The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

However the two recent posts of this very same blog, one on the preliminary opinion of EBA on plausibility (G2/21, here ), the other on the requisite of sufficiency of disclosure for a first medical use patent (T0424/21, here ) have removed any doubt on whether or not to try and cover it.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 27, 2022

The system, which made domain registrant contact information available to the public, was inherently incompatible with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Even back then, privacy issues were a hot topic with many concerned that such a public database of personal information would lead to spam, harassment and other issues.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

The AI Bill of Rights included five principles: Safe and Effective Systems : The American people should have appropriate protection from unsafe or ineffective systems and systems should be developed with consultation from diverse communities, stakeholders, and domain experts. This Guidance covers some important topics. The AI RMF 1.0

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The topics for the conference included: A legislative update. Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist). Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist). Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2022

And the regulators and watchdogs are already thinking about how we can protect the kids when they venture not outside in the real world but inside to the parallel online metaverse. Third, CARU discusses manipulative tactics and disclosures. 19 on how to protect kids from unclear advertising in digital media, including the metaverse.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. We agree with the district court that the language UIRC did draft lacks the creative expression required for copyright protection. Copyright Protection for Legal Documents.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2022

I am excited to announce the publication of the Intellectual Property Owner (IPO) ’s white paper on “ Protecting Inventions Relating to Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices. The paper may be found here and covers various best practices for protecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) inventions. International Considerations.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Although the Canadian legalization of psilocybin, similar to cannabis, is an interesting and contentious topic, this article intends to highlight the potential patentability of psilocybin and its derivatives, as well as the current trends in the field. Patenting Psychedelics: Novelty and Non-Obviousness.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

Intellectual property is the overarching term for rights that flow from these intangible ideas, with different categories of rights and protections contained within it. This is different from a patent, which helps to protect inventions (like creating a new tool). Why is IP important? So, why does any of this matter?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

(Article 22) The length of the minimum period for keeping the design unpublished (Rule 6) Disclosure of traditional knowledge used in the design? Last week, the SCT had yet to negotiate about whether to allow national IP offices to require disclosure of any use of traditionally developed value.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The topics for the conference included: A legislative update. Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist). Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist). Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation.

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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. “Movants know, the process of unmasking a Reddit user turns on Reddit’s disclosure of an IP address because Reddit does not require its users to provide their real names or addresses.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2022

While the plaintiff showed that at least some defendants had access to the plaintiff’s alleged trade secret protected CBD cream formula and manufacturing process, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the defendants’ accused CBD cream product was manufactured using the alleged trade secret. at *4-6, 15. ” Id.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Delivered via TV, radio and the internet, public service announcements enlighten the masses on topics seemingly so complex, they’re only fully understood by the few. One of the opening statements appears to show a lack of understanding, if not complete ignorance, of exactly the type of disclosure that can ruin people’s lives.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

FTC does not want disclosure below the “more” expansion link, if any; it has to be above so anyone will see it even if they don’t seek out more info. Apparently Consumer protection agency called Sephora to clarify the situation—there was no litigation. Also new disclosures for high-fat etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s, unethical business activities and dubious corporate policies plagued the global corporate sector, giving rise to the topic of corporate governance.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

An integral part of the SPA is the disclosure schedule (sometimes referred to as the “schedule of exceptions”) that is provided to investors with the SPA. The disclosure schedule lays out the exceptions and qualifications to the representations and warranties made in the SPA.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So far, a significant proportion of cases involving AI have centred around privacy, data protection intellectual property issues. 4] Globally, countries are at varying stages in enacting rules governing AI, signalling a range of approaches to the technology’s regulation across jurisdictions. [5]

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

“With estimates of over one third of all domain name registrations behind a privacy/proxy service, this failure of ICANN to implement disclosure policies for privacy/proxy services only serves to embolden online infringers and others that engage in malicious activity online with only minimal risks of identification and reprisal.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Unfortunately, Intellectual Property law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which type of Intellectual Property (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

