The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

Over the next few months, the following will take place and IPKat readers will have an opportunity to enroll with a 25% discount in the registration fees: Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law Trier, 1-5 July 2024 This course will provide a thorough introduction to European intellectual property law.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Contracting Parties are required to give a minimum period of 2 months to respond to a provisional refusal. The following changes will be implemented as of 1 November 2023: It was agreed to expressly determine the start and end date of the deadline for responding to provisional refusals.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping. Twitter fails this burden. to lose significant advertising revenues.”

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

The metaverse acted as a virtual boundary in this design for the future. Any literary work, text, music, videos, 3D paintings, images, software programs, avatar designs, art, or literature will get protection under copyright in the metaverse. that identifies a product or a service that is distinguishable by a common man.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024. Copyright and Designs Chijioke Okorie outlined the developments in copyright law across the African continent throughout the year as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023.

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The IPKat

APRIL 4, 2024

It was eventually passed on 29 February 2024 after a very tumultuous process (Okorie tells the story here ). The disproportionate remuneration stemmed from contracts entered into with dominant players, especially in the music industry, and this has over time been a major source of worry for the South African government.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This curated guide is designed to inform and assist Founders by highlighting a variety of government and private sector programs. Atlanta Startup Growth Loan Program (ASGL) Mayor Andre Dickens has announced the Atlanta Startup Growth Loan Program (ASGL), a new initiative designed to bolster the growth of local technology startups in Atlanta.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It isn’t clear if the estate tried some of the more modern Section 230 workarounds, such as negligent design. Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Emma is a fashion designer and founder of denim company, Good American. In IPO’s free, online, easy to use toolkit there are resources designed to help businesses identify their IP and understand how to protect, manage it and even license it to scale up their product. A design worth registering?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

These defense-favorable outcomes may work in the short term; but they leave open the potential liability of the contracting vendors (which may drive them out of the industry, leaving the marketing agent with no one to outsource to) and as well as the marketing agent’s possible secondary liability exposure for the vendors’ activities.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2022

On Thursday, July 7, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the most recent state budget, signed last week, includes a $100 million allotment for California to “contract to make [its] own insulin at a cheaper price, close to at cost.” ” The budget also includes “$700,000 ($2.8 ” The post CA Gov.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Moreover, she attributed any similarities in her designs to mere commonalities in artistic styles and affirmed that resemblances can inadvertently occur in creative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Moreover, she attributed any similarities in her designs to mere commonalities in artistic styles and affirmed that resemblances can inadvertently occur in creative works.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy The intersection of the Federal Arbitration Act and the law of online contracts has become utterly corrosive to our legal system. The problem with the FAA and online contracts, of course, is that no one is agreeing to arbitrate anything. Consumer Contracts (Tent. Many people think this is true.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

The reporting rule goes into effect on January 1, 2024. It is designed to capture anyone who can make important decisions on behalf of the entity. The CTA requires new companies or registered on or after the rule’s effective date of January 1, 2024, to provide identifying information of the Company Applicant.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

Texas’s Business Courts will activate on September 1, 2024, and will handle complex commercial disputes with significant amounts in controversy. Ideally, specialized business courts also promote consistent interpretations of commercial laws and contracts, thereby leading to more predictable outcomes. Cases exceeding $10 million.

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43(B)log

MARCH 6, 2024

3d -, 2024 WL 911075, No. 1, 2024) “Qoins is a financial technology company that collects funds from its customers and disburses payments to designated creditors in order to help its customers pay off their debts.” The court mostly denied Qoins’ motion to dismiss the resulting claims, including breach of contract and libel.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. Stay tuned to Big Molecule watch for further developments on these litigations in 2024, including developments on the IPRs related to Regeneron’s patents directed to dosing of aflibercept.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Giovanni Guglielmetti dealt with the subject of design protection under copyright law, starting from the well-known judgments Cofemel Case C-683/17 and Brompton Case C-833/18 [Katposts here and here ]. It is true, in fact, that the Court held that there is no requirement other than 'mere' originality (i.e.,

