Wed.Jan 19, 2022

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Romanian Prime Minister Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation

Plagiarism Today

In a story that will be eerily familiar to long-time readers of this site, the current Romanian Prime Minister has been accused of plagiarism in his thesis as opposition leaders are already calling for an investigation. The story involves Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuc?, who was assumed the title in November 2021, just two months ago. According to an investigation by Romanian Journalist Emilia ?

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The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver that Can Block ‘Unlawful’ Traffic

TorrentFreak

The Domain Name System has been an essential component of the Internet since the mid-eighties. DNS resolvers make it possible to map a human-readable domain name to an IP-address, so a website or service can be easily located. Older people also call it the Internet’s phone book. Nowadays, there are several large DNS resolvers. Many ISPs operate their own but third-party DNS services are very popular too.

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3 Count: Copyright Exhaustion

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. First off today, Alison Flood at The Guardian reports that, in the United Kingdom, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced that they are pausing any changes to their copyright laws after authors expressed concern the change could drastically hurt their income.

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OpenSubtitles Hacked, 7 Million Subscribers’ Details Leaked Online

TorrentFreak

OpenSubtitles is one of the largest and most popular subtitle repositories on the Internet. Millions of subtitle files are downloaded every week in many languages, often to be paired with downloaded movies and TV shows. The site was founded in 2006 by a Slovakian programmer who came up with the idea while drinking a few beers at a local pub. Following an announcement late yesterday, more beers might be needed to cope with an emerging crisis.

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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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3 Steps to Protect Your Brand in the New Year

Erik K Pelton

As we enter a new year, Erik discusses three basic yet critical things that businesses can do to enhance their brand protection. The post 3 Steps to Protect Your Brand in the New Year appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. As we enter a new year, Erik discusses three basic yet critical things that businesses can do to enhance their brand protection.

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Court Unseals Documents in Gilead Lawsuit Alleging Massive Counterfeit HIV Drug Scheme

IP Watchdog

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York yesterday unsealed documents in an anticounterfeiting suit filed last year by Gilead Sciences, Inc. against a slew of defendants who Gilead alleges sold, marketed, and distributed counterfeits of its HIV medications. Gilead’s complaint seeks immediate monetary and injunctive relief, including seizure at certain of the defendants’ premises, as well as relief for trademark and trade dress infringement and trademark dilution, among other

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Update on Artificial Intelligence as a Patent Inventor

JD Supra Law

Our previous blog posts, Artificial Intelligence as the Inventor of Life Sciences Patents? and Update on Artificial Intelligence: Court Rules that AI Cannot Qualify As “Inventor,” discuss recent inventorship issues surrounding AI and its implications for life sciences innovations.

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Tillis to Garland/ Kanter: Pursuit of New Draft Policy on SEPs Shows a ‘Failure of innovation Leadership’

IP Watchdog

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) today sent a second letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General – Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Jonathan Kanter expressing concern over the process for releasing, and the substance of, a revised version of the Joint DOJ-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)-National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Policy Statement on Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary FRAND Commit

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Little Guy Fighting Goliath—Sonos’s Victory Against Google in Patent Infringement

IPilogue

Photo by Bence Boros ( Unsplash ). Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you are a fan of Google products, you will likely find that some of its home appliances are becoming slightly more cumbersome to use. You may need to individually adjust each speaker in a multi-room audio system instead of using the group volume controller.

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Trademarks from a Marketing Perspective

Kashishipr

In today’s era, where the drawing-up of physical borders has diluted in terms of fair-trade practices, the relevance and importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have fairly risen. The form of intangible property comprising of skillsets, know-how, business ideas, and strategies have helped in the development and generation of the transborder reputation of several brands.

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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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Section 325(d) – Twelfth Time Not A Charm

JD Supra Law

This blog has previously discussed PTAB’s exercise of discretion under Section 325(d). Sometimes the PTAB has invoked Section 325(d) to deny institution; sometimes it has declined to apply Section 325(d) and instituted inter partes review.

