Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Judge plans to trim AI lawsuit against Meta, Dutch pirates to receive more than just warnings and Rec Room sues cheating player. The post 3 Count: Rec Room Blues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The following is an edited transcript of our video Why Some Trademarks Receive More Protection Than Others Not all trademarks are created equally. Some are entitled to more protection than others. A trademark can be anything that indicates the source of a business’s products or services, such as: words logos slogans colors13 sounds product shapes product packaging building shapes We’re going to be focusing on words and why some get more protection than others.
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Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Recruiters have become increasingly worried about applicants committing plagiarism. Here's what they're doing, and what they should be doing. The post Plagiarism in Recruiting appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The Illusion of More
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
As reported by Insider last week, the Andreessen Horowitz VC firm a16z, complains that potential copyright liability for AI developers could harm the interest of their investors. “Imposing the cost of actual or potential copyright liability on the creators of AI models will either kill or significantly hamper their development,” they state, as quoted by […] The post With AI, Big Tech is No Longer Pretending to Care appeared first on The Illusion of More.
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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?
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
We are at the beginning of what promises to be a wave (potentially a tsunami) of complaints filed against the companies behind generative AI models (e.g., OpenAI). Recent lawsuits from Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad (Tremblay and Awad v. OpenAI Inc. et al. -- Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03223), Sarah Silverman (Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc. -- Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03416-AMO), and the Authors Guild (Authors Guild et al v.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On November 8, a Central California jury entered a verdict awarding $3.9 million in punitive damages against Internet financial platform ConsumerDirect. The verdict comes weeks after U.S. District Judge James Selna granted a motion for sanctions after finding that ConsumerDirect fraudulently represented its ownership of unregistered trademarks while obtaining a preliminary injunction in U.S. district court against Array.
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The recent Hollywood strikes have brought to light significant challenges at the intersection of artificial intelligence, intellectual property rights, and personal agency. The use of AI in films to de-age actors or recreate past performances is becoming increasingly common, leading to concerns about control over an individual’s digital likeness. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Not too long ago, this Kat discussed how difficult it is to protect tactile marks because they cannot be represented in a sufficiently clear and precise manner ( here ). The same is true of other types of non-traditional trade marks such as olfactory marks, as a recent decision of the German Patent Court demonstrates (case 29 W (pat) 515/21 ). Background On 3 September 2020, the applicant filed for a German trade mark for ‘sporting articles’ in class 28 with the following written representation
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Learned Concierge Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
A recent Board of Appeal decision T 0273/22 related to a patent in the same family as that of the landmark UK Supreme Court decision Regeneron v Kymab. The Supreme Court decision related to whole range sufficiency. The Board of Appeal decision relates to the basis requirement for disclaimers. In particular, in this divisional patent Regeneron had attempted to avoid a novelty attack by explicitly disclaiming embodiments of the invention from the claim.
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Boston Beer Corporation (“Boston Beer”) recently filed suit seeking monetary and injunctive relief in Massachusetts state court, alleging a former employee and his new employer, the competing alcoholic beverage company Downeast Cider House LLC (“Downeast”), were using Boston Beer’s trade secrets to unfairly compete with it and divert business opportunities to Downeast.
43(B)log
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
ImprimisRX, LLC v. OSRX, Inc., 2023 WL 7390842, No. 21-cv-01305-BAS-DDL (S.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2023) Imprimis sued defendants, competitors in the compounding pharmacy industry, for false advertising, trademark and copyright infringement, and related claims. It alleged that defendants falsely advertised that they’re in compliance with Section 503A of the FDCA, governing compounding.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
FTC recently placed improper Orange Book patent listings squarely in its crosshairs. In its September 2023 policy statement, FTC announced that it would “scrutinize improper Orange Book listings” and “use its full legal authority” to “tak[e] actions against companies and individuals that improperly list patents in the Orange Book that do not meet the statutory listing criteria.”.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
During this cold November in the UK , warm up with some upcoming IP webinars. Exploring Content Moderation Challenges in the Metaverse On the 14th November , the Chair for the responsible development of the Metaverse of the University of Alicante, in cooperation with the G-IPTech Centre at the School of Law of Queen’s University Belfast, is hosting a free webinar called “Exploring Content Moderation Challenges in the Metaverse”.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here. I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below. The only change in my submission is that for each posts the footnoting was renumbered for just the individual post.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Google LLC is accusing three unknown scammers of using the tech giant's trademarks to "lure unsuspecting victims" into installing onto their devices a fake version of Google's artificial intelligence chatbot Bard that is infected with malware.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On September 25, 2023, a United States Circuit Judge determined that fact questions surrounding issues of fair use and tortious interference required a jury to decide media conglomerate Thomson Reuters’s lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal-research artificial intelligence (AI) startup. Thomson Reuters, which owns legal research platform WestLaw, alleges that Ross infringed its copyright by illegally copying WestLaw’s short summaries of points of law that appear in judicial opinions (i.e.
