Above the Fold

JANUARY 30, 2024

More information on these proceedings and their procedures is available on the Copyright Office’s website.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 30, 2024

More information on these proceedings and their procedures is available on the Copyright Office’s website.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

“TorGuard knows and encourages its end users to use its VPN service to access The Pirate Bay and pirate content” the complaint read, pointing to a topic in the Torguard forums. Settlement & U.S. Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

Finally, in "The TRIPS Agreement and the Sustainable Disposal of IP-Infringing Goods - Lessons from WTO Dispute Settlement Cases," Wolf R. centred perspective, it — unsurprisingly —managed to grasp the essence of the topic globally. Despite having a solely U.S.-centred The analysis concludes with a review of recent US cases.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Negotiating settlement of advertising-related competitor suits and class actions. In this 60-minute webinar, designed for in-house counsel, we discussed how to identify and address ethical issues to guard against potentially irreversible consequences. Oaths filed with the Patent and Trademark Office, and who should sign them.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2023

Here’s the latest weekly summary of the different topics analysed by the Kats in last week’s posts. The review analysed the core topics of each Chapter, including the question linked to how intellectual property rights need to be treated in disputes that involve investor-state settlements.

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2023

In the first post she discussed the Copyright Amendment Bill in relation to the fact that, recently, the South Africa’s National Council of Provinces had began the first set of public hearings on the same topic. The second one is linked to the MP’s opposition to the Bill.

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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 initial verdict was overturned, with BMG and Cox later reaching a confidential settlement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This liability for online services is a hot topic on the political agenda and it’s at the center of several lawsuits in U.S. Settlement Reached. While it’s clear that both sides have an entirely different view on the matter, settlement negotiations began behind the scenes. courts as well. Lawsuits Target VPN Piracy.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The remaining proposals are entitled: “ PTAB Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement.” all of the controversial topics have been dropped).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Teami ($15 million settlement, all but $1 million suspended), where there were other bad things like fighting cancer claims and also nondisclosure by influencers like Cardi B. Privacy is also a hot topic: CCPA in California is now effective [or as Eric Goldman might say, it’s in effect]. Joseph Lewczak: FTC v.

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2022

Pina D’Agostine & Dr. Aviv Gaon’s “Selected Topics in Privacy and Cybersecurity Law” course with Osgoode Professional Development. John Lemieux is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Group at Dentons Canada LLP. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 10, 2023

News Last week, the living relatives of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement with the biotechnology company, Thermo Fisher Scientific. The settlement was reached on 1 August 2023, which would have been Henrietta Lacks’s 103rd birthday. IP Australia has a page with a survey and option to upload submissions here.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Yet, as happens frequently, what if in negotiating a settlement, license, or other matter, opposing counsel CC’s her client: does opposing counsel’s “cc” imply consent to reply-to-all? Ordinarily, under Model Rule 4.2 In Formal Ethics Opinion 503 (Nov.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

The Joe Camel case ended a bit unceremoniously in 1999 after the FTC moved to dismiss the matter because “the relief sought in this proceeding has now been achieved through a recent settlement between the major tobacco companies.” It appears to be creating an illusion of transparency but no real actual engagement.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v. Let’s also not forget the Delhi High Court’s telling move to set aside three compromise decrees recognizing settlement agreements between ISRA and certain defendants (see also here ). These cases continued to unfold, as detailed by Prashant here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

As a super-notice, it can produce cash payouts from settlements or default judgments (which are enforced against the cash held at the online marketplace, so they have actual value).

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SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

Considering that most intellectual property disputes are resolved by way of settlement, legal representatives motivated by economic incentives may also chose to aggressively pursue violations in the hopes of monetary settlements that enhance the receivables from the work.

