IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Trade secrets in the United States have a fascinating history, during which courts shaped the common law tort as a way to enforce confidential relationships. Nevertheless, the law continues to evolve much as it did a century ago—that is, through the opinions of judges deciding individual cases on their facts.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office Assisting with discovery and motions in litigation matters Immersing themselves in the daily operations and projects of a boutique law firm The EMP&A internship program has a history of mentoring numerous students from various law schools across the country for over a decade.

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The Illusion of More

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“Black history is American history.” On its face, it affirms that no honest or thorough narrative about the United States can possibly exclude the Black story. There is more than one way to read (or use) that phrase.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

However, in 1965, there was a very different conversation about the song. In the end, the case is more of a footnote in both the film’s history and the history of copyright. However, that is hardly a surprise as the judge, when denying the injunction, made it extremely clear that their chances of success were extremely low.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I get multiple calls, emails, and comments on blog posts asking about the trademark scams every week. Over the last year, the most popular page on my website is about the WTP scam. And more than half of 10 most popular pages at erikpelton.com during the last year are about scams! But how many are getting duped instead?

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Travis Kelce’s Trademark Era? Taylor Swift is arguably one of the most valuable and trademarked musicians in history: she reportedly holds more than 100 trademarks.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

One of the most important films in horror movie history is the 1922 film Nosferatu. Though they can’t stop others from making Frankenstein films, they control what is the most iconic version of the monster and have a long history of targeting those whose monsters are a bit too close to their own. . 4: Copyright and Metropolis.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2024

This is quite a remarkable achievement, especially since people complained about a lack of seeders shortly after it was uploaded. “Well, i guess since this is a part of TPB history i’ll add it to my Raspberry Pi torrent server to seed forever,” zak0403 wrote. Eleven years ago, we spoke to director J.T.S.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Supreme Court kicks off its October 2022 term, it's the perfect time to dive into the court's history. Law360 will try to stump you with this 10-question quiz about the court. As the U.S.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 27, 2023

I’ve previously talked about where the savings in terms of the costs are bring passed along to users and filers, but another concern is that the USPTO now says if you don’t purchase a physical copy, you can order a free presentation copy (free only if your application was already pending at the time of the switch in June, 2022).

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 21, 2024

When people learn about the achievements of people with whom they identify, they believe they can achieve them, too. These ambassadors will participate in programs at schools, colleges, and conferences to raise awareness about opportunities for women in the semiconductor industry and inspire interest in engineering and related STEM fields.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 15, 2023

Women’s History Month: Serving My New Country with a Passion for Increasing Participation in Census Surveys March 15, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Wed, 03/15/2023 - 14:27 By Zakera Ahmed, New York Regional Office Program Manager, U.S. In my personal journey, I’ve encountered many derogatory comments about my race and religion.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 4, 2024

Law Society of Upper Canada , a decision that stands as perhaps the most consequential in Canadian copyright law history as it would firmly establish fair dealing as a users right and serve as the foundation for copyright law in Canada for decades to come. Twenty years ago today the Supreme Court of Canada released CCH Canadian v.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

While many of the world’s governments are struggling to determine what to do about AI, Brazil already has a track history in this area.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

Last week was, undoubtedly, the craziest week I’ve had in the history of this site. So, no, a lawsuit isn’t practical, I wouldn’t do it even if I could and other than the lessons I’ve learned from this and will write about over the weeks and months ahead, there will be no more to this story moving forward (at least from me).

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 6, 2022

The intern program at EMP&A has a history of mentoring dozens of students from law schools around the country for more than 10 years. To learn more about our firm, and our work and values, please visit our website.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

To understand that, we first have to briefly recap the history here and examine what lessons can be learned from it. A Brief History of Ruth Shalit Barrett. However, it was in 1995, when writing for New Republic, that questions about her ethics became public. But this raises the question: What is going on here? Bottom Line.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 22, 2023

There I started the Wonder Women Club to teach Georgian girls and about global women’s history. I believe that women’s history is America’s history and having more women in leadership, especially women of color, ensures diversity of thought, greater equity, and unparalleled resilience.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Background and Procedural History RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. (“RAI”) The claim language at issue covered a heating member with “a length of about 75% to about 85% of a length of the disposable aerosol forming substance[.]” Va. to about 58.6 RAI”) owned U.S. filed Apr. wt % and 58.6

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IP Law 360

MAY 9, 2023

and MGA Entertainment over a line of dolls will be severely limited from hearing evidence about his criminal history, profane lyrics or allegations of sexual assault against him and his wife, Tiny Harris, a California federal judge ruled. A jury empaneled on Tuesday for a retrial between T.I.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 24, 2023

Women’s History Month: Impacting Innovation and Economic Growth March 24, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Fri, 03/24/2023 - 10:29 Investing in communities and workers By Brittany Sickler, Networks Program Manager, U.S. I hope to count you all with me as well, inspiring and making women’s history together.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2024

The case addressed the well-established US principle of file wrapper estoppel and confirmed that prosecution history from other jurisdictions (in this case, the European file history) could be used to narrow the meaning of a term in the patent claims. There's lots of great speakers on the agenda (including Eleonora Rosati herself).

