Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
When you're looking for images on a specific topic, Wikimedia Commons can be a godsend. Here's how to use it correct and safely. The post How to Use Wikimedia Commons for Free & Legal Images appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Erik shares red flags to watch for and tips to protect yourself from trademark scammers in this podcast. The post Trademark Telephone Scams appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik shares red flags to watch for and tips to protect yourself from trademark scammers in this podcast.
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Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
DISH Network and Datacamp settle safe harbor case, manga leakers in Japan arrested and Nigerian court postpones major copyright lawsuit. The post 3 Count: DataCamp Settlement appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Hugh Stephens Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Image: Shutterstock Canadian visual artists, who have been hoping for the establishment of an Artists Resale Right (ARR) as part of a successful conclusion to the Canada-UK Free Trade Agreement negotiations, may become collateral damage if the talks breakdown completely. As I wrote in a blog post a year or so ago (“Will the “Artists’ … Continue reading "Britain Walks Away from Trade Agreement with Canada: Will Artists be Collateral Damage?
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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?
Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This article was originally posted to Law360. The America Invents Act created inter partes review in 2012. Statutory estoppel is one of the features of the statute that balances the interests of patent owners and patent challengers. The statute simply states that an IPR petitioner may not later assert in court that a claim “is invalid on any ground that the petitioner raised or reasonably could have raised during that inter partes review.” 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2).
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Last December, Italy’s much-debated ‘Piracy Shield’ anti-piracy system went live in a limited capacity. With a legal challenge thwarted , the blocking efforts are now gearing up, with Internet services as rightsholders’ weapon of choice. Italy’s telecoms regulator AGCOM is the arbiter and previously declared the technological and procedural rules.
Intellectual Property Pulse brings together the best content for IP professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Likelihood of Confusion
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
As usual, lots of fun. Plague or not, you have to bring it! Below is the case (UPDATE: audio of the argument here): UPDATE: Decision here — vacated and remanded. #winning Originally posted 2020-04-27 14:57:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post Today in trademark appeals appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A Virginia federal judge has signed off on a joint request by BMW and Arigna Technology to dismiss the automaker's suit seeking a declaration that its Infineon integrated circuits did not infringe a patent held by Arigna, not long after BMW opposed an attempt by Arigna's counsel to leave the case.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
When over 100 officers of Italy’s ‘Penitentiary Police’ carried out a massive anti-contraband operation inside the Velletri prison last week, the spoils were widely reported in the media. The seizure of a small amount of drugs got a mention, likewise the seizure of six phones, chargers, and a PlayStation console. But what really sparked imaginations was the discovery of pirate set-top boxes, which apparently allowed users to “access various pay TV contents such as Sky, Ne
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
United States Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal issued a memorandum on Tuesday saying the agency's existing mechanisms are adequate to tackle attorney conduct — and misconduct — related to the use of artificial intelligence tools, but promised to provide more guidance in the next few months.
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JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The legal implications of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI, quickly became a topic of casual conversation following the launch of ChatGPT in November of 2022. Generative AI is a type of AI with the ability to create many forms of unique content (e.g., images, video content, text, poems, stories, musical compositions, sound recordings, and even deepfakes).
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
My lifelong participation in the sport of dressage — often called ballet on horses — has proven that several skills developed through training and competition are transferable to legal work, especially the ability to harness focus, persistence and versatility when negotiating a deal, says Stephanie Coco at V&E.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial began on January 23, 2024 between tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (“Kat Von D”) and photographer Jeff Sedlik (“Sedlik”).
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
IBM led the field in applying for generative artificial intelligence patents over the last five years, filing over 500 more than runner-up Google and beating out household AI names such as Microsoft and OpenAI, according to findings from a patent research firm.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
One day before comments closed on the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights, published by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) and the Department of Commerce last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denied an appeal of a decision not to march in on the blockbuster prostate cancer drug, Xtandi®.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A recent decision by a California district court in J. Doe 1 v. GitHub, Inc., a case brought by computer programmers alleging that their works had been used to train AI models that generate computer code in violation of their rights, highlights how courts are grappling with some of the unique legal issues presented by these fact patterns.
IP Close Up
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A prolific inventor who founded a profit-sharing invention company in New York and saved German scientists from Hitler, Oscar-nominated Gloria Swanson’s real-life invention story reads Continue reading
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Through tactical litigation practices, copyright trolls rely on copyright law to allege infringement and threaten major statutory damages upon unsuspecting defendants. The term “copyright troll” is an unflattering nickname for someone who manipulates the intellectual property (“IP”) laws to force a “toll” by way of a settlement payout on market participants.
