Plagiarism Today
MARCH 13, 2024
Malignant filmmaker settles dispute with screenwriter, New York Times hits back at OpenAI and pirate site Vumoo goes offline. The post 3 Count: Malignant Settlement appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs. The Report looked at: i) current and future applications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”); ii) how intellectual property laws apply to NFTs and assets associated with NFTs; ii
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Erik K Pelton
MARCH 13, 2024
Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik discusses the power of slogans and reviews 25 iconic examples in this podcast. The post 25 Great Slogans appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik discusses the power of slogans and reviews 25 iconic examples in this podcast.
Michael Geist
MARCH 13, 2024
The Online Harms Act was only introduced two weeks ago, but it already appears the government is ready to run back the same playbook of gaslighting and denials that plagued Bills C-11 and C-18. Those bills, which addressed Internet streaming and news, faced widespread criticism over potential regulation of user content and the prospect of blocked news links on major Internet platforms.
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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?
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users.
Intellectual Property Pulse brings together the best content for IP professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Olartemoure Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
SAFE stands for Simple Agreement for Future Equity. It is a legal financing instrument designed to expand capital raising alternatives for early-stage startups. how does it work? SAFE allows an investor to invest a certain amount of money in exchange for the option to acquire future shares that may eventually arise from a future formal capitalization, as stipulated in the contract.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
On February 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction in State of Tennessee and Commonwealth of Virginia v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, enjoining enforcement of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) recruiting ban with respect to student-athletes.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 13, 2024
Efforts by high-tech companies to undermine both the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 and the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act ramped up this week, with a joint letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee by a number of tech industry organizations on Monday and a campaign launched by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) yesterday.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
The California Institute of Technology and Microsoft notified a Texas court Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to end a case where the university alleged that the Xbox and other products infringed its data transmission patents, following similar settlements with other tech giants.
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IP Watchdog
MARCH 13, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a brief opinion authored by Judge Chen today that rejected Daedalus Blue LLC’s appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding certain claims of its patent on a data management system unpatentable. The PTAB held that U.S. Patent No. 8,671,132 was unpatentable as obvious over combinations of three prior art references: “Gelb”, “Tivoli”, and “Callaghan.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
A Colorado federal jury has said a California photographer is entitled to about $3.1 million in a copyright suit after finding that cellphone case maker Otter Products LLC wrongly copied various images.
Copyright Lately
MARCH 13, 2024
Using the DMCA to target hundreds of Wordle-likes, the publication claims exclusive rights in the game’s grid dimensions and color scheme. Fresh on the heels of filing an infringement lawsuit against OpenAI , The New York Times Co. is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
Tractable Inc. is hitting back at CCC Intelligent Solutions with counterclaims in an ongoing trade secrets spat, alleging in a new motion CCC has leveraged its dominant share of the auto collision-assessment market to stifle consumer choice and increase prices in violation of antitrust laws.
