IPilogue

JANUARY 24, 2022

I was fortunate to have a patient and knowledgeable supervisor in Ben Gray with whom to discuss a number of patent issues involving litigation strategy, biologics, skinny labeling, and means by which pharmaceutical companies seek to extend their commercial monopolies. As I allude to in the title of this blog—it’s a small world in big pharma.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The team at Blender Studio drive Blender development by providing help and training courses to Blender users in an open environment, sharing everything in public and making all content available under free licenses. TV Company Claims Ownership of Blender Film. TV Company Claims Ownership of Blender Film. YouTube Correspondence.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 11, 2023

On May 31, 2023, a Harris County Texas District Court jury found a telecom company acted in bad faith by filing a $23 million trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against a rival where the underlying technology was found to not actually be a trade secret. See Providence Title Co. Truly Title, Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff is a California-based company that has millions of subscribers on YouTube and other Social Media handles, which is significant to understand the popularity of its various trademarks and copyrights with licenses for various sorts of merchandise. Alongside, the Ninth Circuit lays down an immunity test for the service provider.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2023

On May 31, 2023, a Harris County Texas District Court jury found a telecom company acted in bad faith by filing a $23 million trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against a rival where the underlying technology was found to not actually be a trade secret. See Providence Title Co. Truly Title, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

In a precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) reversed six refusals to register The New York Times Company’s (the “Times”) names of its newspaper columns, THE NEW OLD AGE, A GOOD APPETITE, HUNGRY CITY, WORK FRIEND, OFF THE SHELF, and LIKE A BOSS (the “Marks”).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 10, 2023

However, you have a duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated material in the copyright application and provide a brief explanation of the human author’s contributions to the work. For example, you should not identify the author or co-author as AI technology or the company that provided it. Copyright Office?

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 8, 2022

Oman has marked itself in having a strong geopolitical impact in the region being the member of United Nations, Arab League, Gulf Co-operation Council, Organisation of Islamic Co-operation. With the socio-economic structure being hyper-centralized rentier welfare state, 80% of the nationals are employers in the private sector.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

and other technology companies together with Edwards Lifesciences, was remanded to the district court in the Northern District of California for further proceedings on this issue. The Fintiv Factors and Instructions As discussed in our prior blog ( here ), the PTAB’s decisions in NHK Spring Co. The case, brought by Apple Inc.

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The IPKat

MAY 2, 2023

125 EUTMR provides an elaborate cascade for international jurisdiction of the EU trade mark courts. Background The plaintiff, Finnish company Lännen MCE Oy (‘Lännen’), manufactures and sells amphibious dredgers under its EU trade mark no. The defendants Berky GmbH (‘Berky’) and Senwatec GmbH & Co. 125(1) EUTMR ); 2.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 29, 2023

and other technology companies together with Edwards Lifesciences, was remanded to the district court in the Northern District of California for further proceedings on this issue. The Fintiv Factors and Instructions As discussed in our prior blog ( here ), the PTAB’s decisions in NHK Spring Co. § 553. Intri-Plex Techs.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 10, 2021

Feldman has also just published a short article in Nature Biotechnology titled Negative Innovation: When Patents are Bad for Patients. (Co-authored Co-authored with Profs. Since the low dosage approach is in the public domain, no private company has sufficient incentive to seek and obtain FDA approval. by Dennis Crouch.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But as Douglas Barrett noted , the bill changed the policy direction with respect to the independent production sector, going from: (i) the programming provided by the Canadian broadcasting system should. (v) to the following: (i) the programming provided by the Canadian broadcasting system should. (v)?include

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. com” is no different than a company adding “inc.” By: Mickey Tomlinson. The second problem Justice Breyer has is that adding “.com”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

SEPs & FRAND: Misnomers & Maladies Following the discussion in their co-authored paper titled “SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License” Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon and Dr. Ashwini Siwal write on important questions surrounding the technical and jargon-filled world of SEPs and FRANDs.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

1] Unlike the other two options for improving a consumer’s entertainment experience, modifying a video game title requires greater technical knowledge and time investment. 14] In Formgen , a third-party company packaged and sold user-created levels as a mod for the game Duke Nukem 3D, which cut into publisher Formgen’s copyright interest. [15]

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

ChatGPT’s Terms of Use & other policies The ToU state that “[a]s between the parties and to the extent permitted by applicable law , you own all Input, and subject to your compliance with these Terms, OpenAI hereby assigns to you all its right, title and interest in and to Output. 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act). But under Sec.

