Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Wolfgang's Vault owner dodges personal liability, Ed Sheeran lawsuit continues and Spotify threatens to leave Uruguay. The post 3 Count: Wolfgang Vaulted appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What can the stories of Carmy and the crew in the hit television show THE BEAR teach us about trademarks? More than you think, as Erik explains in this video. The post Trademark lessons from The Bear appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. What can the stories of Carmy and the crew in the hit television show THE BEAR teach us about trademarks?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As the copyright claims board moves forward, we have updates of five of the key cases that have been filed with it. The post Updates on 5 Key Copyright Claims Board Cases appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. Given this, it is clear in the US, AI alone cannot be an author. This bedrock principle was reinforced in two recent copyright decisions.

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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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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Last week, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) reached a tentative three-year deal to resolve a writer’s strike following a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The deal was reached on September 27, 2023, after a 148-day strike, which was the second-longest in the union’s history. According to USA Today, the WGA’s leadership board has lifted the restraining order barring writers from returning to work, and its members will vote to officially ratify t

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay The US class action against Google Bard ( J.L. v. Alphabet Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03440 ) In a recent post we analysed a class action filed in the US against Open AI for unauthorized use of copyright works for training of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT ( here ) (“Generative AI” or “Gen AI”).

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 3, 2023

FAIR data plays a crucial role in AI creating a foundation for trust and success. On September 18th, we co-hosted a special event in Leiden (Netherlands), on “the evolving role of data in the AI era.” The focus of the meeting was FAIR data and their importance in a world where the adoption of machine learning and AI is becoming ubiquitous.

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In September, Artificial Intelligence (AI) continued to be a hot topic in the courts and at the U.S. Copyright Office. Here is a quick snapshot of those and other copyright-related […] The post September 2023 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dozens of large anti-piracy awareness campaigns have come and gone over the years and while approaches have differed, there’s no confusion when it comes to their common goal. With serious heavyweight backing, the new ‘BeStreamWise’ anti-piracy campaign aims to deter the use of pirate IPTV services in the UK. It deploys familiar techniques to shape public perception but right off the bat there’s an elephant in the room.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This five-post article was originally posted on Dean’s World. I work in New York City. That morning I was late on the way into the office. I had to stop off. The post My September 11th appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Russia has been tightening the noose on VPN services for years. Many non-compliant foreign companies exited Russia when faced with a choice; compromise your customers’ privacy, or else. Any that remained were required to submit to state regulation, cooperate fully with the authorities, while ensuring that a massive list of domains and URLs censored by the state could not be accessed.

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IP Close Up

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A recent study of 25,000 consumers in 50 nations finds that IP rights’ positive effects are most highly recognized in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America Continue reading

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Christopher Roser

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In my last post I showed you an overview of the Toyota KPI dashboard. This time I will look in more detail at the first (and arguably most important) section on safety. And, while I’m at it, let me also tell you some more about safety at Toyota. Introduction Toyota likes to say that it. Read more The post The Toyota KPI Dashboard—Safety first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Following Elon Musk’s bold rebrand of social media platform Twitter, the many lawsuits that have been expected have begun to roll in. In what is said to be the first, X Social Media, LLC has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, charging Musk’s X Corp. with willful trademark infringement, as well as common law violations under Florida competition, trademark and service mark laws and violations of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Section 112 of the patent statute, which in earlier years was something of a backwater in patent law, has had a tumultuous quarter century beginning with the Federal Circuit decision in Regents of the University of California v. Eli Lilly & Co., which (in the view of many) heightened the written description requirement for biotechnology inventions.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In a $900 million case set for trial in March, Intel has told a California federal judge that it has a license to chip patents owned by licensing company VLSI and cannot infringe them, while VLSI said it isn't bound by Intel's deal with a different company.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We are excited to announce Venable’s inaugural Life Sciences Webinar Series. This month-long series will explore the intricacies and latest developments that shape the life sciences industry. Join us as we hear from our seasoned attorneys across various practices who will share insights and provide a framework for navigating the relevant legal landscape.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled ten oral hearings for the month of October 2023. Seven of the hearings will be held via video conference; three will be "In Person," as indicated below. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. October 10, 2023 - 10 AM [In Person]: Edward Levy and Marc Padro v.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Federal Circuit recently clarified the interplay between obvious-type double patenting (ODP) and patent term adjustments (PTA) granted pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 154(b). In In re Cellect, the Federal Circuit explained that ODP is considered after any PTA is applied, which could cause patents with terms that have been adjusted to be susceptible to an ODP challenge when they otherwise would not have been.

