Plagiarism Today
MARCH 31, 2022
Earlier this month, the Russian government began taking steps to broadly legalize the piracy of all content from countries that were sanctioning it. This movie initially began with patents and business software, but has been reportedly expanded to include all types of copyright-protected content. ( Note: There are conflicting reports on whether this has already been signed into law or is just being considered.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 31, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been going on for more than a month. It isn’t going to plan. In parallel with the terrible images being shared around the world, Russia is using its infamous site-blocking systems to deny access to websites that dare to challenge the Kremlin’s narrative of Putin’s ‘Special Operation’ Telecoms regulator Roscomnadzor is working harder than ever to maintain its blockades against everything from Google News, Twitter, Facebook, and
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Plagiarism Today
MARCH 31, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: TekSavvy’s Second Appeal on Landmark Website-Blocking Order Dismissed. First off today, Nida Zzafar at MobileSyrup reports that the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by local internet service provider TekSavvy that attempted to overturn a site blocking order it has been instructed to follow.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is at legal odds with Moderna, claiming that Moderna neglected to add three NIH scientists to Moderna’s patent application on a principal COVID-19 vaccine. If a court ends up siding with NIH, it would co-own any issued patents on the technology, which could prove to be quite valuable; in 2021, Moderna’s vaccine sales were forecasted to be in the range of $15 billion and $18 billion.
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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?
TorrentFreak
MARCH 31, 2022
Pirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world. In most cases, ISPs are ordered to take action after a relatively short court proceeding. In the Netherlands, it took more than a decade for the first order to be approved. It took detours through the Supreme Court and the EU Court of Justice before the final order was issued in 2020, targeting The Pirate Bay.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2022
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) has agreed to perform a study requested earlier this month by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to explore “whether Congress should create a unified, stand-alone, and independent Intellectual Property Office.” NAPA President and CEO Teresa Gerton said its full-time research staff and Academy Fellows are well-positioned to do the work requested and that NAPA would begin discussions with the U.S.
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IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2022
Some new assertion entities popped up this week, including a high-stakes campaign filed by LS Cloud Storage Technologies LLC (a Waco vintage, if from 2016) on a couple of data-sharing patents (one very old, one somewhat new, U.S. 6,549,988 and U.S. 10,154,092). There was also a new ride-sharing NPE campaign from Fare Technologies LLC (another older LLC with apparent ties to monetizers) against Uber and Lyft on just one patent, RE46727.
Likelihood of Confusion
MARCH 31, 2022
I have tried not to overload the blog with media coverage about our Supreme Court case involving THE SLANTS, but this is pretty ginchy: Originally posted 2017-02-21 13:10:28. Republished by. The post “Rock ‘n Roll, Redskins & Free Speech” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
Olartemoure Blog
MARCH 31, 2022
Trends in Litigation Against Big Tech. How has antitrust law been built up? What is it about? Colombian law prevents trade restraints (Unfair Competition and Antitrust practices). It is a challenge for the institutional framework, enforcement agencies, and courts to effectively develop their missions, because, even with the current resources, some markets remain unexplored or wrongly understood.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
A New Reality- Augmented reality (AR) is the union of a consistent set of artificial perceptions (often digitally generated) added to the worldly perceptions of a user. AR may be contrasted with virtual reality (VR), where a consistent set of artificial perceptions replace the worldly perceptions of the user.
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Above the Fold
MARCH 31, 2022
. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains two trademark Registers: the Principal Register and the Supplemental Register. As the chart below shows, these Registers share some important commonalties but also have key differences. Principal Register. Supplemental Register. Provides the right to use the ® registered trademark symbol in conjunction with the trademark.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
This episode focuses on an IP right at the heart of many technology deals—copyrights. Mayer Brown partners Richard Assmus and Oliver Yaros and host Julian Dibbell will discuss some recent important changes in US and European copyright law and how those changes might inform your tech deals.
IP.com
MARCH 31, 2022
Is automation necessary for business success? Absolutely not. However, the benefits of automation for organizations of all sizes is well documented. AI and humans have such different skill sets that, The post When to Automate a Process—And When Not To appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
In response to Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently issued statements threatening Russian state seizure of intellectual property and other assets from companies originating in “unfriendly countries.” Included in this list of countries are the United States and Canada.
The IP Law Blog
MARCH 31, 2022
In California, an idea theft claim is based in large part on the California Supreme Court case of Desny v. Wilder. In Desny , the plaintiff Victor Desny wrote a script depicting the real-life story of Floyd Collins, a boy who made headlines after he was trapped in a cave eighty feet underground. In an effort to market his script, Desny called Billy Wilder, a writer, producer and director at Paramount Pictures.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
Trademarks are now widely used in the metaverse. Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Chanel sell their virtual collections for avatars in Roblox, and Samsung Electronics sells its home appliances and electronics in the Samsung VR Store. As offline activities are constantly being held back due to the prolonged COVID pandemic, companies are looking to expand their business models by entering the metaverse.
