USPTO Presents AI Strategy as AI Patent Applications Soar by 33%
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 14, 2025
According to the report, AI-related patent applications are up 33% since 2018 and appeared in 60% of all technology subclasses in 2023.
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Trademark protection for cannabis brands
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Since 2018 Farm Bill law made many hemp and CBD products and services legal under Federal law, and could be eligible for USPTO trademark registration. Have you been counseled regarding potential state, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other regulations covering packaging and use of brand names and logos on certain products.
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Trademark misconceptions abound
Likelihood of Confusion
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Originally posted 2018-03-28 16:02:26. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEver earnest and always thinking trademarkily, friend Erik Pelton proposes “Three Misconceptions about Trademarks”: Since I began working in the field of trademarks I have seen and heard a lot of myths and misconceptions about trademark protection.
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Cox Tells SCOTUS to Deny Sony’s Petition or Make a Bad Situation Worse
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Music publishers including Sony, Arista Records, Warner Music and Universal Music Group filed copyright claims against Cox in July 2018, alleging that Cox was liable for the infringement of 10,017 musical works that were illegally distributed by the ISP’s subscribers.
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3 Count: Royalty Raise
Plagiarism Today
JULY 6, 2022
headline rate for the 2018-2022 period. The rate was originally decided in 2018 but all the major streamers, barring Apple, appealed it saying that the increase was too great. First off today, Jem Aswad at Variety reports that, in the United States, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has reaffirmed the 15.1%
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3 Count: Happy New Year
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 3, 2023
The change was a requirement of the Canada-United States Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which was signed 2018 with a revised version signed in 2019. This caused a two-decade lull in new work entering the public domain in the United States, with that lull ending in 2018.
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3 Count: Plagiarism Again
Plagiarism Today
MAY 11, 2022
million settlement in 2018. The lawsuit was filed by Malibu Media in 2018 against a defendant identified as Mr. That lawsuit resulted in a $2.9 3: Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Recoups $108k From ‘Copyright Troll’.
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3 Count: Somewhat Less Lit
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The lawsuit was filed by rapper Anthony Campbell, who claimed that the 2018 song Everyday We Lit by YFN Lucci was an infringement of Campbell’s 2016 song Everything Be Lit. Campbell filed the lawsuit in 2018 and the lawsuit quickly ended as none of the defendants participated in the case, resulting in a default judgment.
Navigating Pharmaceutical Patent Settlements and Reverse Payments: Key Takeaways from the FTC’s Latest MMA Reports
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 23, 2025
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Competition published four reports on pharmaceutical patent settlement agreements filed under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) for fiscal years 2018-2021. By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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The Impact of Russia Legalizing Piracy
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 31, 2022
This was backed up by the Business Software Alliance, which released a survey in 2018 that said some 62% of all software installed in the country was unlicensed. This was coupled with site blocking legislation, which often targets local sites as well as international ones, and by September 2018 had blocked some 6,000 sites.
literal falsity can exist even if there's a strained "truthful" reading
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In 2018, Metrasens purchased a Kopp Ferralert Solo unit from a third-party located in Singapore and provided it, along with a Metrasens Ferroguard Screener unit, to a company called Intertek Testing & Certification. But in context, the meaning of the challenged statement is not ambiguous. [A]ny
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Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc. Nos. 2022-1532, 2022-1533, (Fed. Cir. August 7, 2023)
Intellectual Property Law Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
2018), Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. 2018), and Qualcomm Inc. Where a patent owner offers a new claim construction for the first time in a response after the institution decision, a petitioner may, in a reply brief, introduce new arguments and evidence under the newly proposed claim construction. More generally, under Ericsson Inc.
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Pirate IPTV: Running Costs of UK’s Largest Service Revealed
TorrentFreak
JUNE 8, 2023
While other branded services were featured in the investigation, the focus was on Flawless IPTV and its operations between August 2016 and May 2018. In 2018, Flawless began accepting payments from subscribers in bitcoin and evidence showing how much was received proved impossible to obtain.
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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 18, 2021
Though originally released in 2018, Among Us became wildly popular during the pandemic, with streamers and gamers alike discovering it and enjoying both the cartoonish art style and the intrigue of trying to suss out who the imposters are. However, it wasn’t the end of Epic Games’ issues with copying.
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3 Count: Copyright Claims Onboarding
Plagiarism Today
APRIL 7, 2022
The program, which was founded in 2018, will provide guides for best practices for cloud providers. Finally today, Security Magazine reports that the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has launched a new initiative aimed at decreasing piracy through better cloud security. The new initiative is through the Trusted Partner Network (TPN).