Christopher Roser
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
In my last post I looked at some general tips on how to see the shop floor. Most of them involve focusing on the right areas of the shop floor, and avoiding interesting but not relevant technical details. This post will discuss different aspects that can be observed. Here, too, try not to see everything. Read more The post Different Aspects of Seeing a Shop Floor—Visual Management, 5S, and Waste first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
In re: Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd, No. 2024-103 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 22, 2024) - On January 26, 2024, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for writ of mandamus to vacate an order permitting Rotolight Limited (“Rotolight”) to serve Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd. (“Aputure”) through email to Aputure’s in-house counsel.
Copyright Alliance
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Today, we turn the spotlight over to one of our Community Partners, BIPOC Podcast Creators. They are a Black and Latina-owned non-profit organization dedicated to amplifying “BIPOC talent and voices […] The post Community Partner Spotlight: BIPOC Podcast Creators appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Case Name: Acadia Pharms. Inc. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., No. 20-985-GBW, 2023 WL 8622048 (D. Del. Dec. 13, 2023) (Williams, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Nuplazid® (pimavanserin tartrate); U.S. Patent No. 7,601,740 (“the ’740 patent”).
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Smart home software company Vivint, saddled with a nearly $190 million verdict over allegedly deceptive marketing tactics, is taking its quest to overturn the judgment to the Fourth Circuit, following a North Carolina judge's decision to uphold the damages awarded to its competitor.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Pandoro, a traditionally star-shaped sweet bread dusted with powdered sugar, is a favorite holiday treat in Italy, rivaled only by panettone, a domed Milanese cake with candied orange, lemon and raisins. According to newswire ANSA, Italians spent €330 million on Christmas cakes last December.
Trading Secrets
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
In the inaugural session of the 2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panelists meticulously examine pivotal legislation, landmark cases, and legal advancements spanning trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and restrictive covenants, and computer fraud on a national scale. Tailored specifically for general counsel, labor and employment counsel, IP counsel, and HR professionals, this webinar offers essential insights into trade secrets, non-competes and restrictive covenants, and computer
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
When celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (better known as Kat Von D) tattooed a portrait of Miles Davis on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm as a gift, she used a reference photo created by professional photographer Jeffrey Sedlik to guide her work. This tattoo—which Von D did not charge for—would set off a two-year legal battle that culminated in a jury trial in the Central District of California in early 2024.
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Clark Hill PLC is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing on a Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC patent litigator as a member in its San Diego office.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published new Guidelines for Assessing Enablement in Utility Applications and Patents in View of the Supreme Court Decision in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi et al. The Guidelines are for ascertaining compliance with the enablement requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112. This requires that a patent specification enables a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) to make and use the invention.
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A federal magistrate judge said he was not convinced that a Washington software company's managing chart was "strikingly similar" to a chart created by a management consultant who has accused the software firm of infringement, questioning Thursday if there was enough to show that the defendants had direct access to the protected chart.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
As one of the largest and most iconic entertainment brands in the world, the Walt Disney Company is most readily associated with two things: their main mascot, Mickey Mouse, and the fierce protection of their intellectual property.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This is a personal rant. I’ll admit it right off. This is Erin Ogden’s opinion, and I am oddly overly vehement about it. The topic? Flow state. What?! Yeah. Flow state. Read or listen to any productivity how-to and it will tell you about the magical state of “flow.” You must reach it. It is a wondrous place where every light is green, every library book is available for check out, and every size is in stock.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A recent article, “Discovering Value: Women’s Participation in University and Commercial Artificial Intelligence (AI) Invention,” reports on a new study finding that women’s participation in patenting results in patents with higher economic value. The article provides a special focus on biotechnology and biotech AI.
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A novel manufacturing process that extends the shelf life of the pain reliever Exparel should extend the exclusivity period of the product's patent, Pacira BioSciences Inc. has told a New Jersey judge tasked with weighing infringement claims against generic drugmaker eVenus.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On October 27, 2023, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) released its third set of explanatory notes on essentially derived variety (EDV) protection. In this alert, we provide a brief history of EDV protection and plant variety protection (PVP), and we describe how the new explanatory notes may affect the rights of US and international certificate holders.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On January 22, 2024, Sandoz announced its plans to acquire the U.S. biosimilar ranibizumab CIMERLI (ranibizumab-eqrn) from Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”) for an upfront cash purchase payment of USD 170 million. The acquisition includes a biologics license application, product inventory, ophthalmology sales and field reimbursement talent, as well as access to proprietary commercial software.
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