Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Christmas and copyright go together as often gingerbread cookies and milk. Here's just five ways that copyright has changed Christmas. The post 5 Ways Copyright Has Changed Christmas appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The U.K.'s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an artificial intelligence cannot be the named inventor of a patent under current legislation, concluding that British law requires a "natural person" to be behind an invention.
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Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Amazon/Tolkien estate win fan fiction lawsuit, the EU declines to geofence film content, and the Internet Archive files an appeal in book case. The post 3 Count: Did Not Pass appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Copyright Alliance
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Though not a partridge in a pear tree or five golden rings for the 12 days of Christmas, the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has gifted the copyright community with 12 […] The post The 12 CCB Final Determinations appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
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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?
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The recent lawsuit filed by the New York Knicks against a former employee, the Toronto Raptors’ parent organization, and the Raptors’ head coach, could be a harbinger of a rise in employment and trade secret litigation in sports. Such an increase will likely stem in part from teams’ reliance on analytics— and franchise’s efforts to shield those models from the eyes of competitors.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
A California jury on Monday awarded what is reportedly the “largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,” according to a press release issued by the plaintiff's counsel in the case. Scott Hargis is an architectural photographer who sued Pacifica Senior Living Management LLC in September 2022 for damages and injunctive relief related to infringement of 43 of Hargis’ photos that Pacifica used to advertise and market its senior living facilities.
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IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP revealed it was promoting nine partners and seven counsel on Monday in a partner class slightly smaller than last year's slate of 12 partners and nine counsel.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In July 2022, popular IPTV service provider SmoothStreams suddenly went offline in somewhat unusual circumstances. In the weeks that followed, evidence emerged that the Canada-based service had been targeted after Bell Media, Rogers Media, Disney, Paramount, Columbia, and Warner Bros. filed a copyright infringement complaint at Canada’s Federal Court.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Venable LLP's Chicago outpost has gained a longtime K&L Gates LLP attorney with a practice at the intersection of commercial litigation and crisis management, the firm announced Monday.
Christopher Roser
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In this post of my series on the Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS), we finally get to the part many were excitedly waiting for—the development of countermeasures and their implementation. Some people like this part of actually doing the improvement (and hence finally the “Do” part of PDCA) so much that they skip the “Plan” Read more The post Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Countermeasures and Implement first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
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IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Attorneys should consider a few key tips to speed up their work during the holidays so they can join the festivities — from streamlining the document review process to creating similar folder structures, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here. I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below. The only change in my submission is that for each posts the footnoting was renumbered for just the individual post.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
I previously covered the district court ruling in this case. I summarized: A high school teacher allegedly used Snapchat to groom a sophomore student for a sexual relationship. (Atypically, the teacher was female and the victim was male, but the genders are irrelevant to this incident). The teacher was sentenced to ten years in jail , so the legal system has already held the wrongdoer accountable.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Market Supervision Administration of Guangdong Province "2021 Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Administrative Law Enforcement" patent infringement case No. 7 【Case Insight】 In this case, under the mediation of the Dongguan Market Supervision Administration, the petitioner and the respondent reached a settlement agreement, in which the petitioner not only achieved the initial purpose of stopping the patent infringement, but also settled the copyright dispute, trademark and domain name.
Patently-O
DECEMBER 19, 2023
by Dennis Crouch In a recent nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit dismissed Ontel’s appeal seeking to overturn the PTAB’s IPR decision upholding the patentability of Dafni’s hair straightening brush patents. Ontel Products Corp. v. Guy A. Shaked Invs. Ltd. , No. 2022-1938 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 19, 2023). The court held that Ontel lacked standing to appeal because “the dispute between Ontel and Dafni over this patent is moot.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
On December 4, 2023, the Federal Court issued its public judgment and reasons in two patent infringement actions pursuant to s. 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (“Regulations”) and two patent impeachment actions pursuant to s. 60(1) of the Patent Act (“Act”).
The TTABlog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
By my count, the Board has affirmed more than 90% of the Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals that it reviewed fo far this year. Here are three more. How do you think they came out? [Results in first comment]. In re Family Defined Benefits, LLC , Serial Nos. 97248954 and 97248972 (November 27, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jonathan Hudis).
