Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Background In 2015, Ironburg Inventions Ltd. Both parties appealed on multiple grounds (not all of which are discussed here for brevity) – including whether Valve was properly estopped from litigating the Non-Petitioned Grounds. Ironburg”) sued Valve Corporation (“Valve”) for infringing U.S. 8,641,525 (“the ’525 patent”).

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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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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

However, it’s an important case to keep in mind, especially litigation over music seems to be on the rise. In 2022, we seem to be in a time when litigation over music is ever-present. In the end, the case is more of a footnote in both the film’s history and the history of copyright. Why It’s Worth Remembering.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

With this legislative intent, Section 12-A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) was inserted by an amendment in the year 2018. Process of Pre-litigation Mediation as per the Commercial Courts (Pre-Institution Mediation and Settlement) Rules, 2018. Initiation of mediation process —.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This case clearly illustrates how, with copyright, two different cases with nearly identical facts can have wildly different outcomes depending on the court and the litigators involved. Songwriting and Litigation. There’s not much doubt that there is more litigation around songwriting.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. District Court, before the U.S.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Commercial Courts Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) was enacted in 2015 to establish a definite procedural framework for dealing with commercial disputes. its interpretation and enforcement. Only in cases where urgent interim relief is not sought, such remedy of pre-institution mediation is made mandatory by the courts.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that a group of movie studios have won a key victory in their ongoing litigation against the pirate site PrimeWire with a court ordering that the site’s domains be seized. Neither Dan + Shay or Justin Bieber had any comment on the lawsuit.

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Bio Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

history was approved and launched in 2015. Patent litigations between biosimilar competitors of the same biologic medicine. We are likely to continue to see patent infringement litigation between biosimilar competitors in the years ahead as biosimilar makers continue to procure and enforce patents. Patent Nos.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Kasey’s practice focuses on patent litigation in federal courts and before the ITC in matters relating to a wide variety of industries, including video games and footwear and sport apparel. In 2015, Kasey received a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with a minor in Biotechnology from North Carolina State University, where she.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In the August 2021 edition of our monthly Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up, we cover a case concerning the doctrine of prosecution laches. The lawsuit was filed in July of 2015 and asserted two patents: U.S. Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Apple, Inc. , 2:15-cv-01366-JRG-RSP (E.D. August 2021). Patent Nos.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. when the mask work is involved in litigation. In particular, Section 1213.2 of the compendium provides for redacted deposits containing trade secrets. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

The answer can easily be traced back to 2015 and a singular case. Back in March 2015 a jury handed down a $7.4 Another element is the pandemic, which put a hold on a great deal of litigation. But all of this begs a question: What is going on? Why is there a sudden increase in the number of lawsuits over popular music?

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Deemed a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT), applicant was banned from doing business in the United States from 2008 to 2015. Although it did not resume use of the mark for seven years, it commenced TTAB litigation with ARSA in 2016 regarding ownership of the mark. In May 2015, applicant was removed from the SDNT list.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 26, 2021

In March 2015, a jury famously handed down a $7.4 This was highlighted in 2019 when both the New York Times and Vulture released follow-ups on the impact of the case for songwriters and found that, while litigation wasn’t necessarily increasing, interest was. The answer is likely a bit more complicated than that.

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The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2023

After that, he discussed changes in the: court system; judiciary, both full-time and part-time; procedure and practice; alternative dispute resolution; court technology; and IP litigation itself. received (and made!), and idea and vision for the blog. The story has been one of steady evolution, not revolution.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

138 (2015); Medtronic, Inc. Jump Rope Systems is arguing that the CAFC’s decision in XY, LLC v. Trans Ova Genetics, L.C. 2018) conflicts with the Supreme Court decisions in B&B Hardware, Inc. Hargis Indus., Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC, 571 U.S. 191 (2014); and Grogan v. Garner, 498 U.S. 279 (1991).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 27, 2022

Decree 1066 of 2015 establishes that the collecting societies are called upon to issue internal regulations specifying the rates that will be set for the various uses of the works, performances, artistic performances, or phonograms, from the category of the user, their technological capacity and capacity, among other aspects.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. when the mask work is involved in litigation. In particular, Section 1213.2 of the compendium provides for redacted deposits containing trade secrets. Id, section 2407.1(D)(2).

