Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In October 2022, Canada’s largest intellectual property firm became a publicly traded entity. Smart & Biggar , a firm that includes 100+ Canadian patent attorneys and agents (most of whom are also registered with the USPTO) was purchased by the Australian company IPH Limited. The holding company trades on the Australian stock exchange with a market valuation of $1.8 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion USD).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2023

Amuze is an online clothing retailer. Consumers left negative reviews of Amuze at the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland (BBB-GM) website. ( This page ?) Amuze sued BBB and BBB-GM for defamation and IIED. The BBB entities successfully invoked NY’s anti-SLAPP law. Issues of Public Interest in Public Forum. “the reviews and complaints posted to BBB and BBB-GM profiles concern issues of public interest because such posts are intended to provide otherwise unavailable information

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Business Copyright Law Blogging Law 101

IP Watchdog

MARCH 12, 2023

On March 6, biotechnology developer Amgen filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in its appeal of the invalidation of its patent claims covering antibodies effective at blocking low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol receptors. The brief responds to arguments raised both by rival pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and the U.S. federal government in Amgen’s appeal of the invalidation of its patent claims as a matter of law under 35 U.S.C. § 112, which the district court entered on judgment a

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 12, 2023

ChatGPT has captured the imagination of millions of people, offering a glimpse of what an AI-assisted future might look like. The new technology also brings up novel copyright questions. Several people are worried that their work is being used to train AI without any form of compensation, for example. Parent company OpenAI may in turn be worried that third parties are exploiting the ChatGPT model without permission.

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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?

Technology

Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 12, 2023

Reuters reports that U.K. regulators have once again slapped the wrist of the French Connection clothing company for their jejune FCUK ad campaign (“French Connection UK,” get it?). Last February. The post Brand Me Infantile appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Branding Brands Branding Reporting 52

IAM Magazine

MARCH 12, 2023

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

The world today is too dependent on technology; we cannot even imagine our lives without the internet anymore. While the benefits brought about by the digitalized world are many, it has also paved the way for commission of several illegal activities. As such, there is dire need of stringent laws to regulate cybercrime, and more severe penalties for those misusing the cyberspace.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

Here are the noteworthy cases, articles and posts from last month, along with several DTSA cases from January that didn’t make it into last month’s update: Notable Defend Trade Secrets Act and Federal Trade Secret Developments, Opinions and Posts: For those interested in shaping an important trade secrets resource for the federal bench, Berkeley Professor Peter Menell is looking for comments to the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide (TSJCMG) , which is intended as a “g

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