Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In another decision in 2015 , the BGH further specified the provisions of the UsedSoft case law.

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The TTABlog

JULY 29, 2024

Respondent Neo Nyc asserted dates of first use in its registration as early as January 1, 2018, but by clear and convincing evidence it successfully established a first used date of June 10, 2015. Petitioner Paradise had the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it had priority in its pleaded mark prior to June 10, 2015.

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IAM Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2022

No implementers or SEP licensors favoured the change that the IEEE Standards Association has come out with, which will be effective in the New Year

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IAM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

No implementers or SEP licensors favoured the change that the IEEE Standards Association has come out with, which will be effective in the New Year

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 20, 2024

In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases.The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight corporate resolutions in 2023, marking the first time total fines dipped below $1 billion since at least 2015. By: Benesch

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 2, 2024

pic.twitter.com/aG7AA7YDGT — Likelihood TM Blog (@likely2confuse) May 3, 2015 Originally posted 2015-05-03 11:08:21. It can only get better when LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® touches down soon at #INTA2015! Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post Out to launch appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2021

The position has not been filled since its creation in 2015. President Joe Biden this week nominated Christopher Wilson to be Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Wilson has been with the USTR for two decades, serving as Deputy Assistant U.S.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

From 2015-2023, 356 such investigations were concluded. From 2015 through 2023, the Commission issued General Exclusion Orders (GEO) in 65% of. And of those 356 investigations, 187 cases proceeded to Final Determination. The Commission found a violation and issued Remedial orders in 112 of the 187 cases.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2024

On Thursday, final judgments were issued in a pair of copyright infringement cases that arose from a now infamous 2014/2015 project New Portraits, where appropriations artist Richard Prince displayed Instagram photos and user comments as a purported commentary on social media and art.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over the Number “1984” – TorrentFreak [link] — TrademarkBlog (@TrademarkBlog) October 27, 2015 It’s like something out of 1984! Where to start? Where to begin? The post We’ve got a bigger problem now appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 23, 2024

the “May 2015 Survey”). When the May 2015 Survey was conducted, VIP Products had a very small disclaimer at the bottom of the back of the hang tag stating “[t]his product is not affiliated with Jack Daniel Distillery.” In an attempt to further distance itself from “Old No. Read his article and you'll find out his conclusions.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by musicians Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue, who claim that Shape of You infringes on their 2015 work Oh Why. The lawsuit was filed by a trio of songwriters, who alleged that the duet was an infringement of their 2015 song Dancing with a Stranger.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 21, 2024

Tune in to hear @theslants lawyer @RonColeman say: “Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional on its face” [link] — Ed Timberlake (@TimberlakeLaw) October 2, 2015 That’s probably the best way to write this post; indeed, I sat down before completing my allotted time on rebuttal on Friday, before the Federal Circuit en banc (..)

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IP Law 360

JULY 1, 2024

Former BigLaw associate Anthony Zappin is now 0-for-16 in the flurry of lawsuits he filed after a 2015 divorce sanctions ruling led to him being fired, disbarred and routinely mocked in the New York City tabloids, after the Second Circuit on Monday upheld the dismissal of a racketeering case against three foes he blames for his predicament.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 7, 2024

told the Eleventh Circuit on Friday that a trial judge erred in excluding an expert's $80 million valuation of the bankrupt title insurance underwriter's 2015 transfer of assets to Old Republic National Title Insurance Co. A trustee for creditors of ATIF Inc.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 6, 2023

An inventor is accusing Major League Baseball of infringing his 2015 patent for a digital ticketing system, which he says the league and its teams have used at ballparks without permission.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 19, 2024

Originally posted 2015-05-26 17:02:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Would you ever have thought that the question of whether a party is tortiously liable for inducing another to infringe a patent depends on what is in the inducing party’s (or parties’) heart? If you did, today the Supreme Court decided in Commil v.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 30, 2024