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Building blocks for the metaverse – practical IP considerations for NFT investors and creators

IAM Magazine

Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari, Jay Thornton and Jonathan Hofman of Sullivan & Cromwell explore the legal issues facing creators and buyers of NFTs, alongside the regulatory frameworks in which they are being used.

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Amicus in Green v. DOJ challenge to 1201

43(B)log

The EFF is litigating a First Amendment challenge to 1201's access control provisions. Pam Samuelson and I filed a brief in support of that challenge. My thanks to Catherine Crump, Erik Stallman, and Tait Anderson of Berkeley's Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, who did great work on the brief. [link].

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Why smart IP strategy is about more than keeping score

IAM Magazine

Expanding your understanding of what a win looks like and keeping track of the bigger picture is key to coming out ahead in the IP world, say IAM Strategy 300 members.

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Watch Party Moves to N.D.Cal.

Patently-O

In re Netflix ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ). This was an easy mandamus transfer. The plaintiffs, CA Inc. and Avago Technologies Int’l, are both subsidiaries of Broadcom Corp. The plaintiffs are both headquartered in San Jose and Broadcom is down in Southern California. Netflix is also Silicon Valley. Still, the plaintiffs sued Netflix for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas.

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The Rising Demand For Commercial Litigators In 2022

IP Law 360

Amid broken supply chains, pandemic-induced bankruptcies and a rise in regulation by litigation, strong commercial litigators — strategists who are adept in trying a range of tortious and contractual disputes — are becoming a must-have for many law firms, making this year an opportune moment to make the career switch, say Michael Ascher and Kimberly Donlon at Major Lindsey.

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[Ongoing Program] Protecting Information from Insider Threats and External Hacker - February 22nd, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm ET

JD Supra Law

Join Us for Protecting Trade Secrets & Gaining a Competitive Edge in the Digital Age - Sophisticated Strategies to Protect Critical Assets When Key Employees Depart & Business Relationships Break Down - The protection of trade secrets by contract, including non-competes and confidentiality provisions, is under attack around the country. An ever-changing patchwork of recent state legislation, federal administrative action, and an increasing number of cases being decided on these issues.

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9th Circ. Urged To Uphold Pandora IP Ruling

IP Law 360

Flo & Eddie Inc., a corporation owned by two founding members of the rock band The Turtles, wants the Ninth Circuit to back a California federal judge's refusal to let music streaming service Pandora escape a copyright lawsuit over pre-1972 recordings.

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CAFC Grants Mandamus on Netflix Motion to Transfer Out of Gilstrap’s Court

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today granted Netflix, Inc.’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus to transfer a case brought against it by CA Inc. and Avago Technologies from Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s Eastern District of Texas court to the Northern District of California. The Order is the latest in a series of decisions from the CAFC censuring Texas courts for their refusal to transfer cases.

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Impending amendments set to rewrite Taiwan’s copyright regime

IAM Magazine

The amended Taiwanese Copyright Act, once passed, will have a transformative impact in introducing greater flexibility with regard to the economic rights of a work. It will also change the ways in which content is broadcasted.

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Jack In The Box Ends Mascot IP Suit Against Crypto Exchange

IP Law 360

Jack in the Box resolved its dispute with FTX US over allegations the cryptocurrency marketplace stole the fast food chain's "Jack" mascot to make its own "Moon Man" mascot, according to a joint filing by the parties Tuesday in California federal court.

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Trade Secrets Protection: Some Common Sense and an Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure

JD Supra Law

Given the dire consequences a company can face once a valuable trade secret goes out the door, corporate executives need to understand what their trade secrets are as well as how to protect them. Under the law, a trade secret has “independent economic value,” and to earn legal protection an employer must take reasonable steps….

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Blizzard Can't Beat Networking Patent Infringement Suit

IP Law 360

A Texas federal judge denied a summary judgment bid from incoming Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday, rejecting its attempt to escape a suit accusing it of infringing a networking patent.