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IP Intelligence

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Patent attorneys regularly use indefinite articles (i.e., “a” or “an”) in claim drafting to introduce patent limitations. In Apple Inc. v. Corephotonics, Ltd. , however, the Federal Circuit made a ruling that may require practitioners to think twice about using such articles, particularly when they could be used to later broaden the claims during an invalidity analysis.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Patent Center is slated to fully replace the legacy EFS-Web system and Private Patent Application Information Retrieval (Private PAIR) tool on November 8, 2023. The USPTO continues to host virtual training events to help users transition to the new tool.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman; pics as taken from their wiki pages here and here SpicyIP Intern Tejaswini Kaushal brings us a quick tidbit on the new Nobel Prize winners in Physiology. Read on for more! Tejaswini’s previous posts can be viewed here Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have become the joint recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology for their discoveries related to nucleoside base modifications in mRNA that have so-remarkably paved the way for the development of highly

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Case Name: Azurity Pharms., Inc. v. Alkem Labs. Ltd., No. 20-cv-1094, 2023 WL 3254117 (D. Del. May 4, 2023) (Goldberg, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Firvanq® (vancomycin); U.S. Patent No. 10,959,948 (“the ’948 patent”).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Trademark Protection for Board Games by Yuri L. Eliezer.block-content { padding-top: 12px; background-ffffff; background-image: none; } Trademark Protection for Board Games: Unlock the Potential of Trade Dress for Your Board Game Table of Contents: What is Trade Dress Protection? Trade Dress for Board Games Examples of Board Game Trade Dress Most savvy entrepreneurs know to apply for trademarks on their product names, company names, logos, and slogans.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has extended the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 through September 30, 2024. This program (the AFCP 2.0) allows applicants to request a patent examiner be given additional time to consider responses after a final office action in certain circumstances.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. Given this, it is clear in the US, AI alone cannot be an author. This bedrock principle was reinforced in two recent copyright decisions.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

With only two precedential IP decisions coming down from the Federal Circuit in the second half of September, pickings were a little slim for blogging. That said, the opinion in Baxalta v. Genentech (2022-1461) — drafted by Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and joined by Judges Raymond Clevenger and Raymond Chen — is an important one to cover since it demonstrates how the court interpreted and applied the Supreme Court’s recent enablement decision in Amgen v.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We had a successful result for a defendant in a pretty interesting case. Can a take-down notice sent to an ecommerce site such as eBay or Amazon expose the IP rights-owner to a defamation suit? Yes (or No), says a New York federal judge (in two different cases). The two decisions ( Unlimited Cellular v. Red Point Software and CDC Newburgh v. STM Bags ) taken together suggest how to fine-tune takedown notices.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) first performs broad, deep training on human-created materials, then, when given a prompt, can produce "original" works as output. Examples include ChatGPT (text), Stable Diffusion (images) and Video Diffusion (video).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 3, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The high-stakes patent dispute between VirnetX and Apple continues with VirnetX’s new petition asking the Supreme Court to review two important Federal Circuit rulings. The VirnetX petition focuses on the Federal Circuit’s interpretation of the inter partes review (“IPR”) joinder provisions and the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (“FVRA”).

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On September 15, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) issued two final decisions with favorable rulings for Brooks Kushman client Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (“Current Lighting”), and Walmart Inc., in a patent dispute involving Power Concepts, LLC. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Amsterdam-based food company Corbion NV has filed suit against Georgia-based competitor WTI Inc. in a Georgia federal court seeking a declaration that its dry vinegar products don't infringe a WTI patent.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China International Capital Corporation (CICC) as the sole sponsor of Neusoft Xikang Holdings Inc. (09686.HK)'s listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today. Neusoft Xikang developed China’s first city-specific cloud hospital platform, and has since expanded its network to connects local governments, medical institutions, patients and insurers to enable equitable access to medical resources and more effective a

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A California federal judge denied Unicorn Energy AG's request to depose Elon Musk Tuesday in a case claiming Tesla infringes its energy storage technology patent, saying it was "speculative" to question Musk about an alleged conversation that would show his pre-suit awareness of the asserted patent.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Two days before Christmas Eve 2020, I drafted this blog post regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). As of January 1, 2024, the CTA will be enforced for all new and existing entities. If you’re interested in what the CTA means for your business, please read on. The CTA is set to fundamentally change corporate reporting requirements, impacting millions of businesses in 2024.

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