43(B)log

OCTOBER 10, 2023

2023 WL 6373871, No. 16, 2023) DealMaker is a financial technology company that provides its users with the ability to raise capital by conducting investment offerings via its online platform. Challenged claim: DealMaker’s customers do not retain ownership over their own data. Novation Solutions, Inc. (o/a o/a DealMaker) v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2023, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. Plus, they provided predictions for what to expect in 2023. We expect to see even more large jury results in 2023.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. In some industries, patents may even be essentially required to enter the market and compete successfully. government’s spending package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act , for 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 27, 2023

” I sense the court was overwhelmed by the complexity of music licensing, where there are layers upon layers of agreements over the initial ownership of the work, subsequent ownership transfers, distribution licenses, designations of enforcement agents, and voluntary uploads of the works by one or more people in the chain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Spice DAO has announced that it is implementing a three-stage “redemption phase” that will see it attempt to pay back its members as much as possible and, likely, attempt to sell the book in the fourth quarter of 2023. The goal there is to attempt to capitalize on the release of Dune: Part 2. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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Copyright Non-Fungible Tokens Technology Plagiarism 236

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Note: The responses below were received in 2023. All third-party services we use are bound by a contract with us to never use the information of our users for their own purposes and not to disclose the information to any third parties unrelated to the service. Port forwarding is allowed (update May 2023, it is now disabled ).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

We have previously discussed the thorny intellectual property implications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of a unique digital media item. 22, 2023 ). This issue recently came to a head in a 64-page federal court decision in Friel v. Dapper Labs, Inc. ,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Ginsburg’s lecture took place on 3 May 2023. This examined the problem of authors’ remuneration: authors’ contracts tend to result in disproportionately low revenues relative to the returns of investors and intermediaries. Importantly, the parties may not contract out of this right to readjustment. A summary is offered below.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. In some industries, patents may even be essentially required to enter the market and compete successfully. government’s spending package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act , for 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

25/2023 Establishing the Estate Court. It does not make a distinction between properties that are located in designated and non-designated areas for foreign ownership and is therefore applicable to all nationalities. The sale can occur at market value or through auction. Dubai Decree No. Dubai Decree No. Dubai Decree No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. 2023 WL 3449131 at *1 (N.D. May 11, 2023). Complaint at 31.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking essentially banning non-compete clauses and categorizing them as unfair methods of competition. “Substantial owner” is defined as an owner, member, or partner holding at least a 25% ownership interest in a business entity.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

33] And let’s not forget the elephant in the room, the USPTO, which, as the issuer of patents, has the right to ask for ownership information and the recordation of secured interests throughout the administrative process, particularly as it comes to the broad fee-setting and fee-paying authority it has over the patents it issues and reviews.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. After negotiations between them fell apart, both parties sued, each claiming exclusive ownership of the movie footage. The court held that because each of them was seeking a declaration of sole ownership, the parties could not be joint authors. Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy they will deliver findings by June 2023. NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items. They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

This ownership interest in the creative work is balanced with the general public’s need to access the creative arts and exercise First Amendment rights. While here the original artist’s use itself is unaddressed, the decision may temper a creator’s ability to market new creative works that incorporate copyrighted works.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

After all, while we are pondering the weighty issue of future ownership, we are not focusing on the fundamental issue of wholesale copying of works to train AI in a wide variety of situations. This, of course, could be an accident based on true intellectual curiosity, but I do not believe it. Case 1- Doe 1 v. GitHub Inc., v Stability A.I.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

They develop, market and sell statistical process control (SPC) software and gauge management software. Peripheral issues relating to Mr Aughton's duties under his employment contract overlapped with these three core issues. Background The claimants - PQ for short - are based in the US.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2023

The enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 includes the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA), directed toward increasing innovation of small businesses and inventors in America. Starting in 2023, the USPTO has reduced various fees associated with filing a PCT application in the U.S. receiving office.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Room 204 Christopher Buccafusco (w/ Joseph Blocher), Firearms, Innovation, and Regulation How do law and markets affect the pace and direction of innovation for firearm related safety in the US? But none reached the market despite millions in R&D from National Institute of Justice. Costly inefficiencies in supply and demand.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. In addition, fewer new biosimilars entered the market this past year, with five biosimilar launches in 2020 as compared to seven in 2019. January 2021. off ASP and 23.7%

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