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Judge Gardephe Declines to “Lock” Down Claim Construction Terms of Computer Padlock Patent

JD Supra Law

On January 11, 2022, Judge Paul G. Gardephe (S.D.N.Y.) issued a decision declining to construe disputed terms in three patents relating to computer locks. See Noble Sec., Inc v. ACCO Brands Corp., 2022 U.S. P.Q.2d 41 (S.D.N.Y. 2022). Plaintiff Noble Security, Inc. is a computer lock manufacturer and the licensee of four patents directed to computer security products and systems.

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Sony, Hendrix Estate Sue Over Bandmates' UK Royalty Claims

IP Law 360

Sony Music Entertainment and the estate of Jimi Hendrix filed suit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday seeking to block a threat of copyright litigation in the United Kingdom over royalties from recordings by the late guitarist's onetime band.

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False advertising-based antitrust claims against Facebook survive motion to dismiss

43(B)log

Klein v. Facebook, Inc., 2022 WL 141561, No. 20-CV-08570-LHK (N.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. That time has come for Facebook. Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets.

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REGENXBIO v. SAREPTA: Make Sure You’re Safely Within the Safe Harbor Before Using a “Research Tool”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Disclaimer: Fish and Richardson P.C. represents REGENXBIO Inc. in this matter. Are patented products that are not themselves subject to FDA approval, but used to develop products that are subject to FDA approval, protected under the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor? While courts have reached different conclusions on this question, 1 one recent district court decision answered it with a resounding “No.” 2.

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Building blocks for the metaverse – practical IP considerations for NFT investors and creators

IAM Magazine

Nader Mousavi, Mehdi Ansari, Jay Thornton and Jonathan Hofman of Sullivan & Cromwell explore the legal issues facing creators and buyers of NFTs, alongside the regulatory frameworks in which they are being used.

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Cancelling Claims at the PTAB & The Doctrine of Equivalents

LexBlog IP

Amendment Based Estoppel at PTAB? Remember the Doctrine of Equivalents (DOE)? DOE was that folksy doctrine that allowed some wiggle room in proving patent infringement where a claim term was not literally met. That is, DOE allows a patent owner to reach an equivalent claim element functioning in the same way, to achieve the same result that is utilized to side-step the literal claim language.

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Phase III of the PPH programme comes into effect

IAM Magazine

Brazil has consolidated its effective Patent Prosecution Highway strategy by extending the number of applications that can be submitted to the National Institute of Industrial Property.

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ND Cal: Motion to dismiss denied in Facebook v OnlineNic

LexBlog IP

Facebook withstands motion to dismiss against allegedly related domain name companies. Prior news coverage regarding Facebook lawsuit against OnlineNic here. Link to complaint in Facebook vs. OnlineNic here. Text of decision in Facebook v OnlineNic re motion to dismiss here: facebook v onlinenic nd cal cybersquatting.

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Turkish court issues preliminary injunction to prevent infringement of pharmaceutical products

IAM Magazine

Currently, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency does not investigate whether drugs supplied from abroad infringe patent rights. However, a recent case provides useful guidance for the steps to be taken, where such infringement occurs.

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Stacking the deck

Likelihood of Confusion

The National Law Journal, understandably skeptical about the U.S. News rankings, does its own analysis. UPDATE: Huh! And they aren’t the only ones: For many prospective lawyers, the best strategy. The post Stacking the deck appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2022 #3

JD Supra Law

Evolusion Concepts, Inc. v. HOC Events Inc., Appeal No. 2021-1963 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 14, 2022) In its only precedential patent case this week, the Federal Circuit disposed of an appeal, holding that the district court’s claim construction was wrong. In the appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Federal Circuit addressed the meaning of the term “magazine catch bar” in the asserted claims.

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Texas Oil & Gas Manufacturing Company’s DTSA/TUTSA Lawsuit Unraveled by Public Disclosure of Alleged Trade Secret in its Own Expired Patent

LexBlog IP

After a four day bench trial on August 10, 2021, a Houston federal judge ruled that the conceptual designs an oil and gas manufacturing company disclosed to its erstwhile collaborator under an NDA were not eligible for trade secret protection because they were neither secret nor misappropriated due predominantly to disclosure in a prior public patent.

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