Wed.Apr 21, 2021

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5 Trademark Lessons from a Year of Pandemic and Quarantine

Erik K Pelton

The world of trademarks is actually booming since the pandemic began last Spring. Yet so are the trademark scams. In this episode, Erik reflects on the changes and trends from the past year, and why is it more critical than ever to protect your brands and businesses with trademark registration. The post 5 Trademark Lessons from a Year of Pandemic and Quarantine appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Raytheon Techs. Corp. v. Gen. Electric Co., No. 20-1755 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 16, 2021).

Intellectual Property Brief

The Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to invalidate Raytheon’s turbine engine patent for obviousness based on General Electric’s reference to.

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Will Arthrex Blow Up The PTAB?

JIPEL Copyright Blog

In the pending Supreme Court case, United States v. Arthrex, Inc. , two main issues are presented before the Court. One, whether the administrative patent judges (“APJs”) of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) are unconstitutionally appointed because they are principal officers. Two, if APJs are unconstitutionally appointed, whether the Supreme Court should cure the relevant statute.

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Eurasian industrial design: an overview of a new regional system

IP Blog

On April 12, 2021, Part II of the Patent Regulations under the Eurasian Patent Convention (EPC) was brought into effect, together with related documents, to govern the legal protection of Eurasian industrial designs — a completely novel type of Intellectual Property (IP) right in the Eurasian patent system.

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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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GEORGIA V. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND HOW THE COURT SHOULD SOLVE THEM

JIPL Online

By: Sam Hayes The Supreme Court left the government edicts doctrine untouched for nearly 130 years until last year, when the Court revisited the doctrine in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. The central issue in Georgia v PRO concerned the copyrightability of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, which included the text of every Georgia statute, as well as various non-binding annotations.

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Daily Journal Recognizes Fish & Richardson Principals Juanita Brooks and Jonathan Singer as 2021 “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The Daily Journal named Fish principals Juanita Brooks and Jonathan Singer to its 2021 list of “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers.” The annual list recognizes top IP lawyers in California who practice in various areas of IP law and have had a significant impact on IP law. Brooks and Singer are both based in Fish’s Southern California office and have been included on this prestigious list multiple times.

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Web Scraping and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

The Internet is glutted with the presence of a myriad variety of goods and services. These goods and services present online that form the bread and butter for business are a protected product/content that is categorized as intellectual property and is protected under the Intellectual Property laws through copyright, trademark , design , etc. Thus, the protection of the intellectual property rights over these goods and services is of significant importance to these businesses due to the signifi

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CLE: Patent Focus: Section 101

Chicago IP

On May 6, 2021 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) is hosting a panel discussion focusing on topics related to Section 101. A selection of topics will be discussed. The panel is being moderated by A. Christal Sheppard Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law, Distinguished Fellow, NGCT – Nebraska Governance & Technology Center.

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GEORGIA V. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND HOW THE COURT SHOULD SOLVE THEM

JIPL Online

By: Sam Hayes. Copyright protection entails a balance between the interests of authors in having monopolistic protection and economic incentives to encourage the production of works, and the interests of the public in having unrestricted access to certain kinds of information. [i] On one hand, if the exclusionary rights granted by copyright are too narrow, individuals are discouraged from producing intellectual works because they are limited in reaping the financial or reputational gain from the