Erik K Pelton
JULY 15, 2021
Here are what I believe are The Keys to Branding Success: S start thinking about brand protection from the outset. U use mark properly. C creative names are bolder and better. C clearance searc h before committing to a name. E early filing for trademark registration. S shield against infringers when needed. S specialist: work with experienced professional to improve odds of SUCCESS.
Patently-O
JULY 15, 2021
Interesting pending civil action in Grupo Bimbo v. Hirshfeld (E.D.Va. 2021). The Mexican company Grupo Bimbo makes more bread than any other company — including Wonder Bread and Sara Lee brands in the USA. Bimbo is attempting to register a mark for its “ARTESANO” line of bread — after apparently selling more than $1 billion in pre-packaged sliced bread product.
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JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
Yeezy, LLC and Kanye West have a history with Walmart in the world of intellectual property and trademark rights. Most recently, Yeezy sued Walmart and third-party sellers for unfair competition for selling copycats of Yeezy’s famed Foam Runner Shoes.
Art Law Journal
JULY 15, 2021
Steve Schlackman. If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright?
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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?
Velocity of Content
JULY 15, 2021
As we progress through July into the second half of 2021, CCC is staying busy. We recently implemented a rebrand, adopting a new company logo and redesigning our website. And we have migrated all transactional permission services to Marketplace , created a K-12 online certificate course , and launched an Annual Copyright License for Curriculum and Instruction.
The IP Law Blog
JULY 15, 2021
In recent years, the Supreme Court has decided a number of cases, including Bilski v. Kappos, Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad , and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.
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The IPKat
JULY 15, 2021
AG Saugmandsgaard Øe Is Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 (DSMD) compatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights , notably its Article 11 and the principle of freedom of expression and information? According to Poland, the answer should be in the negative. Indeed, shortly after the adoption of the Directive in 2019, this country lodged a complaint ( C-401/19 ) before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), seeking the partial or - as a subsidiary claim - complete annulment of the
U.S. Department of Commerce
JULY 15, 2021
U.S. Census Bureau to Release First Look at Nation's Demographic Characteristics from 2020 Census. July 15, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 13:27. 2020 Census. U.S. Census Bureau Graphic of United States for 2020 Census. The following is a cross-post from the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Census Bureau by August 16 is set to release in-depth demographic statistics from the 2020 Census that will be used to redraw legislative voting districts. .
SpicyIP
JULY 15, 2021
We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Winter 2021 Issue (Volume V, Issue I) of the Journal. The last date for submissions is September 19, 2021. For further details, please read the journal’s call for papers below: Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies [Vol.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JULY 15, 2021
Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that three Silicon Valley attorneys were recently included in Super Lawyers’ 2021 list of Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are developed through a comprehensive, patented research process that incorporates both peer recognition and professional achievement.
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The IPKat
JULY 15, 2021
The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post by Katfriend Frederic Blockx on yesterday's interesting and important decision of the General Court in T-185/19. Here's what Frederic writes: The General Court of the EU wanders into copyright law, and gets disoriented by Frederic Blockx No access for Kats Traditionally, the last few days of the Term yield an impressive harvest of cases out of Luxembourg.
U.S. Department of Commerce
JULY 15, 2021
Commerce's NTIA Releases Report on Current and Projected Federal Use of Spectrum by Space-Based Systems. July 15, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 13:05. Space commerce. Weather and satellites. Every day, Americans depend on space-based technologies, which power navigation services, accurate weather forecasts, rural Internet access, public safety communications, national security objectives, and more. .
The IPKat
JULY 15, 2021
CRT (the Mexican Tequila Regulatory Council) announced that the legal dispute over the use of the word ‘ Tequila ’ in Desperados beer has ended. In a video released on 13 July 2021, Miguel Ángel Domínguez Morales (President of the Mexican Tequila Regulatory Council) indicated that an amicable agreement had been reached with Heineken after CRT had initiated several legal actions in the European Union involving the use of the word ‘ Tequila ’ in Desperados beer.
Copyright Alliance
JULY 15, 2021
A steady stream of new study requests from Congress over the last few months, combined with approaching deadlines for ongoing studies and CASE Act implementation activities, means a busy summer […]. The post Copyright Office’s Busy Summer Includes a Full Slate of Studies and Rulemakings appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
The IPKat
JULY 15, 2021
This Kat is taking a moment to smell the flowers Sumer is icumen in, and so has this latest roundup of what's new around the IP blogs. Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog published a summary of Article 17-related developments in the past year, which may be of interest to Kat readers keeping an eye on the CDSM Directive. In relation to a copyright infringement suit filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India, which also alleges violation of moral and posthumous celebrity r
U.S. Department of Commerce
JULY 15, 2021
Commerce Ranks in Top Five Places to Work in Federal Government for Ninth Consecutive Year. July 15, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 12:13. Recently, the Partnership for Public Service released the 2020 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings. And, for the ninth consecutive year, the Department of Commerce remained in the Top 5 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ranking fifth among 17 large agencies.
