Fri.Apr 22, 2022

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Introducing: the Building a Bold Bold Brand Wheel

Erik K Pelton

The are 8 mail types of word tools for creating bold brand names. See my new visual below to lean about the meaning tricks, sound tricks, and combination tricks to help make bold brands. You can read more details about all of these in the Building a Bold Brand book at Amazon. The post Introducing: the Building a Bold Bold Brand Wheel appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Man Pleads Guilty to $23m YouTube Content ID Scam

TorrentFreak

YouTube’s Content ID is an advanced piracy recognition system that aims to flag videos or music on users’ channels uploaded without permission. Once detected, such content can be removed or monetized at the discretion of the relevant rightsholders. While Content ID is generally considered effective and financially useful for rightsholders, the system relies on the honesty of those allowed to use it.

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Gilead and ViiV Healthcare Settle Global Patent Dispute for Over $1B USD

IPilogue

Photo by Memed Nurrohmad ( Pixabay ). Brandon Pierre is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . In a dizzying exception to an exception of a rule, the case of Gilead ’s HIV drug bictegravir underscores the value of a well-planned legal strategy. ViiV Healthcare (“ViiV”), majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), claims that Gilead’s bictegravir (sold under the brand name “Biktarvy”) directly copied its dolutegravir’s formulation under U.S.

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New Phase of ‘Operation 404’ Targets Pirate IPTV & TV Streaming Sites

TorrentFreak

For the past three years, authorities in Brazil have displayed new momentum in the battle against all types of pirate sites. Following a complaint from local anti-piracy group APDIF (Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Phonographic Industry), in January 2019 Brazil’s Federal Police shut down a private torrent site but that was just a taste of things to come.

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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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Not an Outlier: What the Government’s Online Harms Secrecy Debacle Says About Its Internet Regulation Plans

Michael Geist

My post on the hundreds of submissions to the government’s online harms consultation has garnered significant attention, including a front page news story from the Globe and Mail (I was also pleased to appear on Evan Solomon’s show and the Dean Blundell podcast ). The coverage has rightly focused on previously secret submissions such as those from Twitter likening the Canadian plan to China or North Korea and the National Council of Canadian Muslims, who warn that the legislation wou

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MPA Wants Stricter Online Identity Checks to Catch Pirates

TorrentFreak

Online anonymity is a great good for many poeple but increasingly there are calls for stricter identity checks. Such requirements are fairly common offline but on the Internet, they are relatively rare; for now at least. Verified Identities. The Motion Picture Association ( MPA ) would like this to change. The organization is particularly concerned with website operators who use fake or unconfirmed identities to sign up with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services.

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Happy Earth Day!

U.S. Department of Commerce

Happy Earth Day! April 22, 2022. ASowah@doc.gov. Fri, 04/22/2022 - 07:54. Photos above submitted by (top row left to right): Lydia Wasmer, NOAA; Libby Gilbert-Horvath, NOAA; Jennifer Leo, NOAA; (bottom row left to right): Diane Pancoska, NOAA contractor; Krishnan Menon, USPTO; John Kim, USPTO. Happy Earth Day from the Department’s Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP)!

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Tennis Mogul Serena Williams’ New Tech Investment Firm Breaks Into the World of Sports Sponsorships by Investing Seven Figures into Endorsement Deals

JD Supra Law

Endorsement Deals, Sponsorships & Investments - Second NIL collective supporting Ohio State football launches - April 20, 2022 via Chillicothe Gazette - Gary Marcinick has spent decades around Ohio State football. He was a walk-on wide receiver for the Buckeyes in the mid-1980s before becoming a loyal donor to the athletic department.

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35 Companies, Many in Poor Nations, Receive Licenses to Manufacture Generics of Pfizer’s Covid Anti-Viral

IP Close Up

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it has signed agreements with 35 companies to manufacture the generic version of Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment nirmatrelvir, Continue reading.

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GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

JD Supra Law

Case Name: GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 25 F.4th 949 (Fed. Cir. 2022) (Circuit Judges Moore, Newman, Dyk, Prost, O’Malley, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll presiding; Moore, Newman, O’Malley, Taranto, Chen, and Stoll concur in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc; Prost, Dyk, and Reyna dissent from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc) (Appeal from D.

