Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video Why Restaurants Need Trademark Protection. I love restaurants for many reasons. I love a great meal, I love supporting small local businesses, and I have a connection to the restaurant industry: my wife and my brother-in-law own two restaurants. I’ve seen firsthand the power of protecting a restaurant brand.
Hugh Stephens Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
As year-end approaches, I like to look back at the main themes that emerged over the past 12 months affecting copyright, creators and the content industries, drawing from my blog posts throughout the year. Some of the same issues I highlighted last year, such as payment to news content providers by online news aggregators (Google) … Continue reading "Looking Back on 2022 and Forward to 2023: What was and will be important to Copyright, Creators and Content Industries?
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Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 19, 2022
In late 1999, if you were heading to a Y2K party and wanted high-quality photos of the event, you had two choices: You could either spend thousands of dollars on high-end camera equipment and learn how to use it (often in paid classes) or you could hire someone who had done all those things for you. Cell phone cameras were brand new (and terrible) and, though standalone digital cameras existed, they were of low quality and still very expense.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Following a limited launch in 2007 with just 1,000 titles, Neflix now carries more than 6,600 movies and TV shows for the enjoyment of more than 223 million subscribers. There’s little doubt that Netflix password sharing contributed to the company’s growth and by publicly condoning it, the practice was completely normalized – globally.
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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?
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
On 16 November 2022, partners Joel Smith and Sahira Khwaja and other members of our London brands team, hosted a client seminar on the ‘Metaverse’, including a lively panel discussion with Nicola Wood, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney from Group Legal at Vodafone and Simon Baggs, President of Brand and Content Protection at Corsearch, together with Oliver Wilson, Counsel in our Commercial and Regulatory team at Hogan Lovells.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Here we are again at the end of a year—this one the first in several where courts and business proceeded mostly as usual and relatively free of shutdowns and delays due to the pandemic. We had surprising denials at the Supreme Court, expected rulings from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a flurry of activity from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under newly appointed Director, Kathi Vidal, and some exciting precedents set in the rapidly evolving area of inventions a
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 19, 2022
This Kat has recently defended her thesis, titled “Deconstructing EU IP norm-export to the Eastern European Neighbourhood”. It was written at the Universities of Alicante and of Strasbourg, under the EIPIN-IS research grant. In this post, I would like to summarise some of the take-aways from my thesis, which looked into how European Union’s (EU) trade agreements shape intellectual property (IP) legislation in third (non-EU) countries.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
In an uncertain economy, executives’ first instinct might be to cut costs and shore up established holdings. A better way is to build new businesses.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may come with a perception of being used solely for entertainment and frivolity, but the technologies are more than videogames and multi-million-dollar art pieces. Viewing the metaverse as the next step of online interaction and NFTs as the venue through which to personalize one’s online experience, it is possible to understand the demand for unique and authenticated digital assets.
IP.com
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Successful and innovative companies typically do a lot of things well. Chief among them is consistently producing innovation that makes a measurable difference in the technical and market spaces it. The post Balance Quality and Quantity in the Innovation Pipeline appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.
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McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Westpac Group’s chief technology officer, David Walker, discusses how to lead through change to transform a legacy institution into a modern, full-service bank.
Michael Geist
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Canadian digital law and policy in 2022 was marked by legislative battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, the Rogers outage, stalled privacy and AI reform, copyright term extension, and a growing trade battle with the U.S. over Canadian policies. For this final Law Bytes podcast of 2022 , I go solo without a guest to talk about the most significant trends and developments in Canadian digital policy from the past year and to think a bit about what may lie ahead in 2023.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 19, 2022
During the past few years, non-conventional trade marks have found their way into trade mark registries worldwide and discussions over their protection has more or less turned mainstream. This blog has on several occasions reported on decisions related to non-conventional trade marks [see for instance and recently IPKat posts here , here and here ].
Michael Geist
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The dismantling of Twitter over the past six weeks has been incredibly distressing for millions of users who have come to rely on the platform. From the mass layoffs to journalist suspensions to this weekend’s seemingly short-lived policy blocking some links to rival services, it has been a head-spinning stretch since Elon Musk assumed ownership of the service in late October.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The metaverse is morphing—and investments in the space are growing. Are you making the right moves?
