Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Last week, the Hamburg District Court issued a ruling in favor of Eyeo, the company behind prominent ad blocker Adblock Plus, in their long-running battle against German publisher Axel Springer. According to the original lawsuit, Springer claimed that Adblock Plus (along with similar extensions) modified the way that a web page is displayed. Since those pages qualify for copyright protection, the modification was essentially creating a derivative (ad-free) work and was an infringement.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 25, 2022

Erik breaks down the various categories of bold brand names and explains how they can help create a strong brand and more protected business. For more trademark tips, visit www.buildingaboldbrand.com. The post Building a Bold Brand Wheel: 8 Types of Bold Brand Names appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik breaks down the various categories of bold brand names and explains how they can help create a strong brand and more protected business.

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Branding Brands Branding Business 130

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Movie Companies Use DMCA ‘Shortcut’ To Expose Alleged CenturyLink Pirates. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrerntfreak writes that a group of independent filmmakers have taken a “shortcut” in a bid to expose the names and addresses of alleged pirates of their content.

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Social Media Government Plagiarism Copyright 130

Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 25, 2022

Around the end of December 2021, rightsholders were collectively holding their breaths over several bills which proposed to force publishers into a compulsory regime for the licensing of electronic formats […]. The post States Should Follow New York’s Rejection of Mandatory eBook Licensing appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Licensing Publishing Copyright 141

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?

Technology

The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. "You can't judge a book from its cover".

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Art Artwork Copying Moral Rights 134

Patently-O

JANUARY 25, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Masimo Corp. v. True Wearables, Inc. ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ) (nonprecedential). This trade-secrecy decision includes a few interesting holdings: Published and Widely Distributed, but Still a Trade Secret : The fact that information was found in a prior publication “that has been cited over 1,200 times. does not necessarily compel a finding that the information cannot maintain its status as a trade secret for a party in an entirely different field.” Serious Questions : A

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Public Domain Patent Application Confidentiality Patent 133

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 25, 2022

In an effort to control what its citizens can access on the internet, over the past several years Russian authorities have stepped up their blocking and censorship efforts. Some initiatives, such as the blocking of websites and URLs to reduce copyright infringement, are commonplace outside Russia but local authorities have also begun defining additional content categories, including some political dissent, as illegal.

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Privacy Copyright Infringement Copyright Music 118

IP Close Up

JANUARY 25, 2022

In the latest episode of ‘Understanding IP Maters,’ the podcast that looks at the IP stories of creators who became successful entrepreneurs, movie producer and Continue reading.

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Intellectual Property IP Technology Litigation 120

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The first panel of Tuesday’s PTAB Masters™ 2022, titled "Discretionary Denials: Has the WDTX Been Neutered?", presented data that reveals the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO's) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) seemingly stopped citing Fintiv as a reason to discretionarily deny inter partes review (IPR) proceedings for cases with parallel litigation in the Western or Eastern Districts of Texas (WD of TX/ ED of TX) during the last four months of 2021.

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Litigation Trademark Patent Government 111

IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2022

Shuang Ren is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. This fall semester, I had a ten-week internship at Xanadu Quantum Computing Inc. (“Xanadu”) as part of the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”).

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IP Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law Technology 104

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Patent

Clancco

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the Association Marcel Duchamp have digitized their vast archives of material on the Dadaist and placed it online, where it is free to all. Enjoy!

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Art 102

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

Many of the biggest, most profitable law firms are continuing to get bigger. But that doesn't mean there's less room for smaller firms to occupy a leadership position in a set of practices or with a standout culture.

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Law 98

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

15 Years of Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe - C5’s Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe will take place 23–24 February, 2022 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This is the only industry-shaping event that has consistently brought together the “Who’s Who” of the European Life Sciences Patent Bar for the past 15 years.

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Litigation Patent 98

Legal Zoom

JANUARY 25, 2022

Form W-2 can appear overwhelming-particularly Box 12 with its long list of technical codes. As an employer, it is up to you to furnish accurate information with the correct presentation. Start with an understanding of what the codes represent.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

Takeaways - Most existing agreements covering the exploitation of intellectual property rights did not contemplate how NFTs should be treated. Drafting and negotiating agreements involving NFTs requires an understanding of both the underlying technology and business models, and the novel legal issues they present. Parties seeking to exploit the potential of NFTs need to consider the growing popularity of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).

Business 98

Business Intellectual Property Marketing Marketing 98

Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 25, 2022

Probably isn’t good enough pic.twitter.com/9rQwe0JVMm — Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 17, 2017 Originally posted 2017-05-18 06:36:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Participation vacancy appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Blogging Branding Brands Branding 98

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 6, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (the “DSMER Program”). We provide a brief overview of this program.

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Trademark Patent 97

Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered how we work and collaborate, reinforcing the need for easy, online access to standards content directly in the user workflow. To manage costs and respect intellectual property, organizations are looking for innovative strategies, management systems, and processes to help them innovate and compete more effectively.

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Intellectual Property Marketing Marketing Copyright 96

Nelligan Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute One of Erin Lepine’s most memorable client cases involved a long-running separation. Her client was escaping an abusive relationship, and the opposing party had been convicted of criminal harassment post-separation, making her feel very unsafe. By the time she came to see Erin, she had been through a lot of lawyers at different firms, leaving her feel uncared for by previous counsel.

