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Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to F/RAND Commitments

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The USPTO has joined forces with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Institute of Standards (NIST) in creating a new draft policy statement on licensing of standards-essential patents (SEP) subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments. 2013 Policy Statement. Are other challenges typically present in negotiating a SEP license?

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STEALING HOME: A PROPOSAL FOR RESCUING FANS AND FRANCHISES FROM THE COUNTERFEIT SPORTS APPAREL MARKET

JIPL Online

v] Thus, the market for counterfeit sports apparel in the United States is quite large. ix] The court continued, stating that “easily identified trademarks reduce the costs consumers incur in searching for what they desire, and the lower the costs of search the more competitive the market.” [x].

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Fourth Circuit Issues a Bummer Fair Use Ruling–Philpot v. IJR

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2013, Philpot uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons, which is governed by the standard Creative Commons license requiring attribution. Philpot claims his standard photo licensing fee is $3,500, but reuses of the photo from Wikipedia Commons didn’t require any payment (just attribution). ” Market Effect.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

Additionally, the court determined that this usage did not economically substitute the original use of the briefs in providing legal advice, nor did it impair any potential market for licensing these briefs, thereby reaffirming the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint with prejudice.

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Beer: You Know It When You Taste It, Or Maybe Not

The IP Law Blog

In 2013, Constellation acquired perpetual, irrevocable, and exclusive license rights in the Corona marks, which gave Constellation the right to sell products under the Corona trademark. Constellation disagrees with Modelo’s position that hard seltzers are not allowed under its license.

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Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp., Chilisin America Ltd. Nos. 2022-1873, (Fed. Cir. October 16, 2023)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

To prove damages at trial, Cyntec presented a market-share lost profits theory, alleging that 27 companies purchased Chilisin’s accused chokes outside the United States and then imported devices including the chokes into the United States. Similarly, in the second case, Niazi Licensing Corporation v. 3d 1348, 1357 (Fed.

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Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. licenses for specific uses). 7(1) and art. 17(7) CDSM Directive.

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