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3 Count: Bricked Switches

Plagiarism Today

New Nintendo license agreement lets them brick modified consoles, musicians petition UK government on AI and LaLiga blocks more IP addresses. The post 3 Count: Bricked Switches appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The Indian concept of ‘derivative works’: Reframing issues in ANI v OpenAI

SpicyIP

Image from here ANI v. OpenAI is Indias first copyright challenge against generative AI. Filed in 2024, it has since drawn in other industry groups, reflecting its wide impact. As on date, the Amici Curiae , plaintiff and defendant have nearly completed their submissions (presumably on the interim application). Unfortunately, these submissions are not available to the public.

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Ratan Tata’s Trademark Victory: A Deep Dive into the Legal Battle Over His Name and Image

IP and Legal Filings

On a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has conferred trademark ability for the name and photograph of Ratan Tata. This ruling stresses the intensifying importance given to intellectual property rights in the same context in public figures whose names, appearances, and images are valued so much that their reputation may justify their use. It was a fight for Ratan Tata involving the brand Tata, which also became a precedent for individuals regarding how personal branding and legacy misuse c

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[Audio] Are You Focusing Enough on the Potential Implications of Mobile Devices in Discovery?

JD Supra Law

From iPhones to encrypted messaging apps, mobile devices are the new frontier in eDiscoveryand if youre not addressing them head-on, you may be overlooking massive risk. In this fast-paced 15-minute episode, Kelly Twigger breaks down why mobile data isnt just extraits often central to modern litigation. Join us as we unpack: ?? How courts are treating mobile device data ??

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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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Copyright against culture: Do restrictions on e-book availability and use undermine library laws? Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated by a lack of access to eBooks.

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Copyright Office Report on Training AI and Fair Use

JD Supra Law

The Copyright Office released a Pre-publication version of Part 3 of its Report on Copyright and AI. Coincidentally (?) Shira Perlmuter, the Register of Copyrights, was fired amid a shakeup at the Copyright Office. The Report was also supposed to address infringement issues, but did not. Those issued will now be addressed in a Part 4 of the Report.

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Could This be the Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence for Generative AI Training

JD Supra Law

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025.

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LaLiga Disregards Vercel’s Piracy Overblocking Outreach, Blocks it Again

TorrentFreak

For those who had fun playing #laligagate ‘collateral damage bingo’ over the weekend, a full house meant identifying the top internet intermediaries and services, blocked by LaLiga on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Most services utilize shared IP addresses, so typically the number of non-pirate sites blocked at the same time can run to hundreds of sites, potentially more.

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Global Capability Centers in 2025: Key Legal and Strategic Considerations

JD Supra Law

Global Capability Centers (GCCs) have become strategic hubs for multinational corporations, financial institutions and other organizations because they can provide centralized control over high-value technology and back-office functions.

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The Standard for Conception: Don’t Ask “Will it Work”

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In an interesting decision affecting one of the most high-profile patent disputes in biotechnology, the Federal Circuit has partially vacated and remanded a PTAB decision that awarded priority of invention for CRISPR-Cas9 technology in eukaryotic cells to scientists at the Broad Institute. Regents of the University of California v. Broad Institute, Inc. , Nos. 2022-1594, 2022-1653 (Fed.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

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.

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BiologicsHQ Monthly Injection - March 2025

JD Supra Law

On March 17, 2025, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) re-introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (APPA), which previously passed the U.S. Senate as S.150 in the 2024 Congressional session, but was not passed by the House. On April 3, 2025, the Committee on the Judiciary ordered the bill to be reported favorably without amendment.

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AI Training May Need Licensing, Copyright Office Says

IP Law 360

Using copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence systems may not always be excused by fair use, the U.S. Copyright Office said in a highly anticipated report addressing the issue, suggesting that licensing may be required in some instances.

