Erik K Pelton
JULY 14, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content. Lots of us use others to help create content online. Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work. And there’s nothing wrong with that, of course.
IP Watchdog
JULY 14, 2022
The idea of patented inventions brings to mind machines fully realized - flying contraptions and engines with gears and pistons operating in coherent symphony. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), there are no contraptions, no gears, no pistons, and in a lot of cases, no machines. AI inventors sound much more like philosophers theorizing about machines, rather than mechanics describing a machine.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Patently-O
JULY 14, 2022
By Jason Rantanen. There are lots of studies of Federal Circuit decisions, but very few involve the link between all cases filed at the district court cases and appeals. This prompted the question for me: who actually files appeals in patent infringement cases and how representative are they of the underlying civil actions filed in the courts? It turns out that the answer is “mostly patent asserters” and that they aren’t necessarily representative of case filings.
TorrentFreak
JULY 14, 2022
Japanese manga publishing giants Shueisha, Kadowaka, Kodansha, and Shogakukan are on a mission to disrupt piracy in any way possible. Late October 2021, a law firm acting for Shueisha filed an ex parte application at a California district court seeking discovery of information for use in a foreign proceeding. In our initial report we listed several domains of interest to Shueisha, all with a common denominator – connections to huge manga piracy site MangaBank.
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?
IP Watchdog
JULY 14, 2022
Earlier this month, IP diversity advocacy group Invent Together announced that it had launched an online learning platform known as The Inventor’s Patent Academy (TIPA), an e-learning course designed in collaboration with Qualcomm to educate inventors from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds about the benefits of engaging with the U.S. patent system.
TorrentFreak
JULY 14, 2022
The music industry has had a difficult relationship with new technologies over the past several decades. Cassette tapes, recordable CDs, MP3s, and streaming services have all been described as a major threat to the revenues of artists and labels. ‘Infringing’ NFTs. More recently, various blockchain and NFT projects are seen as a growing problem.
Intellectual Property Pulse brings together the best content for IP professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JULY 14, 2022
This is a troubling ruling on TOS amendments. It apparently requires clickthroughs to form TOS amendments, regardless of what the TOS specifies as the amendment process. Given how rarely TOS amendments use clickthroughs, this opinion could anticipate the widespread failure of TOS amendments if it’s the final word on the topic. I hope it’s not. * * *.
IPilogue
JULY 14, 2022
Anita Gogia is a IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you left your house within the last 3 weeks, you have heard of the film Top Gun: Maverick. The film is a sequel to the 1986 Top Gun, and has become Paramount’s second highest grossing film, and Tom Cruise’s biggest film ever. As of June 6, 2022 a claim has been filed by Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay against Paramount Pictures Corporations for all “gains, profits and advantages Paramount has derived” from the Top
The IPKat
JULY 14, 2022
Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) is back with another guest contribution on the EUIPO's recent guidance on trade mark applications for NFTs. Here's what Paolo Maria writes:- [Guest post] What is an NFT? A comment to the EUIPO Guidance on NFTs by Paolo Maria Gangi As The IPKat reported a few days ago here , the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently released some guidance notes on its approach to the classification of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Copyright Alliance
JULY 14, 2022
At the end of last month, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its Copyright Protections for Press Publishers report, examining the relationship between press publishers and news aggregators, applying copyright law […]. The post Copyright Office Reports Significant Obstacles for Press Publishers, But Does Not Recommend New Rights appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
Advertiser: IPO
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.
IP.com
JULY 14, 2022
IP.com’s suite of solutions for innovative businesses is backed by our proprietary AI engine. AI allows us to develop tools that help companies understand where and how their competitors are. The post How IP.com Is Ensuring Ethical AI appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.
Patent Trademark Blog
JULY 14, 2022
Leap of Faith: File a PCT patent application while your US application might get rejected? Timing your patent filings can be tricky. P:atent applicants typically find themselves in a moment of indecision when the foreign filing deadline approaches. For US applicants, the deadline for filing a PCT patent application is 1 year from your earliest US filing date known as the priority date.
Traverse Legal Blog
JULY 14, 2022
There are three distinct elements necessary to establish a trademark infringement claim; use, in commerce and likelihood of confusion. Once you have determined that your trademark is likely being infringed, there are a few different enforcement options you can pursue. A cease and desist letter is typically the most cost-effective option, but in some cases a particularly egregious or blatant instance of trademark infringement can call for initiating a lawsuit.
JD Supra Law
JULY 14, 2022
Join Wilson Sonsini Partners Aaron Hendelman and Gary Greenstein as they dig into how copyrights and trademarks can implicate games and gaming companies. With conversation on topics such as: whether you could put Starbucks in a game, legal issues with putting music in games, and when to register copyrights and trademarks, these two partners know quite a bit about how to avoid the pitfalls and traps any gaming company should be aware of.
Olartemoure Blog
JULY 14, 2022
07/14/22 – Anti-trust and Compliance. Colombia’s anti-trust authority (“SIC”) sanctioned several companies belonging to a liquor cartel in Colombia’s department of Antioquia, setting a fine of roughly USD 4 million for anti-competitive agreement. It is worth noting that this is the 42nd sanction in competition law matters imposed by the SIC during Andrés Barreto’s term as Superintendent, adding up to USD 156 million already.