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
Hot out of the oven! In a rare move, a district court recently gave Domino’s a two-for-one deal on attorney’s fees. In Ameranth, Inc., v. Domino’s Pizza Inc., No. 12CV0733 DMS (WVG), 2021 WL 2550057 (S.D. Cal. June 21, 2021), a patent infringement case, the U.S. District Court….
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 15, 2021
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash. The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). The draft law on the rights of professional artists announced by the Polish Ministry of Culture will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
In a decision substantively the same as the now-withdrawn opinion entered on January 20, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit once again affirmed denial of a non-signatory’s motion to compel arbitration. Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP, Case No.18-35573 (9th Cir. July 7, 2021) (Nelson, J.) (Bea, J., dissenting).
Art Law Journal
JULY 15, 2021
If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? The post How Can Museums Copyright the Works of Old Masters? appeared first on Art Business Journal.
IP Intelligence
JULY 15, 2021
For attorneys frequently engaged in copyright infringement litigation, drilling down into the specifics of the four fair use defense factors set forth in 17 U.S.C. § 107 is common practice. While the details of any particular case will imbue certain factors with more importance than others, more often than not, copyright plaintiffs are quick to note (and criticize) when defendants are for-profit entities and when the contested material is posted on a website that contains advertising – e.g., onl
GDB Firm Blog
JULY 15, 2021
The concept is simple: proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test on a mobile app to enter a restaurant, entertainment venue or a flight. The issues surrounding it, however, not so much.
Corsearch
JULY 15, 2021
When modern companies deploy business intelligence (BI) strategies, they use a mixture of advanced technologies and services to create data-backed insights that can produce better decision-making. However, for law firms who specialize in intellectual property, the value of BI can be even more extensive.
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
It’s nothing new, but the role and responsibility of social media platforms when it comes to the behavior of its users is something that will probably be contested until such time as the internet ceases to be a thing, which at this point seems concurrent with the end of humans as a species. Platforms profess to be little more than middlemen and -women, understandable not wanting to be responsible for the behavior of tens or even hundreds of millions of users, most of whom are shorn of the
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
Until last Friday, implementation of the European Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement and availability of a Unitary Patent for multiple EU states had been delayed by two Complaints for interim injunctions against German ratification of the UPC Agreement. On Friday, 9 July 2021, the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected the requests for interim injunctions.
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
AIPLA Webinar Next Tuesday. For those seeking some PTAB-related CLE, consider next Tuesday’s AIPLA webinar @12:30 (EST) entitled: Discretionary Denials Revisited: The New Politics of Fintiv. Register ( here ). The program will explore the increasing politicization of the USPTO Director position, and what may be on the horizon relative to the uncodified discretionary policies of the last administration (i.e., the Fintiv Factors).
Likelihood of Confusion
JULY 15, 2021
Roller derby! Quinn Heraty reports on the trademark battle to make us forget SPAM v. Spamarrest — the CRACKERJACK derby: Frito-Lay has filed an opposition to the registration of Crackerjack’s. The post Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize! That’s what you get from — appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
Il semble que l’Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC) ait pris l’habitude de soumettre en plein été, durant la saison des vacances, des modifications aux Règles sur les brevets qu’elle voudrait voir mises en place. En effet, durant l’été 2019, l’OPIC avait soumis un remaniement complet des Règles sur les brevets.
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
At the request of Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Marie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE), the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is undertaking a study on the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States and how the current jurisprudence has impacted investment and innovation, particularly in critical technologies like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, precision medicine, diagnostic methods and pharmaceutical treatments.
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
In recent years, the Supreme Court has decided a number of cases, including Bilski v. Kappos, Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad , and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” The Supreme Court furth
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
Antibodies are part of the body’s adaptive immune response to defend itself against toxins and pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses. When the body identifies a foreign entity, it mounts a cascading response that culminates in the production of antibodies, which seek out and remove whatever initiated the response. Antibodies can employ a number of different mechanisms to inactivate the stimulus including, for example, enveloping small invaders, binding to and occupying specific sites of a.
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) approved a winery’s label for its ELOUAN pinot noir. A class action under California’s Unfair Competition Law was brought alleging that the label’s references to Oregon’s Coasts were misleading, as while the grapes came from Oregon, the wine was created in Napa, California.
JD Supra Law
JULY 15, 2021
On June 21, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Arthrex, Inc., in which the question before the Court was whether “the authority of Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) to issue decisions on behalf of the Executive Branch is consistent with the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.” No. 19-1434, -- S. Ct. --, 2021 WL 2519433, at *1 (June 21, 2021).
LexBlog IP
JULY 15, 2021
While smart toys can certainly be useful educational tools for children, they also present some potential privacy risks and could invade what is traditionally a private space. Think about it—the thought of your child’s toy listening in on your family 24/7/365 is disturbing. So how do we balance these risks with the benefits? Smart toys that are made with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities can collect different forms of data from children.
The TTABlog
JULY 15, 2021
Thank you, Ted Davis, for permitting me to post a link ( here ) to your article "Trademark Case Decisions: The Past Year in the Courts & at the TTAB," This article is a companion to the webinar presentation of July 13th sponsored by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Read comments and post your comment here. Text Copyright John L.
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