Likelihood of Confusion
MARCH 13, 2024
Talk about “scandalous and offensive” marks!: [P]hrases containing some form of “God” have been trademarked [sic] more than 3,400 times in the United States: “God answers knee-mail” and “All God’s Children Got Issues” and, of course, “T.G.I. Friday’s,” the restaurant chain. But where you have trademarks, you also have trademark infringement.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
Have you ever wondered what it takes to navigate the labyrinth of venture capital and emerge as a true industry luminary? Join host Trevor as he takes us into the dynamic world of venture capital with industry titan Jason Caplain, Co-Founder and General Partner of Bull City Venture Partners. With a career spanning over twenty years, Jason's investments have catalyzed the success of renowned companies like Channel Advisor, Wedding Wire, Spiffy, and Spoonflower.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 13, 2024
Whether recently graduated or transitioning into the role from a different career, information professionals (IPs) new to their position face unique challenges as they work to help their organization achieve its goals. As a professor of information management (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto), here is my advice to new IPs that I believe can help them achieve lasting success in this profession.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
2023 was a banner year for trade secrets, non-competes, and other restrictive covenants. Employee non-competes continued to garner attention at the federal agency level, drawing commentary and action from the Federal Trade Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the US Department of Justice.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
IRobot and SharkNinja have reached a settlement in principle to resolve what remains of a long-standing patent dispute related to the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-leader of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Anuj Desai, AGG Intellectual Property partner and head of Trademarks, to discuss the steps non-U.S. companies can take to protect their IP as they prepare to expand into the U.S. and provide guidance on how to handle trademark issues.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
A New York federal judge on Wednesday vacated roughly $200 million in damages awards Cognizant affiliate TriZetto won in a trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement suit against Syntel, ruling that the awards were improperly calculated.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
In a precedential ruling, the Fourth Circuit said Wednesday that companies can't use the subpoena power of the courts to go beyond the limits of discovery that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office puts on deposing employees in foreign countries.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
On March 4, the Federal Circuit, heard oral arguments for Celanese Int’l. v ITC, 22-1827 (Fed. Cir. 2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
While Netflix disputes that it defamed a Kentucky man for his appearance in its true-crime documentary titled "The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker," the streaming giant does agree with the plaintiff in the case that the real hatchet-wielding hitchhiker doesn't belong in the lawsuit.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
The Highway to NIL Podcast analyzes the legal landscape concerning college athletics and the regulation of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. The podcast provides key insights into the current state of affairs, focusing on the NIL guidance and policies coming directly from the NCAA; the various passed and amended state NIL laws; and NIL enforcement, including how the NCAA, state attorneys general, and other regulators may investigate and punish schools for NIL.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
A Washington federal judge has awarded more than $224,000 in attorney fees to a former Boeing intellectual property manager after finding that the company retaliated against him for speaking up against the poor treatment of other workers.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
In February, the International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted three new Section 337 investigations: Certain Oil Vaporizing Devices, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, 337-TA-1392; Certain Network Equipment Supporting NETCONF, 337-TA-1391; Certain Capacitive Discharge Ignition Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, 334-TA-1390.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
Versata Software has urged the Federal Circuit to undo a Michigan federal judge's decision erasing a nearly $105 million trade secrets and breach of contract verdict it won against Ford, and argued that it was wrongly barred from presenting damages theories seeking up to $1.3 billion.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has recently upheld a decision of the English Court of Appeal concerning the criteria for when a website will be considered to be targeting consumers in the United Kingdom ("UK"). The Supreme Court has confirmed that there is a relatively low threshold for a finding that a non-UK website targets consumers in the UK, and therefore the operator of that website could infringe a UK registered trade mark right where that website makes available goods or.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
The Canadian government has told a Washington federal judge that jurors should not hear allegations that its IP licenser deceived the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a trial against Washington fruit growers it claims rebranded a unique Canadian sweet cherry variety as their own, citing the "inflammatory" nature of the growers' counterclaim.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
In July 2018, United Cannabis Corporation (UCANN) sued Pure Hemp Collective (Pure Hemp) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,730,911 (the '911 patent) in the District of Colorado. After prolonged litigation, the parties stipulated to dismissal of their claims and counterclaims.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
An exasperated judge in North Carolina gave an HVAC company an early win by default against a former executive accused of stealing trade secrets, calling his failure to meet discovery demands "dereliction" and granting his former employer's request for sanctions as a result.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2024
Last week, the Federal Circuit handed down its opinion in Pfizer Inc. v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc., affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) determination that all claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,492,559 challenged in five inter partes review (IPR) proceedings were obvious. In light of the Office's promulgation of Guidance to the examining corps as well as PTAB judges of the "increased flexibility" in obviousness determinations mandated by the Supreme Court's decision.
IP Law 360
MARCH 13, 2024
HarbourView Equity Partners said Wednesday it has secured about $500 million in debt financing through a music asset-backed securitization led by KKR, which will be used to further expand HarbourView's music investment capabilities.
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