Erik K Pelton
JULY 19, 2022
In this episode, Erik outlines 7 steps to consider prior to submitting a trademark application to the USPTO. Learn more about these steps and trademark registration at www.erikpelton.com. The post Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. In this episode, Erik outlines 7 steps to consider prior to submitting a trademark application to the USPTO.
TorrentFreak
JULY 19, 2022
Popular Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of sites, including multinationals, and governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites. Rightsholders are unhappy with the latter and some have even accused Cloudflare of facilitating copyright infringement by continuing to provide access to illicit platforms.
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The IPKat
JULY 19, 2022
Earlier this year, IPKat reported on the EPO's advertised workshop on description amendments ( IPKat ). The stated aim of the workshop, which took place at the end of June, was to provide users with "clarity" on description amendments in view of some recent conflicting decisions on the topic from the Boards of Appeal. The EPO has now reported that the workshop of experts "confirmed" EPO practice on description amendments.
TorrentFreak
JULY 19, 2022
In September 2021, US broadcaster DISH Network filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Michigan court. It targeted two sets of defendants. The first was Atlas Electronics, a Michigan-based retailer of unauthorized IPTV services, and company owner Alaa Al-Emara. The second was iStar Company, the supplier of iStar set-top boxes and the operator of the iStar IPTV service sold by Atlas, plus company owner Ahmed Karim.
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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?
IPilogue
JULY 19, 2022
John Lemieux is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Group at Dentons Canada LLP. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostine & Dr. Aviv Gaon’s “Selected Topics in Privacy and Cybersecurity Law” course with Osgoode Professional Development. Access to justice in Canada is an acute issue requiring urgent action not only from governments but from the legal practitioners in this country charged with an obligation to “improve justice and to con
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
They can take five actions to improve objective-setting, performance measurement, and cultural factors associated with successful innovation projects.
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JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
With the introduction of the European Patent with unitary effect (Unitary Patent) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the question arises whether the use of this new system makes economic sense for patent owners. Patent owners not only have to consider the validation costs and renewal fees of a Unitary Patent, which will cover the territories of all participating Member States, but also the costs of a litigation before the UPC.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
Effective capability building programs enable organizations to develop the mindsets, behaviors, and skills needed to power a transformation and achieve their full potential. McKinsey senior partner Kevin Carmody talks about the importance of building capabilities in frontline workers and their role in the success of a company’s transformation.
IP Close Up
JULY 19, 2022
Jam-packed with timely panels and notable speakers the 2022 IPWatchdog LIVE will be an auspicious start to a busy IP fall conference season. IPWatchdog LIVE Continue reading.
Christopher Roser
JULY 19, 2022
In my last post I went a bit into the theory of where drones in manufacturing may be applicable. They are not really for transport, but there is a possibility to use drones to gather data – provided you don’t need an expensive pilot and there are preferably no workers around on which a drone. Read more. The post How IKEA Uses Drones for Inventory Management first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
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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.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
Software as a service (SaaS) can be an impressive source of revenue growth for nontech companies that follow these six key principles for developing SaaS products.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
Congratulations! Your startup is developing a revolutionary product or service that has the potential to transform an industry. Whatever the nature of that new product or service, at its core is an innovation – perhaps an algorithm, a concept, a formula or a compilation of data – that represents a major investment of effort and….
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
Shifts in profit pools will accelerate, spurring likely business model changes in three areas—diversification, vertical integration, and new business building.
Copyright Alliance
JULY 19, 2022
This week we’d like to introduce you to artist Camilla Damsbo Brix. To see Camilla’s work, visit her website and follow her on Instagram. What was your inspiration about becoming […]. The post Creator Spotlight with Artist Camilla Damsbo Brix appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
The secret to at-scale personalization isn’t just the analytics. It’s the ecosystem organizations set up to use the analytics well.
The IPKat
JULY 19, 2022
The EPO is running a consultation on the joint proposal from the EPO and epi for a new European Qualifying Examination (EQE) for trainee patent attorneys. Full details of the proposal and the consultation, which takes the form of a 25 minute Questionnaire , can be found here. A modular approach The EPO-epi proposal is to transform the EQEs into a series of shorter modular exams taken at more regular intervals throughout a candidate's training.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
Containers have their place in a successful cloud strategy, but businesses shouldn’t overlook the value that CSP-specific services can deliver.
IP Watchdog
JULY 19, 2022
On July 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. affirming a summary judgment ruling of the District of Delaware, which invalidated claims from three Stanford University patents licensed by CareDx as patent ineligible. The decision marks yet another blow to medical diagnostic testing, this time in the context of organ transplants, and the prospects of their developers for obtaining enforceable patent rights.
