Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 30, 2023
President Biden has signed an executive order targeting security concerns around AI, that calls for regulations to watermark AI work. The post President Biden Signs Executive Order Calling for AI Watermarking appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The US just catapulted into being the world leader on regulating AI. Bypassing Congress, the White house issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national policy on AI. In stark contrast to the EU, which through the soon to be enacted AI Act is focused primarily on regulating uses of AI that are unacceptable or high risk, the Executive Order focuses primarily on the developers, the data they use and the tools they create.
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Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Brazilian site FileWarez is closed, an Indian court demands embarrassing videos removed and TikTok influencer targets fashion dupes. The post 3 Count: FileWarez Gone appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The TTABlog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The USPTO refused to register that mark DRYLANDS BREWING COMPANY & Design for "beer" and for "restaurant services, including sit-down service of food and take-out restaurant services; taproom services featuring beer brewed on premises” [BREWING COMPANY disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark DRYLANDS for wine. On appeal, applicants argued that DRYLANDS BREWING COMPANY is a unitary term engendering a "distinct commercial impression that is independent of the constituent
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?
Olartemoure Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
A Clear Guide for the Regulation of the Pharma and Medical Device Industry in Colombia The Pharma and Medical Device industry is one of the biggest in the world. Its regulation changes country to country, which can sometimes make comparisons difficult. Due to this, Lexology decided to publish a series of reference guides that allow for comparison among more than 20 jurisdictions all around the world.
TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Authorities and rightsholders in Brazil appear determined to disrupt, restrict, or completely deny access to the illegal TV market enjoyed by millions of local citizens. From taking on pirate IPTV services to the outlawing of non-certified set-top boxes, to blocking illegal streaming websites and the removal of pirate apps, no target is off limits. One of the agencies at the forefront of this anti-piracy activity is the National Telecommunications Agency, better known as Anatel.
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TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Across the globe, law enforcement and copyright holder groups are teaming up to tackle online piracy of all shapes and sizes. Cooperation is seen as essential to tackling the endemic piracy problem and the key players regularly meet up to discuss progress and emerging problems. Last week, Europol hosted its annual IP Crime Conference in Lisbon where stakeholders came together to exchange information and ideas.
IP and Legal Filings
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Introduction With Margot Robbie lighting up our screens in what is arguably the movie of the year, it is the summer of Barbie again; just like it has been, every summer, since her introduction in 1959. Barbie, a name synonymous with an unattainable standard of femininity and the concept of commercial feminism, was designed to captivate the toy market with all its glittery pink magnificence.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Today's Founders Shares podcast episode presents a unique perspective that I'm sure will resonate with many of you. We typically delve into the stories of seasoned entrepreneurs and their businesses. However, this time, we're flipping the script. In this episode, we're going to embark on a journey with someone who's at the starting line, someone who's young, and full of potential, but hasn't yet launched a full-fledged business.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In a world driven by technology, securing sensitive information while accessing various digital systems has become crucial. Fingerprint recognition, a form of biometric technology, has emerged as a reliable and convenient means of enhancing security. The use of fingerprint recognition has grown significantly in recent years. It is now a common feature in many aspects of our lives, from unlocking our smartphones and accessing secure apps to entering high-security facilities, this technology is ev
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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.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Fiction writing has a curious claim on truth. We learn this at the youngest age, listening to fairy tales when the child in us “intuitively comprehends that, although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue …” Bettelheim, The Uses Of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (at 73).
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has decided not to invalidate any challenged claims in a patent by aerial roof estimation company EagleView Technologies Inc. that it has asserted in district court.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
For the first time, on Thursday 26 October, an oral hearing took place at the Paris Central Division. It pertained to a preliminary objection lodged in a revocation action brought by Meril Group against a patent owned by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The company that operates popular discount retail app Temu launched trademark infringement claims Monday against 20 website domains that have allegedly offered counterfeit apps, coupon codes and more to consumers who may not know they're interacting and shopping with unauthorized fakes.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to petitioner, Warner Chappell, to clarify whether the Copyright Act precludes retrospective relief for infringing acts occurring more than three years before a plaintiff files a complaint. Section 507(b) of the Copyright Act permits bringing a claim if it is “commenced within three years after the claim accrued.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Photo by Steve Buissinne via Pixabay The UK High Court has held that Lidl’s rights in the Lidl logo were infringed by Tesco’s Clubcard Price(s) signs ( [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) ). Specifically, the court made the following findings. Trade mark infringement – Lidl’s trade mark for the Lidl logo was infringed by Tesco’s Clubcard Price(s) signs, which took unfair advantage of Lidl’s reputation for low prices and damaged the distinctive character of Lidl’s logo.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a new dual decision – G1/22 and G2/22 – dealing with the assessment of priority rights at the EPO. The decision represents a significant break from the previous practice of the EPO and seems to adopt a much more ‘pro-applicant/patentee’ approach when assessing these rights and their effects on European patents and patent applications.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Late last week, more than half a dozen amicus briefs were filed in support of GM Global Technology Operations in a case that is set to potentially shake up design patent law. The latest briefs generally urged the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to keep the law as is in order to avoid major disruptions. In June of this year, the CAFC granted a rare en banc review of its January, 2023, decision in LKQ Corporation v.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
IP rights can be vital to the success of medical device companies. Significant legislative changes governing some of these rights may be on the horizon. Senators Coons (Delaware), Durbin (Illinois), Hirono (Hawaii), and Tillis (North Carolina), along with Congressman Ken Buck (Colorado) and Representative Deborah Ross (North Carolina) have introduced the bipartisan, bicameral PREVAIL Act to Congress.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In a welcome development for patent applicants, a recent European Patent Office decision redefines the way that entitlement to priority is assessed, significantly relaxing the previous approach and making challenges to the right to priority in post-grant opposition proceedings far more difficult, say lawyers at Finnegan.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
On Sunday evening, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a segment featuring “The Five Eyes” and the critical issue of state-sponsored intellectual property ("IP") and trade secret theft. While geopolitics and national security issues might not be directly on the minds of most business leaders and researchers developing the critical IP to support cutting-edge technologies, including biologics, computing, and artificial intelligence, this segment offers a strong reminder for why entities must be cognizant of IP
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
[ This post has been co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah ]. Putting an end to a 24 year old patent infringement suit, the Delhi High Court has directed Maharaja Appliances Ltd. (the defendant) to pay upwards of 81 lakhs (INR 81,44,925 to be precise) as damages to Strix Ltd. The decision is important on three counts- First, it is perhaps one of the rare decisions where the court has computed notional damage on a “reasonable royalty basis”; Second, it is one of the few patent cases where a decree
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In this episode of his "The Trial Lawyer's Handbook" podcast series, litigation attorney Dan Small is joined by intellectual property and litigation attorney Joshua Krumholz to discuss the ins and outs of trial law. With their extensive knowledge of the field, the conversation covers many interesting topics such as: the benefits of practicing mindfulness in the courtroom, Mr.
