Erik K Pelton
JUNE 10, 2025
The following is an edited transcript of my podcast episode What are the Main Benefits of Trademark Registration? People ask me all the time, “Why should I register my trademark?” Sometimes they even say, “I’ve been using it for several years already and never had a problem. Why should I register it now?” I’m going to share the top five reasons.
TorrentFreak
JUNE 10, 2025
Despite the widespread availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day, pirate sites are visited hundreds of millions of times. Website visits are only part of the full piracy picture, as IPTV streaming is popular too. Nonetheless, traffic trends can provide valuable insight, especially when there are clear divergences across content categories. 216 Billion & America First Fresh data released by piracy tracking outfit MUSO shows that pirate sites remain popular.
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Plagiarism Today
JUNE 10, 2025
A new ICANN report examines the practice of DNS blocking, offering guidelines and information for those that seek to use it. The post ICANN Report Discusses Dangers and Benefits of DNS Blocking appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Michael Geist
JUNE 10, 2025
The government’s plan for warrantless disclosure of Internet subscriber information is rightly attracting increasing attention as sneaking lawful access provisions into a border bill raises significant privacy concerns. As I pointed out last week , Bill C-2’s new “information demand” power – which can be used by a wide range of enforcement agencies over literally any potential offence of any Act of Parliament – is certain to spark a legal challenge given the Supreme Court of Ca
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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?
IAM Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
Discover how patents drive the heart of music innovation, from autotune's creation to the rise of AI-powered music technologies
Plagiarism Today
JUNE 10, 2025
Grande Communications files final brief with the Supreme Court, Asian News International sues YouTuber and UK ministers prep new AI bill. The post 3 Count: Egregious Debate appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
Tom Bodett, a radio personality and voice actor known for Motel 6's radio and television ads for nearly 40 years, has sued the hospitality chain for allegedly using his name and voice without consent after he ended an agreement.
SpicyIP
JUNE 10, 2025
Recently, the Ministry of Commerce proposed an amendment to the Copyright Rules making it mandatory for owners or licensors of literary work, musical work, and sound recording to establish an online payment mechanism to collect license fees. SpicyIP Intern Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada writes on this proposal, analysing the implications it may have on the copyright enforcement mechanism in India.
IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
Two California federal judges have indicated they are inclined to find that using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems is transformative, which usually means that copying a work is fair, but that may not let Meta Platforms and Anthropic off the hook in separate lawsuits.
IP Close Up
JUNE 10, 2025
Inspiration that encourages “borrowing” or sampling from other creators is an accepted practice in many industries, up to a point.
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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.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
As artificial intelligence continues to transform creative industries, the legal landscape is racing to catch up. Join entertainment attorney Sky Moore for a discussion on the key intellectual property, licensing, and liability issues surrounding AI-generated content, including legal developments involving copyright, trademark, right of publicity, defamation, unfair competition, and the guilds.
IP and Legal Filings
JUNE 10, 2025
Imagine buying a beautiful Pashmina shawl at a market in Delhi only to find out later that it wasn’t even a Kashmir-made Pashmina but mass produced in some other factory somewhere else. Or consuming tea packaged “Darjeeling Tea” yet made from tea leaves grown outside India. That is the true test of Geographical Indications (GIs) in India—a system set up to help preserve and advance unique, locality-based products yet now marred by flaws.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
On June 6, 2025, Acting USPTO Director Stewart issued a decision in iRhythm Tech. v. Welch Allyn, Inc., IPR2025-00363, Paper 10 (and four related IPRs), which granted Patent Owner’s request for discretionary denial. This is the fifth decision issued by the Acting Director under the “Interim Process for PTAB Workload Management” and provides important insights on how the Acting Director is evaluating discretionary factors under the new bifurcated briefing process.
SpicyIP
JUNE 10, 2025
Analysing the Delhi High Court’s recent “Superlative Injunction”, SpicyIP Intern Arnav Kaman highlights the key problems with the order. Arnav is a 3rd Year Law student from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He’s interested in Narratives and the Law. His previous post can be accessed here. The Summer of the Superlative Injunction By Arnav Kaman For years now, as cricketers go onto the pitch to bat, the broadcasters of these events go to courts to bat against t
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 10, 2025
The media industry has focused on the quantity of consumer attention rather than the quality, but use of the “attention equation” can begin to bridge that gap.
The IPKat
JUNE 10, 2025
The recent decision of the US Court of Appeal of the Federal Circuit in Alnylam v Moderna relates to the ongoing complex and high-stakes dispute over mRNA vaccine delivery technology.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
In this episode of No Infringement Intended, hosts Austin Padgett and Rusty Close delve into the 5Pointz case, where graffiti art clashed with property rights in Queens, NY. Explore how the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) impacts artists and property owners and learn about the legal criteria for recognized stature in art. Whether you're an art enthusiast, a legal professional, or simply curious about how art and law intersect, this episode offers insights into the delicate balance between.
