TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Over the past several years Nintendo has been pouring resources into its fight against those who help to bypass security measures in its Switch console. Earlier this month Nintendo celebrated a win in a civil case against former Team-Xecuter member Gary Bowser, who agreed to pay the gaming giant $10m in damages. Nintendo also obtained a UK High Court injunction to block four Team-Xecuter-related websites back in 2019 but that did little to stop pirated game ROMs from being shared online.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Trademark owners and practitioners have some extra reasons to celebrate this year, as the majority of the Trademark Modernization Act went into effect on December 18, 2021. Among other benefits for trademark infringement actions and federal trademark examination, the TMA also created two valuable new mechanisms – ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings – to clear unused (and even fraudulent) trademark registrations from the federal trademark Register.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

While most piracy activity has shifted to streaming in recent years, U.S. courts have still been overloaded with BitTorrent related piracy lawsuits. This phenomenon, often dubbed “copyright trolling,” started over a decade ago and remains ongoing, in large part thanks to one company. In the past, there were multiple rightsholders that sued hundreds of people but this changed.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Eleventh Circuit upholds a jury verdict finding misappropriation of trade secrets to alcohol sales invoicing software; the European Patent Office rules that an AI system cannot be a legal person who satisfies inventorship requirements; a U.S. magistrate judge recommends $83 million in statutory damages against Russian operators […].

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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?

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Certain case names are associated with certain factors that the TTAB considers in deciding certain issues. For example, in assessing likelihood of confusion, the Board applies the " DuPont factors. See if you can match the case names listed below with the issue that each addressses. [Answers provfided in first comment.] Case Name Issue 1 Benthin A 2(a) deceptiveness 2 Budge B excusable neglect 3 Converse C 2(a) false connection 4 DuPont D 2(e)(2) 5 Great Seats E 2(e)(3) 6 Morton-Norwich F 2(d) 7

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 24, 2021

If you have seen any of our prior articles concerning the China Initiative, you know the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is still focused on actively investigating individuals with ties to China who are suspected of trade secrets theft. However, the failure of recent China Initiative prosecutions raises an issue as to which companies involved in academic and scientific research may be targeted going forward.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Earlier this month, certain regulations implementing the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) went into effect. Per the final rule, the new tools are primarily to clear the “deadwood” – that is, unused registered trademarks – from the Registry and are now available for use.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast evolving and discovering new applications on a regular basis. It is still rethinking how to approach and solve challenges in a wide range of sectors. Artificial intelligence (“AI”) advancements in this Fourth Industrial Revolution period have resulted in AI capable of developing innovative and inventive inventions.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Happy holidays! Whether you light a menorah (like myself), a kinara or a tree, I’m glad that you decided to make the “Spotlight” part of your holiday season. In the spirit of this time of year, I am, despite my better judgment, obliged to start off with (public domain) holiday cheer to the tune of “Jingle Bells.” Hey, if Irving Berlin and Mel Torme can do it, why not this mensch?

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IAM Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Members of the editorial team share their plans for the festive period as the platform closes down for a few days rest before the new year gets underway.

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Advertiser: IPO

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 24, 2021

As we explored in the last India in Focus article, the legal framework governing foreign investments in India is derived from an interconnected bundle of legislation, regulations and policy documents which together are commonly referred to as the IndianExchange Control Regulations. These prescribe mandatory pricing guidelines for foreign investment in India.

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IAM Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Members of the editorial team share their plans for the festive period as the platform closes down for a few days rest before the new year gets underway.

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Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The post Yule remember this old chestnut appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!

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