TorrentFreak
APRIL 1, 2022
The Oscars are the most anticipated movie awards show of the year, closely followed by hundreds of millions of movie fans around the world. This year’s awards ceremony received plenty of attention as well, with most of the media focusing on the Will Smith incident. Luckily, the winners didn’t get unnoticed by the public at large. There are two films that clearly stand out.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
As we’ve reported elsewhere in our blog, the U.S., EU, and other nations recently have enacted significant economic sanctions against Russian individuals and entities in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is striking back, and intellectual property (“IP”) rights are fair game in this economic war.
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Velocity of Content
APRIL 1, 2022
An in-depth analysis by Tatiana Khayrullina of Outsell, Inc. available for download. Both producers and consumers of standards agree about the extraordinary value standards contribute to the success of engineering work. Yet, in some cases, CCC has observed standards development organizations, or SDOs, to have a different point of view from their customers as to how to facilitate access by users while protecting their intellectual property.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
A podcast from JAMS featuring Steven Bauer and Sarah Geers on how ADR can play a pivotal role in resolving IP-related disputes in the life sciences industry - In this podcast, Steven Bauer, mediator and arbitrator at JAMS, and Sarah Geers, partner at the global law firm Jones Day, discuss the types of intellectual property disputes they are seeing in the life sciences industry and the advantages of using ADR to resolve these cases, as well as how the process might evolve in the future.
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?
Patently-O
APRIL 1, 2022
In re Dolce Vita Footwear (Fed. Cir. 2022). This is a pending trademark case involving the mark CLEAR that Dolce Vita uses on their shoes. I remember the 1980s and gel-sandals; my internet search also reveals some beautiful translucent Crocs. Still, when I saw the brand name CLEAR as applied to footwear, I did not expect for the shoes to be transparent. .
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
Sixty years after Andy Warhol first painted Campbell Soup cans, the question of “what is art?” is again being asked of one of his works. But this time the question is being asked in the highest court of the land rather than the court of public opinion. What an ironic twist.
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JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
While multi-national sanctions recently imposed on Russia were intended to punish Russia for its aggression in Ukraine, the effects of the sanctions have led to a need for tough decisions for U.S. entities with patent interests in Russia. The prohibitions on financial exchanges with certain Russian banks will essentially prevent any payment of fees to Rospatent (the Russian patent office), and although a general license from the Department of the Treasury provides a short window for winding down
Patently-O
APRIL 1, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Correll v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2022) (pending appeal). From 2002-2017, Kevin Correll worked as an electrical engineer for the US Navy. Correll is also a patent attorney and during that time Correll ran his own small firm. In 2016, someone at the Navy figured out that this was a problem and worked with the USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline to begin an investigation.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
(Mar. 31, 2022) Last Friday, ImmunoGen won an appeal at the Federal Circuit in ImmunoGen, Inc. v. Hirshfeld. The lawsuit is a civil action to order the granting of U.S. Application No. 14/509,809 (‘809), titled “Anti-FOLR Immunoconjugate Dosing Regimens”: A federal judge in Virginia ruled it unpatentable, but the Federal Circuit overturned that decision.
IP Law 360
APRIL 1, 2022
The Federal Circuit has wrongly increased the burden placed on patent owners when trying to prove their patents aren't obvious because factors like commercial success prove otherwise, the court's former chief said Friday.
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JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
Private activity bonds may finance projects that rely on novel technology subject to intellectual property protections, such as patents, trade secrets, and know-how. The novelty of the technology presents unique risks for bond buyers, as these projects often represent initial efforts to commercialize previously untested technology at a production scale.
IP Law 360
APRIL 1, 2022
The Federal Circuit on Friday revived a suit accusing Nintendo of infringing a patent with the controllers for its Wii and Switch video game systems, ruling that a Washington federal judge relied too heavily on a Nintendo expert witness in granting the company summary judgment.
Trading Secrets
APRIL 1, 2022
Robert Milligan, Seyfarth partner and co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes group, will moderate the “Leveraging Internal Assets in the Governance and Management of Trade Secrets” panel for The 2022 Sedona Conference. Seyfarth is also sponsoring the Sedona Conference, which is taking place May 9–10 at The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa in Denver, Colorado.
IP Law 360
APRIL 1, 2022
More than five years after a Texas federal judge ruled that two patents covering a process of generating video clips were ineligible for patent protection under the Alice standard, he changed his mind Friday and revived a patent company's suit against Twitter over its long-defunct Vine app.
IAM Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
Catapult IP Innovations is using a $450 million loan to purchase the 38,000 patents, but 90% of the debt commitment is conditional upon its success in raising $90 million in equity financing by April’s end.
IP Law 360
APRIL 1, 2022
In Law360's latest roundup of new actions at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, TikTok owner ByteDance is trying to stop an Ohio company from registering "Tik Toxic" as a trademark — plus here are four other cases you need to know about.
