JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational damage whether through external hacking or internal theft. Its your job to take steps to minimize threats that could come from disgruntled workers, departing employees, unscrupulous competitors, or even state-sponsored actors.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 23, 2025

Eighteen years ago, a popular character disappeared from the Yu-Gi-Oh card game. Now, fans finally have an explanation. The post How Copyright Solved an 18-Year-Old Yu-Gi-Oh Mystery appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2025

This Kat has spent her Easter break reading about her favourite topic: Protecting Geographical Indications in Africa by Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam (Oxford University Press, 272 pp.). As its title suggests, this book is an obvious fit for lawyers, consultants and researchers who work with the issue of GIs in the African region. This Kat, however, would also recommend it to a broader audience of GI-interested readers, and this for several reasons.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Singapore-based XP Power has been ordered to pay $17 million in attorneys fees to opponent Comet Technologies, USA, following Comets victory at trial. The Northern District of California issued the order in January 2025, and it follows a jury award to Comet of $40 million in unjust enrichment damages. XP Power and Comet Technologies are rival companies, producing products including semiconductor chips, radios, and power supply materials.

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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?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2025

For those not directly involved, assessing the effectiveness of an anti-piracy campaign meets significant challenges. The results of campaigns are often measured by those behind them, in some cases after receiving significant financial assistance from friendly governments. Whether by coincidence or otherwise, subsequent reports suggesting that everyone wasted their money are impossible to find.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Established 25 years ago at the turn of the century by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World IP Day celebrates the unique contributions made by global inventors and creators. Over the past half century, intangible asset value has skyrocketed from 17% of S&P 500 market value in 1975, to 68% in 1995, to more than 90% today. Ocean Tomo leadership and their predecessor firms have been an active participant in IP markets for decades and have seen this evolution firsthand.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Imagine getting your hands on the ultimate creator cheat code the behind-the-scenes playbook MrBeast uses to dominate YouTube. Now imagine going viral not for using it, but for allegedly walking off with it. Thats exactly whats unfolding with Leroy Nabors, a former IT contractor turned full-time employee at MrBeast YouTube LLC (Beast) the content machine built by digital juggernaut, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 23, 2025

Digital forensics plays a vital role in preventing and investigating cybercrimes in India. Technology changes fast, and the legal infrastructure keeps updating to meet emerging needs. With the increasing integration of digital devices into daily life, more sensitive data has been stored on digital media, creating substantial cybersecurity issues. The result is an explosion in computer-based crimes, and advanced forensic tools must be designed to combat cybercrime effectively.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued a significant decision in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., affirming dismissal, by the District Court of Delaware, of patent infringement claims brought by Recentive Analytics, Inc. (Recentive) against Fox Corp. and affiliates (collectively, "Fox").

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2025

Every melody, every lyric, every performance is underpinned by a critical legal principle: copyright. As we observe World Intellectual Property (IP) Day and celebrate the theme “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP ,” it is imperative for all stakeholders in the music industry to understand that copyright is more than a mere legal formality, it constitutes the very foundation of creative enterprise and economic sustainability within the music and entertainment sector.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

On March 7, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision resolving the ongoing patent litigation between AliveCor and Apple concerning methods of cardiac monitoring purportedly employed in certain of Apples Watches. The Courts ruling upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Boards (Board) decision invalidating several of AliveCors patents related to cardiac monitoring technology and overturned an earlier International Trade Commission (ITC) decision that could have led to an import ban on the.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 23, 2025

As organizations implement AI strategies, they must navigate important questions about copyright and content usage. Understanding how copyright intersects with AI workflows is essential for building effective, compliant systems that can deliver results while respecting intellectual property rights. The Role of Copyright in the AI Lifecycle Copyright touches multiple points in the AI lifecycle, often in ways that aren’t obvious.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

In one of the first cases from the Federal Circuit addressing patent eligibility for machine-learning (ML) inventions, the court ruled that applying generic ML techniques to a new data environment to automate a task previously performed by humansin this case, event schedulingis an abstract idea and thus not patent-eligible, even if the claim includes superficial limitations related to training and improving an ML model.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Elkhart, Indiana – MORryde International, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Airxcel, Inc., doing business as Suburban , claiming patent infringement. The case centers around three patents (US Patent Nos. 9,903,121 , 10,519,671 , and 11,739,534 ), allegedly owned by MORryde, that relate to folding staircases for vehicles like RVs and trailers. These patentssupposedly issued in 2018, 2019, and 2023cover features such as spring-assisted folding and adjustable legs designed to improve safety an

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Artificial intelligence presents so many opportunities, but there are still so many questions in relation to copyright law. What constitutes fair use? How much human input satisfies the human authorship requirement? Can federal or state legislation address the deepfake problem? And what makes adjusting to AI adoption so challenging? Listen to partners Meredith Wilkes and Emily Tait talk about the current legal landscape and the practical implications companies face when bringing AI to the.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 23, 2025

Originally posted 2014-10-06 09:52:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHello, Walter Olson?! The excellent IP Litigation blog reports on this story about a copyright lawsuit: Apparently, Compaq published an instruction booklet containing 7 phrases and 4 illustrations “similar” to photographs and phrases in a 100 page book published by the copyright owners.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

