The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The trade mark that Maartje Verhoef sought to register In a world in which the legal tools available to protect one’s own likeness and persona vary significantly – with some countries, e.g., providing for strong image rights protection [see the case of Italy here , here and here ] and others not even acknowledging the very existence of self-standing image rights [that is the case of the UK: here ] – the question posed in the title of this post is an intriguing one.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Screeners are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters for review. These copies have regularly ended up in the hands of pirates after which they’re widely circulated online. That includes screeners of potential Academy Award nominees, which usually appear around December. In recent history, hundreds of these screeners have leaked early.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LLC, decided on December 6, 2022, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2022

When movies are recorded directly from cinema screens, the resulting pirate copy is known as a ‘cam’, regardless of the device used – camcorder or otherwise. The terms camming, camcording, cammer, and other variations are not exclusive to movie piracy circles though; those paid to monitor and crack down on pirates use them a lot too.

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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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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has advised that the new Guidelines will not be implemented on January 1, 2023, and that the Interim Guidance issued by the Board on August 18, 2022 will remain in place until further notice. The comment period on the proposed Guidelines closed on December 5, 2022 (see our article on the draft Guidelines). 88 submissions were provided (see “Submissions” tab), including from Health Canada.

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IP Close Up

DECEMBER 29, 2022

2022 was a breakthrough year for IP CloseUp, a leading independent blog that follows intellectual property developments, trends and people. The no-fee publication has generated Continue reading.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Mahanoy decision left many issues for the lower courts to resolve about when schools can discipline students for social media posts. This opinion from the Ninth Circuit starts to fill in some of the gaps. The case involves several Albany High students, including Epple and Chen. In 2016, Epple created a private Instagram account named “yungcavage” as “a private forum where [he] could share funny memes, images, and comments with [his] close friends that [they]

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

We have reached the end of this long year and will now hopefully take a well-deserved break. We wish all our IPKat readers the best for the coming year! The last miscellany post of 2022 contains some announcements for the blog's contributors as well as some IP news and four professional opportunities - which you should definitely look out for in January!

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. This year’s series included.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Jackson v. Kogan, 2022 WL 17582560, No. 22-22972-Civ-Scola (S.D. Fla. Dec. 12, 2022) Jackson, aka 50 Cent, is a famous artist. Defendant MedSpa is run by defendant Kogan; it offers plastic surgery and minimally invasive procedures such as Botox treatments. In 2020, Jackson “happened to be in the proximity” of MedSpa’s location. “At Kogan’s request, Jackson posed for, and took, a picture with Kogan in front of a backdrop stamped with the words ‘PERFECTION MED SPA’ throughout.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In MGFB Properties, Inc. v. Viacom Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently sided with Viacom and its subsidiary MTV in a trademark action brought by the owners of the Flora-Bama Lounge, who alleged infringement by the television series MTV Floribama Shore. The court held that the title of MTV’s show was protected by the First Amendment, applying the familiar Rogers v.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Petterson v. Circle K Stores, Inc., 2022 WL 17974463, No. 3:21-cv-00237-RBM-BGS (S.D. Cal. Nov. 23, 2022) The court certifies a consumer class action for monetary relief with some observations about the kind of evidence required for certification. Petterson bought a lot of cigarettes at Circle K, expecting discounts from their discount program, but they didn’t give him a discount on cartons when he expected a discount based on buying multiple packs at once (their position was apparently that the

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Strike 3 Holdings (S3”) has filed THOUSANDS of copyright infringement lawsuits, and usually manages to settle quite a few of them. However, they do not always prevail in their bringing of these actions (usually in a federal court lawsuit). There are times they have had to dismiss cases.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Starting on December 3, 2022, the new deadline for trademark Office Actions is three months. Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) amended its Rules of Practice under the Trademark Modernization Act (“TMA”) of 2020. The new rules shorten the old, six-month deadline to three months. Table of Contents.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The phrase “waiting all day for Sunday night” is usually associated with football. But this Sunday, it may be associated with something entirely different — a potential trademark dispute. After years of fighting over its previous name, the Washington Commanders are no strangers to trademark disputes. But this potential dispute is a little different.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