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3 Count: Swimsuit Edition
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
They did this between 2011 and 2018 and many of the customers were likely unaware that they had obtained a pirated copy of the software, especially since they were billed for the product. The company has already agreed to pay a $60,000 fine, but the three individuals can face up to 1 year and prison and a fine of their own.
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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Site URLs “For Legal Reasons”
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Therefore, it’s no surprise that the number of takedown requests for this type of content has been rather minimal, averaging between 1 and 3 reports per year between 2018 and 2020. Cloudflare Copyright Takedowns on the Rise Historically, Cloudflare hasn’t hosted much content.
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Plagiarism Today
JULY 12, 2021
This represents approximately 20% of all mechanical rights royalties paid, or around $11 million in 2018. The MLC was created as part of the Music Modernization Act (MMA) and is responsible for collecting mechanical royalties where the rightsholder can not be identified and then attempt to distribute them.
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3 Count: Pop Trio
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2022
The lawsuit was filed in 2018, and Sheeran attempted to get the lawsuit tossed without any luck. The lawsuit was filed by musicians Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue, who claim that Shape of You infringes on their 2015 work Oh Why. Specifically, they claim that the song copies “particular lines and phrases” from their piece.
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3 Count: Scooter Fight
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 16, 2022
The dispute reaching a boiling point in 2018 when Piaggio had several of Kumpan scooters confiscated at a tradeshow. Piaggio has long claimed that Kumpan’s electric scooter is both a copyright and a trademark infringement of their design.
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3 Count: Less Than Routine
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 21, 2021
However, the relationship soured quickly and Kairosoft claims to have filed a termination notice in 2018 but Beijing Shi Jun has cut off communication and continued to sell both Kairosoft games and knock offs since. The two companies signed an agreement in 2017 that gave Beijing Shi Jun publishing rights for Kairosoft games in China.
3 Count: Not Very Private
Plagiarism Today
MAY 4, 2022
The site launched in 2018 and, until recently, was receiving about 18 million visitors per month. Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the popular anime pirate site AnimeKisa.tv has shut its doors, saying that the unwillingness of their audience to pay made the site untenable.
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Sunday Surprises
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
One of the main highlights is that India is for the first time in the top 10 across the three main IP rights included in WIPI, with both patent and industrial design applications more than doubling between 2018 and 2023 and trade mark applications increasing by 60%. Click here to learn more and to download the report. programmes: - LL.M.
Pirate Couple Got Caught Uploading, Promised to Abstain, Got Caught Again
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
In a case dating back to 2018, BREIN focused on a torrent site and eliminated both. The man and woman signed an abstention agreement back in 2018, just like the couple mentioned above. Pirate Couple Caught Uploading Although it probably wouldn’t shy away from the opportunity, BREIN tends not to chase down casual pirates.
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Recent Expansion of IPR Estoppel Scope Viewed As Victory for Patent Owners
Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
1348 (2018). . For petitioners, they will need to carefully decide when to file IPRs and fully consider all of the invalidity defenses that they will be estopped from bringing up later in the district courts. FOOTNOTES. [1] 2020-2222, F.2d 3d 1293 (Fed.
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3 Count: Turtle Defeat
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 24, 2021
Next up today, Daniel Goldblatt at The Wrap reports that filmmaker Michael Moore is facing a lawsuit from Flint, Michigan resident Darick Lemons over footage that was used in Moore’s 2018 film Fahrenheit 11/9. According to Goldblatt, in 2016 he shot video of President Barack Obama visiting Flint and uploaded the footage to YouTube.
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3 Count: Dirty Cheaters
Plagiarism Today
JULY 28, 2021
According to the complaint, Kidsburg opened on October 31, 2018 and Kids’ Town sent its first letter in December of that year. However, Rexburg denied any infringement though they did change the logo for Kidsburg. Kids’ Town is seeking $3,892 in damages for lost sales as well as an injunction barring further infringement.
3 Count: Happiest Marshmello
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 21, 2022
Next up today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision that favored the electronic musician Marshmello over his 2018 hit song Happier. The law3suit was filed by a producer named Arty that claimed Happier was an infringement of his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s I Lived.
