The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2025

Get your own Brian action figure to play everyone's favorite game - CJEU SPC Uncertainty? (with credit to Nina Bayerl) The tulips are saluting in Broadway, the trees are blossoming in Central Park and the chattering of IP lawyers , judges, policy makers and commentators can be heard around Fordham Law School where Fordham Universitys 32 nd Annual Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference got off to an early, engaging and exciting start with a breakfast-time panel on Patents in Pharma.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 24, 2025

The State Bar of California recently revealed that it used AI to write questions for its new bar exam. The response has been very heated. The post California Bar Admits to Using AI to Develop Bar Exam Questions appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2025

Back in 2019, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, alongside the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Hollywood’s MPA, had reason to celebrate following a successful enforcement operation. Their target was a CDN (Content Delivery Network) known as Moonwalk, which offered vast quantities of movies and TV shows for pirate site operators to embed in their own sites.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

In yet another recent example of the need for care in establishing a full record when appealing the denial of a trademark application, on April 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the denial of an application for CHICKEN SCRATCH for beer due to a prior registration for CHICKEN SCRATCH for restaurant services. In re: R.S.

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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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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 24, 2025

Warner Music Group sues Crumbl, India's supreme court clarifies copyright/design divide, and Mariah Carey seeks fees from Vince Vance. The post 3 Count: Cookie Crumbl appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

Today, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Director Andrei Iancu delivered a keynote address to open the Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS) 2025 being held at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, CA. Iancus comments excoriated recent calls to weaken U.S. intellectual property laws for the purpose of devaluing American intellectual property (IP), a political viewpoint that he said cedes economic and technological dominance to foreign rivals like China.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments today from both Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), on behalf of Judge Pauline Newman, and Melissa Patterson, on behalf of the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit, in Newman v. Moore, a case challenging the effective removal of Judge Newman from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

The attorney fighting Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension alarmed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday when he argued that judges can only have their work taken from them if they voluntarily resign or are impeached.

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Patently-O

APRIL 24, 2025

by Dennis Crouch One ongoing debate at the PTAB has been the role of Applicant Admitted Prior Art (AAPA) in inter pates review proceedings.AAPA refers to statements made by the patentee that admit that certain subject matter is part of the prior art. These statements are typically found in the background section and might include language like: It is well known that Conventional systems use Prior work includes As described in [reference], it is known that Examiners rely heavily on AAPA, but

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Copyright Alliance

APRIL 24, 2025

Music is a universal language that unites people, crosses borders, and enriches our lives, making it well worth protecting. Copyright law is the framework behind how music is protected and […] The post Common Types of Music Licenses and Royalties appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

At ACIs 23rd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents, you can expect informational overviews and thorough discussion of every facet of the industry. In a time of major legislative, regulatory, and judicial change, you can't afford to miss this year's event.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

Image via PxHere form This series of posts presents the implementation of the CDSM Directive in Poland and discusses some of the controversies linked to the new provisions in Polish law. The first post gave an overview of the implementation, including the new provisions on TDM and the implementation of Article 17 of the CDSM. This second post discusses the right to remuneration under Article 18.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

How CDMOs are reshaping pharmaceutical partnerships through friendshoring, risk-sharing economics, and specialized development capabilities. The pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape is undergoing a profound shift, with contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) evolving from simple capacity providers to strategic partners.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 24, 2025

The protection of patent innovations falls under Intellectual Property (IP) framework Intellectual Property operates as a vital instrument to defend all types of innovations and original works of authors and developers in today’s economy. Patents constitute a fundamental element within intellectual property alongside other types since they safeguard innovative inventions.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

Another year, another celebration of intellectual property (IP) on World IP Day. This time, the World Intellectual Property Organization is focusing on IP and music: World Intellectual Property Day 2025 highlights how creativity and innovation, backed by IP rights, keep a thriving music scene that benefits everyone, everywhere.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

