IPilogue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Three of these claims were against some of China’s largest telecom companies: Huawei Technologies Co. Xiaomi Inc. , Ericsson AB , one of Sweden’s most prominent tech corporations, brought a fourth claim against Samsung Electronics , a South Korean telecom company. However, Xiaomi has been using a patent by InterDigital Inc.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2023

Early January 2022, Activision filed a lawsuit in the United States against German companies EngineOwning UG and CMN Holdings S.A., The gaming company went on to allege that selling the cheats to Activision customers constitutes contract interference and selling cheats into the market amounts to unfair competition.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

On September 27, 2021, the court is meeting privately for what is known as the “long conference” to decide the fate of the petitions for writ of certiorari that have piled-up over the summer. Eligibility : The Supreme Court has shown the most interest in hearing American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Viator, Inc., 19, 2021): The claims in the Second Amended Complaint seek to hold Defendants liable for content created and published by Defendants, not a third party who then posted it on their website. Salesforce.com, Inc., Google, Inc., Blossoms & Blooms, Inc. Blossoms & Blooms, Inc. Section 230.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

companies abroad. economy, and costing American companies hundreds of billions of dollars in losses — and more than two million jobs.” economy, and costing American companies hundreds of billions of dollars in losses — and more than two million jobs.” Hytera America, Inc. European Cmty. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

” National Car Rental System, Inc. Computer Associates International, Inc., 1990) ; Acorn Structures, Inc. ProCD, Inc. Health Grades, Inc. 2009) (holding that a contract was not preempted by copyright). See also Big Squid, Inc. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. , Int’l, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

The court says the CFAA’s legislative history makes clear that it was intended to “apply only to private information—information delineated as private through use of a permission requirement of some sort.” The court says companies who make their data publicly available are not without recourse. Eric’s Comments.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Mebigo Labs Private Limited vs Pocket Fm Private Limited & Anr. The Defendant did not appear before the court, nor did it file any written submissions thereby causing the matter to proceed ex parte. · Make My Trip (India) Private Ltd. Livanova India Private Limited vs Godaddy.Com, Inc. & ITC Limited v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

20-303 (Office of Attorney General March 10, 2022): “internally generated inferences that a business holds about a consumer are personal information within the meaning of the CCPA, and must be disclosed to the consumer on request. Teamviewer US, Inc., NYT : A Change by Apple Is Tormenting Internet Companies, Especially Meta. *

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 24, 2022

In 2014, three undergraduate students at Columbia University co-founded Kinnos Inc. The company’s flagship product, Highlight®, is a patented color additive that temporarily colors disinfectants made with bleach so that users can confirm they’ve properly treated a contaminated surface. Shukla holds four U.S.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

the handles of INC and Bharat Jodo Yatra. Khodays Breweries Private vs House Of Khodays Private on 3 November, 2022 (Bangalore District Court). Star India Private Limited & Anr. The above DNRs are NameCheap Inc., Dynadot, LLC, Tucows Inc, Gransy s.r.o., Image from here. vs Mhdtv.World & Ors.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2022

Public support for these enforcement schemes is comparable to that enjoyed by wheel clampers and ANPR-powered parking fine companies. In September 2019, FACT Worldwide Limited – a company operated by Federation Against Copyright Theft chief Kieron Sharp – became a member of H&B Administration LLP.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Delhi High Court in Victoria Foods Private Limited v. China has threatened to tighten oversight of e-commerce companies like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Pinduoduo Inc., Delhi High Court entrance. Rajdhani Masala Co. &

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

On the aspect of Internet activities, it was opined that ‘passive’ posting of a website does not grant jurisdiction to the Court within whose jurisdiction, the complainant company is located. In the subsequent judgement of CyberSell, Inc. CyberSell, Inc. [4] CompuServe, Inc. 4] CyberSell, Inc. CyberSell, Inc.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

Shortly after his “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered in August 1963, King moved for a preliminary injunction preventing record companies from selling copies of the speech. The defendants, Mister Maestro, Inc. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963. Estate of Martin Luther King Jr.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

In this guest post , Rounak Doshi discusses the position of law on arbitrability of trademark disputes in light of the Delhi High Court’s recent decision in Golden Tobie Private Ltd. She argues that the giant companies do not consider the financial problems that smaller companies might face where the process itself is the punishment.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Eligibility under Section 101 : American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. , Patreon, Inc., Daktronics, Inc., Daktronics, Inc., Appellate Standing for IPR Challenger : Apple Inc. This question ties the case directly to MedImmune, Inc. Genentech, Inc. , Facebook, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens. The current trend in internet law, has tended to elevate companies’ rights through contracts and licences while demoting owners to simple users. [1] Peak Computer, Inc., 3] MAI Systems Corp.

