IP Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2023

The European Union is reportedly considering sweeping new regulations for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), which make fair-minded observers wonder whether any sane adults are in charge at the European Commission (EC). The EU’s proposed new regulatory regime is scheduled to be released on April 26 by the Directorate for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission (EC).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Given the popularity of YouTube and the huge number of websites and apps that allow people to rip music from the platform, the conflict surrounding ‘stream-ripping’ shouldn’t be underestimated. Downloading a track takes about the same time as a shrug of the shoulders followed by an internal “who cares?” Multiply that by hundreds of millions of people shrugging several times a week, and the answer is “the recording industry, big time.” Stream-Ripping and

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McKinsey Operations

APRIL 23, 2023

Investors buoy established quantum start-ups, technological progress continues—though at a slower pace—and more academic institutions offer quantum programs.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2023

In the past year, companies like JUUL, Capital One and Southern California Edison have settled for millions if not billions of dollars in litigation that was high-profile and often groundbreaking in its impact on the law itself. Such cases and many others — which involved opioids, sexual harassment, kickbacks and data breaches — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments helped them earn recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2023.

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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?

Technology

Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 23, 2023

Greg Beck of Public Citizen writes in with litigation news (I’ve added the links): Public Citizen filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit in Florida by two affiliated informercial companies. The post Public Citizen pushes IP overreach back appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

Kat friend Ann-Kathrin Goller discusses a recent decision in Australia that portends a significant departure from the approach taken in many jurisdictions regarding the role of reputation in a trademark infringement dispute. There has been considerable uncertainty and inconsistency as to whether reputation in either the allegedly infringing or infringed mark is relevant to the assessment of deceptive similarity under Australia’s direct infringement provision.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

Team Netherlands get together to discuss key UPC issues It is a rainy morning in New York as the AmeriKat contemplates how limited sun the sunrise period of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has seen both here and in Europe. But for what we are lacking in Spring weather, it is made up in the plurality of UPC focused events and panels that are popping up.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

APRIL 23, 2023

With the wide and inexpensive availability of AI tools, we as IP attorneys need to decide how to employ them in our law practice. Our firm will discuss how AI tools such as Chat GPT could be used by us today, including what sensible controls we must employ to protect client confidences and privileges. We [.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

Image by Bekka Mongeau via Pexels The last week of April is just about to start, and through whatever Spring weather you may be experiencing here you can find some interesting events to hold you over until May. OxFirst’s FRAND Royalty Rate Determination - Tuesday 25 April The webinar will consider the topic related to how to determine FRAND royalty rates in relation to Standard Essential Patents.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 23, 2023

5 questions for Microsoft's Natasha Crampton [link] 2023-04-16 UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws | Chatbots | The Guardian [link] 2023-04-16 UK rules out new AI regulator – BBC News [link] 2023-04-16 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-15 [link] 2023-04-16 Nexon Sues Dark And Darker Devs For "Copyright Infringement", Demands Jury Trial [link] 2023-04-16 Opinion: Giving Canadians the ‘right to repair’ empowers consumers, supports compet

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 23, 2023

Earlier this month, the High Court of Australia ultimately rejected trade mark infringement and misleading/deceptive conduct claims by Allergan (owner of the injectable BOTOX®) against Self Care’s anti-wrinkle skincare products PROTOX and INHIBOX (marketed under the slogan ‘instant Botox® alternative ’). The case has been running for 6 years.

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