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

By Dennis crouch The international IP community is moving toward further harmonizing legal protection for industrial designs. 3] A diplomatic conference is now scheduled for late 2024 to finalize the treaty, but it remains to be seen whether WIPO members be able to reach a consensus. In the US, these are design patent rights.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

In 2011, Hydronic began reverse-engineering Hetronic parts and contracted new suppliers to source them. such as when an American traveler purchases counterfeit designer purses in another country and then resells them inside of the U.S. or who engages in online activities that penetrate U.S. Read the opinion here.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 21, 2022

billion USD by 2024. There is no question that the virtual gaming and e-sports industry has seen exponential growth in the last decade or so. In 2021, global e-sports revenue is said to have reached a whopping $1 billion USD, and is projected to increase to $1.6 But among these actors, whose rights can really be enforced?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

The CPDPA is designed to establish a framework for controlling and processing personal data. This requires organizations to review third-party contracts to determine whether they are disclosing personal data to third parties, whether CPDPA applies and to amend contracts with those third parties, as appropriate.

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Privacy Law Higher Education Contracts 40

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Copyright, contract, and the rewards for UGC ’ and is based on the findings of the You Can Play project. In particular, the OGL was designed only to cover permissions to use ‘game mechanics’, specifically ‘methods, procedures, processes and routines’ detailed in an extensive System Reference Document.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Review thus recommends that the exam should be limited to assessing the skill they are designed to assess (i.e. The Mercer Review thus recommends that IPReg should require prospective trainees to be given details of the training scheme with which they will be provided, preferably in the form of a training contract.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, airlines would have access to performance data about their planes currently held by the manufacturer [1] , allowing them to explore potentially cheaper contracts for repair and maintenance with a third party. Others, such as AI deployed in products subject to certain EU health and safety harmonization legislation (e.g.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

Today’s example is AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), Before we get overwhelmed by the bill’s details, I’ll highlight three crucial concerns: First, the bill pretextually claims to protect children, but it will change the Internet for EVERYONE. Age-Appropriate Design Code. New Regulations.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cube that combines various measuring volumes into a single cubical structure. He posted the Cube design and 3D print files on Thingiverse.com, the largest site for 3D print objects. The breach of contract claim survived. Leszczynski v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

AG Yost disingenuously argued that the law enhances parents’ control over their children’s contracts. The court easily brushes this aside, saying “this Court does not think that a law prohibiting minors from contracting to access to a plethora of protected speech can be reduced to a regulation of commercial conduct.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The reality is that most websites are likely to have some 15-year-old users, even if the site isn’t designed to appeal to that audience. Ohio AG Yost claims the law is about contracts, not censorship, i.e., the law helps parents supervise the contracts their kids enter into. Case citation : NetChoice, LLC v. Yost , No.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

View the Recording – CLE Credit for this recording expires on January 11, 2024. 2022 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording – CLE credit for this recording expires on January 23, 2024. For CLE credit inquiries, please email cle@seyfarth.com after viewing the webinar.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Warning of potential prosecutions for offenses under the Fraud Act 2006, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, and even the Serious Crimes Act 2007, PIPCU suggests shutting down as an alternative. “This tender is being run by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the contract will vest with and be paid for by the IPO. .

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 15, 2024

UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The forthcoming article “Creation and Generation Copyright Standards” to be published in NYU JIPEL 2024 (see pre-publication version here ) analyses and critiques the different standards for copyright eligibility between expressive works and generative products in the U.S. copyright law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

The design elements use “a contrasting font color” making the notice legible on the dark background. Unlike the notices at issue in Berman , the sign-in screen here lacks clutter and uses “[c]ustomary design elements denoting the existence of a hyperlink.” As in Oberstein , the notice here “is conspicuously displayed directly.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

View the Recording – CLE Credit for this recording expires on January 11, 2024. 2022 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording – CLE credit for this recording expires on January 23, 2024. For CLE credit inquiries, please email cle@seyfarth.com after viewing the webinar.

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