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2022

Harper continues with the topic of IP as complex phenomena in Chapter 2. Cooper Dreyfuss analyses, to which extent the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) contributes to “making” IP law. Harper focuses on the evolution of IP structures due to their interaction with entrepreneurship.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In some cases, people will opt to pay a settlement fee, which over hundreds or even many thousands of threats, can amount to a significant new revenue stream for the movie company. The precise amount is not detailed but it is likely to be many hundreds of pounds and possibly more.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The first study covering these topics was released on March 13, 2018, and the second on July 18, 2019. Another interesting statistic with regards to Orange Book and biologics patent trends is the low settlement rate. Based on this data, it seems that the scales are currently tipped towards patent owners in PTAB proceedings.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

For a channel that specialized in “drama related” topics, the next year of events could’ve taken it to the next level. He reportedly paid a settlement fee to Triller, which came with a release of claims. Triller Lawsuit – June 2021. Things didn’t go to plan. Money Makes The World Go Round.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2022

The title of this series is an homage to the great Lesley Fair, who launched and authors many of the best of the FTC’s business blogs and who coined this term in her blog reviewing 2013 cases on the same topic. But we are here today to talk about the most recent settlement s involving textiles labeled “made from bamboo.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

One of the most contentious topics in arbitration is the arbitrability of IP disputes. The question at hand was whether an arbitral tribunal may rule on a lawsuit for the enforcement of a mortgage by sale and whether the topic at hand was under the purview of an arbitration agreement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Bloggers often pay attention to issues that are too niche-y or esoteric for mainstream media coverage, and bloggers can provide expert commentary and repositories of source materials on fast-moving topics. Publishing these materials can create substantial legal risk for research-focused bloggers, including the risk of copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as the Patent (2 nd Amendment) Rules, the Delhi High Court-Butter Chicken Controversy, and developments regarding the public search and e-register feature of the TMR website. However, for CS(COMM) 162/2022 & 171/2022 the plaintiffs alleged that there was no settlement as on date.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. With surgery as the only viable course of treatment, Cloudbreak Therapeutics created a topical application of multikinase inhibitors to provide a non-surgical treatment to prevent recurring tumors, which is recognized in U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Law Protection: An Imperative for Prosperity of Rural Poor and Their Settlement” by V. Before explaining the topic, Mr. V. – Facilitation of direct settlement between the parties. Day 11 (17 th September 2021). Period 1 (06:00 PM-07:30 PM): “The Indian G.I. Natarajan, Joint Registrar of Trademark & GI, India.

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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. That claim is backed up by an affidavit from the operator of YTS , who signed settlements with several of the movie companies in the past. The copyright infringement allegations can have real consequences.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

It was certified as a class action on behalf of a large number of sound recording copyright owners (but excluding the major record labels, which had already entered into a separate settlement with Sirius XM). That settlement left Flo & Eddie’s lawyers representing a class of only about 20% of the pre-1972 sound recording copyright owners.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is a topic I used as a sample exam idea in the 1990s). 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

I participated in a settlement negotiation. I also had the privilege of making contract amendments and drafting an entirely new contract through “Canadianizing” an American reference contract. I attended a patent law Colloquium that Teva sponsors at University of Toronto.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 6, 2022

The session will cover a range of topics include navigating Belt and Road disputes; the introduction of adjudication in Hong Kong; and the potential cost of meeting zero-carbon commitments in Asia. The event will be hosted at Herbert Smith Freehills' offices in London on 9 May 2022 at 0900 GMT.

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The IPKat

JULY 5, 2021

The social media posts that morning were of course riddled with congratulatory messages greeting the settlement, with some seizing the moment to declare that the settlement meant the end of component-level licensing arguments, while others pointed to the contrary, not least because no one knows the terms of the settlement.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Nevertheless, awareness about dispute settlement strategies can minimise the economic and legal costs of ignoring IPR law. Understanding IPR law enables “legally aware entrepreneurs/techno-entrepreneurs” to navigate these complex transactions and negotiate favourably.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Professionals face similar joys and challenges; like winning an appeal or reaching an excellent settlement for your client. The simple act of listening more and talking less and being aware of how certain common conversational topics may be exclusionary to people who haven’t grown up with those experiences – these things are always helpful.”.

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