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Law Blogging 87

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 21, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the term “lifter member” invokes means plus function (MPF) claiming. The case is Kyocera Senco Indus. Tools Inc. v. ITC, Appeal Nos. 2020-1046 and 2020-2050 (Fed. Cir. 2022). The Federal Circuit panel for the case consisted of Chief Judge Moore along with Judges Dyk and Cunningham.

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Patent Litigation Intellectual Property IP 78

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

A former chief judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said Tuesday there's been a noticeable increase in requests for ex parte reexaminations, which jumped more than 60% in fiscal year 2021 over the prior year.

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Patent 75

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC (“ESF”), an Intellectual Property Boutique, is seeking a Patent Attorney or Agent specialing in ME/EE or Life Sciences to join the patent prosecution team. This is a full-time, permanent, immediate position located in Gaithersburg, MD.

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Patent Prosecution Intellectual Property Patent IP 69

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

A former "Key and Peele" showrunner withdrew his proposed class action Tuesday alleging the Writers Guild of America West and Viacom subsidiaries did not pay writers royalties for shows on streaming platforms, following a California federal judge's order denying him class certification in December.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 25, 2022

Chaverri v. Platinum LED Lights LLC, 2022 WL 204414, No. CV-21-01700-PHX-SPL (D. Ariz. Jan. 24, 2022) Plaintiffs (Mito Red) sell red-light therapy products online, in competition with Platinum (which uses the Volkin defendants’ marketing services). Platinum allegedly hired the Volkin defendants to “engage in a strategic defamation campaign online designed to ruin Plaintiffs’ professional reputation and to divert Plaintiffs’ customers away from their products and to Platinum’s competitive product

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Designs Design Privacy Blogging 59

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP helped LG Energy Solution reach a $1.8 billion settlement in a trade secrets dispute against SK Innovation and represented indoor cycling behemoth Peloton in its ongoing fight with Mad Dogg Athletics, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

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Intellectual Property Settlement IP 75

The TTABlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 18, 2022, the CAFC denied Appellant Brooklyn Brewery's petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in the recent Brooklyn Brewery case. [CAFC opinion here ; denial of rehearing here ], in which the court held that the Brewery lacked Article III standing to challenge the Board's ruling on likelihood of confusion involving non-competing goods.

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Registration Business Copying Trademark 78

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

In order to combat record attorney turnover and high levels of burnout, law firm partners and leaders must build engaging relationships with supervisees, fostering autonomy and control, enabling expression of values, and building a sense of community and belonging, says Anne Brafford at the Institute for Well-Being in Law.

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Law 75

IAM Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Patent applicants may save legal costs by deferring responses on eligibility rejections, write Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel partners Erin Dunston and Stephen Murray, but the USPTO programme won’t realise efficiency for examiners or fix the US patent eligibility law mess.

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Patent Application IP Law Patent 52

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Second Circuit on Tuesday partly upheld a lower court's decision to block bridal designer Hayley Paige from competing with her former employer amid their contract fight, though it said that the court went too far when it wrested the designer's Instagram account away from her.

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Designs Design Contracts 73

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2022

Free Online Tools and Resources for Inventors. As an inventor, you know that protecting your invention is vital to its success. The process of patenting can be daunting, but with the right tools and resources, it doesn’t have to be. In this blog post, we will discuss several free online tools and resources that every inventor should know about.

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Inventor Intellectual Property Invention Patent Application 52

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

In the last few months of 2021, no patent owners were able to escape Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews because related litigation was moving quickly in the Eastern or Western District of Texas, according to data presented at an IPWatchdog conference Tuesday.

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Litigation Patent 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2022

The number of standard patent applications filed in Australia exceeded 30,000 for the first time in 2021, increasing by nearly 3.6% over the previous year, and following on from two successive years of decline. Growth was driven primarily by direct national filings, with PCT national phase entry (NPE) filings up by less than 1% on 2020. Standard application filings by Australian residents experienced particularly strong growth, increasing by 21% over 2020 numbers, while applications by foreign r

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Patent Patent Application Patent Law IP 52

IP Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cannabis companies Your CBD Stores Franchising LLC and Sunflora Inc. have sued NaturOil Georgia LLC in Georgia federal court over claims that the former franchisee sold competing products in its retail stores and unlawfully used Sunflora's trademarks.

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Trademark 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2022

Class action targeting non-functional slack-fill, also known as empty space, in Annie’s Fruit Snacks, dismissed. There were no allegations that the packaging was deceptive with regard to the weight of the snacks – and thus the slack-fill was not materially misleading. Media coverage of original complaint in Klausner v Annies here. Background on slack-fill here.

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Advertising Advertising Intellectual Property Trademark 52

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2022

What standard do U.S. courts apply in deciding claims for willful patent infringement and enhanced damages? Learn tips on how to avoid such damages, as well as a summary of the critical SRI International v. Cisco Systems Federal Circuit case, from Procopio Silicon Valley IP attorneys Robert Sloss and Miku Mehta.

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Patent Infringement Patent IP 52