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Three years after the 2020 amendments to the Geographical Indication Rules, 2002 , the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) published the 2023 draft amendments on October 20, inviting objections and suggestions from the relevant stakeholders. While the draft amendments were published sometime back, the relevant offices i.e. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Controller General of Patent, Designs and Trademark (CGPDTM) notified them on their website on Oct
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The PTAB requires that all petitioners in IPR and PGR proceedings disclose the real party(ies)-in-interest. While that might seem like a mere formality, a false disclosure can lead to very harsh consequences.
The IPKat
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal’s recent referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling pursuant to Article 267 TFEU concerning the interpretation of Directive 2001/29/EC in the MIO case (C-580/23 ) [IPKat here ].
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2022-1203, -1204 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 25, 2023) In its only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit issued a cautionary note to petitioners in inter partes reviews. Specifically, the Court affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that ruled a patent not invalid based on arguments as the Board understood them.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to consider whether a copyright plaintiff’s timely claim under the discovery rule is subject to retrospective relief for infringement occurring more than three years before the suit was filed. Musician Sherman Nealy and his company, Music Specialist Inc. (collectively, “Nealy”), sued Warner Chappell Music, Inc. (“Warner”), for copyright infringement in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Warner was using
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Recently, Sumitomo Rubber Industries filed an unusual application seeking to register an olfactory mark as a wordmark! Discussing this anomaly, we are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Akshay Ajayakumar. Akshay is a graduate of National Law University, Jodhpur, and has an LL.M in IP and Competition Law from the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC).
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Workplace harassment is a critical issue that affects employees’ well-being and can lead to a toxic work environment. The UAE’s labour laws play a crucial role in regulating employment relationships, ensuring employee well-being, and promoting a respectful, safe, and cooperative work environment. This article discusses the question of whether yelling at co-workers can be considered ‘harassment’ in the UAE workplace and how the law addresses this issue.
CoCal IP Law Institute
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Ethical Issues Related to Federal Court Discovery Many lawyers take a no-holds-barred view to discovery disputes. They are time-wasters, a hassle, and otherwise simply a pain. Opposing counsel always wants to destroy one's case, argue for documents and depositions that you know are irrelevant (or worse, likely to lead to a harder case for you [.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The US just catapulted into being the world leader on regulating AI. Bypassing Congress, the White house issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national policy on AI. In stark contrast to the EU, which through the soon to be enacted AI Act is focused primarily on regulating uses of AI that are unacceptable or high risk, the Executive Order focuses primarily on the developers, the data they use and the tools they create.
Velocity of Content
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Language interfaces are going to be a big deal. That’s how Sam Altman , chair of OpenAI , put it when the company launched ChatGPT last November. Going to be a big deal? Definitely a big deal. At the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair last week, the halls were alive with the sounds of AI. In the Frankfurt Studio, I moderated a panel discussion, “ Trained With Your Content ,” considering what limits should be placed on training Large Language Models (LLMs) and how to address concerns over equity
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 30, 2023
La suola rossa del noto brand Christian Louboutin, creata per la prima volta nel 1993 con un semplice smalto, incarna ormai un’icona nel mondo della moda, tanto che è stata registrata come marchio e viene tenacemente tutelata dal suo titolare. Di recente, Louboutin ha prevalso in due procedimenti promossi contro contraffattori dinanzi ai tribunali di India e Brasile, continuando una lunga serie di vittorie nelle aule di tribunale e contribuendo a consolidare la reputazione del brand n
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
OCTOBER 30, 2023
New Jersey Plaintiff, Freedom Mortgage Corporation , has filed a complaint against New Albany, Indiana Defendant, Freedompoint, LLC, for claims of trademark infringement and related unfair competition in the home mortgage and refinancing field. According to the complaint, the Plaintiff has owned and used several FREEDOM trademarks since December 1992, and its subsidiary ( Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation ) has owned and used ROUNDPOINT marks for the last 13 years.
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