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43(B)log

MARCH 18, 2022

Mosafer Inc. Negligence: The alleged duty arose from FARA, but FARA doesn’t provide a private cause of action and can’t be used as the basis of a negligence claim. Broidy, 2022 WL 793029, No. 2:21-cv-06320-MCS-JC (C.D. UCL-unlawful: Failed because it required a violation of some other law; there was none.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

In the case, a pharmaceutical company sued a former product development employee and his new employer in the District of New Jersey for misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the DTSA. Similarly, in Five Star Gourmet Foods, Inc. Fresh Express, Inc. at *8; see also Payward, Inc. Contractors Inc.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Louis Vuitton began the company in 1854 as a luggage manufacturer, but it was his son who developed the brand’s renowned monogram, the interlocking L and V in a floral pattern, in 1896. IP rights are legal tools that a company can use to protect its innovation and creativity. For example, Louis Vuitton sued i-Fe clothing Inc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Silicon Valley Infomedia Private Limited 1 , the online matrimonial site, Bharatmatrimony.com, got an injunction against infringing their domain name by the defendant from the Madras High Court. In this case, the defendant company was using the domain name of the Indian newspaper, Hindustan Times, and also providing Indian news in the USA.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

UK Supreme Court Confirms No Patent for “AI-invented” Inventions Image from here On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. BSA Business Software Alliance Inc. Inventprise Inc.

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43(B)log

MARCH 25, 2024

Key holding: “The Warnings are both factual and uncontroversial, despite the emotional impact the graphics may have.” Moreover, the government may not demand a private party “undertake contextual analyses, weighing and balancing many factors. Book People, Inc. First, the warnings were “purely factual.” What is factual?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Drug companies who may be at risk of having their patents seized should be aware that they have the right to sue the government for patent infringement in such an event. 1498, the government has the right to “take” privately held patents. SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc. Alpine Valley Ski Area, Inc., 1498; 28 U.S.C. §

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

As companies are utilizing NFTs for their businesses, trademark protection may be an additional mechanism for protecting NFTs. In response, the production company Miramax sued Tarantino for copyright and trademark infringement. Companies have begun to use NFTs for their business purposes. A major pending case is Tarantino v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Huber acknowledged that Twitter is a private entity. Accordingly, finding a private entity is a state actor through a claim of conspiracy must require more than a broad brush claim of shared interests. “the viability of the state action holding of Hanson is questionable.” Facebook, Inc. Facebook, Inc. ,

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Zuluaga claimed first use of Zenú in 2011; the predecessor company applied to register the mark in 2013, with specimens using actual images of Industria’s products (though Zuluaga claimed lack of knowledge either of Industria or the specimens filed on its behalf by a filing service). And it creates a private cause of action.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

Content is typically commercial if it makes “representations of fact about the business operations, products, or services of the speaker (or the individual or company that the speaker represents). Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Buena Vista Books, Inc. for the purpose of promoting. the speaker’s products or services.”

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Delhi High Court grants injunction against ‘dialmytrip’ in MakeMyTrip India Private Limited v. Dialmytrip Tech Private Limited Highlighting the role of behavioral science in trademark litigations, Mathews argues that the terms “make” and “dial” invoke different emotions and thus do not cause confusion.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Third, and finally, certain of the FTC’s Comments could, if misunderstood, upset the careful balance that the copyright laws create between private rights to control copyrighted works and public access and use of those works. 4] Authors Guild, Inc. 4] Authors Guild, Inc. On that point, time will tell.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

For NFTs that have to do with an indicator of a company’s trademark, the Lanham Act may provide protection to an NFT as well. As companies are utilizing NFTs for their businesses, trademark protection may be an additional mechanism for protecting NFTs. Companies have begun to use NFTs for their business purposes.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The court further held that “mere international usage of the ‘ALPHARD’ trademark by the Petitioner company is not sufficient to prove spillover of its transnational reputation in India” Delhi High Court grants an interim injunction to the Plaintiff, despite non-use of the mark for 30 years.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Holding Defendants 2 and 3 in contempt of its injunction order, the Delhi High Court issued a bailable warrant to secure presence of the absent Defendant 3 on the next date and directed the appearing Defendant (Defendant no. Sirona Hygiene Private Limited vs Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd. Image from here. Image from here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court recently made a preliminary ruling in one such complaint of trademark infringement in the case of M/s DRS Logistics Private Limited and another v. Google India Private Limited and others. Is Google an intermediary?

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

Therefore the Court disposed the appeal holding that there is no manifest or jurisdictional error warranting exercise of Article 226. The plaintiff also holds trademark registration for “Serpenti ” etc. The plaintiff also holds trademark registration for “Serpenti ” etc. Pfizer Products, Inc. vs Renovision Exports Pvt.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Read more in this post by Pranav and Swaraj to understand how this system could be getting exploited by pharmaceutical companies and why this is a big move by the FTC, furthering access to important medicines in the US. Industries Private Ltd. Assessing the above, the Court passed an ex-parte ad interim injunction.

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