Fri.Jun 04, 2021

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Can QR Codes be Trademarked?

Kashishipr

Those in the print industry have been eager to adopt quick response codes over the past few years. The relatively new advent allows the marketers to put the barcodes on several different items and allow smartphone users to scan them and discover more information. A QR (shorthand for ‘Quick Response’) code is a machine-readable matrix barcode.

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ALI Proceeds Toward Vote on Restatement of Copyright, Critics Ignored

The Illusion of More

On June 7 and 8, the membership of the American Law Institute will vote on several sections of the Restatement of Copyright, covering a range of topics, including categories of works, scope of protection, ownership, and transfers of rights. Restatements of Law are the primary work product of the ALI, and the century-old institution has […]. The post ALI Proceeds Toward Vote on Restatement of Copyright, Critics Ignored appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Users of Research Tools Take Note

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Are research tools protected from patent infringement under the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor, section 271(e)(1)? [1] While different courts have reached different conclusions on this question, [2] one recent district court decision answered it with a resounding “No.” [3]. Statutory Background. The safe harbor was enacted to overrule Roche Prods., Inc. v.

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Autonomous cars and EVs driving IP strategy shift, say in-house

Managing IP

Counsel from Volvo, Toyota and elsewhere say the move towards new technologies is forcing them to rethink where they could reap the most value from IP

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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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You’ve Been Served! – ITC Allows Service Through Respondents’ Amazon.com Seller Profile Pages

IP Tech Blog

One advantage of filing a patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) instead of in U.S. District Court is that a Complainant does not need to use the Hague Service Convention process or other treaty to serve the complaint on foreign entities. As explained here, recent ITC decisions expand the methods through which service can be effected to include service via a Respondent’s Amazon.com seller profile page contact links.

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Reading list: Discrimination is Unfair: Interpreting UDA(A)P to Prohibit Discrimination

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S tephen Hayes & Kali Schellenberg, Discrimination is "Unfair": Interpreting UDA(A)P to Prohibit Discrimination [link] This Article explores a theory that discrimination is a type of “unfair” practice covered by federal and state laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive (and sometimes abusive) acts and practices (“UDA(A)Ps”). An “unfair” practice is defined by statute as something “(1) likely to cause substantial injury to consumers; (2) which is not reasonably avoidable; and (3) that is not outwe