The IPKat

JULY 19, 2022

The stated aim of the workshop, which took place at the end of June, was to provide users with "clarity" on description amendments in view of some recent conflicting decisions on the topic from the Boards of Appeal. The EPO is alone among the major patent offices in having such a requirement.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 29, 2022

An important topic that I get asked about frequently is, “What information from my trademark filing will be public?” And there were some changes to the USPTO rules in the last few years that actually require applicants to indicate a domicile address and not a P.O. Box, or shared office mailboxes, etc.

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Patently-O

APRIL 28, 2022

Section 112(a) includes three disclosure requirements: written description; enablement; and best mode. Thus we get: New Matter Written Description : Any amendments made to the claims during prosecution must be supported by the originally filed specification. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. Exactly what is allowed and what isn’t is a topic of legislative debate. “[Y]ou are required to disclose to the RIAA information sufficient to identify the infringers.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) decision in G 2/21 arose from a case seeking guidance on the evidence requirement for a purported technical effect relied on for inventive step ( IPKat ). This often creates a problem for applicants in cases where a purported technical effect requires experimental evidence.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Key topics will include: Applicable rules for employees’ inventions in major R&D jurisdictions Best practices at local and global levels How to deal with inventions developed by contractors and founders Managing local patent office’s filing requirements For additional information and to register, click here.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2022

The community-driven platform has “subreddits” dedicated to pretty much every topic you can think of. They delete spam, remove off-topic content, and make sure that ‘unauthorized’ content is swiftly removed. GrowAsguard says that the moderators plan to file an appeal. There are no plans to start a new subreddit.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena which required Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. However, a recent court filing shows that the movie companies, including Voltage Holdings and Millennium Media, actively tried to track down the commenter.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And despite a dip in filings during the spring, the pace of filings continued to grow in summer and fall. The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. But filings rebounded, including a record number from China. trademark registrations!

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2023

On March 17, Musk raised the topic once again. Twitter Files DMCA Subpoena Application On the same day the content was uploaded and then removed from GitHub, Julian Moore, Twitter Director and Associate General Counsel, filed an application for a DMCA subpoena at a federal court in California.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2021

I wrote about a similar topic prior to Allegiant Air becoming the official sponsor of the Las Vegas stadium that the Raiders now call home. On June 2, 2021, Starbucks filed an application with the U.S As a result, Starbucks will be required to file a statement of use once it has used the mark in connection with the relevant services.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. According to the CPATA website , the college will set competency standards for licensees, require trainee agents to work with an experienced agent for two years, and require agents to pass a competency exam.

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Above the Fold

JULY 7, 2021

The series appears to be tailored to small business owners and entrepreneurs and is broken up into eight modules focused on discrete topics. August 24: Module 4: Application requirements. August 31: Module 5: Application filing walk-through. Jul y 13: Module 6: Responding to an office action. August 3: Module 1: Fundamentals.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski, he created the new identity as a means to shield himself when he covered politically heated topics. If Snopes is able to recover, it will require some drastic action and a great deal of time to do so. However, Mikkelson’s actions were creating misinformation.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. EPO users are set-up for operating in a file-first, publish-after system, and few would welcome the legal uncertainty that a European grace period would introduce.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 27, 2022

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. We would go over the work I had done until that point and gauge my interest in the files they had been working on. Eloise Somera is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2021

” The series appears to be tailored to small business owners and entrepreneurs and is broken up into eight modules focused on discrete topics. August 24: Module 4: Application requirements. August 31: Module 5: Application filing walk-through. Jul y 13: Module 6: Responding to an office action.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 30, 2024

This post will focus on the “company applicants” are (more on that later), as well as when and how to file the reports under the Act. The Act requires all company applicants to be included on the report. Finally, what exactly is the timing on these filings? How does this get reported? Time is of the essence.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There had been cautious hope that the new Guidelines would soften the stringent description amendment requirements that were introduced in 2021. However, it is now clear that the 2022 Guidelines will do little to ameliorate the requirements introduced in 2021. The legal basis for the description amendment requirement is disputed.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. Most of the early ‘repeat infringer’ cases were filed by music companies backed by the industry group RIAA. The complaint specifically requests an order requiring WOW!