3 Count: Bad Evidence
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The story began in August 2018 when the Saudi government blocked access to beIN sports as part of a larger dispute with Qatar. Finally today, Jamie Gardner at The Independent reports that a Saudi-backed bid to purchase the Newcastle United soccer team may finally be going forward after Saudi Arabia has agreed to lift its ban on beIN Sports.
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3 Count: AI Challenges
Plagiarism Today
MAY 18, 2022
The Watch Tower filed a lawsuit against him in 2018 and has attempted to use DMCA subpoenas to unveil his identity. McFree is the creator of the Dubtown series, which is a stop-motion Lego project that takes place in a fake Jehovah’s Witness town and lampoons various elements of the church.
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3 Count: No More Popcorn
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 5, 2022
Markle sued the paper in 2018 after it published parts of a “personal and private” letter she had written for her father. Finally today, Olivia Petter at The Independent reports that Meghan Markle, despite winning her copyright battle against The Mail on Sunday, will only receive just £1 in damages.
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3 Count: LEGO Jacket
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 12, 2022
According to Concannon, he designed the jacked in 2018. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. The set is based on the Queer Eye series and was worn by Antoni Porowski on the show.
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An Odyssey of Timeliness: Appointments Clause Arguments Must Be Preserved
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2025
The complaint sought director review of a 2018 Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision that affirmed a rejection of claims in the subject patent application. Citing forfeiture, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the dismissal of a complaint against the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO).
Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?
Plagiarism Today
APRIL 7, 2022
Though Amazon did remove some 2,000 descriptions in 2018, that came after Amazon asserted that they had proper authorization to use the descriptions and that there was nothing they could do. In 2015, FDN filed a DMCA takedown notice, but Amazon did not take down the work in question.
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3 Count: Predator Conclusion
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 13, 2022
However, Poler went bankrupt in 2018 and was acquired by Pacific & Everest. According to the lawsuit, Poler and Land Art & Design had an oral agreement at Poler’s launch to allow for use of the designs in question. 3: Disney, ‘Predator’ Writers Settle Copyright Dispute Over Screenplay.
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10 Christmas Copyright Stories
Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 15, 2021
In 2018, the UK retailer John Lewis caused a bit of a stir when children’s book illustrator Chris Riddell accused them of plagiarizing his book as part of an ad campaign. This article not only explores the (relatively) recent phenomenon of the Christmas hit but also explains where the money is going. 4: 5 Christmas Copyright Myths.
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3 Count: Bowser’s Last Stand
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
However, in 2018, the EU passed new legislation that addressed this area and, while not requiring payments, required search engines to reach deals with local news organizations for the use of headlines, thumbnails and snippets. In response to this, Google pulled Google News from Spain.
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3 Count: Settled Again?
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 9, 2022
The lawsuit was dismissed in 2018 but revived on appeal in 2021 and is now back before the lower court, where the judge has refused to throw out the case a second time. The lawsuit was filed by members of the band 3LW, who claimed that Switf’s song was an infringement of their earlier track, Playas Gon’ Play.
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3 Count: Italian Shutdown
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 27, 2022
Since the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is just three years, he had until 2018 to file a lawsuit and chose not to. However, Miramax claimed that he reasonably should have been aware of the alleged dispute by at least 2015. The court has agreed and dismiss the case.
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3 Count: Disney Defeat
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Disney Loses Bid to Dismiss ‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot Copyright Suit.
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Beware of continuing trademark scam from WTMR, now with Fort Lauderdale address
Erik K Pelton
JANUARY 31, 2022
See 2018: Beware of scam from WTMR – World Trademark Register. The services are worthless. The $980.00 The address listed in PO Box 22546 in Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335-2546. Their address has changed several times over the years. See 2021: Beware of latest trademark scam from WTMR, LLC.
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3 Count: Wolfgang Disappointment
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 12, 2022
In 2018, a judge agreed with that and ruled that Wolfgang’s Vault was infringing, but left the issue of damages up to a jury. In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed.
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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - August 2024 #3
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 20, 2024
The cofounders of FanDuel are stepping up their efforts to recoup lost equity from the company’s 2018 acquisition by European bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair, which later rebranded to Flutter Entertainment. By: Kaufman & Canoles
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A Step Too Far? MORryde International, Inc. Accuses Airxcel, Inc. (Suburban) of Patent Infringement
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
APRIL 23, 2025
These patentssupposedly issued in 2018, 2019, and 2023cover features such as spring-assisted folding and adjustable legs designed to improve safety and ease of use when entering and exiting a vehicle. The case centers around three patents (US Patent Nos.
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