Hugh Stephens Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
By Leoboudv-Own Work, CC BY-SA 3.0 [link] The issue of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples will remain a front-burner issue in Canada in 2024 so I think it appropriate to post a good news story on this topic early in the year.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
When Bram Cohen released the first version of BitTorrent in 2002, it sparked a file-sharing revolution. At the time bandwidth was a scarce resource, making it impossible to simultaneously share large files with millions of people over the Internet. BitTorrent not only thrived in that environment, the protocol remains effective even to this day. BitTorrent transfers rely on peer-to-peer file-sharing without a central storage location.
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SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Can Section 3(d) be applied to a non pharmaceutical invention? if yes, what can be ‘efficacy’ for such a subject matter? The MHC in Novozymes v. Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs made some interesting observations on these issues. Discussing the court’s decision, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Amit Tailor. Amit is a Postgraduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
You may have heard about Squishmallow’s recent lawsuit against Build-a-Bear over plushy knockoffs. While that’s interesting, I’m focused on Squishmallow’s abuse of the SAD Scheme. I previously blogged about one such case, where Squishmallow sued 90 e-commerce merchants in a sealed complaint and got a TRO. Typical SAD Scheme stuff.
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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?
The Trichordist
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
In case you were wondering, this is what the salary structure looks like at The MLC that is investing hundreds of millions in black box but won't tell us where or whether they've made a profit or lost money.our money.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
On February 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a pair of precedential rulings in Promptu Systems Corp. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, vacating a final judgment of infringement after reversing part of the district court’s claim construction rulings. The entire U.S. patent community, however, should take notice of the Federal Circuit’s sua sponte order informing future litigants that evading briefing limits by incorporating much larger documents by reference will l
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Likelihood of Confusion
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
A twelve-judge panel of the Federal Circuit has dealt the concept of business-process patents what appears to be a significant blow in In re Bilski, a case decided yesterday: “We hold that the applicants’ process as claimed does not transform any article to a different state or thing,” the majority opinion said. “Purported transformations or […] The post Business-process patents?
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
ANPRM an Unnecessary Slog to a Small Rule Package It has been almost a year since the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) released its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on AIA trial practices. As a reminder, the ANPRM was a sprawling collection of rule proposals and requests for public feedback. I previously pointed out that the proposal was unnecessarily ambitious and was destined to be bogged down for proposing to exceed the agency’s regulatory jurisdiction.
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