TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Under U.S. copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Many ISPs have been reluctant to take such drastic measures, which triggered a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits in recent years. Internet provider RCN is among the targeted providers. In 2021, the company was sued by several film companies, including the makers of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, London Has Fallen, and Hellboy.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

I’m finally getting to Pascal Attali’s wonderful 2022 book titled Once Upon a Time: The Patent. The book’s 300 pages is divided into 50+ short chapters written as vignettes on the global patent system. Every vignette typically begins with a fictionalized historical narrative and then a more detailed explanation of the historical context and its importance.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Over the past few years, millions of people in dozens of countries have continuously gorged on rumors, speculation, misinformation, disinformation and, on rare occasions, actual information pertaining to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Safe in the knowledge that 24/7/365 wall-to-wall multi-media coverage would never be enough, Penguin Random House (PRH) reportedly paid a $20 million advance for Prince Harry to end all speculation, once and for all, in a brand new book.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Remember the silliness over the attempt by a certain attorney to secure trademark rights for CYBERLAWYER? The notable part about how that went down was that the foolishness was abated. The post Web 2.0, but nothing’s changed appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

Technology

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

In Dionex Softron GmbH v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. , Nos. 21-1794 and 21-2372, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) affirmed interference decisions awarding priority to Agilent. Dionex Softron GmbH v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. , No. 21-2372 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2023) (“ Dionex I ”) is an appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”)’s decision in Interference (“Int.”) No. 106,109.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has taken recent initiatives to clear backlogs in trademark prosecution and opposition matters, and a public notice was issued on February 6, 2023 encapsulating a gargantuan list of trademark application numbers that are said to pertain those applications that could be “deemed to be abandoned” as per the provisions of law.

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IAM Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Saturday Opinion: SCOTUS enablement review has exposed divisions among innovative life sciences companies

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