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[Audio] (Podcast) The Briefing: No CTRL-ALT-DEL For the Server Test

JD Supra Law

On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and James Kachmar break down the Supreme Courts decision to pass on the McGuckin v. Valnet caseand how it keeps the legal confusion swirling around the server test for embedding online content. With courts on opposite coasts taking different stances, what does this mean for publishers, bloggers, and social media managers?

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How to Win Amazon APEX: Case Study on Noninfringement

Patent Trademark Blog

Amazon APEX Patent Case Study: How to Win the Noninfringement Argument Sellers nowadays cannot ignore Amazon APEX. APEX is Amazon’s program for resolving utility patent disputes between sellers. Sellers accused of infringement can participate if they receive an invitation to participate. This is a case study on how our firm successfully argued noninfringement in an Amazon APEX patent case.

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What to Expect in a Copyright or Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

JD Supra Law

No matter what type of business you are in, trademark and copyright law can have significant effects on success and growth of your business. Both of these areas of law provide important rights over the intellectual property of your businessthose intangible assets that make your business distinct from others. As attorneys who practice in this area, we understand that it can be detrimental to your business if another company is infringing on or disparaging your trademark or misusing work for.

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Full DC Circ. Won't Review Copyright Denial For AI-Created Art

IP Law 360

The D.C. Circuit on Monday denied a computer scientist's request for a three-judge panel rehearing or en banc review of an order that found copyright law protects only human creations, nixing his appeal that attempted to obtain copyright for a two-dimensional artwork made by thecomputer scientist's artificial intelligence system.

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[Webinar] AI Intensive Summit: Playbook for Innovation and Risk Mitigation - May 20th, 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

JD Supra Law

AI is transforming business and industry virtually overnight, and many leaders are left asking, What do I do next? Womble Bond Dickinsons virtual summit AI Intensive: Playbook for Innovation and Risk Mitigation will provide business leaders and in-house counsel with actionable insights on their most pressing AI challenges, including data privacy, regulatory compliance, AI ethical risks, and other AI governance issues.

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DraftKings Hit With Patent Suit Over In-Game Betting

IP Law 360

An online gambling company has sued DraftKings in New Jersey federal court, alleging that the sports betting company's feature that allows users to place bets in real time during sporting events directly infringes several of its patents.

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[Video] The Briefing: No CTRL-ALT-DEL For the Server Test

JD Supra Law

On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and James Kachmar break down the Supreme Courts decision to pass on the McGuckin v. Valnet caseand how it keeps the legal confusion swirling around the server test for embedding online content. With courts on opposite coasts taking different stances, what does this mean for publishers, bloggers, and social media managers?

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UK Court of Appeal's FRAND Ruling Is Troubling

IP Law 360

The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Optis v. Apple disregards a lower court's extensive factual findings and contradicts its own precedent regarding fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms for cellular patents, says Enrico Bonadio at the University of London.

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Ingenico: Federal Circuit Narrows the Scope of IPR Estoppel Under § 315(e)(2)

JD Supra Law

On May 7, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Ingenico Inc. v. IOENGINE, LLC that narrows the scope of inter partes review (IPR) estoppel under 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(2), resolving a longstanding district court split on the type of invalidity grounds and prior art that are precluded under the IPR estoppel provision. Case No. 2023-1367 (May 7, 2025).

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Transformative Changes: Copyright Leadership Dismissed as AI Report Questions Industry Practices

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The copyright world experienced a major shift in May 2025 with the abrupt dismissal of Dr. Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress), followed by the release of a landmark U.S. Copyright Office report on AI training that concluded many current industry practices likely do not qualify as fair use, and culminating in the firing of Shira Perlmutter (Register of Copyrights) just after the report's publication.

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The Rise of System Art: The Federal Circuit Shelters System Art From IPR Estoppel

JD Supra Law

Prior art patents and publications have long been the primary source for anticipation and obviousness assertions by defendants in IP litigation. System artan actual system or deviceis a less common source of prior art due to challenges in finding and authenticating the system.

