IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Substantial patent litigation activity occurred in the mRNA space in 2022, involving nearly all of the major mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) pioneers. Since this is the most significant happening in this space with respect to IP in 2022, this post will provide an overview of that activity as well as a summary exposure analysis.

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Litigation IP Patent Patent Infringement 125

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2023

After more than two decades of use and abuse, the DMCA takedown notice has managed to make enemies on all sides. Rightsholders decry the need to send millions of them, nobody likes receiving them, and people on both sides feel outraged when DMCA notices are used as a weapon. And they are, on a daily basis, and in their thousands, with almost no repercussions for the overwhelming majority of perpetrators.

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Settlement Reporting Copyright Designs 107

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 1, 2023

Introduction. When someone invents something novel, practical, and non-obvious, they may file for a patent. As a result, it prevents others from utilising someone else’s invention or artistic creation, providing a just return on the effort and expense made. However, occasionally such imitations could have the same effect without being overtly imitated.

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Invention Patent Patent Infringement Inventor 87

Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 1, 2023

Using the names of fallen soldiers on t-shirts to make a political statement is in poor taste, but should it be — as is evidently now the law in Arizona. The post Dirty laundry appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Law 52

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

Barry Sookman

JANUARY 1, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-12-24 [link] 2022-12-25. Five Tech Reads for the Season – Centre for International Governance Innovation [link] 2022-12-27. Can Twitter and Other Online Platforms Legally Moderate Content? [link] 2022-12-27. LinkedIn v. hiQ: Landmark Data Scraping Suit Provides Guidance to Data Scrapers and Web Operators [link] 2022-12-27.

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Government Intellectual Property Law Copyright Law Law 58