IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

GPT-4 passed the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), and it didn’t just barely squeak by: it scored in the 90th percentile, outperforming the average real life test taker. It was trained on a loosely vetted assortment of websites, articles, and books. His blunder suggested that we are not so easily replaceable by AI.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Under both the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (adopted by every state but New York) and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act , the owner of a trade secret must make reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy of the information the owner wishes to protect. A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in BladeRoom Group Limited v.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2022

4, June/July 2022, by the American Bar Association. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. Published in Landslide , Vol.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 11, 2022

4, June/July 2022, by the American Bar Association. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. Published in Landslide , Vol.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, said last month that 27,000 companies are paying for a GitHub Copilot enterprise license. Those percentages are only going to go up as these tools get better, and companies are currently competing to provide the go-to coding assistant tool that developers will use. Perlmutter , No. 1:22-cv-01564 (D.D.C.

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43(B)log

APRIL 27, 2022

The plaintiffs in this putative class action alleged that this violated their rights of publicity and appropriated their names and likenesses in violation of California, Ohio, and Indiana law. Here’s how an ad looks, with blurring as in the original: Article III standing: Spokeo argued that plaintiffs’ alleged injuries didn’t qualify.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

District Court for the Central District of California has issued a highly factual decision that addresses, among other things, the intersection of a researcher’s general skill and knowledge and his former employer’s confidential research information. Certainly not me. But the U.S. Jarrow Formulas, Inc., True Wearables, Inc.,

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 17, 2023

The bronze medal goes to Joe Hand Promotions , which targets bars that show pay-per-view boxing and UFC fights without a license. In 2012, Complex used the photo in one of its articles, but didn’t get a license from Minden. First prize is you get sued. Also, second and third prizes are you get sued. Minden Pictures v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fish principals Hyun Jin (HJ) In, Ph.D. , Ralph Phillips , and Daniel Tishman explore these growing industries and offer considerations for companies protecting and defending their IP. The expansion of battery-related technology is also fueling significant growth in manufacturing investments and jobs in the United States and abroad.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

Ford Motor Company, Inc., A group of Shelby owners sued Ford on various state-law fraud theories and sought class certification, which the district court granted in substantial part.” But this can only be done if the underlying state law allows for it. Tershakovec v. 4th -, 2023 WL 4377585, No. 22-10575 (11th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

However, that question does not guarantee federal subject matter jurisdiction, as the defendants learned in a decision remanding an ownership dispute removed to federal court back to state court. In a post for Patently-O , Peter describes how the TSCMJG came into existence. In Calvary Indus., Winters , U.S. In Ahern Rentals, Inc.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2022

During the relevant period, Ethicon disseminated: (1) Instructions for Use (IFUs) (information packets accompanying medical devices); (2) marketing communications directed to California doctors; and (3) marketing communications directed to California patients.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

That could also address some of the Article III standing issues I’ve been encouraging people to raise. I was particularly interested in doing a deep dive on the idea that the Court thought that both Dogan & Lemley and Dinwoodie & Janis were right, when most of us understood the two articles to be debating with each other.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2022

” A link to the opinion can be found here , and Law360′ s article on the case can be found here. ” A link to the opinion can be found here , and Law360′ s article on the case can be found here. In Busey Bank v. Turnery, et al. , In RedWolf Energy Trading, LLC v. BIA Capital Management, LLC, et al.,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

— Career Group Companies. It’s a way to say, “I’m dusting off the winter blues and coming out of hibernation.” ” At the office, spring cleaning can take on a whole new meaning. It is a chance to reorganize and refresh your workspace and your workflow. Don’t believe us? Read on to learn why.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many state legislatures draft Internet regulations without any genuine concern for whether or not the laws violate the First Amendment. As a result, state legislatures, both red and blue, are producing a flood of Internet censorship laws will tie up the courts for years. [I will blog the NetChoice v. Bonta ruling very soon.]

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