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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. LOUI VUITTON STRATEGY TO PROTECT THEIR IP.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Industrial Cleaning Equipment v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment [2023] EWHC 411 (IPEC) (February 2023) The case title might suggest this is a battle between two highly descriptive marks (ala Office Cleaning), but in fact both of these floor cleaning equipment companies had adopted the abbreviation ICE. For more, see the IPkat here.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

3] Another issue is that film directors are not recognized by copyright laws, leading some to argue that both producers and directors should have co-authorship. [4] 3] Another issue is that film directors are not recognized by copyright laws, leading some to argue that both producers and directors should have co-authorship. [4]

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an interesting case against a lead generator (ITMedia) that purportedly collected sensitive information from consumers who were seeking loans and sold that information to entities that were not in the business of providing loans. million as a civil penalty for the FCRA violations.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

JULY 6, 2022

In April and May 2021, Mr S participated in an auction of digital art held by Nifty, placing a bid for an NFT associated with an artwork by Beeple titled "Abundance". The terms require the parties to submit their disputes to JAMS, an arbitration service provider in New York. Internet companies are often less clear about this.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

To resolve this, it suggests establishing IP facilitation centres and providing adequate training to various authorities including the judiciary and tribunals. It is unclear what this means exactly, as on the one hand they say the “laws” are the “challenge”, and the solution is to provide training to judiciary and tribunals.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Cloud providers can’t implement certain measures that might work elsewhere. (3) Encourage CO to think carefully about smaller nonprofit and educational uses. Cloudflare, Alissa Starzak: Tech measures used by platforms do not work for infrastructure providers and could have profound impacts on privacy and security.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Plaintiff filed the present suit against the Defendant for uploading an audio book titled ‘Mossad: Greatest Mission of the Israeli Secret Service’ on its online platform. Levi Straus & Company vs. Sunil Yadav on 24 November, 2022 (Delhi District Court). Bennett, Coleman And Company Ltd. Levi Straus & Company vs Sh.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

After a while, it was replaced by the Russian company, YandexTaxi, and then Uber. According to the case materials, the plaintiff is a Kazakh company called G-Taxi which received, under an exclusive license, the right to use the patent for the utility model “Automated Taxi Ordering System”. Let’s start at the beginning.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Plaintiff is Shandong Sinho, a Limited Liability company organized under the laws of China, dealing in speciality Chinese foods such as bean curd and soybean paste. Sun was the rightful owner of the title of CONG BAN LV Mark. Colby & Co. The reasoning taken in the case of J.T. Apple Inc.,

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

IP Reveries is co-authored by Lokesh and myself in equal measure. Does it provide the benefits it claims to? And I suppose pharmaceutical companies are the ones that do all of this? Drugs, Secrets, and Innovation – Brooding Over The Basics. good morning. I have some questions, doubts, and requests today.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 23, 2024

Image from here [This Post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah.] On the basis of the above finding, the Court held that comparable licensing agreements provide the best mode of determining FRAND royalty rates. This is Part II of the two part post on the recent Delhi High Court decision on the Ericsson-Lava SEP dispute.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

However, one company is hoping to change that. Rightsclick aims to provide a simple and affordable solution for organizing one’s work, registering it with the U.S. The Assess Tool also provides a basic fair use analysis and helps to make sure that the use isn’t covered under any other exceptions to copyright law.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Orgain’s website says: “Orgain™ provides 255 nutrient-dense calories with a perfect 2:1 ratio of organic carbohydrates to organic protein,” and the FAQ answer to “what’s in Orgain?” Likewise, there was evidence that other companies in the nutritional supplement market use “organic protein” generically in connection with their products.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A fee-shifting statute for patent cases under Title 35 of the U.S. The policy behind Section 285 addresses this problem by providing defendants an avenue to recoup fees expended on a clearly unwarranted suit.[4]. Consider Energy Innovation Co. Rule reform may provide an answer. Read the full article at Law360. in the U.S.

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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. The court also found that a patent filed by another company in November 2014, contained features depicted in plaintiff’s conceptual drawings.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Figure 1, below, provides a snapshot of FDA approval and biosimilar product launch trends from 2015 through 2020. Table 3 provides a summary of the biosimilars market, as derived from a 2020 Amgen market report. [5]. FDA has acknowledged receipt of BI’s petition, but has not yet provided any substantive feedback.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2022

Edge is a drug compounding company that sells a hydrochloride vancomycin drug that competes with Azurity’s, but that has not been given pre-market FDA approval. First American Title Insurance Co., Azurity sells a hydrochloride vancomycin drug that received FDA pre-market approval. Coastal Abstract Service, Inc. 3d 725 (9th Cir.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

My wife, Rebecca, is also the co-owner of two successful small business restaurants—Clare and Don’s Beach Shack® and Lazy Mike’s®—and I have seen first-hand how these brands have grown from infancy and evolved to become names associated with quality, service, and passionate customers. Yes, trademark protection comes with an expense.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

copyright law protects only works of human authorship, and the defendant, Stephen Thaler, expressly told the Copyright Office that the work at issue, titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” “lack[ed] traditional human authorship.” My co-author and I discuss the Copyright Office’s decision here.) You can read our cover letter here.)

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