Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

On Friday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the “Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022 , better known as the SMART Copyright Act. The act aims to reform the relationship between online service providers and content creators by promoting the use of “standard technological measures” that would, theoretically, help prevent infringing material from being reuploaded to the service after it is removed.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 21, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video How to Water Your Brand for Growth. Do you have a green thumb and are good at gardening, growing vegetables, taking care of plants? I wish that I did, but I do not – I have probably killed as many plants around the house over the years as I have cared for. But I am trying to improve, and actually in the last year or so, we revived a plant at the office that came from a very special friend who had passed away, and the plant was not doing wel

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: US Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act of 2022. First off today, Buddy Iahn at The Music Universe reports that U.S. Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy have introduced the SMART Copyright Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to reform the notice and takedown system.

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The IPKat

MARCH 21, 2022

Proving genuine use of a trade mark (within the meaning of article 16 Directive TMD ) can be a challenging task. This is especially the case when a mark has been used irregularly. In those circumstances finding sufficient and suitable proof may be difficult. At the same time, proving that a mark has not been used is arguably more difficult; how do you provide evidence of something that does not exist?

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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

MARCH 21, 2022

A new study on trade in counterfeit goods that pose health, safety and environmental threats has found that China and Hong Kong account for some three-quarters of exports of dangerous counterfeits. It also found that online sales represent 60% of seizures of dangerous products destined for the EU. The 90-page study was published on March 17 and jointly conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2022

Suryast painting generated by the AI tool RAGHAV. Photo by Sukanya Sarkar (ManagingIP.com). Nikita Munjal is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, a Student Editor with the Intellectual Property Journal, and a third-year JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Sabrina Macklai is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 2L JD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

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The Trichordist

MARCH 21, 2022

The Trichordist calls on the great Jack White to extend his call for majors to step up vinyl production to include opposing the freeze on mechanicals.

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The Illusion of More

MARCH 21, 2022

In late December, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the state’s library ebook bill, acknowledging that the law would be preempted by the Copyright Act. In mid-February, a district court in the State of Maryland, responding to a lawsuit filed by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), ordered a preliminary injunction suspending that state’s ebook […].

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

On January 14, 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Measures for Fast-Track Examination of Trademark Registration Applications (for Trial Implementation), which took effect on the same day. The Measures aim at improving the trademark examination system by addressing the national interests and the needs of market players, while maintaining high-quality examination standards.

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IP.com

MARCH 21, 2022

As the economy becomes ever-more globalized, the need for a more uniform and integrated international IP system continues to grow. This is particularly true for patent law and other legalities. The post IP5 Updates: New Initiatives and Processes appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2022

While the humanitarian crisis has received the most attention during the emerging situation in Ukraine, numerous other facets of the world economy, international relations, and daily life have also been affected. One surprising result has been the consequences related to intellectual property (IP) rights.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, in the Senate, the Commerce Committee will hold an executive session to debate the Next Generation Telecommunications Act and a hearing focused on actions Congress can take to secure critical supply chains in semiconductors. The Senate Environment Committee will also host a hearing to explore how investments in climate innovations can help to promote American energy security.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2022

Seeking to end the human suffering caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and many other nations have imposed strict economic sanctions on Russia. For the same reason, many private companies—including Apple, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Ikea, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Porsche, and Toyota—have left or sharply downsized their business operations in Russia.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP landed more than $400,000 in legal fees after defending the city of Pasadena from a trademark lawsuit over the relocation of the 2021 Rose Bowl due to California's COVID-19 restrictions.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

On March 7, 2022, MMAS Research and Dr. Donald E. Morisky (collectively "MMAS") filed a Complaint against King's College London and several individuals employed by, or associated, with King's College (jointly "King's College"), alleging that King's College made improper use of MMAS's medical diagnostic tool, the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (the "Scale").

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2022

On February 18th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Opposition to Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC"), Junior Party in Interference No. 106,132, wherein the Junior Party moved to change the interference Count pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 41.121(a)(1)(iii) and 41.208(a)(1).

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Michael Geist

MARCH 21, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked international condemnation and a race to levy sanctions and undo longstanding connections to the country. Responses have included demands that Russia Today, a television network backed by the Russian government, be removed from cable and satellite systems. Companies such as Bell, Rogers, Telus and Shaw have dropped the service, but the desire for a longer-term regulatory solution has brought the issue to the CRTC.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 21, 2022

In infringement suits, the patentee must show that each element of a patent claim is infringed either literally by an accused product or infringed under the doctrine of equivalents. Literal infringement means the accused product literally has the claimed feature. Under the doctrine of equivalents, the accused product may infringe by performing substantially the same function in substantially the same way to get substantially the same result.

