Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

by guest blogger Aaron Perzanowski , University of Michigan Law School. Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. Alexander claimed that Take-Two Interactive infringed the tattoo designs she inked on her client, professional wrestler Randy Orton, when the company produced and distributed a video game featuring a realistic in-game depiction of Orton.

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McKinsey Operations

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The rise of 5G and edge computing will create new opportunities along the automotive supply chain. How can semiconductor companies and other stakeholders capture it?

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Copyright Alliance, along with countless members of the copyright community, warmly remembers former Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters, who passed away on September 29 at the age of 83. […]. The post Tribute Blog in Memory of Former Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters? appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) suspended the sponsored accounts of two U.S. attorneys who loaned their name and bar credentials to an Indian law firm so they could file trademark submissions in violation of USPTO rules. The Indian firm used the names of the American attorneys to pose as U.S.-based attorneys and represent clients in trademark registration.

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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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McKinsey Operations

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Recent interviews with tech executives and cloud-program leaders at 50 companies shows a gap between cloud aspirations and cloud adoption—and unclear strategy to close it.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Manufacturing Opens More Doors to Women. October 6, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 13:30. Manufacturing. The following is a cross-post from the U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. manufacturing experienced a substantial decline in employment from 2000 to 2010 due largely to the 2008 Great Recession but rebounded – until the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

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McKinsey Operations

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Mental-health advocate Poppy Jaman identifies strategies companies could employ to improve the health and well-being of their workforces.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Onion recently filed a headline-grabbing amicus brief intended to defend the rights of Ohio amateur satirist Anthony Novak. Novak created the “City of Parma Police Department” Facebook account, admittedly to exercise his “fundamental American right” of “[m]ocking our government officials.” His posts to the account included mock advertisements for a “Pedophile Reform event” and a program intended to starve the homeless to encourage them to leave the area.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For the final post in our Big Bang Blog Series we wanted to share some tips that you will find helpful during the sequencing and filing process. Tune back in for more updates as the WIPO Standard evolves.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Video game developer Saber Interactive will have another shot at making its case that the publisher of a rival game infringed on its intellectual property by using a tractor design to which the developer holds the exclusive rights.

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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.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) Final Written Decision (FWD) in an inter partes review (IPR) that Mylan Pharmaceuticals failed to show the claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,326,708 were either anticipated or rendered obvious by the asserted prior art, in Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Intel is set to argue next week that the Ninth Circuit should revive its suit accusing investment management firm Fortress of breaking antitrust laws by encouraging repeat infringement suits against tech companies in an effort to "monetize meritless patents." Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

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McKinsey Operations

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A survey of more than 30,000 consumers and 100 grocery CEOs reveals the challenges—and opportunities—that grocery retailers face today.

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IAM Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In an exclusive interview with IAM, the company’s head of IP and technology shares the thinking behind a rapidly-expanding IP portfolio

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 6, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. In re: Janke , Docket No. 22-1274 ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ) (R.36 Judgment). Mr. Garth Janke is a former HP engineer and now a patent attorney at Garth Janke LLC. Janke is also an inventor. Most recently, he has been pursuing patent protection on his clog-free leaf rake. His Dulcinea. I live in a forest and have a basic rule against raking or blowing leaves–otherwise my grass would grow and then I would need to mow.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2022

After years of trying to contain the meteoric rise of illegal streaming sites and pirate IPTV services, rightsholders in Europe have seen enough. In a call to action published today, more than 100 rightsholders, organizations, and powerful media groups threw down the gauntlet at the feet of the European Union, demanding immediate action to prevent piracy of all types of live events.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

E-mail subscriptions to the TTABlog are available. Just enter your e-mail address in the box on the right to receive a daily update via Feedblitz. You may also follow the TTABlog on Twitter: @TTABlog. Section 2(a) - False Suggestion of a Connection: TTAB Upholds Section 2(a) False Connection Refusal of US SPACE FORCE for License Plate Frames, Umbrellas Precedential No. 24: "PURPLE RAIN" for Dietary Supplements Falsely Suggests a Connection with Prince, Says TTAB Section 2(b) - Governmental Insig

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Register for the 2022 Hispanic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. October 6, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 13:45. Minority business growth. Do you want to learn about valuable tools available to inventors and entrepreneurs? Are you eager to be inspired and informed by accomplished Hispanic innovators? If so, make sure to attend the U.S.