Copyright Alliance
JUNE 10, 2025
This week, we are pleased to introduce filmmaker Ken Comito. Ken is best known for having written, produced, and directed Witching Hour, Witching Hour II, and In The Devil’s Courthouse. After reading […] The post Creator Spotlight with Filmmaker Ken Comito appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
The UPC has a Court of First Instance (divided into local, regional and central divisions) and a Court of Appeal (Luxembourg). Cases can commence in any one of these divisions according to the subject matter and the prescribed division set out in the UPC Agreement and the UPC Rules.
Hugh Stephens Blog
JUNE 10, 2025
by Jennifer Mark Image credit: Photo by Pj Accetturo on Unsplash There is no more satisfying feedback for a blogger than interaction with readers. After I wrote about the Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal a few weeks ago, I received an email from a reader, who goes by the penname of Jennifer Mark.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
In its recent In re Floyd opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to reject a design applicant’s priority claim to an earlier utility filing for failing to adequately support the claimed design, while simultaneously finding that those same disclosures in the utility filing anticipated the claimed design.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 10, 2025
Skip to main content From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise June 10, 2025 | Article New analysis helps quantify the impact of technological disruption and shows how consumer companies can turn automation’s potential into value. Letâs say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
As we head into BIO 2025 in Boston, our teams are closely watching trends in biotech and how those affect financings, business development, IP protection, risk, and litigation strategy. Here are eight key trends we’re tracking—drawn from what we’re seeing in the market and what analysts and leaders across the life sciences ecosystem are anticipating.
IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's decision on Friday to reject patent challenges due to the petitioner's long-standing knowledge of a patent has many attorneys bracing for either a massive rise or dip in Patent Trial and Appeal Board filings.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
On April 22, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision In re: Bonnie Iris McDonald Floyd that underscores a critical and often overlooked risk in design patent prosecution: relying on a utility patent application for priority. The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision denying a design patent priority claim and finding the design anticipated by the very utility application to which priority was asserted.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 10, 2025
The Oscar-winning producer, talent manager, and cofounder of Sugar23 talks about a new model for brands to become full-fledged creators of long-form film and TV programming.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, establishing a now-infamous two-step, judicially-imposed test for patent subject-matter eligibility that narrowed the broad statutory eligibility principles set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 101. Under Alice, one must first determine whether a patent claim is directed to an ineligible concept such as an abstract idea, a law of nature, or a natural phenomenon.
IAM Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
Discover how patents drive the heart of music innovation, from autotune's creation to the rise of AI-powered music technologies
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2025
Since its inception, the NCAA has restricted schools from paying student athletes anything beyond scholarships that covered tuition and the cost of attendance. However, with the continued popularity of college sports and the revenue they generate, student athletes are looking for their cut. In 2021, the NCAA began allowing players to be compensated for their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).
IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director has reversed Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that had initiated reviews of patents covering container assembly products, saying the board failed to sufficiently account for U.S. International Trade Commission proceedings over the same patents.
Garrigues Blog
JUNE 10, 2025
“Dupe fever” has taken over social media, but it has also raised legal alarms. Influencers who promote low-cost products that try to resemble those of major luxury brands without mentioning the name of those brands or advertising agreements, are posing new legal challenges. Where can we draw the line between legitimate inspiration and unfair competition?
IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
Merck & Co. Inc. subsidiary Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has notched a win at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in its disagreement with Johns Hopkins University over a cancer research partnership, persuading a panel to invalidate claims in a university-owned patent relating to a colorectal cancer treatment.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
JUNE 10, 2025
Photographer Morgan Howarth has filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana against Angie’s List Inc., doing business as Angi, alleging copyright infringement. The complaint accuses Angi of copying and distributing one of Howarth’s registered photographs without permission to promote its home services business online. The case centers on a single copyrighted image titled “1881_Nash_Glickman_Bath_Shower_2_f.jpg,” created in 2015 and registered in early 2016.
IP Law 360
JUNE 10, 2025
An Illinois federal judge on Monday admonished defense counsel in ongoing trademark litigation between Grubhub Inc. and The Kroger Co. after finding discrepancies in the Kroger attorney's representations of information Grubhub provided in a discovery response, reminding all lawyers involved of their duty of candor and adherence to professional conduct rules.
The IPKat
JUNE 10, 2025
The IPKat is left puzzled in Lisbon.The UPCKat is back to report on the ability to demonstrate imminent infringement, and how the Lisbon Local Division of the UPC has endorsed the approach previously taken by the Dusseldorf Local Division on assessing the risk of imminent infringement.
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