Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Since the resolution of that litigation, click fraud issues have largely faded into the background, flaring up only occasionally. Google Successfully Amends Adwords Contract to Add Arbitration–AdTrader v. So it’s a nostalgic kick to blog a pure click fraud ruling in 2022. Case Citation: Singh v. Google LLC , 2022 WL 94985 (N.D.

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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 second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The case against the engineer settled, and as part of the settlement agreement the engineer assigned any claim against the lawyer to Prince’s estate. The Massachusetts firm initially represented the defendant, but then was named as a defendant. The firm later was dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. McCann, 429 Mass.

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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. Patent Nos.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The court explains that, despite the license, Gutman could use “her name for noncommercial purposes, including personal social-media accounts.” If anything, the Second Circuit musings give the parties more to fight over, rather than providing enough clarity to estimate the Coase Theorem entitlement and facilitate a settlement.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

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

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

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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. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

The decision was heavily swayed by the fact that Bell is a “serial litigant” that has filed dozens of similar lawsuits over the course of a decade. 3: Oracle, NEC Resolve Contract, Copyright Dispute Over Database Software. In the end, the two sides have agreed to a settlement to bring an end to the lawsuit.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Teami ($15 million settlement, all but $1 million suspended), where there were other bad things like fighting cancer claims and also nondisclosure by influencers like Cardi B. Regulator will impose “conditions of service,” though not quite traditional broadcaster licensing. Joseph Lewczak: FTC v.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

But DNP isn’t actually licensed to practice law. The false association claim was based on the theory that consumers are misled to believe that DNP is affiliated with licensed attorneys and that State bar authorities approve of or sponsor DNP’s services.) It sought to represent a class of similar law firms.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Mailyn Fidler, Cross-Racial Copyright Litigation in Music: Only a Paper Moon? Have Black musicians been able to use copyright litigation to push back against cross-racial appropriation (Three Boys), is it equal (Campbell v. Looking at post-1978, 9 th , 2d, and 6 th Cir (Motown) and SCt; copying and use without license.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Specifically, when a derivative work is created pursuant to a statutory exception, then the derivative work is prepared “lawfully,” even though the artist who created the derivative did not get a license or other permission from the owner of the copyright in the underlying work. Goldsmith herself had been entirely unaware of the licensed use.)

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. This is a preview of the future of CCB litigation…CAN’T WAIT!

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the “ Commission ”) proposed a new regulation on the licensing of standard essential patents (the “ Proposal ”). [1] SEP holders seeking to license their SEPs for royalties and to enforce them in the EU would have to register the patents in a SEP register.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

NY Times : Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S. In re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation, 2022 WL 17869218 (N.D. The settlement agreement. Marketing. * FTC cracks down on live reads on the radio. * Comptroller , No. C-02-cv-02-10509 (Md. Turtle Island Foods SPC v. “ Privacy. * ” * Williams v. .

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

FRAND – Licensing Terms InterDigital selected 20 of its previous licences as comparables – the InterDigital 20. The Judge held that the patent licence agreements (‘PLA’) relied upon by InterDigital were not relevant comparables: the scale of the licensed business in each case was dramatically smaller than that of Lenovo.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than 2023 per settlement. Commercial Launch Date.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Musicologists in litigation: (1) identify formal similarities—instrumentation, chord progression; (2) opine on how aesthetically similar/significant those similarities are; (3) opine about the rarity of similar features; (4) opine that copying did or didn’t occur. Open Source Smell Culture: perfumers can share formulas using CC licenses.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What you’re seeing is cross-licensing/branding. Another big difference along with legal research is that the TM bar used to be small; now the money is good so lawyers not really trained as TM lawyers are litigating these cases; generalists that pick & choose things—you hear that in the arguments.

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