Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

For more on this, see my expert report in the Larsen v. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. Larson case.

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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] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14]

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The IPKat

JULY 5, 2021

The social media posts that morning were of course riddled with congratulatory messages greeting the settlement, with some seizing the moment to declare that the settlement meant the end of component-level licensing arguments, while others pointed to the contrary, not least because no one knows the terms of the settlement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The 512(f) plaintiff wins after 3 years of litigation and a bench trial. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. Reported Discount at Launch. Conclusion. January 2021.

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The IPKat

JUNE 22, 2023

This is Part I of the detailed reporting on that Judgment. Following IPKat’s breaking news on the Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND Judgment, this Kat finally managed to digest and analyse the detail of the Judgment. The Judgment is divided into three sections.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Please let us know in the comments below. Read on to know more!

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 25, 2024

Though the terms of the agreement have not been made public, as reported by Sukanya Sarkar here (paywalled) the agreement brings an end to the patent disputes between the parties in Germany, France, the Netherlands, India, China, the UK and five other jurisdictions!

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.”

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

. “The Internet Investigator is primarily responsible for contributing to the global Internet strategy and protecting the motion picture and television industry’s business activities by investigating and reporting on individuals and organizations engaged in (the facilitation of) copyright infringement,” a new MPA job listing reads.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The biosimilar market also exhibited continued growth, with multiple biosimilar developers reporting strong sales of biosimilars through 2021. Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. Reported Discount at Launch. Conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. Further, during five years of negotiation between the parties before Intex filed the CCI complaint, Ericsson had provided to Intex claim charts showing essentiality and a test report showing infringement.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

The EUIPO would conduct non-binding checks to determine whether a patent is essential to a standard; Before launching a litigation, parties to a SEP licensing dispute would have to go through a mandatory conciliation procedure administered by the EUIPO. Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. 19 Ancillary technologies have likewise seen a spike in patent litigation activity in recent years, including charging technologies and battery control systems (e.g., district courts, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

District Court of Nevada ruled on a host of different requests to exclude evidence, including requests under Daubert and other expert challenges, Rule 408 settlement discussions and evidence of the parties’ respective wealth. Cannata , where the U.S. An opinion issued by the U.S. Anyone remember Gladys Kravitz ?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

NY Times : SmileDirectClub to Release Customers From NDAs in Settlement Other Consumer Issues * Pop v. Gallagher Data Breach Litigation , 631 F.Supp.3d Proximity to content that included hate speech resulted in some respondents reporting that the content made them like the advertiser less. Lulifama.com LLC, 2023 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

See Business Standard article entitled Spring cleaning in the Supreme Court: The new Chief Justice swats frivolous litigation but more measures are needed. Beyond these IP cases and properties, the notion of spring cleaning has been applied to courts sorting through the issues before them.

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