TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The unauthorized copying and distribution of copyrighted content is a multi-billion dollar puzzle that entertainment industry companies are desperate to solve. A lot of effort is going into blocking pirate sites and, occasionally, the operators of these services are taken to court. The third enforcement option is to go after the people who actually pirate the content.
Patently-O
OCTOBER 3, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. TBL Licensing, LLC v Hirshfeld , Docket No. 1:21-cv-00681 (E.D. Va. Jun 04, 2021). I previously wrote about the TTAB decision denying TBL’s attempt to register the shape of its Timberland Boots as a protectable trade mark. Crouch, Iconic Timberland Boots–Trade Dress Worthy? Now, the company has filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking a court order that TBL is entitled to a registration.
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IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Over the last several days, the Wall Street Journal has reported on numerous federal district court judges that it says have violated the Code of Judicial Conduct by not recusing themselves in cases where they, or their spouse, held a pecuniary interest. The Journal reporting finds that, in most cases, the judges seem to have mistakenly believed that if they or their spouses owned stock in a company and their portfolio was blindly or privately managed by a money manager without input or knowledg
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Poster for Zolgensma. In a guest post, Akhil wrote about Zolgensma, Novartis’ gene therapy medication prescribed for treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (‘SMA’). Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act.
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?
The IPKat
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Trade Marks SpicyIP reviewed a ruling from the Bombay High Court concerning the deceptive similarity between signs. The case at hand dealt with the names ‘AS?VA’ and ‘RAMPUR AS?VA’ in connection with whiskey, in light of an earlier trade mark, ‘THE ASWA’, registered under Class 33 for alcoholic beverages. The blog questioned the judge’s decision to rely solely on a phonetic comparison of signs, and to apply an Australian precedent directly to an Indian judicial proceeding.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 3, 2021
October Webinar to Debrief on Leahy Bill. Senator Patrick Leahy (D) VT and Senator John Cornyn (R) TX have jointly drafted a new bill entitled the “Restoring the America Invents Act.” The Bill proposes to roll-back recent directives and policies of former USPTO Director Iancu, most notably discretionary denials of AIA trial proceedings in view of parallel litigation.
Barry Sookman
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-09-25 [link] 2021-09-26. [link] 2021-09-29. Defendants found in contempt of court for copyright in infringement and ordered to pay $40,000,, Bell Canada v. Re… [link] 2021-10-01. Appeal from the CMC order dismissed, 1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock’s Reporter) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021… [link] 2021-10-01.
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