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2022

The court held that Sheeran did not copy a part of Defendant Sami Chokri’s 2015 song called “Oh Why.” On April 6, the UK High Court issued a judgment of non-infringement in favor of artist Ed Sheeran over his 2017 song, “Shape of You.”

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IP Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

OneSubsea, a competitor in the offshore oil extraction industry, originally sued FMC for patent infringement in 2015; FMC subsequently countersued. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision affirming a district court ruling that denied attorney fees to oil drilling equipment company, FMC Technologies.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is a case that has been vigorously litigated since 2015 and has already been up on appeal to the U.S. A long and winding litigation road. The case has been extensively litigated. According to Law360 , CODA’s lawyers asked for between $89 million and $246 million, but the jury only awarded $2.8

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This is a case that has been vigorously litigated since 2015 and has already been up on appeal to the U.S. A long and winding litigation road. The case has been extensively litigated. According to Law360 , CODA’s lawyers asked for between $89 million and $246 million, but the jury only awarded $2.8

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2022

In 2015, Vivint, Inc. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director’s vacatur of ex parte reexamination proceedings based on the estoppel provision of the inter partes review (IPR) regime. sued Alarm.com for infringement of three patents, U.S. Patent Nos.

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2023

To avoid this hiccup, Smart & Biggar divided its firm into two parts – an “IP Agency Practice” involving patent preparation and prosecution; and a “Law Practice” handling litigation and other legal issues. Shelston IP was the first IP firm to list itself on the Australian Stock Exchange back in 2015.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This entails requiring them to obtain all the pre-requisite information before registering a domain name and ensure that the registrant does not end up in crossfire of a cybersquatting litigation or a suit for trademark infringement. CV 10-03738 AB, 2015 WL 5311085 (C.D. Satyam Infoway Ltd v Siffynet Solutions, 6 SCC 145 (2004).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

Background In 2015, Ironburg Inventions Ltd. (“Ironburg”) sued Valve Corporation (“Valve”) for infringing U.S. Both parties appealed on multiple grounds (not all of which are discussed here for brevity) – including whether Valve was properly estopped from litigating the Non-Petitioned Grounds.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 20, 2023

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2015, alleging that Apple’s digital rights management software, FairPlay, infringed claim 13 of PMC’s U.S. PMC sued Apple in the U.S. 8,191,091.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2022

However… This litigation started June 2018, and it took 3.5 How many other UGC items have been removed that would have qualified for fair use if litigated in court; and how many 512(h) subpoenas have been issued for fair use activity? Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). This is good news for Kevin McFree.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In response, Meta filed a motion for dismissal under FRCP rule 12(b)(6) and requested that the case be dismissed under California’s laws governing strategic litigation against public participation (“SLAPP”). Ontario addressed this issue by passing the Protection of Public Participation Act in 2015.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Instead, this case was litigated for over four years in regular federal court, at great expense to both sides. There’s surprisingly little copyright litigation in the tattoo space. In March 2015, a jury awarded the estate of Marvin Gay $7.4 That board has a maximum total damages of $30,000. Why the Worry? Blurred Tattoo Lines.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 27, 2021

Since its launch in 2015, more than 1,800 patent professionals have volunteered their time and resources to the program. His practice emphasizes complex patent litigation in U.S. district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2021

who served in the role since 2015. Flanagan’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation , with an emphasis on l ife sciences , biotechnology and pharmaceutical litigation, including Hatch-Waxman litigation. Fish & Richardson announced Betsy Flanagan has been named the managing principal of the Twin Cities office.

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IP Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In 2015, the Supreme Court, in B&B Hardware, [1] decided in a 7-2 vote that issues decided in TTAB proceedings may have preclusive effect if the elements of issue preclusion are met. Litigants should therefore not be required to pursue district court proceedings prior to bringing TTAB proceedings. 957 (2015), available at [link].

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In 2015, the Supreme Court, in B&B Hardware, [1] decided in a 7-2 vote that issues decided in TTAB proceedings may have preclusive effect if the elements of issue preclusion are met. Litigants should therefore not be required to pursue district court proceedings prior to bringing TTAB proceedings. 957 (2015), available at [link].

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation. Most litigated design patents are not found infringed. The Lindgren study contributed to all three claims, whereas the USPTO and Walter studies contributed mainly to the second claim—regarding frequent invalidation during litigation. Defending Design Patents.

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