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Chicago IP

MAY 12, 2021

Of particular note: Carjams’ claim that Putco should be limited to ten topics, without some agreement by the parties, was not supported by the Federal Rules or the law. The Court limited the temporal scope of the deposition to 2014 (before the patent’s filing date and Carjams’ first accused sales).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2022

There is an international requirement for the DNA, RNA and protein sequences disclosed in a patent application to be provided in a sequence listing. However, concerns have been raised over the requirement to convert ST.25 26 sequence listings for newly filed European divisional applications. Unlike the TXT file, the ST.26

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

The AI Bill of Rights is a voluntary, non-binding framework, but federal agencies likely will consider it as they craft guidance and requirements regarding the development and use of artificial intelligence. This Guidance covers some important topics. Some require users to indemnify the tool providers for infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2024

A sampling of opinions on this controversial topic would likely place sentiments like these at the edge of a spectrum, acting as a perfect counterbalance to equally extreme positions adopted by a subset of particularly aggressive rightsholders. As it happens with others, which do provide it,” the statement adds.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

Since the complaint was filed both parties have gone back and forth in court with various arguments and accusations. This includes the now-defunct Copyright Alert System (CAS) where record labels and ISPs agreed to a system where subscribers were sent escalating warnings without the requirement for any Internet terminations.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Still, the guidelines spend some time on the requirements of a prima facie case; the necessity of both evidence and reasoning to support any obviousness rejection; and consideration of all evidence before the examiner. 2023) as “not[ing] the flexible approach under KSR as applied to the ‘same field of endeavor’ test.'”

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IPilogue

APRIL 7, 2022

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. As an internship student, I got the chance to listen to informative presentations, participate in meetings, and opportunities to research and write about a variety of topics.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

The EPO Guidelines for Examination require the description of a patent application to summarise the background art ( F-II-4.3 ). This requirement usually manifests with a request from the Examiner for the description to be amended to identify the closest prior art. D8 is a patent relating to a filing unit. Not a robot?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2023

. ‘Piracy-Trained’ AI Models Over the past few months, we have seen a variety of copyright lawsuits , many of which were filed by writers. For example, several authors have just filed an amended complaint against Meta, alleging that the company continued to train its AI on pirated books despite concerns from its own legal team.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2024

Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena, requesting Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. A few weeks after this setback, the rightsholders filed another request , seeking similar information for use in their lawsuit against ISP Grande.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and over the years several ISPs have been sued because of them. In anticipation, both parties submitted motions to exclude several topics, with partial success. The most prominent outcome thus far is the guilty verdict against Cox from late 2019.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 16, 2023

Empirical Studies Refute Oft Repeated Fallacies The PTAB released two studies on historical petition filing practices this month. One directed to the frequency of so-called serial/parallel petition filings , and the other pertaining to Orange Book/Biologics patents. Serial/Parallel Filings? Today, serial filings constitute 1.7%

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Basheer endorsed the point about testing patent agents on foundational legal subjects since a good part of patent prosecution will involve “legal” aspects, without requiring them to have a law degree to take the exam. The topic was particularly pondered in a post called “ Is “Science” Essential for Creating Patent Lawyers ?”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

The final result, i.e. the model, consists of two files – a simple run file that establishes the functioning of the model (the model architecture) and a much larger file of parameters or weights (expressed as floating point numbers ). The run file is a classic piece of software and does not pose particular difficulties.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2024

It’s perhaps the most vocal critic of Piracy Shield and the law that supports it, including the requirement that ISPs implement systems and commit workers to the program at their own expense. That led to ASSOProvider mounting a legal challenge in 2023, one that failed in its bid to prevent Piracy Shield getting off the ground.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As recently reported here on IPKat , we are imminently expecting a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the issue of using post-filed data to support plausibility for inventive step. Legal basis for this requirement, the Board noted, could be found in T 488/16 (r. 4.2), T 1329/04 (r. 12), and T 433/05 (r.28).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

After this lawsuit was filed, Roblox perhaps recognized its untenable position and refunded buyers; it even offered to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees. ” Other favorable TOS provisions include a class action waiver and a 60-day negotiation period before filing suit. None of this matters. As a result, the TOS fails.

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