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Search technology maker Queryly LLC has slapped a purported shell company of patent monetization entity IP Edge with a declaratory judgment action in Texas federal court, arguing that IP Edge is forming sham entities to assert "meritless" infringement claims against Queryly client The Boston Globe and others.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
This week in Washington IP news, the USPTO is hosting an event on becoming an Administrative Patent Judge, and the Brookings Institute is hosting a debate on cryptocurrency regulation.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The maker of Raw rolling papers is again asking an Illinois federal court to not force it to remove the "Alcoy" stamp from all its products, requesting that the court order be narrowed to one product, or to at least give the company more time to comply with the "expanded" ruling.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The McKinsey Platform for Climate Technologies Indonesia aims to help end carbon dependency in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Delaware courts started getting ready for the holidays this week, gifting one of their top justices to the Third Circuit, putting a bow on a multimillion-dollar fee award, and wrapping up a cognac dispute for an arbitrator. Hope you enjoy the last wrap-up this year of last week's news from Delaware's Chancery Court.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Steel companies must consider both economic and other strategic factors in deciding whether to focus on onshore or offshore direct reduced iron production.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued a precedential decision clarifying when free speech rights can and can't be grounds for refusing trademarks, and federal courts weighed in on several closely watched disputes including cases over Meta's infinity-loop logo and Hailey Bieber's skincare line. Here are Law360's picks for the top trademark rulings of 2022.
Trading Secrets
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The American Intellectual Property Law Association recently completed its Trade Secrets Summit in Miami, Florida. The topics for the conference included: A legislative update. Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation. Developments in trade secret trials and changing trends. Arbitration of trade secret disputes. Recent innovations in trade secret protection technologies and forensics (Alex Meier – panelist).
Patently-O
DECEMBER 19, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. For most of US history, the Commissioner of Patents was appointed by the President and led the USPTO. Things shifted in the 1990s with the creation of Director and Deputy-Director positions at the top. But, the Commissioner remains vitally important and manages a workforce and throughput that is larger than ever. Earlier in 2022, Commissioner Drew Hirshfeld stepped down after a long USPTO career (joining the Schwegman law firm).
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Clemens Utschig-Utschig discusses how his company is exploring quantum computing for its potential to propel next-generation drug discovery.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
European patent practice will change when the European Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) enter into force on June 1, 2023. The new system will impact both pending European applications and granted European patents.
Selvam & Selvam Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Microsoft discovered that the defendants were illegally using its software products, including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Windows Server. Upon investigation, it was found that the defendants had 130 computer systems, most of which had Microsoft’s software installed on them, but the licenses held by the defendants did not match their usage.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2022
A federal judge in Denver has refused a bid by a cell phone cover maker Flygrip to ship out a declaratory judgment suit over a patent that covers a kind of grip used to hold cell phones filed by the company behind the popular, no-frills OtterBox phone and tablet covers.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
As we ring in 2023, sip some champagne and make a resolution to check in on your trademark portfolio more often. It misses you! Here are a few productive questions to ask: 1. Do your registrations cover your reality? You may have launched new brands or drastically redesigned your logo since you last interacted with the USPTO.
Sander Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Toblerone , one of my favourite chocolates, is a great example of protecting a brand with trademark registration. Registered Trademark Rights. In Canada, TOBLERONE has been a registered word mark since 1931 , that’s over 90 years of registered trademark rights! Toblerone has also registered the distinctive features of their chocolate bar that they have become known for.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
In the Federal Circuit’s recent decision of CUPP Computing AS v. Trend Micro Inc., the Court made the precedential holding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) is not bound by a party’s disclaimer in the very IPR proceeding in which it is made, just as a disclaimer in a district court proceeding would not bind the district court in the same proceeding.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Colombia’s Antitrust authority (“SIC”) released guidelines on the implementation of antitrust compliance programs teaching Companies on best practices to prevent the occurrence of restrictive trade practices. The Guide establishes that compliance programs may be implemented voluntarily, or because of commitments adopted by companies, either by the acceptance of guarantees or by administrative orders of the Authority.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) of the UK Parliament published a call for evidence on the operation, risks, and benefits of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain. The DCMS noted that digital assets such as NFTs provide for flexible ownership, making them attractive for wide adoption. But with limited NFT regulation in the United Kingdom, the DCMS is considering how investors may be exposed.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Amidst Colombian-German talks, Germany has shown interest in Colombia’s reindustrialization process. Accordingly, several MoUs have been signed aimed at knowledge transfer and financial support. This process is mainly oriented towards “decarbonization” and is intended to be achieved through efforts in the development of the green hydrogen sector, which is comprised of low-emission energies such as wind or water, which would enable Colombia to transform and position itself as a benchm
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2022
On December 16, the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report recommending that the General Council extend the deadline by which the WTO would decide whether to extend the COVID-19 vaccine waiver to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. The General Council is scheduled to meet on December 19-20.
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