IPilogue

JULY 19, 2022

2] More specifically, AI can be deployed to help the growing number of self-represented litigants navigate the justice system, and also assist low-income households explore avenues of recourse they may not have pursued without this type of technological assistance. [3]. 2014) 51 Osgoode Hall L.J. 957 at 983. [2] at 965. . [3] 8] Rachel E.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 13, 2021

Notably, it appears the ‘633 and ‘136 Patents are set to expire in November 2022, while the ‘471 Patent expired in November 2007 since the term for a design patent filed prior to May 13, 2015 is 14 years. due to settlement and a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding the ‘471 Patent. Walmart Inc. Kohl’s Inc. , 35 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2022

Hatton and Berkeley (H&B) and its partners have been demanding cash settlements from UK internet subscribers for years. Its settlement model was initially quite ordinary but when it began promoting Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) as an anti-piracy “ insurance wrapper “, the projection of power was obvious.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Indeed, one of us bloggers started at the FTC in 1998, and the first case he worked on was the agency’s litigation against R.J. ” Among other things, the settlement marked the end of the use of “all cartoon characters, including Joe Camel, in the advertising, promotion, packaging, and labeling of any tobacco product.”

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Post serving such notice the small entity is forced for settlement because getting into a legal battle would be a disadvantageous step financially. Off late these instances of trademark bullying has been a concern and persistent problem in many countries with large entities targeting the small enterprises just for the sake of business gains.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. Likewise, settlement talks related to the IPR petition were insufficient to show its activities would likely cause Cloudbreak to assert infringement. Inter partes review is not unique. In Allgenesis Biotherapeutics Inc.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. However, many such business have been popping up in Kazakhstan. So what is going on?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2022

LaBossiere comes out swinging, reminding the court that after eight years of Department of Justice litigation, a massive judgment against DISH put the company into financial turmoil. Since 2017, Dish has been struggling to keep its stock price up from its 2015 and 2017 peaks,” LaBossiere’s answer begins.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. 2015) and again in PersonalWeb Techs. ” Eligibility : American Axle v. ” A somewhat similar pending petition is Daikin Industries v.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Please let us know in the comments below. Read on to know more!

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023. On balance, there is a mixed bag of indicators that suggest a slight decline in NPE litigation with the same household names leading the charge. The prevailing view is that litigation generally increases during a recession.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Merpel gives the "German injunction gap" factor some much needed side-eye After the end of what English and Welsh litigators call the Trinity term (aka end of the term before the Court breaks for the summer holidays), Mr Justice Mellor was working overtime to deliver two decisions.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2023

On January 2, 2015, a new system designed to assist copyright holders and better protect consumers went live in Canada. Late 2018, after some companies did exactly that, the Canadian government amended the Copyright Act to prohibit the inclusion of settlement demands in warning notices. lawsuit, give or take.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. Will it incentivize more trademark litigation since it clearly establishes that a showing of willfulness is not required to obtain a profits award? litigation in U.S. Importance of the Defendant’s Mental State to Awarding Pro?ts. company against a Chinese company.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

But much like George Washington’s army, even though Flo & Eddie lost many individual battles, they ultimately won the war, as their quixotic litigation campaign prompted Congress to grant protection to pre-1972 sound recordings equivalent to that provided to newer sound recordings under federal copyright law.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This prompted a quick settlement which allowed the chair to remain in the picture. After years of litigation between Google and the Authors Guild , the Second Circuit held in 2015 that Google’s conduct in scanning the books and making short fragments or “snippets” available to end users qualified as fair use.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Cases like that of Haji Zakaria [19] have tried to get a settlement on the question of liability by keeping to the opinion of holding the manufacturer liable if there was no presence of rash or negligent behaviour on the driver’s side. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, (2015). [13] 11] Motor Vehicles Act,1988, § 140, No.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

The PREVAIL ACT is a collection of pro-litigation/anti-Tech proposals that would do far more harm to the U.S. As to the viability of the PREVAIL ACT as a stand-alone bill, it is a re-packaged version of the so-called STRONGER Patents Act of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. What nuisance settlements? Completely nonsensical.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Claim Preclusion (res judicata) prevents a party from re-litigating a claim once a court has issued a final judgment on that claim. Claim preclusion is powerful, in part, because it does not require the claim to be actually litigated (just be subject to the final judgment). 2015), cert. Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. Ericsson argued that, under the 2015 EU decision in Huawei v. Those resources could be directed more productively towards research and development to advance technologies.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. Figure 1 below provides an overview of biosimilar approvals by FDA and product launches in the United States from 2015 to 2021. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. 2015; resubmitted Feb.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). ” Welsh (2015) at 134. The Compendium specifically excludes works alleged to be created by a divine being.” Compendium, at Section 313.2 ]. ” Id. ” Id. 17 U.S.C. §

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Judge noticed that the worldwide average selling prices (‘ASP’) by region presented by Meyer demonstrated the trend over 2015 – 2021 that China’s ASPs grew closer to the Developed Market ASPs.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 23, 2023

He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. However, the High Court seemingly missed taking into account a key detail that the relevant copyright infringement suit was disposed of in 2015. On 16 th October, the parties reached a settlement on the patent dispute. Sidhi is a final year B.A.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. 19 Ancillary technologies have likewise seen a spike in patent litigation activity in recent years, including charging technologies and battery control systems (e.g., district courts, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

The EUIPO would conduct non-binding checks to determine whether a patent is essential to a standard; Before launching a litigation, parties to a SEP licensing dispute would have to go through a mandatory conciliation procedure administered by the EUIPO. Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation. ZTE (2015) ECLI: EU:C:2015:477. [33]

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

See Business Standard article entitled Spring cleaning in the Supreme Court: The new Chief Justice swats frivolous litigation but more measures are needed. It has also been applied to reform efforts by the Chief Justice of India’s Supreme Court. So, with that background, let’s turn to our own cleaning.

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