TorrentFreak

APRIL 3, 2022

Adult entertainment outfit Malibu Media has often been described as a copyright-trolling operation. The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. Not too long ago Malibu was one of the most active anti-piracy litigants in the U.S., but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2022

On March 20, Zaxcom, Inc., the owner of U.S. Patent No. 9,336,307 for Engineering Emmy® and technical OSCAR award-winning wireless microphone technology, petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for rehearing en banc after the court found its original patent claims unpatentable as obvious. Zaxcom argued that the CAFC’s precedent in Fox Factory, Inc. v.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Supreme Court 2022). Although Warhol is dead, his art, legacy, copyrights, and potential copy-wrongs live on. In the 1980s, Warhol created a set of silkscreens of the musician Prince. Prince did not personally model for the prints. Rather, Warhol worked from a set of studio photographs by Lynn Goldsmith.

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The Trichordist

APRIL 3, 2022

We distill the Copyright Royalty Judges ruling against frozen mechanicals into new rates based on fairness and transparency.

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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?

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The IPKat

APRIL 3, 2022

It's time for the weekly recap! Repetita iuvant if you missed last week's IPKat posts! " BusinessCat " by brownpau is marked with CC BY 2.0. The CJEU ruled in the Ferrari case that the burden of proving genuine use of a mark lies with the owner of that mark. But does this mean that the applicant for a revocation action seeking to have a mark revoked for non-use can simply file a revocation action without making any further effort?

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 3, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Channeling your entrepreneurial spirit, you decide to purchase a residential property with a tenant occupying the property. For a first-time investment property owner, this is a momentous occasion. However, when purchasing a tenanted property, there are some important procedures and pitfalls that should be considered. 1. Assumption of tenancy.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. In an important 2018 decision, the Federal Circuit sided partially with Berkheimer on a procedural eligibility grounds — finding disputed questions of material fact as to whether aspects of the claimed invention were “well-understood, routine, and conventional to a skilled artisan.” Berkheimer v. HP Inc. , 881 F.3d 1360 (Fed.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 3, 2022

Via Twitter: I’m a trademark attorney and @WIRED absolutely has a claim for trademark infringement here. They registered the name in 1994, filed in 1992. SOURCES is a descriptive word, The post Wired for trouble appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 3, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 3, 2022

The USPTO is seeking applications for the position of Supervisory Managing Interlocutory Attorney at the TTAB. The detailed announcement may be found here at the USA Jobs website. The deadline for applications is April 7, 2022. Job Title: Supervisory Managing Interlocutory Attorney Department: Department Of Commerce Agency: Patent and Trademark Office The incumbent of this position has a broad, general understanding of the legal issues handled by the TTAB, and is responsible for providing TTAB l

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 3, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 3, 2022

EU, US set to agree on landmark transatlantic data transfer pact [link] 2022-03-27. United States and EU Announce Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework [link] 2022-03-27. Negotiations on Enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to Intensify – National Law Review [link] 2022-03-27. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-03-26 [link] 2022-03-27. The Humanity of Copyright – Hugh Stephens Blog [link] 2022-03-27.

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