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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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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 22: Biden Administration Seeks Release of WTO Draft Proposal on TRIPS Waiver, SCOTUS Asks Solicitor General to Brief Section 112 Issues in Amgen, O’Malley Joins Irell & Manella

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the USPTO updates its website to improve transparency surrounding the process for requests of Director review of PTAB decisions under Arthrex; former Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley joins Irell & Manella as of counsel with a practice focusing on litigation consulting; the Ninth Circuit affirms the dismissal of trademark and right of publicity claims filed by Chuck Yeager against sales and promotional material developed by Airbus; the Ninth Circ

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Key Strategies For Patenting Big Data Solutions

JD Supra Law

The information age continues to bring new uses of data, and even with the increase in computing power, the data becomes more expansive, integrated in our daily routines, and able to transform our lives. Originally published in Law360 April 18, 2022.

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Comcast Xfinity IP Suit To Dive Into Meaning Of 'Distinct'

IP Law 360

Comcast can't duck an online streaming company's claims of patent infringement after a Florida federal judge ruled that the court needs to hold another hearing on the meaning of the term "distinct" within the disputed patent claims.

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Open Licenses: An Overview of Open Licenses for Images, Photos, Videos, and Software

JD Supra Law

Non-profit organizations often use third-party images, photos, videos, or software in their everyday operations. It is often beneficial to leverage such materials that are licensed under “open licenses” because they are free to use; however, it is important to understand the conditions and requirements of such open licenses prior to using the aforementioned materials in order to avoid potentially breaching the license.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

IP Law 360

This past week in London has seen corporate investigators hired to spy on a former Dechert LLP attorney sue him for harassment, another wave of lawsuits accusing major automakers of cheating emissions standards and Barclays Bank attempting to enforce a judgment against the scandal-hit executive of a failed hospital operator.

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Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich Files Opposition to Broad Contingent Motion No. 2

JD Supra Law

On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Contingent Preliminary Motion No. 2 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party), asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to add claims 52-54 of Broad Application No. 16/177,403 to the interference, pursuant to the provisions of 37 C.F.R. §§ 41.121(a)(1)(i) and 41.208 and Standing Order ¶ 203.2.

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Apple Wants Out Of Wireless Tech Patent Infringement Suit

IP Law 360

Apple wants a California federal judge to put an end to a wireless headphone company's claims that Airpods, Airpods Pro and Beats products infringe a pair of its patents, saying the company's argument around user codes "dooms" the case.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Imagen de Gordon Johnson en Pixabay. The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). It is therefore not surprising that progress in AI technologies and their deployment in the creative sector creates new opportunities and challenges for the law, creators (authors and performers), and rightsholders.

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Warner Bros. Nears Partial IP Win Against 'Potterhead' Group

IP Law 360

A California federal judge indicated in a tentative order ahead of a hearing Friday that he's inclined to find a Connecticut-based fitness-oriented nonprofit ripped off some of Warner Bros.' copyrighted images from the "Harry Potter" films and "Gilmore Girls" TV show by plastering them on medals and merchandise.

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How to transform freedom-to-operate searches for the digital age

IAM Magazine

Freedom-to-operate investigations are critical to a cohesive patent strategy, but the traditional process is burdensome and inefficient. FTO expert Gabe Sukman advises how to digitise FTO for the modern age.

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Justices Told Smartwatch Case Is Best For Tackling Alice

IP Law 360

As the U.S. Supreme Court awaits the U.S. solicitor general's brief, requested a year ago, on whether the standard for patent eligibility needs clarification, a group of attorneys has told the justices a different case involving smartwatches is a better vehicle for addressing the issue.

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How to transform freedom-to-operate searches for the digital age

IAM Magazine

Freedom-to-operate investigations are critical to a cohesive patent strategy, but the traditional process is burdensome and inefficient. FTO expert Gabe Sukman advises how to digitise FTO for the modern age.

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Patent owned by your company or you as an individual?