A New York federal judge on Thursday tossed a copyright infringement suit that a nephew of late Superman co-creator Joseph Shuster lodged against DC Comics on behalf of his uncle's estate ahead of a July film release on the iconic superhero, saying the court lacked jurisdiction over the case.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp.The Federal Circuit held that the Asserted Patents which relate to methods of generating real-time network maps and optimized event schedules using machine learning were directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

Samsung has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director to review several discretionary denial decisions from the patent board, arguing that the rulings were unfair because they came down "the very same day" the patent office changed how those rulings are supposed to be evaluated.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district courts ruling that patents applying established machine learning methods to new data are not patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101. Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. et al., Case No. 23-2437 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2025) (Dyk, Prost, Goldberg, JJ.).

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

Ziff Davis, the publisher behind digital publications like PCMag, Mashable and Everyday Health, on Thursday became the latest media company to launch a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of ripping off copyrighted content to train its artificial intelligence products.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. (April 18, 2025) has garnered a lot of attention. This is not surprising: It hits on hot topics such as machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and patent eligibility, and the court itself called this a "matter of first impression.".

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

The Federal Circuit's first-ever patent eligibility decision involving machine learning made clear that using artificial intelligence technology to make a task faster or more efficient is not sufficient, while leaving uncertainty about what type of technical improvements would pass muster, attorneys say.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

AZURITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. ALKEM LABORATORIES LTD. Before Murphy, Moore, and Chen.Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Arguments and amendments made during prosecution of a parent application can provide clear and unmistakable evidence of a disclaimer of claim scope in a continuation application.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

A photographer suing a Houston personal injury law firm over using a photo of a firefighter without allegedly paying for it said Thursday that the parties have agreed to settle the case.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

High-volume patent monetization entities have long focused on targets in the information technology and software sectors. But that trend is shifting.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to revive allegations that Latham Pool Products infringed a swimming pool design patent, affirming a Tennessee federal court's finding that the patented design and the accused pool were clearly distinct.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

The Federal Circuit recently refused to apply collateral estoppel to claims of a patent asserted in district court litigation based on a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding similar claims from the same patent unpatentable because the PTAB applied a lower burden of proof than what is required to invalidate claims in district court.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

Epic Games failed to persuade a Federal Circuit panel on Thursday to undo the patent board's rejection of the video game company's efforts to invalidate patents that Fortnite's in-game communication programs were accused of infringing.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced new trademark fees for 2025. These changes are designed to address increased operating costs and examination times and they will impact many routine trademark proceedings. The new rules and fees particularly pertain to goods and services identifications.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

The California federal judge overseeing the $2.78 billion settlement between the NCAA and college athletes seeking compensation remained unsatisfied with the NCAA's insistence on roster limits she considers unfair to class members, so much so that she gave the sides two weeks to resolve the issue or risk having the settlement tossed and sent back to litigation.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced that it has shortened the time between the issue notification and the issue date for patents. Historically, the time between these two events averaged about three weeks. Seeking to provide earlier protection for inventions, the PTO intends to reduce that time to about two weeks.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board shot down requests from Google and Samsung to review a pair of voice command patents, pointing out that a trial is set for later this year in parallel infringement litigation against Samsung.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2025

First released in 2004 as part of the broader Piracy: Its a Crime campaign, the You Wouldnt Steal a Car PSA quickly became iconic. Its dramatic equation of online piracy with stealing handbags, televisions, and cars, also made it a fertile breeding ground for memes, satire, and ridicule. While the main commercial is well-remembered, a lesser-known ‘ street sales ‘ equivalent has largely been forgotten.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2025

A Colorado federal judge dismissed, for now, allegations that the former operations director of Curaleaf Inc. violated a confidentiality agreement and shared information with a onetime business partner, ruling Thursday the court lacked jurisdiction since the defendant didn't live in the state, rarely traveled to the state and worked remotely.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2025

In July 2024, the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) clarified its procedural rules surrounding evidence preservation and confidentiality. It confirmed that the deadline for bringing an action on the merits only starts to run after the applicant has seen the expert report on the evidence seizure or the court has decided to withhold the report for confidentiality reasons.

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