JD Supra Law
JULY 14, 2022
The investments in Advanced Medicinal Products (ATMPs) that use gene therapy, somatic cell therapy, and engineered tissues for preventing, treating, or curing human diseases probably represent the biggest innovation in the pharmaceutical industry since the introduction of biologic medicines in the 1980s. However, treatment with ATMPs bring unique and novel legal issues and liability risks, particularly for parties that manufacture and supply ATMPs in Europe.
The IP Law Blog
JULY 14, 2022
Ohio State University recently made Intellectual Property headlines by managing to procure a trademark registration for the word THE. The registration procured by Ohio State covers t-shirts, caps, and hats. Although the registration covers limited goods and services, that hasn’t stopped people from being outraged by the idea that a person or entity can obtain exclusive rights to use of the most commonly used word in the English language.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 14, 2022
As people live longer and work longer, the market for where they spend their money continues to grow in size and variety.
JD Supra Law
JULY 14, 2022
A medical device patentee has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to save his design patent, related to an introducer sheath handle, from invalidity based on application of the “on-sale” bar, which prohibits patenting an invention if it has been for sale for over one year prior to the patent filing. On July 6, 2022, in Junker v. Medical Components Inc., inventor Larry Junker filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit’s finding of invalidity of his design.
The IPKat
JULY 14, 2022
The UK Intellectual Property Office has announced a number of new appointments to its board. Adam Williams has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer. He will take over from Tim Moss, starting on 1st September. According to the press release, which can be accessed here : " Adam Williams will assume CEO responsibilities until the open competition for a permanent replacement has concluded.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 14, 2022
Beauty companies looking to capitalize on fast-evolving trends should act on the growing convergence of brands that offer beauty products and brands that offer services.
The IPKat
JULY 14, 2022
Student life presents its challenges. It looks like, after quite some time, the Unified Patent Court is soon to become a reality. The always-busy Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier have thus informed The IPKat that they are launching – in collaboration with Maastricht University – a new European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) , which will run in person (in Trier) and online between September 2022 and July 2023.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 14, 2022
McKinsey’s Brian Gregg speaks with Dan Loney on consumer spending in a recent episode of the Wharton Business Daily Podcast.
The TTABlog
JULY 14, 2022
So far this year, the Board has affirmed 104 of the 108 Section 2(d) appeals that it has decided. How do you think these three came out? [Results in first comment]. In re Elektromotive Australia Pty Ltd. , Serial No. 90025392 (July 6, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Christopher Larkin) [Section 2(d) refusal of the mark shown below for "electric bicycles; electric motorcycles" [ELECTRIC BIKES disclaimed], in view of the registered mark STEALTH for "electronically motorized skateboards"
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
The rise of remote meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the volume and importance of audio data in e-discovery — so organizations in highly regulated industries must collect and process that data, and establish complex strategies to manage their audio records, says Jack Bullen at FTI Consulting.
U.S. Department of Commerce
JULY 14, 2022
Secretary Gina Raimondo Presents Presidential Awards for Export Excellence to U.S. Businesses and Manufacturers from Across the Nation. July 14, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 07/14/2022 - 09:42. Export and investment promotion. Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo hosted the 61 st President’s “E” and “E Star” Awards ceremony at the Herbert C.
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
A federal judge in Los Angeles next week will hear lawyers for director Quentin Tarantino argue that a non-fungible token that recently sold for more than $1 million was based on his own handwritten screenplay for "Pulp Fiction" and doesn't belong to the movie studio that owns the copyright on his hit 1994 movie. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
IP Watchdog
JULY 14, 2022
Interactive Wearables, the petitioner in yet another patent eligibility case that the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review, filed a reply brief on July 11 distancing its petition from that of American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.’s, which was denied certiorari on June 30, 2022. The brief characterizes U.S. patent eligibility doctrine as being “perilously fractured” and narrows its arguments to focus on the third question presented in its petition, since the first two were addressed, an
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
In the first half of 2022, the Federal Circuit held that Coca-Cola failed to show reputational injury to justify canceling a smaller rival's trademarks on the same names of popular Coke sodas sold in India, while the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found that a popular bamboo handbag was generic based on the fashion designer's public statements. Here's a look at the most notable trademark decisions so far this year.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JULY 14, 2022
Principals Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto and Bailey Benedict have been named recipients of the 2022 “Women Worth Watching in STEM” award by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Recipients of the award are “high performing, purpose-driven leaders who create value for other women and the companies, organizations, and agencies behind them.”. Del Dotto’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation, with an emphasis on life sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical litigation, including Hatch-Waxman litig
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
A California federal judge has booted a copyright suit lodged against the Museum of Dream Space by a Japanese art collective over experiential digital exhibitions, finding the collective did not sufficiently prove it is exempt from pre-suit registration requirements.
IAM Magazine
JULY 14, 2022
Professor Ryan Abbott argues that a recently published Board of Appeal ruling reveals a very different approach to inventorship than the one adopted by countries such as the US, UK and Australia
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
Starz Entertainment wasn't too late bringing claims that an MGM unit breached their agreements by licensing to Starz's competitors films that were supposed to be exclusive to the television network, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, splitting from the Second Circuit in determining how far back copyright holders can recover damages.
IAM Magazine
JULY 14, 2022
The Korean company successfully argued that the median-time to-trial in EDTX, where suit had been filed against it, exceeds the 18-month limit within which an IPR would be finalised
IP Law 360
JULY 14, 2022
A California federal judge has cleared Activision Blizzard and Rockstar Games of trademark and copyright infringement claims surrounding "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare," ruling that the main character wasn't poached from an entertainment consultant's new game pitch and granting the game developers' sanctions bids.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
147 
Let's personalize your content