Patent Trademark Blog

Should you own your patent as an individual or under your company? Startups frequently ask whether their patent should be owned by the company or the individual inventors. At the outset, a few disclaimers are in order. I’m not a tax attorney. Nothing herein should be construed as tax or financial advice. The IRS has a section of their website dedicated to intangibles.

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How to transform freedom-to-operate searches for the digital age

IAM Magazine

Freedom-to-operate investigations are critical to a cohesive patent strategy, but the traditional process is burdensome and inefficient. FTO expert Gabe Sukman advises how to digitise FTO for the modern age.

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Amgen Announces Positive Results for Phase 3 Study of Ustekinumab Biosimilar

LexBlog IP

Amgen recently announced preliminary results from a Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ABP 654 compared to STELARA (ustekinumab) in adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. According to Amgen, the “study met the primary efficacy endpoint, demonstrating no clinically meaningful differences between ABP 654 and STELARA.” ABP 654 is a biosimilar of STELARA, a human interleukin-12 and interleukin-23 antagonist indicated for the treatment of moderate to sev

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Ranbaxy Buyers Seek OK On $485M Deal In Generics MDL

IP Law 360

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals drug purchasers asked a Massachusetts federal court Friday to approve their proposed $485 million global settlement with the generic-drug maker and its parent company over antitrust claims, arguing that the agreement provides significant benefits for plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation.

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With Warhol, It’s Time to Transform Transformative Use

JD Supra Law

Over the past quarter-century, transformative use has become shorthand for fair use itself. The Warhol case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to provide balance and flexibility to the doctrine. When I first heard that the Supreme Court had agreed to take up the fair use fight over Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series,” my first reaction was “Oh wow.”.

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SCOTUS Issues First IP Ruling of 2022 in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Maurits, LP

LexBlog IP

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Supreme Court’s first intellectual property ruling of 2022. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.

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SCOTUS Issues First IP Ruling of 2022 in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Maurits, LP

The IP Law Blog

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the Supreme Court’s first intellectual property ruling of 2022. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here.

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Musikrecht: Urheber muss bearbeitetem Foto auf Albumcover zustimmen

JD Supra Law

Die Verwendung fremder Fotografien kann urheberrechtlich problematisch sein. Das gilt auch, wenn fremde Bilder bearbeitet werden. Doch wann genau benötigt man die Erlaubnis des Urhebers für eine Bearbeitung und wann nicht? Das Kammergericht Berlin ist dieser Frage in einem aktuellen Beschluss (25.11.2021, Az. 24 W 45/21) hinsichtlich eines Albumcovers nachgegangen.

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How to transform freedom-to-operate searches for the digital age

IAM Magazine

Freedom-to-operate investigations are critical to a cohesive patent strategy, but the traditional process is burdensome and inefficient. FTO expert Gabe Sukman advises how to digitise FTO for the modern age.

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Purple Book Updates

JD Supra Law

In 2021, the FDA’s Purple Book went live, providing a searchable database of licensed biological products, including the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the patent dance. Pursuant to a law enacted in late 2020, a reference product sponsor must now provide patent information to FDA for listing in the Purple Book once it has provided a patent list to a biosimilar applicant pursuant to Section 3(A) of the patent dance provisions of the BPCIA.

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Bad career planning, email department

Likelihood of Confusion

What do they say about the guys who talk about doing it the most? Well, we might need a new rule for guys who email about doing it the most. The post Bad career planning, email department appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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What to Know About a Patent

JD Supra Law

The general public has very little exposure to patents. Perhaps you’ve seen a patent number listed on a product. Maybe you like to watch shows like “Shark Tank,” or you’ve seen patents play a role in a movie such as “Inspector Gadget.” The US government performs a service, examining patent applications and issuing patents, that is available to anyone but is used by only a fraction of the citizenry.

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This week in IP: Vidal sworn in again, Amazon sued over Michael Jordan photo, and more

Managing IP

SCOTUS seeks gov input in Amgen v Sanofi; Federal Circuit reverses personal jurisdiction dismissal; Ukraine fundraising at INTA; football league launches despite TM suit

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