That doesn’t mean the editorial discretion was exercised arbitrarily or discriminatorily (and it would be protected by the First Amendment even if it was). Virtually every Internet service curates third-party content topically or thematically, such as message board topical threading. Good use of taxpayer money.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

This ruling covers two key topics related to 512. The notice may be bogus, but it’s just not the right kind of bogus notice that triggers 512(f) protection. While Bar-Z did interfere with App Star’s existing contracts and intended to do so, Bar-Z is protected by the defense of justification that it raised in its response.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This guidance also highlighted potential reporting requirements with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as well as other expected risk mitigation measures, including coordination with federal law enforcement and, where required, disclosure to OFAC. supply chains to foreign influence and protection of U.S.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work. That’s understandable.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Disclosure: I represented the defendant sued by Liebowitz in this case, although Judge Caproni issued these orders entirely on her own.] They began aggressively filing copyright infringement lawsuits against the hundreds of homebuilders they accused of using the company’s thinly protected designs. So, what do you think?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

But copyright law isn’t limitless; it leaves many intangible goods, especially factual data, unprotected, and it allows many uses of protected works. Second, zooming out further, the case revolves around a topic covered on this blog routinely: data scraping. The brief notes that the Second Circuit approach is overbroad.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

Thus, it makes no sense to register your IP in order to avail statutory protection but then keep them locked away out of the public eye. Protect Intellectual Property and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights – Diligently protecting one’s intellectual property allows for their full utilisation as well as aids in their proper management.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, for example, are filing trademark applications in the US, Japan and the EU to secure protection for the use of their brands on digital projections of their apparel, shoes and accessories that are transacted in the Metaverse. We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. Other countries are lagging behind.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Fashion brands, for example, are filing trademark applications in the US, Japan and the EU to secure protection for the use of their brands on digital projections of their apparel, shoes and accessories that are transacted in the Metaverse. We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. Other countries are lagging behind.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

A single patent application can only claim one invention at a time, so multiple applications will eventually be required to protect all inventions in the application. This topic is also explored, from a different perspective, here: My New Invention Has Many Uses – Do I Need Multiple Patents?

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Seyfarth attorneys Bob Stevens and Matthew Simmons, along with AlixPartners’ Richard Lutkus, outlined best practices and steps companies can take to continue to protect intellectual capital, including policies, protections, security concerns, and agreements needed to protect information in a remote environment.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. And outside this country, the European Data Protection Board issued some interesting guidelines on the topic. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation called the DETOUR Act that would ban dark patterns.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

By stating that the disclosure in D8 was not a robot, the applicant had thereby changed the meaning of "robot" as used in the patent application, including the claims. Article 69 EPC states that " [t]he extent of the protection conferred by a European patent or a European patent application shall be determined by the claims.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

” The AI Bill of Rights included five principles: Safe and Effective Systems : The American people should have appropriate protection from unsafe or ineffective systems and systems should be developed with consultation from diverse communities, stakeholders, and domain experts. This Guidance covers some important topics.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

To piggyback on the editorial board analogy, if the newspaper itself had published an account of its editorial policies and decisions, and it turned out to be potentially fraudulent in some way, it would not chill the newspaper’s exercise of editorial control to investigate whether the newspaper’s public statements on that topic were false.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Seyfarth attorneys Bob Stevens and Matthew Simmons, along with AlixPartners’ Richard Lutkus, outlined best practices and steps companies can take to continue to protect intellectual capital, including policies, protections, security concerns, and agreements needed to protect information in a remote environment.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

This blog post summarizes some of the significant decisions grouped by the hot topics below. The district court also held below that plaintiff did not establish an “improper acquisition, disclosure, or use of a trade secret without consent.” Disclosure of Trade Secrets in Patent Applications. In Oakwood Lab’ys LLC v. Karya Prop.

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