SpicyIP

AUGUST 10, 2023

Relevant Provisions Under Consideration: The Conflict Between the 2002 and the 2017 Rules Even though the tiff between the parties revolved around whether Rule 51 of the Trademark Rules , 2002, ( dealing with the filing of evidence ), was mandatory or directory in nature, t he court did not dive deep into a discussion of the same.

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Trademark Law IP Registration 98

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

A private prosecution brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft alleged that Longbottom’s operation ran from August 2015 to May 2017. Caravan Static, Longbottom On the Move Officers from Greater Manchester Police raided Longbottom’s caravan in January 2017, but the entrepreneur wasn’t home, or even in the UK.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Victory has a hundred fathers [link] — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) June 19, 2017 Now let’s name some of them. Because while I have many thoughts and learned many things. The post The Slants: Denouement appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Blogging 97

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They allege that American Skin copies elements from their 2017 screenplay, A Routine Stop. The Shaws claim that they entered their screenplay in the 2017 TV One Screenplay competition. The two companies signed an agreement in 2017 that gave Beijing Shi Jun publishing rights for Kairosoft games in China.

Copyright Infringement 189

Copyright Infringement Social Media Publishing Licensing 189

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The company filed a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 when Viacom first aired Floribama Shore in 2017. MGFB, the company that filed the appeal, owns the “FLORA-BAMA” trademark and owns and operates the Flora-Bama Lounge on the border of Florida and Alabama.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Supreme Court dismissed Nova’s appeal of the earlier decisions of the Federal Court (2017 FC 350 and 2017 FC 637), and Federal Court of Appeal (2020 FCA 141), wherein…. In an 8-1 majority ruling released today, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has affirmed the record-setting $645M patent infringement award in Dow v Nova.

Patent Infringement 98

Patent Infringement Patent 98

SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2023

The pertinence of this to the matter at hand is – that while deciding on whether Microsoft’s technology was eligible for a patent, it relied on CRI’s 2016 guidelines , instead of the 2017 guidelines. This is relevant, because the application of the 2017 guidelines would likely have yielded an entirely different result.

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Designs Design Patent Invention 117

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

6, 2017), designated precedential in 2017, sets forth seven factors to be considered before discretionarily denying subsequent IPR petitions challenging the same patent. Plastic Indus. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (PTAB Sept.

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Designs Design Law Patent 98

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The eligibility of the candidates for the Trademarks Agent Exam is given under Rule 144 of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 and the eligibility of the candidates for the Patent Agent Exams is given under Section 126 of the Patents Act, 1970.

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Trademark Patent Registration IP 110

Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 25, 2022

Probably isn’t good enough pic.twitter.com/9rQwe0JVMm — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 17, 2017 Originally posted 2017-05-18 06:36:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Participation vacancy appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

Blogging 98

Blogging Branding Brands Branding 98

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

1, 2017 to the present. 1, 2017 to present. 1, 2017 to the present. S, who is not necessarily the Redditor: 1. All written communications with RCN concerning piracy from Oct. Payment records to RCN from Oct. All personal computing records pertaining to usage of BitTorrent from Oct.

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Social Media IP Copyright Infringement Copying 99

JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2024

Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc., 489 US 235, 249 (1989) (O’Connor, J, dissenting). For want of a comma, we have this case.” O’Connor et al. Oakhurst Dairy et al., 3d 69, 70 (1st Cir. By: International Lawyers Network

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IP 66

Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

That one was filed by members of the reggae band Artikal Sound, who claimed that Levitating was an infringement of their 2017 track Live Your Life. 2: Ed Sheeran is a ‘Magpie’ Who ‘borrows’ Ideas, Copyright Trial Hears.

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Music Copyright Infringement Copying Plagiarism 200

JD Supra Law

MARCH 12, 2024

5, 2024) This week’s Case of the Week mostly resolves an appeal filed five years ago, following decisions from the PTAB in IPRs that were filed as early as 2017. Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1871, -1873, -1875, -1876, -2224 (Fed.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Digital-effects company Rearden LLC's counsel told a California federal jury during opening arguments Wednesday that Disney owes up to $400 million for allegedly using its copyrighted special-effects software for the 2017 remake of "Beauty and the Beast" while Disney's counsel said it respects copyright law and "did nothing wrong."

Copyright Law 75

Copyright Law Copyright Law 75

IP Close Up

AUGUST 15, 2023

From 2013 to 2017 patent suits filed dropped by 35% and stayed that way through 2022. Excluding volume patent litigation filers, typically non-practicing entities (NPEs) Continue reading

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Litigation Patent Patent Troll Designs 75

JD Supra Law

APRIL 27, 2023

19-2017-RGA-SRF, 2023 WL 315614 (Consol.) (D. Case Name: Exelixis, Inc. Private Ltd., 19, 2023) (Andrews, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Cabometyx® (cabozantinib (S)-malate); U.S. Patents Nos. 7,579,473 (“the ’473 patent”) and 8,877,776 (“the ’776 patent”). By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Patent 98

Patent 98

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 31, 2024

Introduced in Ashish Vaswani's 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," a transformer in AI refers to an innovative type of AI model that has revolutionized the field. Upon hearing the word "transformer," thoughts of change and adaptability often come to mind, sometimes evoking images of those iconic shape-shifting robots.