IP Law 360
JULY 19, 2022
Facebook's corporate parent Meta was hit with a trademark lawsuit Tuesday by a virtual reality company also called Meta, which alleges that the Silicon Valley tech giant has effectively destroyed the smaller brand by swiping the name as part of its shifting focus on the metaverse.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
The USPTO Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) rules include a “safe harbor” that avoids a PTA deduction for “Applicant delay” for Information Disclosure Statements that are accompanied by a certain statement averring that the items being submitted only were recently cited in another application. Under current rules, the statement can be provided in any paper submitted with the IDS, including USPTO form PTO/SB/133.
IP Law 360
JULY 19, 2022
While many states have taken steps to address long-standing and problematic bar exam policies on menstruation and menstrual products, the changes do not go far enough to remove the continued disadvantages menstruating test takers face, highlighting the need for comprehensive and quick action ahead of this month's exams, say law professors Margaret Johnson, Elizabeth Cooper and Marcy Karin.
Trading Secrets
JULY 19, 2022
It’s a fact pattern that repeatedly arises in trade secret cases: a company hires someone who has a confidentiality agreement with their former employer. Just before (or shortly after) being hired, the individual emails confidential information from their former employer to individuals at their new job. The former employer files suit against the individual, but also asserts a claim for tortious interference with contractual relations against the new employer.
IP Law 360
JULY 19, 2022
A Michigan marijuana dispensary is urging a federal judge not to throw out its suit against a rival shop or cancel the federal trademarks it claims its rival is infringing, saying there's no evidence that the trademark is being used for illegal activity.
43(B)log
JULY 19, 2022
Addressing the proper standards for knowledge & right and ability to control under the DMCA. Amicus available here. Thanks especially to Laura Heymann, who did the lioness's share of drafting. [link].
IP Law 360
JULY 19, 2022
Taylor English Duma LLP has added three partners based in California, Washington, and Michigan, as well as two associates, the firm announced on Tuesday.
IP Watchdog
JULY 19, 2022
In Part I, I introduced the USPTO’s unpublished guidance document for signatures on powers of attorney, and the incompatibility of that guidance with state law, regulation, and the USPTO’s published guidance. Multiple laws should have caught the problems and led to a corrected document. Today, we’ll look at the USPTO’s pattern of ignoring those laws in multiple rounds of review under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
McKinsey Operations
JULY 19, 2022
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
During the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) Boardside Chat on July 7, 2022, discussion focused on Director Katherine Vidal’s interim guidance on discretionary denials under the Board’s precedential Apple v. Fintiv decision. .
Patently-O
JULY 19, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew (Fed. Cir. 2022). In this ongoing litigation IPR litigation, Arthrex has filed another petition for rehearing — arguing that it still has not received the promised “Director Review” sufficient to cure the appointments clause problem apparent in the prior PTAB decision cancelling its patent claims.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
LG Electronics Inc. v. Immervision, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2037, -2038 (Fed. Cir. 2022) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit considered how to treat a prior art reference in which the alleged teaching of a claim element would be understood by a skilled artisan not to be an actual teaching, but rather an error of a typographical or similar nature.
LexBlog IP
JULY 19, 2022
Beginning August 1, the USPTO is streamlining the process for following new assignments, obtaining information on pending assignments, questions on assignments, liens on patents, filing assignments, recordation forms, and trademark assignments. Users will submit requests virtually using the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) storefronts.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
CAREDX, INC. V. NATERA, INC. Before Lourie, Bryson, and Hughes - Summary: Expert testimony that steps of challenged patent claims were unconventional failed to preclude summary judgment of ineligibility where specification admitted the steps were conventional.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
JULY 19, 2022
The U.S. Patent Office issued the following 190 patent registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in June 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana patent attorneys: D956,187. Lavatory basin. D956,184. Faucet. D956,182. Faucet. D955,924. Travel trailer. D955,858. Door trim. D955,854. Pull. D955,851. Pull. D955,834. Blade hub. 11,375,455. Technologies for associating an offline Wi-Fi system with a wireless access point. 11,375,320.
JD Supra Law
JULY 19, 2022
The Chinese Patent Law provides in Article 5(1) that no patent right shall be granted for any invention-creation that is contrary to the laws or social morality or that is detrimental to public interests. This prohibitive regulation is formulated in order to prevent an invention-creation that may disturb normal social order, lead to crimes, or result in other factors threatening social stability from being granted a patent right.
IP Law 360
JULY 19, 2022
Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday it had tapped an intellectual property expert from Vinson & Elkins LLP's office in Houston to help co-lead the firm's international technology group with a focus on data privacy compliance, cybersecurity preparedness and other issues.
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