The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate Course Trier & Online tutorial - Course start: 25 September 2024; Course end: 16 May 2025 ERA will offer a high-standard course giving patent attorneys the best tools to understand the legal framework and procedural rules necessary to litigate before the UPC.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On Tuesday, December 6, Regeneron filed an expedited motion to compel Mylan’s compliance with the protective order in the parties’ BPCIA litigation concerning Mylan’s proposed aflibercept biosimilar of EYLEA. Stay tuned to Big Molecule Watch for further developments in this case.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

However, that prompted the Public Citizen Litigation Group to step in. According to NetEase, Tencent, through its QQ Music streaming platform, has violated a contract with them by streaming music in provinces where QQ has no license to do so. 3: Performing Artists Push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 27, 2021

On June 21, 2021, the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever administrative injunction against the alleged infringement of a design patent. The problem therefore remains: Current remedies for design and copyright infringements pass mostly through civil courts and are neither cheap nor quick.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

According to the complaint, in early 2022, Andretti Global hired the Plaintiff and the Defendants to design and construct a racing facility in Fishers, IN. The parties then entered into a Design-Build Contract , which included financial terms, budgets, building plans, completion dates, etc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Additionally, attorneys who violate a protective order jeopardize their license to practice law. For example, pre-suit communications exchanged between the parties may be designated “Confidential.” This designation permits necessary decision-makers to access select information so they can evaluate the case and assess settlement offers.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We recently came across one such short paper on “ SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License ” published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (see here ) and extended a guest post invitation to its authors to discuss their key arguments.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

On June 21, 2021, the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever administrative injunction against the alleged infringement of a design patent. The problem therefore remains: Current remedies for design and copyright infringements pass mostly through civil courts and are neither cheap nor quick.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) annual conference will be held from 28 to 30 April 2024 in Madrid, Spain. The program includes life sciences and artificial intelligence, Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation, EU Data Act requirements, IP management topics across diverse fields and countries, and a gala dinner.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Litigation of the other patents asserted by AbbVie is stayed. ” The post Litigation and Regulatory Update for Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar appeared first on Big Molecule Watch. .” ” The post Litigation and Regulatory Update for Alvotech’s Adalimumab Biosimilar appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

Recently, Yuri Eliezer was invited to share his insights on the Conscious Design Podcast , hosted by Ian Peterman. This podcast brings together thought leaders from various fields to discuss the future of design and its impact on our world.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As readers may be aware, Articles 18-22 of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive) [IPKat coverage here ] establish protective measures for authors and performers that license or transfer the exclusive economic rights over their works and performances to third parties for the purpose of exploitation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2013, Philpot uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons, which is governed by the standard Creative Commons license requiring attribution. Philpot claims his standard photo licensing fee is $3,500, but reuses of the photo from Wikipedia Commons didn’t require any payment (just attribution). Nature of the Work.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granting a motion to enforce PlasmaCAM’s (Plasmacam) version of an agreement with Fourhills Designs, LLC, and Thomas and Martha Caudle (collectively “CNC”). 7,071,441 (‘441 patent), for which Plasmacam has an exclusive license.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Other Posts Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC V. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs – A Reasoned Judgement or Inherently Contradictory? The defendant asserted that his use is protected under Section 33, arguing that since the plaintiff is not a copyright society, it cannot insist the defendant take a license.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The lawsuit was brought James’ Designworks, an aggressive litigant that has brought many similar lawsuits over alleged infringement of its floor plans and home designs. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Saber”) had entered into a licensing agreement with the trademark owner for the exclusive intellectual property rights to depict the K-700 in its video game, Mudrunner. The agreement included the right to enforce the license in court. The star of this case is a K-700 tractor. Saber Interactive Inc.(“Saber”)

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After over four years of litigation and five COVID-related continuances, it’s finally time for the main event. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design. Tribal design. Implied License and Fair Use Are the Key Remaining Defenses. There’s a lot at stake.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Those arguments were that (1) Take-Two’s use of the tattoos was authorized by an implied license, (2) the fair use doctrine insulates their utilization of the tattoos and (3) the tattoos constitute a de minimis part of the video game. Take Two had good reason to believe in its implied license defense.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

Dubbed DeviantArt Protect and Launched in July 2021 , the system was originally designed to help artists detect duplicates or near-duplicates of their images on the internet. We’ve seen mass litigation efforts, commonly referred to as “copyright troll” operations , speculative invoicing and much more. At least not yet. Bottom Line.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In Canada, under section 64(2) of the Copyright Act , it is not an infringement of copyright to reproduce the design of a “useful article”, so long as more than 50 copies are made. In Pyrrha Design Inc. where original jewellery designs are automatically protected under copyright law as sculptural or pictorial works.

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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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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. A trademark can be any word or phrase symbol design combination of things that identifies your goods and services in the marketplace. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e.,

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Merpel wonders where we are headed on the FRAND licensing level debate, and who is in the driver's seat? SEP Litigation Demonstrates Licensing Component Suppliers Would Increase Efficiency Some SEP owners have argued against licensing component suppliers under the pretext that it is more efficient to license end users.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the costume isn’t licensed, why is it not infringing regardless of the name change? First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. In short, Juice Demon is Juice Demon because he can’t be Beetlejuice, not without a license. Why did the company do this?

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2023

In the USA, civil litigation typically involves substantial discovery — with each party demanding to see the other side’s secrets. That information may be needed to resolve the infringement litigation, but you could imagine a competitor also using the information for a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

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Intepat

MAY 18, 2023

A “standard” is a set of technical specifications that seeks to provide a common design for a product or process. Therefore, the need to obtain information as well as the license to use such technology is innately high, and this is where the concept of FRAND licensing comes in.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Trademark infringement litigation is expensive and time consuming, many times individuals are not aware they are infringing on a trademark. Manuscripts, designs and art can all be classified as intellectual property. Can NFTs Reflect Ownership License Rights or Other IP? What is Intellectual Property? How are Trademarks Used?

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Patently-O

JANUARY 28, 2024

There was successful litigation and licensing. Here, the Federal Circuit held Ficep’s patent claims to be directed to the abstract idea of “extracting and transferring information from a design file to a manufacturing machine.” There was industry recognition applauding the “innovation.” There was copying by competitors.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

IPR primarily include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and designs, each serving a specific purpose in protecting various forms of intellectual creations. Novel innovations are protected by patents, but software codes, designs, or artistic components are protected by copyrights.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

4iP - Anti-Suit and Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions in SEP litigation - 17 February 2022 4iP will hold a webinar on 17 February 2022 (4:00pm, CET) about a paper that will soon be published by Dr. Igor Nikolic, "Anti-Suit and Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions in SEP litigation". The registration for the event can be made here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

3D printing has the potential to grow in all manufacturing segments including Aerospace & Defence and public sectors revolutionizing product design and on-location manufacturing globally. Mr. Jagadeesh Kumar, Divisional Manager-Legal(IPR, Technology, Licensing & Product Litigations), Ashok Leyland Limited.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Instead, proposes trust but verify: register to certify compliance with regulations, including limited government inspection, similar to source code review in litigation. Enforced w/penalties, including litigation/whistleblower protections. License when absolutely necessary but watch for restrictions on purpose or geography.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The litigants are in different markets. ” The court doesn’t address the potential licensing market for the tattoo design. In other words, not even close. Purpose and Character of Use. ” Market Effect.

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