The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Over to Konstantin for the story and his take on the developments: "Some may associate businesses whose primary aim is to assert patents in litigation to obtain license revenue with the Eastern District of Texas or the Unwired Planet decision in the UK, and not think about cases further afield from Marshall, Texas or London.

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Larson & Larson

MARCH 25, 2021

They patent what you would expect them to: methods or processes. They are particularly useful to software companies, and are sometimes known as internet patents. These last for 20 years, during which time you can license the process to other companies for a fee or use the right to block others from using it entirely.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Goldsmith SCOTUS understood the “use” to be the foundation’s commercial licensing. But licensing is neither a © use nor an act of infringement. Licensing is not found in 106. Sotomayor says, 8 times, that the use at issue is commercial licensing. A license is a grant of permission to use, not a use in itself.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

Although the said doctrine is expressly referred to in the Belgian legal provision governing the effect of patent revocation, the Court found that it could not order Novartis to compensate Mylan on this basis, because it would amount to a hidden no-fault liability, which was excluded by the CJEU in the Bayer case.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Formula One can be perceived as an epicentre of inventions and innovations, making intellectual property indispensable in the sport. Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets. 18, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. WHAT DO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS SAY?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Hughes: it was the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, not the DMCA, which was intertwined. Before 2016, appeared to be that these multipliers were impermissible punitive damages. In 2016, Leonard v. Lemley: Patent law uses the actual license amount; there’s no reason to use a multiplier when we actually know.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

b TRIPs Agreement allows WTO members to exclude from patentability both plants and plant varieties, but OAPI has chosen not to exclude plants from patentability, although Article 27.3.b Such inventions should in principle not be patentable in OAPI on the basis of Article 6.c Article 27.3.b

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. On August 26, 2022, Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement in the district court in Massachusetts.

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43(B)log

JULY 15, 2022

Max Rack invented a piece of gym equipment, the Max Rack. For years, Max Rack sold Max Racks through licensing agreements with defendant Core. Freedom Rack remains the only machine on the market like the Max Rack; the plaintiff has not licensed another producer. Core Health & Fitness, LLC, 2022 WL 2751685, F.4th

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