On August 16, the two companies jointly requested dismissal of the 2015 lawsuit, which alleged that Johns Manville’s EasyFit and Flex-Glass insulation products infringed on seven Knauf patents. Although the case is dismissed, the court’s earlier rulings, including invalidation of six patents, remain in effect.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From 2015-2023, 356 such investigations were concluded. The trend of the US International Trade Commission issuing remedial orders for design patents at higher percentages than for utility patents continued in 2023.1 And of those 356 investigations, 187 cases proceeded to Final Determination.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2015, Celanese International Corporation (“Celanese”) filed a patent claiming an improved method of preparing Ace-K. The America Invents Act ("AIA") bars a person from obtaining a patent when the “claimed invention” had been “on sale” more than one year before the filing date of the patent. 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

Abbott Laboratories told a New York federal judge Friday that the company has settled what remains of its trademark litigation campaign against makers of gray market diabetes test strips that has been going on since 2015.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 5, 2022

For example, instead of “ISO Certified” ISO recommends using the phrase “ISO 9001:2015 Certified” this fully identifies the standard being certified, including version in this case, the version of ISO 9001 released in 2015. ISO 2001:2015 Environment Management System. ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

.” Online Music and Movie Consumption The slides below the show the fortunes of music and movies since 2015. For music, the 37% reported in 2015 reduced to 24% in 2023, with 76% of all consumers exclusively utilizing lawful sources. Unofficial reports indicated that 1.4

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In June 2015, Apple began using the mark APPLE MUSIC for its streaming services and filed a trademark application seeking to register the mark for production and distribution of sound recordings and arranging, organizing, conducting, and presenting live musical performances.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background In 2010, Buongiorno Myalert SA (Buongiorno), an Italian mobile apps and services provider, launched an advertising campaign for a paid subscription to a multimedia messaging service, marketed under the name ‘Club Blinko’.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ford Motor Company, was filed in April 2015 in the U.S. Brooks Kushman helped Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) secure final judgment of $3 in what was once a $1.4 billion claim for trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, copyright infringement and breach of contract. The matter, Versata Software, Inc. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. What’s missing here?

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Patently-O

MARCH 28, 2022

September 24, 2015) (non-precedential). 14, 2015 and directed to a system for recovering drilling fluid by using an improved “shaker.” ” A month later, May 15, 2015, M-I sued FPUSA for patent infringement in W.D.Tex and requested a preliminary injunction. .” FPUSA, LLC , 626 F. App’x 995 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2015) is not required for determining whether a reference patent is prior art. RapidPulse, Inc., Nat’l Graphics, Inc., 3d 1375, 1378 (Fed. This holding brings AIA proceedings in line with. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

There were 17,623 new declared patent families in 2020, compared to 6,457 in 2015 (see Figure 1). The 5G standard alone counts over 150,000 declared patents since 2015. Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are on the rise; the number of newly declared patents per year has almost tripled over the past five years.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 29, 2024

Originally posted 2015-07-08 11:30:34. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHow’s that for a setup line?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Evidence illustrates an uptick in arbitrations in the life sciences industry, with the International Chamber of Commerce reporting that health and pharmaceutical disputes have more than doubled between 2015 and 2020. Similarly, the American Arbitration Association saw a 40%. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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IP Watchdog

JULY 31, 2024

2015) (en banc). Raimondo, a number of IP practitioners have identified the International Trade Commission (ITC) as a potential agency that might feel the repercussions of that decision. That conversation has focused on the Federal Circuit's ruling in Suprema, Inc. ITC, 796 F.3d 3d 1338 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When Dynamic Drinkware was decided in 2015, commentators debated whether differences in the language of the American Invents Act (AIA) version of 35 USC § 102 would shield AIA patents from its restrictions.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2021

Next up today, Joseph Brean at the National Post reports that an Ontario court has given the go ahead for a lawsuit filed by Damon Pourshian, a former student at Sheridan College, against Disney, Pixar and other subsidiaries over alleged infringement in the 2015 film Inside Out.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2015) that for a pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § The Federal Circuit held in Dynamic Drinkware, LLC v. Nat’l Graphics, Inc., 3d 1375, 1378 (Fed.

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IP Law 360

MAY 4, 2023

A New Jersey federal judge has issued a contempt order against an India-based supplement company for failing to pay discovery misconduct fees and blocked its legal counsel from withdrawing, a year after the company was ordered to pay more than $1 million to opposing counsel following patent infringement claims dating back to 2015.

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