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2024

By David Hricik, Mercer Law School Over on Gene Quinn’s IPwatchdog page, former chief judge Rader has written an article about the Supreme Court’s 101 jurisprudence. The fact that Section 101 is not a “condition of patentability” lends great support to that, as does the legislative history of the 1946 and 1952 act.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To collect the data, I wrote a short bit of code to parse through the file histories of all the issued patents from the past several years and count the number of non-final and final rejections. The histogram above is based upon the total number of rejections in each patent history. The process of going from No to Yes can vary.

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on the treatment of prosecution history in trade mark infringement proceedings. Eashan writes about Indian intellectual property law on his Medium page. Inviting Into Our Consciousness: Prosecution History in Trade Mark Infringement. Eashan Ghosh. (An The first is this.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 16, 2021

When new clients ask me about what they should do to fully protect and guard their brand, I point them to the five most common habits of a successful trademark client: They don’t delay. They file early and they file often. They move quickly when there are possible infringement situations.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2024

Eleonora Rosati outlined the recent Board of Appeal decision about Prada's application to register its "iconic" upside-down isosceles triangle pattern, which held that the pattern would not be inherently distinctive. If you've had a rough time staying on top of things this week, not to worry! Image from Pexels.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Black History Month gives me a chance to step back from the press of daily business to think about what has enabled me to be where I am—to be alert to the responsibility to my forebearers, to not squander their efforts, and to reflect on the work that still needs to be done to ensure that future opportunities await for others to come.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When notified of the new allegations, News Corp said that Gleeson was on “personal leave” and that they would have conversations about his future at an “appropriate time.”. While a full accounting of Gleeson’s 34-year history likely isn’t practical, an examination of a sample of his recent works certainly is. Bottom Line.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2023

Swaraj announced the new initiative to discuss the history of IP law on the blog and kickstarted this with informative posts from Shivam Kaushik on Indian copyright history and its entanglement with Berne Convention. Presenting a blast from the past, Lokesh writes about the interesting 1958 case of J.N. Bhagga And Ors.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 23, 2024

Image Sources in India] The Unit 15’s chapter titled Anti-Colonial Tribal Movements in India is another very important source that elucidated about not only the socio-economic conditions of the tribals during the colonial period but impact of the British policies on the tribals. This power is based on sovereignty of the State.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

Two years ago, reports began to surface about a new six-part TV-series on The Pirate Bay’s turbulent history. It’s a classic rise and fall story, a tragedy about flying too close to the sun, but also a timeless story of a generational conflict,” Marcimiak said. Maybe I’ll get sued for downloading the story about us.”

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 11, 2023

A recent study titled A Tale of Four Decades, Lessons from the USPTO Trademark Prosecution Data by Deborah Gerhardt and Jon Lee, dives deep into data from the USPTO and shows some of the history of relevant data about trademark applications and registrations over the last four decades (1981-2020).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Published in late 2021, Dr R.V.Vaidyanatha Ayyar’s 421 paged “ Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties 1996 ” is perhaps the first book that focuses on the negotiating history of the two 1996 Internet Treaties – the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is a review of Copyright and Cartography : History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge, by Professor Isabella Alexander , University of Technology Sydney, Australia. I can’t speak for the historians but, as a certified copyright nerd and the IPKat book review editor, I have read hundreds of books about copyright.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Black History Month: A Leader in Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and Property for All People February 16, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Thu, 02/16/2023 - 16:07 By Michael Morgan, Ph.D. Especially the part about ensuring that our delivery of weather, water, climate, and ocean data and products is truly equitable.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Out of every 1,000 issued patents, only about 14 include prior art submissions from third parties. The following are some recently issued patents that include third party submissions if you want to look through the file histories: 11,228,023; 11,225,200; 11,224,546; 11,224,456; 11,228,055; 11,221,486; 11,220,614; 11,219,722; 11,219,166.

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