The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

Over to Brussels-based trainee patent attorney, Henry Yang , provides a summary for readers below. Over to Henry: "AutoStore and Ocado were in a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute including the UK and the US. Their English solicitors were negotiating settlement.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This New York action has been stayed pending resolution of the English litigation. This is an interesting legal question as the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the CDPA) brought in new performers’ rights, even for earlier performances such as Mitchell’s and Redding’s subject to transitional provisions regarding prior contracts.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology.

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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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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Merpel gives the "German injunction gap" factor some much needed side-eye After the end of what English and Welsh litigators call the Trinity term (aka end of the term before the Court breaks for the summer holidays), Mr Justice Mellor was working overtime to deliver two decisions.

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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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. 1117(a), which says: When a violation of any right of the registrant of a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, a violation under section 1125(a) or (d) of this title, or a willful violation under section 1125(c) of this title, shall have been established. ,

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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 saga began with Qualcomm accusing Apple of infringing several patents in district court. patents 7,844,037 and 8,683,362.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has begun 2023 with its first precedential patent decision in DexCom, Inc. The patentee had requested an order barring Abbott from pursuing its IPR challenges – based upon a forum selection clause that was part of a prior settlement between the parties. by Dennis Crouch The U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

Petitions Challenging Patent Claims Previously Subject to Final Adjudication in District Court or PTO Proceedings The ANRPM proposes discretionarily denying petitions under 35 U.S.C. § Nevertheless, this proposal is also contrary to the statutes, which provides the explicit limitations on when a patent can be challenged.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Mailyn Fidler, Cross-Racial Copyright Litigation in Music: Only a Paper Moon? Who sues who?

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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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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

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. And the Judge declined to make any separate adjustment to reflect patent coverage.

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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

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. 17 U.S.C. §

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

In a post for Patently-O , Peter describes how the TSCMJG came into existence. Disputes over inventorship are not confined to patent cases and often arise in trade secrets cases too. § 256 was premature because no patents had yet issued. Cannata , where the U.S. An opinion issued by the U.S.

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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. Gov’t is interested in improving licensing, but focused on TM and patent.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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. There was a settlement over validity v. may be source of Gorsuch’s interest.

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