Fri.Oct 07, 2022

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Erik’s #1 Tip Filing a Trademark Application

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video #1 Tip When Applying For Trademark Registration. Of all of the tips that I’ve given over the years, there’s one that is far and away the most important tip when applying for trademark registration: the number one thing you can do to help your trademark application is work with an experienced attorney.

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The fight against money laundering: Machine learning is a game changer

McKinsey Operations

To realize the full benefits of machine learning and advanced analytics in anti–money laundering, institutions need AML experts, strong data science talent, and reliable data sources in the fight against this type of financial crime.

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The House of Commons Committee Process is Broken

Michael Geist

Over the past year, I have watched an unhealthy amount of House of Commons and Senate committee hearings. In fact, in recent months I may have watched more of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage than Netflix, given hearings on Bill C-11, C-18, and the Laith Marouf issue. Having watched many hours – and appeared multiple times before that committee and others – it is time to declare the system broken.

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Sustainability in global transaction banking: A market imperative

McKinsey Operations

Sustainable financial products can propel revenue growth for banks and contribute substantially to businesses’ progress in meeting global climate goals. But success requires a strategic approach.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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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In re Smith: The Federal Circuit Jumps the Shark

IP Watchdog

Last June, Gene Quinn published an iconic article, “Yu v. Apple Settles It: The CAFC is Suffering from a Prolonged Version of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome,” in which Mr. Quinn evokes Lewis Carrol’s White Queen, “who was known to have sometimes ‘believed six impossible things before breakfast’” to describe the ridiculous nature of the Yu. v. Apple decision.

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The chessboard rearranged: Rethinking the next moves in global payments

McKinsey Operations

Shifts in the macro environment are creating opportunities and obstacles for participants across the worldwide payments ecosystem.

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Justices to Hear Blockbuster Warhol Case Involving “Fair Use” Defense to Copyright Infringement

JD Supra Law

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869. William H. Milliken, a director in Sterne Kessler’s Trial & Appellate Practice Group, will be live-tweeting updates from the firm’s account, @sternekessler.

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Blazing a Trail Through Hard Work, Consistency and Service to Others

U.S. Department of Commerce

Hispanic Heritage Month: Blazing a Trail Through Hard Work, Consistency and Service to Others. October 7, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Fri, 10/07/2022 - 10:23. Blog post by Jasmine Pridgen, U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. Census Bureau is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, which recognizes the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain.

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Ambiguity Begets Ambiguity: A Legislative Attempt to Bring Clarity to Patentable Subject Matter May Bring More Confusion

JD Supra Law

On August 2, 2022, Sen. T. Tillis introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S.4734) in an effort to clarify which inventions are actually patentable and to codify those that are not. Since the Supreme Court handed down its decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 566 U.S. 66, (2012) and Alice v. CLS Bank, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), courts, attorneys and inventors have struggled with the metes and bounds of what subject matter can and what cannot be patented.

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Author Talks: How to make bureaucracy work for you

McKinsey Operations

Marina Nitze shares 13 tactics for successfully ushering change through any bureaucracy, from the DMV to your local not-for-profit organization.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

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.

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Canadian Copyright Digital Lock Rules Finally Open to Reform?: Right to Repair and Interoperability Exceptions Advancing in House of Commons

Michael Geist

Canadian anti-circumvention laws (also known as digital lock rules) are among the strictest in the world, creating unnecessary barriers to innovation and consumer rights. The rules are required under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Internet Treaties, but those treaties leave considerable flexibility in how they should be implemented.

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ACE Shuts Down ‘Pirate’ CDN Service and YMovies

TorrentFreak

Last year, the Motion Picture Association warned of a new and emerging piracy threat; Piracy-as-a-Service (PaaS). The term refers to tools and services that make it easy for prospective pirates to set up and operate a piracy site. This category includes pre-configured scripts that allow prospective pirates to launch a streaming site in no time, for example.

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Uber Defeats Driver’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit–Drammeh v. Uber

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Ceesay, an Uber driver, picked up 2 passengers who allegedly murdered him so they could steal his car. A story about the tragedy. The passengers allegedly created a “fake” Uber account using a prepaid cellphone and gift cards. The estate sued Uber for negligence. Uber wins on summary judgment. Negligence. Uber challenges the existence of a special relationship with the driver.

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Vivian Cheng Named 2022 “Rising Star” by Managing Intellectual Property

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Managing Intellectual Property ?( MIP ) magazine recently recognized Fish & Richardson Associate? Vivian Cheng ?as one of its 2022 “Rising Stars.” According to? MIP , the “Rising Stars” award recognizes some of the best up-and-coming intellectual property practitioners in private practice who have contributed to the success of their firms and clients. .

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‘AMUL’ Trademark Row: Scrutinizing Cal HC’s Ruling on Infringement

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, on the recent decision by the Calcutta HC regarding the infringement of AMUL’s trademark. ‘AMUL’ Trademark Row: Scrutinizing Cal HC’s Ruling on Infringement. On September 1, 2022, the Calcutta HC held a non-competitor liable for infringement of a [ Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd v.

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Employees on the move: How to keep and attract talent

McKinsey Operations

In Australia, job mobility is happening in both the public and private sectors. Leaders are faced with finding ways to keep present talent and attract the new.