Patently-O
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
by Dennis Crouch Berkely Center for Law & Technology is hosting a great half-day virtual-conference this week: “AI as an Inventing Tool – it’s Implications for Patent Law” organized by Prof. Rob Merge s, Dr. Yuan Hao (PhD), and Prof. Colleen Chien. Details: FREE, but please register: [link] 1:00 – 4:30 PACIFIC TIME. I’ll be there participating along with a great set of academics, government officials, law practice leaders, and tech developers.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) offers reductions in official fees to patent applicants that qualify for “small entity” status, which can be advantageous for many companies. However, various factors can render a company ineligible for these reduced filing fees. Falsely claiming small or micro entity status may lead to severe consequences, including patent invalidation.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Just a few weeks after Google waived its right to respond, the Supreme Court denied a petition challenging a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision that held a Texas district court erred in ruling against the search engine and tech behemoth. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found the inventors of a method for protecting computers from malware—Alfonso Cioffi and Allen Rozman (the patent is now assigned to Melanie, Megan and Morgan Rozman)—had proven
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In an increasingly rare exercise of discretion, the PTAB denied institution of inter partes review under Fintiv in Zhuhai Cosmx Battery Co., Ltd. v. Ningde Amperex Technology Limited, IPR2023-00587. The PTAB reasoned that the late stage of the parallel district court litigation, substantial investment by the parties in that proceeding, and the lack of countervailing considerations, favored the denial of institution.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Committee on Small Business hears from entrepreneurs who served in the U.S. military, and the House Subcommittee on Communications discusses the implications of AI technology on U.S. communications. Elsewhere, the USPTO evaluates how women can be empowered to become entrepreneurs and holds a webinar to explain proposed rule changes at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Michael Geist
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Is the Canadian government’s Internet legislation constitutional? That question arose during the hearings on Bills C-11 and C-18, but has taken on a new urgency given the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision involving an Alberta challenge to federal environmental assessment legislation. With limits on federal powers back in the spotlight, the vulnerability of the legislation requires further examination.
Intepat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Introduction Innovation has always been at the forefront of progress, driving advancements in technology, healthcare, and countless other industries. While historically, the field of patent filing has been dominated by men, an inspiring shift is taking place. Women inventors are making significant strides, leaving an indelible mark on the world of innovation and intellectual property.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Introduction Digital technologies such as the metaverse, non-fungible tokens ( NFTs ), blockchain and augmented realities are directly influencing how we cultivate and protect various forms of intellectual property, including trade marks. We have previously written about key steps for brand owners to consider for their trade mark strategy in the metaverse and since then, earlier this year, the 12 th edition of the Nice Classification came into force.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
For the third time this year, Womble Bond Dickinson has lured a team of intellectual property attorneys to its practice group, this time with a pair of Cozen O'Connor lawyers.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
At the start of November, the UK government hosted an AI Safety Summit, intended to provide a forum for in-depth discussions on the challenges and opportunities of AI technology. It attracted a wide array of senior stakeholders from across policy, business, academia and government and appears to show a UK desire to lead in this area. The opening day of the Summit saw the unveiling of the Bletchley Declaration (the Declaration) – a non-binding commitment agreed by the 27 countries whose del
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
An insurance agency owner and her soon-to-be-ex-husband accused each other of "gamesmanship" in opposing responses in North Carolina Business Court, each arguing that they were responsible for the day-to-day operations of the agency that may later be divided up as part of the ongoing divorce.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On Oct. 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued an executive order focused on the growing field of artificial intelligence. The administration is advancing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the safe and responsible development and use of AI and setting a marker for the world. The EO is practical and aspirational with varying degrees of immediate impact for businesses and their leadership teams.
Velocity of Content
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
While the US Congress holds the power to legislate on copyright, the last update of the Copyright Act went into force in 1978, and the last major copyright legislation, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act , was passed in 1998. In the meantime, shaping the evolution of copyright law has been left not to elected representatives but to appointed judges.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Indianapolis, Indiana – A lawsuit brought by Plaintiff Delta Faucet Company against Defendant Wenzhou Xin Xin Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. involves an allegation of patent infringement over United States Patent No. 11,725,369. Court documents state the patent at issue is for a “Vessel Rinsing Apparatus,” that was issued on August 15, 2023. The Plaintiff claims the Defendant has been manufacturing, using, selling, and importing vessel rinsing apparatuses that are “functionally equivalent [to De
The TTABlog
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Board denied a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark THE EDUCATION LAWYERS for "legal services" [LAWYERS disclaimed] finding that Petitioner Montgomery Law failed to prove either genericness or mere descriptiveness by a preponderance of the evidence. Respondent Jacobson & John obtained its registration under Section 2(f) based only upon a declaration of at least five years of continuous and substantially exclusive use prior to making the statement.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
A jury in Waco, Texas, has ruled in a dispute between major Dutch chipmaker NXP and Seattle rival Impinj, ordering NXP to pay out a little under $2 million and rejecting its efforts to make its own patent case against the U.S. company.
43(B)log
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Celestin v. Martelly, F.Supp.3d -, 2023 WL 6385 (E.D.N.Y. 2023) Plaintiffs alleged Martelly, the then-President-elect of Haiti, devised a “wide-ranging scheme” to impose fees and fix prices on money transfers, food remittances, and international calls made to and from Haiti. Martelly allegedly “promoted, marketed, advertised and sold” the Fees to the public as necessary “to finance free education for impoverished children,” knowing that wasn’t true: a program to fund free education in Haiti alle
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Ford Motor Co. did not infringe a New Jersey company's patents for an adaptive cruise control system in its 2018 Edge SUV and other vehicles, a Delaware federal judge has ruled.
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