The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

China signed this treaty as one of the initial signatory countries on 28 June 2013, at Marrakesh, Morocco. As of today, 83 contracting parties (109 countries) around the world have ratified or acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty. The Marrakesh Treaty is one of the WIPO’s administered international copyright treaties.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 25, 2023

These enterprises are not free from such duties simply because they are new to the market. v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: The Act’s goal is to control the working conditions of contract labourers in factories and industries. v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. [vi]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. It concerns the waivability of the right and the modalities for its exercise.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. 201 (Spring 2013). Gutman , JLM, the bridal wear company was successful at the PI stage precisely because it asserted trademark and contract claims. (NB: TELECOMM. &

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Minority shareholders’ rights are primarily protected by three principal statutes and regulations: the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Takeover Code, 2011 Regulations, and the Listing Agreement. In contrast to the company’s articles of organization, which are a public document, the SHA is a private contract between the shareholders.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

They develop, market and sell statistical process control (SPC) software and gauge management software. The defendant - Mr Aughton - had been developing software for over 50 years and was employed by PQ from 1989 as a software developer and was appointed a director in 2013. Background The claimants - PQ for short - are based in the US.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. Here, however, AKF didn’t allege that Mothership ever marketed, sold, or advertised the “Cake” mark. AKF sued LCF etc. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 710 F.3d

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Court also found it significant that VNG had “contracted with U.S. There was evidence before the Court that VNG had the ability to geo-block users as early as 2013 (if not earlier) but chose not to. and noted that it had signed license contracts with various U.S. market” by VNG. or other places outside Vietnam.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2022

The FTC alleged that: from 2013 to mid-2018, nonsubscribers were unaware that “as many as 25-30 percent of Match.com members who registered each day were using Match.com to perpetrate scams.” Dismissing the case again , but saying breach of contract claim (and associated conversion/replevin claims) might have a chance if repled properly.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

EDA’s RLF program assists businesses by capitalizing local investment programs that provide gap financing to businesses that might not be able to obtain traditional bank loans, while MBEs can access a variety of technical assistance, including access to capital, access to contracts and access to markets by contacting a local MBDA Business Center.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The BoA discussed the items of evidence filed by 44IP: Statistical data of people watching Formula 1 in 2013 did not include data from Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In 2014, Lewis Hamilton was ranked ‘the most marketable athlete’.

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43(B)log

APRIL 18, 2023

VPX argued that Monster didn’t show irreparable harm because: (1) the harms are purely economic; (2) VPX “abandoned any marketing focus on Super Creatine or creatine” before the jury rendered its verdict; and (3) VPX’s remediation obviates the need for an injunction. Are lost prospective customers and market share purely economic harms?

False Advertising 72

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. Booking (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Ryanair has a long history of litigating against OTAs in Europe and the United States.

Blogging 86

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Court also found it significant that VNG had “contracted with U.S. ” There was evidence before the Court that VNG had the ability to geo-block users as early as 2013 (if not earlier) but chose not to. and noted that it had signed license contracts with various U.S. market” by VNG. content owners.”

Copyright Infringement 52

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Database Directive and Open data directive have a shared history, going back to the late 1980s when the European Commission first got serious about copyright in the internal market ( Van Eechoud 2021). So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 6, 2022

GKS and Opposer cannot contract around the legal principle that a licensor’s use does not inure to the benefit of the licensee. In addition, the Albanian state regime authorized both ADOL and GKS to produce and market brandy using the mark or sign "Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu." ADOL owns a U.S.

Ownership 52

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees. Academic panels evaluated the effects of non-compete clauses on labor market participants and their efficiency rationales.

Confidentiality 69

Confidentiality Law Contracts Business 69

LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees. Academic panels evaluated the effects of non-compete clauses on labor market participants and their efficiency rationales.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Law Contracts Business 52

Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the vast world of intellectual property protections and expanding consumerism, which increases competition for market share, companies are constantly seeking ways to distinguish themselves and their products, and industrial designs provide an important option to do so. There were contractions in 2013 and 2014 of -6.5%

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2021

While 2020 saw a slowdown in FDA approvals and biosimilar product launches from previous years, market uptake of biosimilars increased—and more biosimilars are sure to come. This presumption is a departure from the traditional framework for analyzing the legality of patent settlements set forth by the Supreme Court in the 2013 case FTC v.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

Although NFTs have existed since around 2014, the NFT market exploded last year, generating an estimated $25 billion in sales in 2021 alone. [1] 7] However, because the SEC typically has analyzed other digital assets under the rubric of “investment contracts,” we focus on that category of securities here. Howey Co. ,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. In addition, fewer new biosimilars entered the market this past year, with five biosimilar launches in 2020 as compared to seven in 2019. Yet biosimilars of anti-TNF?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

It seems that boat designers/manufacturers used C&Ds under this regime, but there were 1100 utility patents on boat hulls and 20 design patents since 2013, which was the last boat hull registration. Could we temporarily override rights in quantum tech to repair market power problems? Was more heavily used 1999-2003.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Much digital ink has been spilled on online contract formation; much less on online contract termination. Fourth, Defendant agreed with Facebook to divide markets to ensure Facebook would not develop a competing product. The court dismissed the market division argument on the grounds that it was time barred.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] 8b Ordinary publishing contracts between authors and publishers on which the “Big Deals” largely rely, however, rarely, if ever, provide for such remuneration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An aspect that remains fully obscure is the interplay between these criteria and the parties’ freedom to contract. Image via needpix. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted. 43bis (9)).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An aspect that remains fully obscure is the interplay between these criteria and the parties’ freedom to contract. Image via needpix. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted. 43bis (9)).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The study found that patenting was the most important for the mRNA platform, but most of the patents for the mRNA vaccines were filed a significant number of years before Covid in around 2013. A procurement contract does not. The production that was contracted out rose, but at a lesser rate.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Government Accountability Office, Third Party Litigation Funding: Market Characteristics, Data, and Trends, GAO-23-105210 (Dec. 8] See Westfleet Advisors, The Westfleet Insider: 2021 Litigation Finance Market Report (2022), [link] (detailing estimated new deal commitments). [9] 17] At least, that’s as far as can be pieced together.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. Reportedly, these patents are about connectivity, interface and security elements and the complaints are filed in European and Asian markets.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In another case it judged that restrictions put on the use of the internal mail system in 2013 were unlawful and must be quashed. ”. Ahead of their meeting late June, a petition calling for a conference of ministers of contracting states under Article 4a EPC has been sent to the members of the Administrative Council of the EPO.

Blogging 52

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

On top of it all, terms contracting out the new user right(s) are proposed to be null and void (sv. 299; however such content may be disabled on other legal grounds than copyright if the circumstances call for it). But there is more.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

1793 Upper Canada introduces The Act to Limit Slavery in Canada In 1793, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada introduced An Act to Prevent the further Introduction of Slaves and to limit the Term of Contracts for Servitude (the “ Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada ”). Nelligan Law strives to be part of that change.

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