43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark. Plaintiff has seven registered trademarks involving Florida Virtual School or FLVS; two of the registrations are incontestable. But trademark confusion?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

A Case of Reverse Passing Off: DHC Rules In Favour Of Western Digital On Trademark Infringement Recently, the DHC passed an ex-parte interim injunction order against Geonix, holding them prima facie liable for indulging in ‘reverse passing off’ by selling Western Digital’s hard disks as their own.

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Bio Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

history was approved and launched in 2015. The case arose over Amgen’s complaint (filed in September 2015) alleging that Hospira infringed U.S. Settlements abound and the USPTO intervenes in biosimilar IPR appeals post-settlement. It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. The first biosimilar product in U.S.

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43(B)log

JUNE 20, 2022

Laches can bar both injunctive relief and damages in trademark cases, and here the court grants a motion to dismiss based on laches. Laches is measured by reference to the most relevant state statute of limitations for trademark claims, which in NY is six years (three for NY dilution). And the complaint conceded just that.

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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. 4) If the parties to the commercial dispute arrive at a settlement, the same shall be reduced into writing and shall be signed by the parties to the dispute and the mediator.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It decreases the burden of the courts and encourages settlement proceedings among the parties. Traditionally, one key element of mediation is that since the process is voluntary, the parties to the dispute are not obligated to agree to the settlement reached by the mediator. Section 12-A reads as under: 12-A.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Others engage litigation finance firms to fund the lawsuit and take a cut of the damages award or settlement once the lawsuit is resolved. It was then revealed that the owner was not involved in naming the NPE, paid nothing for its patents, and only learned about settlements after the fact. [11] August 20, 2015).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.). 2022), available at [link]. [17]

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Supreme Court issued numerous landmark decisions in 2020, among those—for trademark scholars and practitioners— Romag Fasteners, Inc. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Fossil, Inc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For the first time since FDA licensed the first biosimilar, Sandoz’s Zarxio ® (filgrastim-sndz), in 2015, the United States saw a decrease in annual biosimilar approvals in 2020. Figure 1, below, provides a snapshot of FDA approval and biosimilar product launch trends from 2015 through 2020. 2015; resubmitted Feb. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, the High Court seemingly missed taking into account a key detail that the relevant copyright infringement suit was disposed of in 2015. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant was advertising, manufacturing, and selling a similar product under the mark ‘BRAVOGARD,’ which infringed on their patent and trademark.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

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. This requirement reduces incentives for privateering or extortion of nuisance settlements. What nuisance settlements? Completely nonsensical.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. . 2015; resubmitted Feb. No earlier than 2023 per settlement.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Trademark, another form of intellectual property, is threatened by genericide and derivative use because such uses may dispossess the rights holder of their entitlement. 8, 2015), [link]. xxii] Keyboard Cat Wins a Settlement with Maker of the Game “Scribblenauts” , THE SPOKESMAN-REV. Minc Law (Sept.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

337-TA-1219) was terminated based upon settlement. 15, 2015); Balanced Armature Devices , Order No. 337-TA-1186 (finding violation of Section 337 and issuance of a General Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders)—and one other Investigation (Inv. Certain Opaque Polymers , Inv. 337-TA-883, Comm’n Op. at 19 (Jun. 50 at 15 (Jun.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

There are, in fact, thousands of US Patents dealing with “spring cleaning” equipment, but only five live US trademarks using “Spring Cleaning” as part of the registered mark. No legal issues of note there for now, but an interesting segue into the notion of political trademarks. At least one, US Reg.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

SEP Registration The Proposal establishes a “Competence Centre” within the EUIPO (which currently focuses solely on trademarks and design rights) to set up and maintain an EU-wide register for SEPs. ZTE (2015) ECLI: EU:C:2015:477. [33] Key Provisions and Critical Assessment 1. 24] Article 53. [25] 26] Article 56. [27]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), climbing from 3,773 in 2010 to 5,319 in 2019 (see Figure 1). A recent trade secret misappropriation case in the ITC resulted in an order excluding a company from the United States, and it was resolved through a significant settlement in the billions of dollars, as widely reported in the press.

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