This episode is part of our Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation series, where we discuss trends in higher education consolidation and closures, and outline common characteristics of at-risk institutions. In todays episode, we focus on intellectual property developed at and managed by systems of higher education. We discuss how universities can best manage and leverage their portfolios, including intellectual property assets that they can package together to.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

Cannabis company Curaleaf sued a former executive in Florida federal court Wednesday, alleging she breached her employment agreement and may have sharedconfidential information when she jumped ship to competitor Jushi.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

In Re R.S. Lipman Brewing Co., LLC, 2025 WL 1099603 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 14, 2025) - Be careful when selecting a name for your product, otherwise you might find yourself cooked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)! Enlisting an expert trademark attorney to oversee your trademark application, especially when there is a similar mark in a related field that is already registered, will increase your chances that your trademark will be granted registration.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

A former Olympian and broadcaster who created a platform centered around women over 50 alleged in New Jersey federal court on Tuesday that QVC strung her along with the opportunity to partner and develop the platform into a lifestyle brand for the company, only to steal the idea without payment.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Under the United States Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO) modernization efforts, the time between paying the issue fee and issuance of the patent is being reduced. Faster patent issuance gives patent applicants less time to decide whether to file a continuation or divisional patent application, which might cause unwary patent applicants to lose the right to file a continuation or divisional application.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 23, 2025

Image by Jakub Wyczik, using AI. Recently, there has been a lot of suggestions that the U.S. Copyright Office is registering AI-generated works. Nonetheless, these are not actually AI-generated works, nor are they breakthrough decisions. The U.S. Copyright Office has already registered hundreds of works related to AI-generated material – the key to obtaining registration is to specify AI-generated elements in the Material Excluded field.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

On April 1, 2025, United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff granted Defendants Marut Enterprises LLC and Brett Maruts (collectively, Defendants) motion to dismiss and entered final judgment against Foto Electric Supply Co., Inc. (Plaintiff). Plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action, asserting that its back-shaver device products do not infringe certain of Defendants patents and trade-dress rights, and that the patents are invalid.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 23, 2025

BOROLINE, a trade mark owned by G. D. Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, was recently recognised as a well-known trade mark under Section 2 (1) (zg) and Section 11 (2) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (the Act) by the Delhi HC in the case of G. D. Pharmaceuticals Private Limited v. M/s Cento Products. The case addressed the infringement of trade mark and copyright and passing off against BOROLINE by a deceptively similar trade mark of the name BOROBEAUTY, which sold products similar to those associate

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

SAGE PRODUCTS, LLC v. STEWART [OPINION] - Before Reyna, Cunningham, and Stark.Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board did not abuse its discretion by relying on evidence beyond the prior art references to determine how a POSITA would understand a reference.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2025

The culmination of a musician’s creative endeavours extends beyond a performance. In the contemporary music industry, a band’s or artist’s name, logo, and visual identity constitute critical brand assets, demanding the same rigorous protection afforded to their musical compositions. As we observe World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, themed “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP,” and underscore the objectives of our campaign, “ Hitting the Right Notes with Intell

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of articles taken from Gavin Parsons' CLE presentation for the North Carolina Bar Association's Antitrust and Complex Business Dispute CLE Program presented on Thursday, January 30, 2025. By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

Japanese tire giant Toyo Tire Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday not to examine a Federal Circuit ruling that discarded a $10 million award in a case that's been going on for over a decade around allegations of interfering with a rival's business through patent settlements with other companies.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

BULLSHINE DISTILLERY LLC v. SAZERAC BRANDS, LLC - Before Moore, Reyna and Taranto.Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In assessing genericness, the TTAB considers how the mark was understood at the time of registration, not some earlier time.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

Video game developer Valve on Wednesday won yet another chance to convince patent board judges to look at its challenge to claims in a rival's video game controller patent asserted in litigation in Washington federal court.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 23, 2025

World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is celebrated on 26 April every year. The theme for 2025 is IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP. A recent study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce highlights the importance of intellectual property in job growth and economic development. As Tom Quaadman, Senior Vice President of Economic Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently said, Intellectual property is the backbone of our economy, driving innovation that benefits consumers To honor World IP Day, we as

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has persuaded judges on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to take up its challenge of a microchip patent issued to engineers at Intel and that is now being asserted by a patent-holding company in an infringement lawsuit in Marshall, Texas.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 23, 2025

A sex worker deserves a billion times more respect than the mystical fraudsters of society, such as astrologers, psychics, and tarot card readers.” – Abhijit Naskar. INTRODUCTION In India’s red-light areas and the dingy corners of society, thousands of sex workers continue to live in the shadows despite a historic legal triumph to safeguard their rights.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2025

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed a New Jersey federal judge's finding that Rubicon Research's generic version of Metacel's drug Ozobax does not induce doctors and patients to infringe a Metacel patent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2025

Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay! With that out of the way, bring on the tissues. Briskin made a purchase at an online retailer, IABMFG.

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