IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We are less than 24 hours out from 2024 and, after reflecting on what mattered in 2023 and other year-in-review recaps, it is now time once again to ponder what lies ahead. From exciting patent legislation to Supreme Court trademark and copyright cases that could have big implications, here is what the IPWatchdog community will be keeping on its radar in the new year.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Have you ever been to an Apple Store? I have, and I found it a painful experience. But that was only because I was at least 20 years older than. The post Apple of your eye appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The new year can’t start without reflecting the current one; looking back at the major stories of the past months. For writers and readers, the news often passes by, with major headlines swiftly fading into the background. At times like these, it’s good to realize that, for people who are featured or closely involved, those events are often life-altering.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

While you are getting your sequins ready for the NYE party, we bring some exciting IP news and opportunities to finish off the year. Image: flickr.com Katfood The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corp., et al. This week’s big IP news is the New York Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, trademark dilution and other violations of existing laws.

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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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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Velocity of Content is looking back at the past twelve months of programs. “I think, therefore I am,” the famous formulation of René Descartes, is the foundation principle of Western philosophy. Thinking is uniquely human. It defines us as a species – Homo sapiens , the thinking human. Now comes a plot twist. What if machines can be taught to think just as we do?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

There is plenty of issues surrounding exhaustion of intellectual property rights, which are also the subject of numerous decisions [ IPKat here , here or here ]. This time, this Kat had the opportunity to review Pierre Heuzé's published PhD thesis, written in French, titled " L'épuisement des droits de propriété intellectuelle sur un matériel biologique en droit suisse " [ Exhaustion of intellectual property rights in biological material under Swiss law ], published earlier this year.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In a recent decision ( R 1729/2022-4 ) on the distinctiveness of individual parts of composite word marks , the EUIPO's Fourth Board of Appeal (the Board) reversed a decision of the Opposition Division which had rejected an Italian individual's EU trade mark application for 'SUSSEX ROYAL', despite finding that a significant part of the public would associate this mark with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

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