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Publishing 63

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2022

It was February 2017 when Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, sued Uber in what would become the biggest trade secret case of the century. Waymo alleged that its former manager, Anthony Levandowski, had organized a competing company while still at Waymo, and before leaving had downloaded 14,000 confidential documents.

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Confidentiality Branding Brands Branding 133

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

First published in Inside magazine, NYSBA, Fall 2017. There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, It set up abroad, of course! But filing first is KnockOffSource, Can Zotz manufacture? Methink “notz!” By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Publishing 71

Publishing 71

Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

However, under the conventional theory of damages, Starz would have only been eligible for damages on infringements going back to May 2017, three years before the lawsuit was filed in May 2020. According to BREIN, this is just one of more than 50 such services it has shuttered since 2017.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Reporting Plagiarism 198

JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Supreme Court reinterpreted the patent venue statute in 2017. This year's filings reflect a consensus about venue in pharmaceutical patent infringement cases that has emerged since the U.S. Originally published by Law360 - December 1, 2023. By: WilmerHale

Patent Infringement 66

Patent Infringement Publishing Patent 66

IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As an update to my previous posts from 2017, 2019, 2020, March 2021, August 2021, 2022, and 2023, it has now been almost a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp. CLS Bank decision.

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Patent Patent Prosecution Business Technology 59

IP Law 360

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Paramount Pictures and CBS have filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to confirm a $292,000 arbitration award against Axanar Productions and Alec Peters, saying the producers of an unauthorized "Star Trek" fan film violated a 2017 deal that ended the entertainment companies' copyright infringement lawsuit over the project.

Copyright Infringement 75

Copyright Infringement IP Copyright 75

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

First published in Inside magazine, NYSBA, Fall 2017. There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, Let’s use “Robotoy,” Zotz declares, File at once, Lawyer Zares, Months later, Zotz is dejected, Too descriptive, trademark rejected. By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Publishing 66

Publishing Trademark 66

JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 14, 2022

2017, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched an investigation into the Government of China's acts, policies, and practices related to "technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation," pursuant to its authority under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. By: Venable LLP

Intellectual Property 101

Intellectual Property Government Technology 101

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis.

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Related Rights Licensing Law Copyright 98

The IPKat

JANUARY 11, 2024

They applied for registration of ‘Porcelaine de Limoges’ on 8th of June 2017. GI registration was granted by the French IP Office (INPI) on 1st of December 2017. This was done on 24th of February 2017, that is, before the application for GI registration was filed. AFNIC thus agreed to transfer the domain name to the claimant.

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Registration Art Personality Rights Intellectual Property 62

IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A shareholder who sued the media company formed by iconic comic book writer and publisher Stan Lee following an alleged "fire sale" merger with a Hong Kong company in 2017 has agreed to settle his Delaware Chancery Court class action for $950,000.

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Settlement Publishing 98

IP Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

Owners of the titular theme song for the 1996 live-action/animated comedy film "Space Jam" performed by Quad City DJ's on Monday filed a copyright infringement suit against a Minor League Baseball team in Wisconsin federal court, complaining over the team's use of the song in a Facebook video published in 2017.

Copyright Infringement 75

Copyright Infringement Publishing Copyright 75

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

First published in Inside magazine, NYSBA, Fall 2017. There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, The newest toy, named Ketter™, Recalled after a cease and desist letter, Oh my, no trademark search, CEO Zotz? By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

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Cease and Desist Publishing Trademark 63

JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 31, 2022

He says that 6ix9ine (born Daniel Hernandez) has hurt his career since 2017 when Hernandez began using his similar stage name. A South Carolina recording artist named Warren Hamilton claims he has been using the rap alias “SIX9” while performing since 2007. By: AEON Law

Trademark 98

Trademark Patent Law 98

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mid-June 2017 and in the wake of a lawsuit filed in the United States by broadcaster DISH Network, TVAddons – the largest third-party Kodi add-on repository at the time – disappeared from the Internet. All signs pointed to the events being connected but by August 2017, a bigger picture was emerging.

Social Media 139

Social Media Copyright 139

IP Law 360

JULY 13, 2023

Supreme Court recently rolled back key aspects of its 2017 opinion in Daimler AG v. In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, a closely divided U.S. Bauman that limited personal jurisdiction, leaving as many questions for businesses as it answers, say John Cerreta and James Rotondo at Day Pitney.

Business 75

Business 75

IP Law 360

JULY 26, 2023

A Tennessee federal judge has ruled that the owner of CJ's Sports Bar can be held vicariously responsible for an employee's unauthorized public streaming of the 2017 fight between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Licensing 74

Licensing Copyright 74

The IPKat

JULY 28, 2022

The case also had an instalment before the Court of Justice of the European Union ( C-371/18 ), which was asked to provide guidance on the requirements of clarity and precision in trade mark law and the scope of the absolute ground for refusal/invalidity concerning bad faith [IPKat here ].

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Registration IP Law 138

Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 19, 2022

So last Wednesday (March 22, 2017, if you’re joining us late) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc, et al. The post Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Branding Brands Branding Art Law 96