IPNews® – Just before Christmas a trademark opposition was filed against a trademark application for My Santa Is Black. The Opposition was filed by The Black Santa Company which owns several trademarks for “Black Santa” The Grinch will surely be watching this one. To continue reading, click: A Black Santa Claus Trademark Battle Is Currently Brewing.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thank you for reading the December 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year and a preliminary ruling in Europe regarding an online marketplace's potential liability for advertisements for counterfeit goods offered on its platform. We also share how our Trademark & Brand Protection team gave back this holiday season.

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Stock Legal Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Last November, I shared a piece that developed from an “aha!” moment I had while sitting around the table enjoying the firm’s Thanksgiving lunch, where I realized that we all had a personal connection to business owners. Stock Legal attorneys dedicate much of our time to working with owners of small to medium-size businesses - in Saint Louis, on both coasts, and everywhere in between – and perhaps some readers thought to themselves, “Corporate attorneys who admire small business owners?

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Earlier this month, the Pantone Color Institute announced its Color of the Year for 2023, Pantone No. 18-1750 "Viva Magenta" (think a brighter, more berry version of red velvet cake). In selecting the color representing the spirit of the moment, Pantone says that Viva Magenta "vibrates with vim and vigor." A shade having its roots in nature (specifically, an insect from which the natural reddish dye carmine is derived), Viva Magenta is "expressive of a new signal of strength. a pulsating.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The TTAB upheld three refusal to register the proposed mark POSITIVE ONLINE PRESENCE for "Providing marketing consulting in the field of social media." Affirming the first two refusals,genericness and failure-to-function, was a snap, because the applicant presented no argument regarding them on appeal. As to the third ground, the Board agreed with Examining Attorney Darryl M.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The PTAB denied a request for institution and joinder because the petitioner was the petitioner in one other instituted IPR directed to the same patent, and the petitioner did not explain adequately to the PTAB why another proceeding was necessary. Here, Code200, (“Code200”) filed a Petition for inter partes review (“-01110 IPR”) for U.S. Patent No. 10,484,510 (the “’510 patent”), seeking to join IPR2022-00138.

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IP.com

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The post Sustainable Plastics: Eco-Friendly Options on the Rise appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Episode 19 of Fairly Competing is out — just in time for New Year’s Eve listening! In this episode, Russell Beck, Ben Fink, and John Marsh take a look back on some of the more significant developments in trade secret and restrictive covenant law from the past year and what to be expecting in the coming year. They discuss recent criminal prosecutions for use of no-poach agreements, legislative changes to state noncompete and nonsolicitation laws, federal regulatory and legislative efforts to.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In Treehouse Avatar LLC v. Valve Corporation , No. 2022-1171 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 30, 2022), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) affirmed the decision from the District Court for the Western District of Washington, striking expert testimony it found inconsistent with the parties’ agreed-upon claim construction and granting a motion for summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Valve.

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IAM Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2022

IAM looks back at some key stories from Brazil and Colombia over the last 12 months

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LL C, decided on December 6, 2022, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Dreamstime Opinion helps illustrate some difficulties in defining the relevant market to allege anticompetitive injury to support an antitrust claim.

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IAM Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2022

IAM looks back at some key stories from Brazil and Colombia over the last 12 months

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U.S. Department of Commerce

DECEMBER 29, 2022

NIST: Reflecting Back on 2022. December 29, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 12/29/2022 - 14:10. ICT Supply Chain. Infrastructure. As another productive year comes to a close, it’s always nice to take a moment to look back on everything our hard-working staff members have accomplished and celebrate the wins. From semiconductors to quantum computing (and post-quantum encryption) to artificial intelligence, this year has seen NIST accomplish some major milestones.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LL C, decided on December 6, 2022, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Dreamstime Opinion helps illustrate some difficulties in defining the relevant market to allege anticompetitive injury to support an antitrust claim.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Trade Secrets and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants Internationally.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Trade Secrets and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants Internationally.

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