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
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Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Michael Young: It is not often a case hits upon two of our favorite topics: Trade secrets and pie. But when it does, mmmmmmmm, it’s good to be an attorney. The post Pie in the sky appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The provisions of U.S. regulatory law regarding FDA approval for less than all the indications for which an innovator drug was approved under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(A)(viii) (the so-called "skinny label) has in the recent past raised something of a kerfuffle before the Federal Circuit (see "GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA (Fed. Cir. 2022)"). .
Intepat
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Introduction Section 9 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), provides for absolute grounds for refusal of registration of the trademark. The Examiner can object to the registration of the trademark if it falls within any of the grounds mentioned in Section 9. Section 9 (2) of the Act provides as follows: 2) A mark shall not be registered as a trademark if— (a) it is of such nature as to deceive the public or cause confusion; (b) it contains or comprises of any matter
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The University of Oregon Ducks have had a winning season on and off the football field: The team reached the Pac-12 Conference title game, and star players achieved among the highest name, image and likeness (NIL) valuations for college athletes in the nation. But a lawsuit filed against the soon-to-be Big Ten Conference program on….
Intepat
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The principle of Taylor v Taylor originated in the year 1876. Ever since the principle has been used multiple times in the field of intellectual property and others, to justify the statutory rules and command measures accordingly. This principle was first adopted in India, through Nazir Ahmad’s case wherein the importance of the principle was highlighted.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Clients often ask if a law firm can represent both brand and generic drug manufacturers. It’s a reasonable question, particularly when the popular perception is that potential conflicts pigeonhole law firms, forcing them to “pick a side” and represent either brands or generics. But the reality is that firms can and do represent both “sides” of the brand-generic divide, especially given the recent consolidations among companies.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The maker of Invisalign urged a California federal judge to reject proposed online campaigns intended to notify a certified class of consumers who bought teeth aligners in lawsuits accusing the company of limiting competition, saying the proposals are overbroad and could lead to an unjust result.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Judgment Gist - Three types of the allegedly infringing product CSM-9820-00/01/02 and the allegedly infringing product CSM-9820A fully encompass all of the technical features of claims 1, 2, 4, and 6 of the subject patent, and thus fall in the scope of protection of claims 1, 2, 4, and 6 of the subject patent.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
While 2023 didn’t feature any of the blockbuster verdicts that had become the norm in recent years, the number of trials jumped as the COVID-19 bottleneck broke, and multiple juries came back with nine-figure verdicts. Here are the top damages awards from 2023.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In the event that the design of an allegedly infringing product is not identical to a prior design, in order to reach a correct determination on design patent infringement, a comprehensive judgment should be based on comparison between each two of the design of the allegedly infringing product, the prior design, and the design of a subject design patent.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
A South Korean video game developer that sued a rival for copyright infringement and trade secret theft asked the Ninth Circuit to review whether the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows a foreign company to move an action to another country, which the petitioners say is a matter of first impression.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
On December 8, Partner Nena Bains and Counsel Yifan Mao presented “Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement After Amgen” at the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute organized by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Stanford Law School.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says there simply isn't any way for the agency to recall exactly how often it directed patent boards to reach different decisions by "stacking" board panels, a since-abandoned administrative practice.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Summary - The Copyright Office Review Board (Board) has affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal of a work created with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) software.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 19, 2023
IPNews® – Two years ago Facebook decided to rebrand its umbrella company name to Meta. Just as Twitter has found in its X rebrand, rebranding a billion dollar company is easier said than done. As expected, Meta has a few minefields to navigate.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Today marked a ‘historic moment’ for the UPC, as Klaus Gabrinsky, the President of the UPC Court of Appeal, noted in his opening remarks: the first UPC Court of Appeal hearing, on 18 December 2023 in Luxembourg. The case at issue: the appeal in summary proceedings filed by Nanostring Technologies Inc et al (Nanostring) against 10x Genomics, Inc. and the President and Fellows of Harvard (10x Genomics) (case number APL_576355/2023 UPC_CoA_335/2023).
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Although NCAA President Charlie Baker's recent proposal for Division I institutions to pay student-athletes for name, image and likeness licensing deals is unlikely to pass in its current form, it shows that direct compensation for student-athletes is a looming reality — and member institutions should begin preparing in earnest, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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