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[Guest Post] Out the Door, Back In Through the Grille: Warsaw Court Reverses Audi Advantage

The IPKat

At the beginning of 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its much-anticipated judgment in Audi (Case C-334/22), which addressed the delicate issue of trade mark use on spare car parts produced by independent third parties.

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“Operation Sindoor” and the Misguided Idea of “Moment Trademarking”

SpicyIP

In these tough times of conflict, we saw numerous applications seeking a trademark over the codename of India’s military response against the Pahalgam attack- “Operation Sindoor” To comment on the surge in these applications, we invited Mr. Sunil Jose to share his views on whether the Trademarks Act allows such applications or not.

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The AbbVie Biotherapeutics Case: A Study in the Limits of Patent Amendments in India

Intepat

The High Court of Delhi’s recent ruling in AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc & Anr. v. Assistant Controller of Patent Designs [C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 44/2023] addresses a critical aspect of Indian patent law: the permissible scope of amendments to patent applications. This case originated from an appeal filed under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, against an order dated July 31, 2023, issued by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs.

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Generative AI Copyright Report from U.S. Office Revealed

Barry Sookman

The U.S. Copyright Office just released a pre-publication version of its series on AI and Copyright. The Register of Copyrights pre-publication report, entitled, Generative AI Training , contained the statement that it was released in response to congressional inquiries and expressions of interest from stakeholders. A final version will be published in the near future, without any substantive changes expected in the analysis or conclusions.

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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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Lutnick Tells Inventors, ‘You Have a Friend’ at Commerce

IP Watchdog

For the first time, the Secretary of Commerce understands the Patent Office, Lutnick told the assembled audience of approximately 500 people at the National Inventors Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Washington, DC, on Thursday night. And as his remarks wound down, Lutnick received his biggest applause when he told the inventors in attendance: You have a friend, you have a supporter, and you have an admirer.

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Five Takeaways from the Copyright Office’s Controversial New AI Report

Copyright Lately

The Copyright Office released a “pre-publication version” of its long-awaited AI and fair use report just a day before the Register of Copyrights was dismissed. Inside the timing, the fallout, and what it all means. Late Friday afternoona time traditionally reserved for burying news and slipping out of the officethe U.S. Copyright Office quietly dropped a pre-publication version of Part 3 of its highly anticipated artificial intelligence study (read it here).

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Auto IP USA; patent divestment insights; Market Makers; SEP regulation revival request; Hall of Fame; plus much more

IAM Magazine

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