JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With a new director at the USPTO (who now has the authority to review PTAB decisions) and major post-grant reform legislation introduced in Congress, 2022 marks a new era in post-grant law. The Federal Circuit has issued several rulings on these topics that will have major implications for practitioners.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In early May, CCC hosted “ Workflow of the Future: Sustainable Business Models ,” the latest event in a series designed to help facilitate important conversations on critical topics related to standards. It remains to be seen whether this AI wave is solely destructive, or if it also stimulates new growth in the standards ecosystem.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The experienced panel will discuss current legislative and case law trends regarding noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, provide best practices for structuring enforceable contracts, and explain determining whether existing agreements are lawful. How can employment counsel analyze existing agreements for compliance?

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43(B)log

JANUARY 17, 2023

The goal of the Forum is to promote in-depth discussion about particular papers and more general reflections on broader methodological issues, as well as to foster a stronger sense of community among American legal scholars, particularly by strengthening ties between new and veteran professors. There is no publication commitment.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the inaugural session of the 2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panelists will meticulously examine pivotal legislation, landmark cases, and legal advancements spanning trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and restrictive covenants, and computer fraud on a national scale.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Each time I go to a legal conference or a business conference, one of the biggest topics people are buzzing about is artificial intelligence, and how it might transform the way that a particular career or job or role or industry operates. When I file a new trademark application, many things go into it.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The experienced panel will discuss current legislative and case law trends regarding noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, provide best practices for structuring enforceable contracts, and explain determining whether existing agreements are lawful. How can employment counsel analyze existing agreements for compliance?

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Franchise and Licensing Partner Marc Lieberstein and Labor & Employment Counsel Chris Caiaccio spoke for Celesq, a leading provider of legal education, on the topic of whether franchising was doomed in light of the new laws and pending legislation that may significantly impact the manner in which franchising parties operate.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Online safety is one of the headline items covered by the new legislation, and it will be overseen by the newly-established Media Commission (Coimisiún na Meán). The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 was signed into law on Saturday, 10 December 2022.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

Congress members, the plan is to propose judicial site-blocking legislation that will see local ISPs compelled by law to prevent consumer access to pirate sites. When an urgent drive for new legislation is imminent, there’s no room for complacency and at CinemaCon the nature of the threat left nothing to the imagination.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the final installment of our 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our team will focus on new legislation and the enforcement of non-competes. Proposed restrictive covenant and non-compete legislation in various states. Update on proposed federal non-compete legislation. Eastern 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central 11:00 a.m.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. The aim of this online conference is to meet the requirements of trade mark and design law practitioners to keep abreast of recent case law and latest EU legislative developments.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

According to a Eurobarometer survey , 77% of European Union consumers would rather repair their goods than buy new ones. There are two main legislative instruments dealing with the protection of designs in the European Union. In the Commission’s proposal , the so-called Repair Clause is the hottest topic.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

This year's session - no surprise - delves into what litigation in the new era of the UPC will look like for pharma and biotech litigation. The AmeriKat is particularly looking forward to the session on "Managing the Implications of the EPO's Decisions in BOA Referral G 2/21" and, as ever, her favorite favorite topic - SPCs.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the final installment of our 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our team will focus on new legislation and the enforcement of non-competes. Proposed restrictive covenant and non-compete legislation in various states. Update on proposed federal non-compete legislation. Eastern 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central 11:00 a.m.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the second installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys will review the noteworthy legislation, cases, and legal developments from across the nation over the last year in the areas of trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, and computer fraud. Mountain 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Curious about any new additions, and, being Chinese, this Kat rushed to get her paws on the new version. China’s treaty obligations and related international disputes, the book keenly scans notable new elements intertwined with China’s dynamic adaptations to new social and economic conditions.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) closed the public comment period on the contentious topic of patent eligibility. provided contrasting viewpoints on the matter, with some corporations urging legislative reform, and others quite pleased with the current state of law. On October 15, 2021, the U.S Current State.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2023

There is little doubt that generative AI will lead to new breakthroughs, some with the potential to revolutionize many aspects of day-to-day life. The copyright angle is the topic of many debates and has already made its way to court in a few cases. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the second installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys will review the noteworthy legislation, cases, and legal developments from across the nation over the last year in the areas of trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, and computer fraud. Mountain 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Hundreds of trademark applications filed this year referenced masks , COVID, quarantine, social distancing, and other pandemic topics. New USPTO Commissioner of Trademarks. The summer protests following the killing of George Floyd also led to dozens of trademark filings related to the protest topics. trademark registrations!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Issues Paper , the document that outlines issues for public consultation but does not list specific legislative proposals, was published on 9 December 2022. Copyright and AI was one of the topics covered in the Third Roundtable that was held on 28-29 August 2023.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our team will focus on new legislation and the enforcement of non-competes. Proposed restrictive covenant and non-compete legislation in various states. Trends we’re seeing in restrictive covenant legislation and what changes we may see in 2022. to 12:00 p.m.

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The IPKat

JULY 31, 2023

This year’s summit follows the launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and will inter alia allow participants to understand the industry’s reaction to the new court system and have candid discussions with European life science intellectual property experts.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

It details the copyright industry lobbying in the and subsequent legislative proposals to address the threats of digital copying in the USA, which eventually led to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 and the 1996 the WIPO Copyright Treaty. Moody refers to it as “copyright’s worst new law.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The deal reached on Friday night now paves the way for the adoption of the AI Act in the first half of 2024, bringing to an end a legislative process that has lasted more than two and a half years and during which the scope of the Act has been significantly expanded.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

Copyright and maps is not a topic that I would have predicted as such, but what I found in this book, in this context, with Alexander’s style and delivery, was a new lens with which to view familiar concepts in a refreshing and fascinating way.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In this installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our team will focus on new legislation and the enforcement of non-competes. Proposed restrictive covenant and non-compete legislation in various states. Trends we’re seeing in restrictive covenant legislation and what changes we may see in 2022.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 25, 2023

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. Concerns about piracy are nothing new but the fact that the U.S. AAP has two main legislative suggestions. law enforcement.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Wishing our readers a very happy and healthy new year ahead. New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement through their generative AI models. [This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet Kaur. Her previous posts can be found here.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mike is an active thought leader in brand protection with significant experience in lobbying government around IP policy and legislative reform in favor of rights owners. Targeted topics include IP infringement on fast-growing e-commerce platforms. We want to push the envelope and effect policy change.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

APRIL 12, 2022

As many will know, the legislative and regulatory bedrock underpinning the $3.3 Indeed, much had been written on the duty, but there was much more froth and fiction than fact or critical legal thinking on the topic.

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Michael Geist

MAY 19, 2022

CRTC Chair Ian Scott appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday and Bill C-11 proved to be a popular topic of discussion. ” Scott Benzie from Digital First Canada has also said that “while the government says the legislation will not capture digital first creators, the bill clearly does capture them.”

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In the first installment of the 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys will review noteworthy legislation, cases, and other legal developments from across the nation over the last year in the area of trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, and computer fraud. to 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Both Access Copyright and the RRO in French-speaking Canada, Copibec , have expressed support in the wake of the judgement for the Court’s invitation to rightsholders to seek a legislative remedy from the Canadian Parliament. We have been watching legislative developments in South Africa for many years and continue to do so.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the coming weeks, we will dive deeper into critical topics covered by the new EO. Key takeaways Potential legislative actions While congress continues its development of AI legislation, the EO primarily focuses on federal agency programs, AI procurement requirements, national security and potential rulemaking.

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