IPilogue
MARCH 31, 2022
Professors Giuseppina D’Agostino and David Vaver are seeking JD Research Assistants to assist in intellectual property law research in Summer 2022 with an early May start date. . Tasks. Students will be considered in two broad categories: One student will be part of an interdisciplinary York University research team; Additional positions are available for further intellectual property research.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
This is the March edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover.
IAM Magazine
MARCH 31, 2022
The defensive non-profit has introduced a marketplace free of broker fees where sellers know that NPEs will not be shopping.
The Trichordist
MARCH 31, 2022
By Chris Castle More on this to come, but the Copyright Royalty Judges have rejected the frozen mechanicals settlement in a very well-reasoned and methodical filing in the… Read more "Copyright Royalty Judges Reject “Settlement” Extending Freeze on Physical Mechanicals".
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2022
The impending arrival of the European Union's Unified Patent Court drew varied reactions at a conference Thursday, with some experts calling it a golden opportunity for companies to enforce their patents and others warning the court's impact is uncertain and includes potential pitfalls.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
In California, an idea theft claim is based in large part on the California Supreme Court case of Desny v. Wilder. In Desny, the plaintiff Victor Desny wrote a script depicting the real-life story of Floyd Collins, a boy who made headlines after he was trapped in a cave eighty feet underground.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge won't listen to Sony's calls to boot trademark infringement claims over hip-hop artist Future's album "High Off Life," finding Thursday that it's too soon to tell if the album title is confusing consumers who are searching for a similarly named entertainment marketer.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
MARCH 31, 2022
Disclaimer: Fish and Richardson P.C. represents REGENXBIO Inc. in this matter. The Hatch-Waxman Act provides a safe harbor for activities that would otherwise constitute patent infringement so long as those activities are reasonably related to the submission of a product for FDA approval. However, are patented products that are not themselves subject to FDA approval, but used to develop products that are subject to FDA approval, also protected under the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor?
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2022
Overly litigious behavior ranks high among common mistakes attorneys make during mediation, as do premature ultimatums, failure to account for compounding risks, and more, say Lynn O'Malley Taylor and Rachel Gupta at JAMS.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 31, 2022
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a trademark dispute between a restaurant and a craft cookie maker, over the use of similar marks for cookies. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2022
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new director review process is starting to look like an infrequently granted remedy, even more so than reversal or remand at the Federal Circuit, with legal errors present in all three cases that were granted review following the U.S. Supreme Court's Arthrex decision, say Kenneth Darby and Joshua Griswold at Fish & Richardson.
Patent Trademark Blog
MARCH 31, 2022
Affordable ways to enforce intellectual property. If you don’t have at least two million dollars laying around to sue for patent infringement, this post is for you. Thankfully, you can enforce intellectual property without spending your life savings. In fact, these options for intellectual property enforcement are quite affordable if you know how to take advantage of them.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 31, 2022
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a trademark dispute between a restaurant and a craft cookie maker, over the use of similar marks for cookies. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
Fish principal and host Rick Bisenius speaks with Kevin McNish from McNish PLLC to discuss appeals to the Federal Circuit from the PTAB, including: - What factors to consider when deciding whether to request a rehearing at the PTAB, appeal to the Federal Circuit, or take your outcome as is - Selecting issues to raise on appeal - Filing a cross-appeal - Best practices for briefing - PTAB hearings versus Federal Circuit oral arguments.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 31, 2022
Effective March 29, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) will accept a new combined petition option to participate in the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) program. The Expanded CSP program is currently active through Oct. 31, 2022, with each intellectual property (IP) partner office granting only 400 petitions per year.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
Following a twenty-seven year drought of copyright fair use cases, the Supreme Court is now set to take on its second case on the doctrine in two years. The high court granted a petition this week in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869—less than twelve months after its 2021 fair use opinion in Google v. Oracle—to revisit this defense once more.
The IP Law Blog
MARCH 31, 2022
In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a trademark dispute between a restaurant and a craft cookie maker, over the use of similar marks for cookies. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2022
A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
IP Intelligence
MARCH 31, 2022
Effective March 29, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) will accept a new combined petition option to participate in the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) program. The Expanded CSP program is currently active through Oct. 31, 2022, with each intellectual property (IP) partner office granting only 400 petitions per year.
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