IAM Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
Returning from two action-packed days in London, IAM Deputy Editor Adam Houldsworth reflects on the surprising state of corporate UPC strategies, the rise of AI, FRAND fireworks and more.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 1, 2022
On March 24, 2022, Celltrion Healthcare announced that it had won a bid to the Brazilian Federal Government to supply a biosimilar version of Remsima® (infliximab), along with bids to 12 Brazilian states. According to the company, infliximab will be the third biosmilar product that Celltrion is to supply to the Brazilian market after Celltrion reached agreement in 2021 with the Brazilian Ministry of Health to supply Truxima® (Celltrion’s rituximab biosimilar) and Herzuma® (C
Likelihood of Confusion
APRIL 1, 2022
Urk. Remember when we told you the GOP was getting lousy IP advice? It hasn’t gotten better: Singer, songwriter, liberal activist and now John McCain scourge Jackson Browne filed a. The post Running on empty appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
IAM Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
Returning from two action-packed days in London, IAM Deputy Editor Adam Houldsworth reflects on the surprising state of corporate UPC strategies, the rise of AI, FRAND fireworks and more.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
In this episode, hosts April Abele Isaacson and Kimberlynn Davis along with the podcast’s producer, Kristina Travaillot, reflect on the first season of the Sidebars podcast and provide a preview of Season Two.
Velocity of Content
APRIL 1, 2022
Lockdowns and social distancing practices have affected public libraries and librarians dramatically over the last two years. Last week, at the first post-pandemic gathering of the Public Library Association , a division of the American Library Association , the impact of COVID-19 remained evident. “For a lot of people attending PLA 2022, it was pretty emotional to be in Portland,” reports Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly senior writer.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
Welcome back to the "Spotlight." I don’t know whether any of you have heard, but something pretty shocking took place this past Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. I hope you’re sitting down while you read this (those of you with standing desks may want to bring it down to its lowest level—your chiropractor will forgive you). But apparently there was an awards ceremony at which…get this: gold statuette trophies were given to some of the most talented and accomplished people in the.
Patent Trademark Blog
APRIL 1, 2022
When must a continuation application be filed? Known as a child application , a continuation must be filed while the parent application is still pending. A pending patent application is one that has not been abandoned or granted. In some cases, there may be no exact deadline for when a continuation must be filed because the parent application may be pending for a long time.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 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.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 1, 2022
The Sedona Conference, Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets, has issued guidance on protecting trade secrets throughout the employment life cycle. This significant Commentary analyzes the tension between an employer’s interest in protecting its trade secrets and an employee’s interest in engaging in future employment. The Commentary recommends an employer: Establish trade secret policies that dictate the employer’s expectations for protection, management, and use of trade secrets
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
The Federal Circuit issued two cases this week providing more clarity to when a functional claim feature should be considered a de facto means-plus-function claim that requires structural detail to meet the indefiniteness standard. The first was a precedential decision, Dyfan LLC v Target Corp., Case No. 2021-1725, and the second was a non-precedential decision, VDPP LLC v Vizio Inc., Case No. 2021-2040.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed indictments against four Russian government officials on March 24, 2022, alleging that they hacked into networks that controlled energy systems in the U.S. According to the DOJ, the attacks took place between 2012 and 2018, and included physical damage to infrastructure, as well as embedding malware for later use.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
When it comes to oil, even the Federal Circuit’s hands are sometimes tied. Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board Precedential Opinion Panel decision for claims related to oil wells, although the Court expressed some skepticism about the agency’s reasoning. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of our case of the week—our highly subjective selection based on whatever case piqued our interest.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
APRIL 1, 2022
The US Trademark Office issued the following 144 trademark registrations to persons and business in Indiana in March 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number. Mark. 6679659. MBGBRYBELLY. 6666925. MAXIM. 6665157. LEAD WITH YOUR EDGE. 6686862. SUNCREST AUTISM CENTER. 6686670. SHORES OF MOON. 6686117. HILL WOOD SHED. 6685907.
IAM Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
Catapult IP Innovations is using a $450 million loan to purchase the 38,000 patents, but 90% of the debt commitment is conditional upon its success in raising $90 million in equity financing by April’s end.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 1, 2022
Continuing hostilities by the Russian Federation in Ukraine have garnered a number of responses from countries around the world. These include responses from patent offices, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). On March 22, 2022, the USPTO announced that it was terminating contact with officials of Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property, commonly referred to as Rospatent, and the Eurasian Patent Organization, of which Russia is a member.
The TTABlog
APRIL 1, 2022
Pamela Chestek, sometimes known as the IP Ownership Maven ( blog ), applied to register the mark CHESTEK LEGAL on behalf of her law firm, for "legal services." However, she declined to provide the "domicile address" of applicant, instead furnishing a post office box number in Raleigh, North Carolina. Examining Attorney Charles L. Jenkins, Jr., refused registration, citing violation of Trademark Rules 2.189 and 2.32(a)(2) because a post office box is not a street address.
Managing IP
APRIL 1, 2022
Counsel at Salesforce, TGI Fridays and two other firms delve into the potential for cybersquatting and the challenges it could present in the 3D virtual network
IAM Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
The advisory document lays out acceptable behaviours at four stages of the SEP negotiation process.
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