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Written Description as a Subset of Novelty and Nonobviousness

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch. Zahner Design Group v. Vidal (Supreme Court 2022). D746,078 (Patent being litigated). Zahner’s Design Pat. D746,078 covers the ornamental design of a shower curtain as shown in the figures above. Zahner sued Katri Sales for infringement, and the defendant turned-around and filed a request for ex parte reexamination. The examiner found some great prior art from 2013, which predates this particular design application filing date.

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Agile funding: An investment management approach to funding outcomes

McKinsey Operations

Truly performance-driven organizations do more than adopt agile ways of working; they take an agile approach to the enterprise funding process to allocate talent and capital toward the right outcomes.

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Bungie Ask Court to Dismiss AimJunkies’ ‘False’ Hacking Claims

TorrentFreak

Over the past several years waves of copyright infringement lawsuits have targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. The legal battle between the American video game developer Bungie and AimJunkies.com is one of the most litigated cases thus far. Last summer, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things.

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Why on earth should business care about space?

McKinsey Operations

Two decades of technological innovation have unlocked a wealth of space-based opportunities for commercial entities to offer once-unimaginable services.

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Thinking Outside the Pie: @legrandnetwork Study for GESAC Highlights Streaming Impact on Choking Diversity and Songwriter Royalties

The Trichordist

Emmanuel Legrand prepared an excellent and important study for the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) that identifies crucial effects of streaming on culture, creatives and especially songwriters.

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Utility procurement: Ready to meet new market challenges

McKinsey Operations

North American utilities’ procurement leaders are tackling today’s challenging times by partnering closely with business unit leaders, deploying bespoke category strategies, and building innovative capabilities.

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Meet The Attys Arguing Warhol Copyright Fight At High Court

IP Law 360

A trio of attorneys who have experience both in BigLaw and the federal government will be arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in a copyright dispute over whether Andy Warhol's artwork made fair use of a photo of music legend Prince.

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Beyond burnout: What helps—and what doesn’t

McKinsey Operations

Despite leaders’ best efforts, worldwide burnout persists. New research reveals why—and how to help employees begin to thrive again.

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Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Look For Common Ground

IP Law 360

When arguing for the petitioner in Golan v. Saada before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year, a focus was placed on appealing to multiple judicial philosophies with the aim of not only winning each justice’s vote, but also achieving clear guidance from the court’s opinion, says Karen King at Morvillo Abramowitz.

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What Protects The Intellectual Property Created By Artists Or Designers?

Intepat

Intellectual property is a type of property formed by a person’s various ideas or intellect. In other words, it results from a person’s intellectual pursuits. As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and Industrial design.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 7: OSTP Publishes AI Bill of Rights Blueprint, Amgen Files Supplement Brief on Enablement Appeal, and Longtime Register of Copyrights Peters Passes Away

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Marybeth Peters, formerly the Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010, passes away at the age of 83; Director Vidal allows OpenSky to remain a “silent understudy” in VLSI IPRs; the USPTO requests comments on agency initiatives designed to ensure robust and reliable patent rights; the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy publishes a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights; the U.S.

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Review Blawg Review

Likelihood of Confusion

Edition number 98, right here. Originally posted 2014-12-24 07:50:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Review Blawg Review appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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What Protects The Intellectual Property Created By Artists Or Designers?

Intepat

Intellectual property is a type of property that is formed by a person’s various ideas or intellect mind; in other words, it is the result of a person’s intellectual pursuits. As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business.

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[Audio] Is the Grass Greener? Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Branding in the Cannabis Industry – The 2022 Cannalaw Summit: Part 2

JD Supra Law

In Part 2 of a two-part series, The Grass is Always Greenberg features another excerpt from the 2022 Cannalaw Summit: Weighing the Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Branding in the Cannabis Industry. Priya Sopori and Alexa Steinberg discuss, as panelists, the future of cannabis marketing, Will the new frontier feature endorsements from star athletes? Will the cannabis industry join the ranks of sneakers, soda, cars, and clothing as a “jewel of the celebrity endorsement dollar?".

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Revised Essential-Patent Policy To Spur New Injunction Fights

IP Law 360

Owners of standard-essential patents will be emboldened to push for injunctions blocking sales of infringing products after a major standard-setting organization decided to walk back limits it had placed on the ability to seek such orders, leaving courts and regulators to decide when injunctive relief is warranted, experts say.

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Robert Milligan Honored as a 2022 Top Trade Secrets Lawyer in California by The Daily Journal

Trading Secrets

Robert Milligan—Seyfarth partner and co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice—was named a 2022 Top Trade Secrets Lawyer in California by The Daily Journal. Robert is a leading voice in this intricate area of law, with a practice primarily focused on trade secret, non-compete, and data theft/protection litigation, investigations, and transactional work.

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Quest Settles Ravgen Prenatal Test Patent Suit On Eve Of Trial

IP Law 360

Quest Diagnostics Inc. reached a deal with Ravgen Inc. resolving the small biotech business' claims that Quest infringed its prenatal genetic test patents ahead of a trial set to kick off Tuesday in California federal court.

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Defamation by Docudrama – Inventing Anna

The IP Law Blog

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a defamation dispute between Rachel Williams – a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin – and Netflix, over her portrayal in the docudrama “Inventing Anna.”. Listen to this podcast episode here.

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National Book Award 2022 Finalists Announced

Velocity of Content

The National Book Foundation has announced the twenty-five Finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. The NBA ceremony is planned as “in-person” event for the first time in three years, notes Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly senior writer. The November 16 awards gala at the Cipriani Wall Street venue in Manhattan (the home of the New York Stock Exchange) can also be seen on YouTube , Facebook , and the