiff, Longbeam Technologies, LLC, is an entity associated with patent monetization firm IP Edge, LLC, but its disclosures filed in the case do not indicate that IP Edge has a financial interest. IP Edge follows this NPE strategy. Background. The Problem. Although Rule 7.1

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Trademark infringement litigation is expensive and time consuming, many times individuals are not aware they are infringing on a trademark. Intellectual property or IP is a creative work or invention that one holds rights to. An NFT shows proof of ownership for a digital object. What is Intellectual Property?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e., What Rights Are Licensed To Purchasers Buying NFTS? When you buy the Bored Ape NFT, you receive a license to the image.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. This concurrence of NFTs and IP has resulted in numerous issues, some of them are discussed hereunder. IP Implications under NFTs.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 10, 2022

Another crucial field where blockchain can be utilized is Intellectual Property (IP). Why is IP Protection Such an Imminent Concern? Furthermore, in the past, when someone tried to make an IP claim in the court of law for possession, the middlemen and bureaucracy used to create chaos in everything. Implementing Blockchain.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For other practitioners, this is a cautionary tale about third-party litigation and candor to the Court. An in-depth look at Mellaconic IP is representative of Nimitz and Lamplight’s comparable situation. Mellaconic IP is a sole member LLC organized under the laws of Texas. ” Huber v.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. Firstly, intellectual property rights grant startups exclusive ownership over their innovative ideas and inventions.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office to provide guidance on IP risks and related regulation to address emerging issues related to AI. Additional Guidance: Subsequent to the initial guidelines, the Executive Order requires the USPTO Director, by July 2024, to issue further guidance on other considerations “at the intersection of AI and IP.”

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office to provide guidance on IP risks and related regulation to address emerging issues related to AI. Additional Guidance: Subsequent to the initial guidelines, the Executive Order requires the USPTO Director, by July 2024, to issue further guidance on other considerations “at the intersection of AI and IP.”

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office to provide guidance on IP risks and related regulation to address emerging issues related to AI. Additional Guidance: Subsequent to the initial guidelines, the Executive Order requires the USPTO Director, by July 2024, to issue further guidance on other considerations “at the intersection of AI and IP.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on its damages calculation, that one of the asserted patents was not infringed, and that Intel was wrongly barred from raising a defense that it had a newly acquired license to the asserted patents.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These litigations might have convinced the European legislator to deal with the issue in the proposal for a regulation laying down harmonized rules on Artificial Intelligence (‘ Artificial Intelligence Act’ or ‘AIA’), recently introducing a provision to address the issue of transparency with regard to the works used in the machine learning process.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

According to the complaint, the baseball team reached out, through counsel, and informed the roller derby team that it was considering rebranding as the Cleveland Guardians, and asked for the roller derby team to send over photos of its jerseys and other uses of its IP. That’s an interesting fact to say the least.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. The parties settled before trial and SiriusXM agreed to pay for past performances of pre-1972 recordings in exchange for a license to use those recordings until 2028.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

International IP Infringement as Artefact: The Curious Case of Paramount Pictures v Rup Kamal Chitra Arpan Banerjee Film industry 60 years ago was not seen as respectable industry in India: female actors were considered sex workers. Now, Bollywood copies Hollywood, but they use licenses—how does that compare?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on its damages calculation, that one of the asserted patents was not infringed, and that Intel was wrongly barred from raising a defense that it had a newly acquired license to the asserted patents.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

As the battery and electric vehicle (EV) industries continue to grow, in tandem the IP world is experiencing an increase in battery patenting activity. Fish principals Hyun Jin (HJ) In, Ph.D. , Ralph Phillips , and Daniel Tishman explore these growing industries and offer considerations for companies protecting and defending their IP.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Olivia Rodrigo rose to stardom this year when her song Drivers License dominated pop music charts across the world. Rodrigo’s highly anticipated debut album, Sour , was released in the wake of the success of Drivers License. Shockingly, copyright litigation in the United States has increased by 350% in the last decade.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Case Summaries Image from here Dominos IP Holder LLC and Anr v. Read Gaurangi’s post on the NGT’s order.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The plaintiffs lost al of the framing cases then, but here we are in 2024, still litigating framing cases. ” Domain names are also intangible, as are the records documenting domain name ownership, yet the court held they were capable of being converted. Why are we revisiting this crusty old topic? ” That’s true.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Beat the ‘Monday Blues’ with our recap of IP developments from last week. SpicyIP Tidbit)Nokia- Oppo SEP Litigation: The Dust (Dispute) Finally Settles! Tech giants Nokia and Oppo enter into a cross-licensing agreement ending their patent disputes across multiple jurisdictions!

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Bambauer, Everything You Want: The Paradox of Tailored IP Regimes Customized IP has benefits (avoids lowest common denominator [or highest] problem), but also costs: manipulation to shift from one regime to another; colleciton of information by decisionmakers. Consider compulsory licensing as a midway point here as well.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Read the full article on Managing IP. For example, companies pursuing patent protection in both the US and the EU should keep in mind a few key differences between these two jurisdictions to avoid losing valuable IP rights. Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership. PDF copy available. Inventorship.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 2, 2022

A trademark registration certificate that you receive after getting your proposed trademark approved from a country’s Trademark Office is just the first step in the journey of your trademark ownership. You may see your trademark rights getting diluted and possibly canceled through litigation.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

According to the complaint, the baseball team reached out, through counsel, and informed the roller derby team that it was considering rebranding as the Cleveland Guardians, and asked for the roller derby team to send over photos of its jerseys and other uses of its IP. That’s an interesting fact to say the least.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bita Amani, Some More Equal Than Others: Critical Contexts for the (False) Promises of Intellectual Property Rights IP and sustainable development goals: What is equality itself? Often formal equality is presented in the pretext of equal application as if IP were immune from feminist and critical race critiques.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2017, WI granted WPI an automatically renewable, exclusive license to use and exploit the content of all of WI’s materials, including the Modigliani material. But WPI’s allegations still went to contested ownership of the information contained in the Modigliani Material, rather than the Modigliani Material as a physical product.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A good moment to revisit the question now that there’s a renewed focus on IP and social justice/race and gender, and authorship in the context of AI. common ownership are reciprocal. Do other jurisdictions have litigation over editors/give © credit to editors? Not available in ©. creation of derivative work.

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