The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This is a review of Commercialising Celebrity Persona, Intellectual Property Law and Practice by Emma Perot, Lecturer in Law at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Chapter three identifies and analyses three influences on behaviour, namely; law, desire to collaborate via contract, and social norms.

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Television Social Media Advertising Advertising 67

BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

After nearly four years of litigation, the parties reached a settlement agreement and mutually opted for voluntary dismissal. On June 9, 2023, both parties agreed to conclude the prolonged litigation following several petitions to extend the discovery period deadline. Each party agreed to bear their own attorneys fees.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Subsidies offered for Patent and Trademark (in selected categories) registration, encouraging innovation and protecting intellectual property. This made it intricate and perplexing for litigants, especially small business owners reliant on consistent cash flow.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We also noted that this theory could wreak havoc on routine employee departure litigation by creating a turf war between the court system and the NLRB. In response, the company filed a lawsuit against the now-former employee, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2023

The laundry list of accusations also included trademark dilution, false advertising, common law unjust enrichment, common law tortious interference with contract, and breach of settlement agreement.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. After trial, the jury found that Fossil had acted “in callous disregard” of Romag’s intellectual property rights. Will it incentivize more trademark litigation since it clearly establishes that a showing of willfulness is not required to obtain a profits award?

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Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

Regeneron’s Suits Against Proposed Biosimilars of EYLEA The year 2023 saw significant developments in litigation related to biosimilars referencing Regeneron’s EYLEA (aflibercept) product. That IPR was terminated in August in view of a settlement agreement and before there was any decision on institution.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. The jury also found Shi breached the settlement agreement. ” In the partially published case, Elation Sys. Elation appealed the order granting the JNOV. 2d 630, 632.)

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Confidentiality Settlement Publishing Contracts 52

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. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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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. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 110

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2023

3] On July 21, 2023, Aicon Art moved to disqualify the Law Firm from representing Aicon Contemporary in the litigation, alleging that Aicon Art and Aicon Contemporary had jointly retained the Law Firm to assist in preparing the Toor Agreement and related logistics. [4]

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Art Confidentiality Law Artwork 40

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. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

Refusing to Sell the Property: In cases where heirs reject the sale or do not respond within a specified time, the Department seeks a friendly settlement among heirs. If agreed upon, a contract is signed, and the Department proceeds with the sale.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Circuit has provided additional guidance about an appellant’s standing to appeal IPR decisions after settling the related litigations and entering into patent license agreements. The ongoing district court litigation was dismissed with prejudice. Qualcomm Inc. , No 20-1683 (Fed. patents 7,844,037 and 8,683,362.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2022

Before doing that, the statute requires the agency to send the penalty complaint (and settlement, if one exists) to the Department of Justice, and the DOJ then has 45 days to either file the case itself or return it to the FTC for prosecution. Well, as my contracts professor used to say, “Always read to the end of the statute.”

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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.” California recently enacted two new non-compete laws.

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Confidentiality Litigation Business Law 52

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.” California recently enacted two new non-compete laws.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

In this regard, the PTO is further considering, for determining whether a party is under-resourced, whether it should consider: government funding; third-party litigation funding support; the resources of anyone with an ownership interest in the patent owner; anyone with a stake in the outcome of the proceeding. Litigate it?

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

2] The European intellectual property landscape is already undergoing major upheaval with the launch of the Unified Patent Court (the “UPC”) on 1 June 2023. [3] Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation. The essentiality finding is not binding, and can be relitigated. Mandatory mediation would not change this.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

But in any event, AWF’s aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach made a friendly settlement all but impossible. As a result, the rest of the copyright ecosystem has to live with the fallout from AWF’s seemingly reckless and irresponsible litigation strategy. The Court held 6-3 that The Nation’s article was not a fair use.

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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. Litigation Funders Beware! Want to persuade a litigation funder to help you with your trade secrets case?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bita Amani, Some More Equal Than Others: Critical Contexts for the (False) Promises of Intellectual Property Rights IP and sustainable development goals: What is equality itself? This can lead to settlement/end of cases: Even if there was copying, we don’t know they copied from you! A: that’s what tells me they are unreliable!

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