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The Chicken Sandwich Wars: A Sampling of Intellectual Property Law in the Fast Food Industry

LexBlog IP

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question. is quite plainly not copyrightable work.”

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Dastar bars false advertising claim against "first of its kind" ads

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Plaintiff may not directly challenge the Recool as infringing its patents, but just as in Dastar and Sybersound , it is trying to protect its intellectual property rights through the Lanham Act.” 6:12-CV-499, 2014 WL 11848751, (E.D. July 25, 2014), report and recommendation adopted, No. Zobmondo Ent.

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Alice is Alive and Well!

The IP Law Blog

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. In Repifi Vendor Logistics v.

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Alice is Alive and Well!

LexBlog IP

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. In Repifi Vendor Logistics v.

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Guest Post by Prof. Contreras: HTC v. Ericsson – Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fifth Circuit Doesn’t Know What FRAND Means Either

Patently-O

As explained by the Fifth Circuit, “To combat the potential for anticompetitive behavior, standard setting organizations require standard-essential patent holders to commit to licensing their patents on … FRAND terms” (slip op. Ericsson and HTC entered into three such licensing agreements in 2003, 2008 and 2014. Apportionment.

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From Saving the World to Fighting Over IP: Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech

The IP Law Blog

The next chapter in this story is about the intellectual property behind the vaccines. and the wealthy countries, Moderna announced that it expected its competitors to respect Moderna’s intellectual property and that it would offer patent licenses on reasonable terms to those who asked.

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District Court Denies Defendant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees Even After Granting Clear Summary Judgment on Noninfringement Grounds

The IP Law Blog

As way of background, in patent infringement cases, Courts are authorized to award “reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party” in “exceptional cases.” Under the Federal Circuit’s holding in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. , ” .