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HP, Patent Licensing Co. Settle Suit Over Video Coding IP

IP Law 360

HP Inc. and a California-based patent licensing company that accused the IT giant of infringing old Panasonic patents covering picture and moving picture coding and decoding methods agreed to end their dispute, according to a joint motion filed in Texas federal court.

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New Horizons: Implications of the UK-India Trade Agreement for Life Sciences and Innovation

JD Supra Law

The UK and India have announced one of thebiggest and most economically significant bilateral trade agreements the UK has signed since Brexit, following years of discussions. This marks a significant milestone for the UK life sciences industry in particular, offering substantial opportunities for growth and collaboration.

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Ugg Maker Hits Costco, CVS, Others With Wave Of IP Suits

IP Law 360

The maker of Ugg footwear has fired off a series of fresh trade dress infringement lawsuits against Costco Wholesale Corp., CVS Pharmacy Inc. and other online retailers in California federal court in its latest offensive push to protect its signature shearling footwear designs.

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5 Key Takeaways | Protecting Your IP When People are Coming and Going

JD Supra Law

Kilpatricks Katie Barton, Nena Bains, and Destiny Williams recently presented a webinar in partnership with the Association of Corporate Council on the topic of Protecting Your IP When People are Coming and Going..

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Attys Say Avvo Scraped Bar Data To Sell Marketing Services

IP Law 360

A new class action filed Friday in Washington federal court accuses online legal service provider Avvo Inc. of misappropriating the identities of over 1 million attorneys to promote its legal marketing tools and referral services.

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Spotlight On: Biosimilar Litigations - May 2025

JD Supra Law

Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as litigations between two biosimilar applicants/manufacturers are included. Litigations relating to disputes between two reference product sponsors, or non-practicing entities/universities and reference product sponsors are not included.

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Was the Copying Rightful?

BYU Copyright Blog

Was the Copying Rightful? Faculty,Secondary Education,Fair Use,College May 12, 11:43 AM May 12, 11:44 AM On March 18, 2024, we published a post on the case Wilder v. Hoiland , reporting on the decision made by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which ruled in favor of Defendant Sarah Hoiland (Hoiland) on a claim of copyright infringement.

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4 Key Takeaways | Recent Changes with Respect to the New Administration

JD Supra Law

Kilpatricks Kris Doyle, David Reed, Kate Klein, and Ditty Shrivastava recently presented at the annual Kilpatrick Intellectual Property Seminar Series on the topic of Recent Changes with Respect to the New Administration. They discussed the global impact of the new administrations policies, including expected changes to IP and the practical effects of those changes.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Sydnexis Eye Drop Patents

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit on Monday backed a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings that found claims in a trio of patents owned by Sydnexis Inc. relating to ways to treat nearsightedness were invalid.

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Ninth Circuit Prescribes New Hearing for Damages in AirDoctor Default Judgment

JD Supra Law

The plaintiff AirDoctor sued the defendant under the Lanham Act for advertising and selling filters for use in AirDoctor purifiers. While the defendant advertised its filters as compatible and replacements for the original filters, third-party testing allegedly revealed they did not meet the same HEPA filtration standards or properly fit into the air purifiers.

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Amazon Merchant Takedown Notice Attack Spills Over to Court–GM Photo v. Focus Camera

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[Note: lawsuits over takedown notice attacks occur occasionally. I’m blogging this case as an exemplar, not because it’s unique.] This case involves two Amazon marketplace merchants, GM Photo (operating as Digital Village) and Focus Camera. At issue are “high-end Sigma brand single-lens reflex camera lenses that retail for approximately $600 to $1,200.” GM claims that in October 2022, Focus “conspired to de-list certain of GM’s Amazon listings” by claimi

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Spotlight On: Rituxan® (rituximab) / Truxima® (rituximab-abbs) / Ruxience® (rituximab-pvvr) / Riabni™ (rituximab-arrx) - May 2025

JD Supra Law

Rituximab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple litigations/IPRs are counted more than once. Within each litigation a claim is counted only once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under 102, 103, or both.