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The IPKat

MARCH 21, 2022

When this Kat taught computer law in the 1990's (which primarily meant software law), the main issue was how far copyright protection would apply to cover functional features. Generally, the courts first recognized broad protection (notably, the 1986 Whelan case in the U.S.) but then cut back (the 1992 Computer Associates decision in the U.S.) The legal principles developed remain largely applicable today.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 21, 2022

In the second program in the 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth partners Jesse Coleman, Dan Hart, and Caitlin Lane discussed how to identify the greatest threats to trade secrets, provided tips and best practices for protecting trade secrets abroad, and covered enforcement mechanisms and remedies internationally and in the US. As a follow up to this webinar , our team wanted to highlight: US Law provides two key statutes with civil remedies for protecting trade secrets where the misappr

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Biopharmaceutical company Amgen is looking to drop its patent infringement suit against its rivals, Pfizer and Hospira, urging a Delaware federal judge Monday to close the two-year feud over claims of their post-chemotherapy treatment being nearly identical to Amgen's Neulasta.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2022

An interesting feature of the file-sharing and streaming landscapes of the past couple of decades is their interaction with existing copyright law. Over the years many sites, services and platforms providing or facilitating access to infringing content have taken sanctuary in perceived loopholes but most found that few – if any – exist. In Europe, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been the engine behind several important cases featuring defendants who believed they had found a legal

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Cisco Systems Inc. wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the enhanced damages portion of the total $57 million it was ordered to pay for infringing SRI International Inc.'s cybersecurity patents, saying the Federal Circuit's ruling conflicts with high court precedent.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2022

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark WEGE for beer on the ground that "none of the specimens show use of the mark. to indicate the source of beer." Applicant's specimens displayed WEGE only in the phrase "BREWED WITH WEGE OF HANOVER PRETZELS," which use did not show an association of the mark with beer, but rather with the pretzels with which the beer is brewed.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

The creator of the "Fearless Girl" statue can't conduct new depositions three years into trademark litigation with State Street Global Advisors, a Manhattan federal judge said in a Monday hearing on the artist's pro se claim that her former lawyers botched discovery.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash. Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have recently jointly published an Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment. This report explores piracy and counterfeiting and is based on data from across the EU as well as Europol’s operational information. The report concludes that piracy and counterfeiting continue to pose a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of consumers and to the European economy.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has shot down Google's bid for review of an EcoFactor thermostat patent, citing a parallel fight at the U.S. International Trade Commission involving the same patent.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 21, 2022

By: Gabrielle Gravel On the heels of a global shutdown in the wake of COVID-19, courthouses all over the country turned to technology to keep their very full calendars in motion. The solution was to move the myriad of required hearings and in some cases, even jury trials, to the now commonplace Zoom platform. By moving court to Zoom, the judicial branch has been able to reduce foot traffic in normally packed courthouses and still meet the requirements of due process and equity.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

TikTok has been slammed with a copyright infringement suit in California federal court by a video template maker who says it stole a digital filter that makes a photo look as if it were drawn in sand.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 21, 2022

Fish & Richardson defended more patent suits in 2021 than any other firm, according to the “ 2021 Patent Litigation Year in Review ” report published by Docket Navigator. Fish handled a total of 218 patent defense matters in district court in calendar year 2021 – almost twice as many as the next closest firm. Seven Fish attorneys were listed among the top 10 most active attorneys representing defendants in patent cases, including #1-ranked Neil McNabnay (148 cases), Ricardo Bonilla (106), Je

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Dorsey & Whitney's Salt Lake City office has hired the former chair of the Utah bar's intellectual property section, taking her away from Stoel Rives LLP, where she spent over a decade handling trademark and copyright work.

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IAM Magazine

MARCH 21, 2022

The tide has turned against rights holders in recent years, write Gavin Adkins and Jacqueline Simpkin of Griffith Hack – though an accompanying trend of expedited trials offers some consolation.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals covering a broad range of intellectual property disputes, including Epic Systems Corp.'s appeal of the Seventh Circuit's punitive damages cap in a $420 million trade secrets case, and one involving the limits of trademark functionality in a clash over candy-colored dental products.

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IAM Magazine

MARCH 21, 2022

Docket Navigator data shows that David Folsom handled 431 patent cases in his last five years as a US District Judge, and now the Jackson Walker partner mostly represents defendants.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2022

Tomorrow, March, 22, 2022, the FDA will host a public meeting entitled “Final Assessment of the Program for Enhanced Review Transparency and Communication in in the Biosimilar User Fee Act.” As part of the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA), the FDA contracted with independent third parties to assess the extent to which the Program for Enhanced Review and Transparency and Communication (“the Program”) improves the efficiency and effectiveness of 351(k) BLA reviews.

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