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IP Close Up

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In the latest episode of the podcast ‘Understanding IP Matters,” which is available today, veteran technology investor Gary Lauder discusses why many large tech companies Continue reading.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As transformative use becomes increasingly central to fair use inquiries, the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to review the standard in a copyright battle over Andy Warhol's portraits of music icon Prince. Ahead of oral arguments next week, Law360 provides a quick guide to get you up to speed on the first fair use case involving creative works before the justices in decades.

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McKinsey Operations

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An interview with Shell Recharge Solutions’ Andreas Lips.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A New York federal judge has denied a designer's request for a quick appeal of a decision that keeps alive Hermes' trademark fight with the designer over his "MetaBirkins" nonfungible token series, finding that the case isn't exceptional enough to warrant "immediate appellate review.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In Roche Diagnostics Corp. v. Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC , No. 21-1609, -1633 (Fed. Cir. April 8, 2022), the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) affirmed the district court’s finding of direct infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,808,939 (“the ’939 patent”), reversed the finding of induced infringement of U.S.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A European court has dismissed an appeal from a French golf club fighting to register a trademark for a "stag head" logo over the opposition of German drinks giant Jägermeister.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Grass is Always Greenberg alters its format for a special two-part series covering the 2022 Cannalaw Summit: Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Branding in the Cannabis Industry. Greenberg Glusker’s Priya Sopori and Alexa Steinberg were featured speakers at the event, attended by over 100 cannabis industry specialists. Part 1 excerpts their discussion about issues such as endorsement envy, trademark and copyright enforcement and the risks of tying a cannabis brand to a celebrity.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A California federal judge on Thursday denied the Mongol Nation motorcycle gang a retrial of a racketeering case that resulted in the loss of its trademark-registered emblem, saying there is no evidence that its ex-leader is an informant who undermined the case and that there is little likelihood a retrial would result in acquittal.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As a result o f the recent complaints made by tourist s in Cartagena regarding the excessive price increase in the city, local merchants’ incomes have decreased by 40% in comparison to last year. In order to face off this situation, after a meeting among Cartagena’s tourism merchants, the Cartagena Tourism Agencies Association (ACATO in Spanish) was born.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As usual, the NPEs slowed down as the holidays approached. Frequent filers included Bassfield IP, Cascades Branding, Cedar Lane, GreatGigz, and Recog IP. As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database. Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you want to keep track of new patent litigation filings or want to know what is happening in particular cases, how your judge has historically handled a particular type of moti

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

New York artist Kris Kashtanova requested for a comic that she created through artificial intelligence to be registered before the United States Copyright Office, amid latent uncertainty about whether it would be granted or not. In recent years, there has been a debate about whether the works created through these programs can be registered, since they do not imply a creation that is 100% the product of the human intellect and with which third-party work is often used to carry out the final prod

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

35 U.S.C. 122(e) provides a mechanism for third parties to submit printed publications of potential relevance to the examination of a patent application to USPTO. This mechanism is called “third-party pre-issuance submissions”. Please see full article below for more information.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On September 29th, the Global Innovation Index 2022 was officially released. Colombia moved up 4 places in the ranking to 64th place, surpassing Peru, Argentina and Costa Rica. . A key objective of this report is to present an overview of the level of research and development (R&D) in institutions, education, and infrastructure around the world, as well as the levels of investment and business sophistication in each country. .

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Ed White and Courtney Reigel look at the implementation of the NCAA Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) Policy and where things stand for universities, athletes, states and collectives.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Recently, the Colombian National Tax and Customs Directorate (“DIAN”) modified the deadlines for companies to register the information of their beneficial owners. Legal entities and unincorporated structures that are incorporated as or before May 31, 2023 must register the information by July 31, 2023. Those incorporated after June 1, 2023, must register within the following 2 months in accordance with the requirements of the Circular.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s summary judgment of noninfringement in a copyright dispute, finding that the transfer of ownership prior to the display of the copyrighted work conferred standing to sue for any alleged infringement.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Onion recently filed a headline-grabbing amicus brief intended to defend the rights of Ohio amateur satirist Anthony Novak. Novak created the “City of Parma Police Department” Facebook account, admittedly to exercise his “fundamental American right” of “[m]ocking our government officials.” His posts to the account included mock advertisements for a “Pedophile Reform event” and a program intended to starve the homeless to encourage them to leave

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