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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 2- October 8)

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Wondering what IP developments took place last week? mRNA technology was instrumental in developing the COVID-19 vaccines. The Supreme Court recently stayed the National Green Tribunal’s order affirming the National Biodiversity Authority’s imposition of hefty fees on a seed company for past access to biological resources.

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Are Memes Dangerous?

LexBlog IP

Rather than asking a business to take down an infringing meme, companies and creators often demand tens of thousands of dollars to settle the issue through a retrospective license to use the meme content. Grenade Beverage LLC: Grumpy Cat Limited sued Grenade Beverage for exceeding a licensing agreement over the use of the Grumpy Cat image.

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Federal Circuit Gives Stare Decisis Effect to a Judgment of Claim Validity

Patently-O

The Bard patents at issue are directed to radiopaque markings and structural features that can be used to identify whether a venous access port is power injectable, specifically a venous access port with an alphanumeric message that can be seen on an X-ray and that identifies the port as power injectable. Representative claim 5 of U.S.

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Google’s Search Disambiguation Doesn’t Create Initial Interest Confusion–Aliign v. lululemon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. lululemon is the well-known yoga gear company. The court is essentially saying that Google’s prompt (“did you mean” X instead of Y?) Case citation : Aliign Activation Wear, LLC v. June 7, 2021).

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What Are The Various Copyright Law Issues With Apps Like Spotify In The Modern Tussle Between Artists And Corporate Giants?

IP and Legal Filings

Image Sources: Shutterstock] The earliest examples of unsolicited sharing of works without proper licensing pertains to the development of Napster in the early 21 st century. This constitutes the idea of mass catalogue with little to no procurement costs that lead to massive profits for the company. Spotify USA Inc. [xv]

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[Guest post] Retromark Volume XI: the last six months in trade marks

The IPKat

No time to rebrand as 21 week delay to injunction refused Combe International LLC v Dr August Wolff GmbH [2022] EWHC 125 (Ch) (January 2022) We covered the hoo-ha between VAGISIL and VAGISAN in the last volume. A bumper crop of candidates presented themselves for inclusion in this volume, these are the 10 that made the cut.

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Can DAOs Crack their Identity in India?

IP and Legal Filings

Instead of the regular dividend or share system that one might be familiar with in the company atmosphere, a member here is incentivized by providing tokens which can be redeemed for a fixed amount of cryptocurrency in the future [ii] or held to exercise voting rights. iv] (user content stored on centralised servers of the company). [v]