Plagiarism Today
APRIL 5, 2023
Music labels win battle over youtube-dl in Germany, UK court rules against former employee in software case and Digital Basel returns. The post 3 Count: Digital Basel Redux appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
APRIL 5, 2023
EVO, short for EVOLUTiON, was a high-profile P2P group whose activities stood out in recent years. The group released a steady stream of new movie and TV show titles and gained pirates’ admiration by leaking many screeners way ahead of their official premieres. For several years in a row, EVO opened the “screener season” by releasing leaked copies of upcoming films.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Plagiarism Today
APRIL 5, 2023
Plagiarism comes to Death in Paradise a second time as DI Neville Parker and team have to unravel a murder over stolen ideas. The post Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Death in Paradise 2 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
APRIL 5, 2023
In 2021, a group of Grand Theft Auto enthusiast programmers released ‘re3’ and ‘reVC’, a pair of reverse-engineered modifications for GTA 3 and Vice City. These projects breathed new life into games that while still fantastic, benefited greatly from significant enhancements that helped to wind back the years. Fans loved ‘re3’ and ‘reVC’ but Take-Two and Rockstar Games most definitely did not.
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?
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
For all the progress toward equality on the field, sports administration remains dominated by men. A fairer, more inclusive industry would benefit everyone.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 5, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential opinion today affirmed a district court’s judgment that AT&T Mobility LLC did not infringe an inventor’s wireless communications technology patent but held that AT&T had forfeited its chance to prove the patent is invalid on appeal. Joe Salazar’s U.S. Patent No. 5,802,467 is titled, “Wireless and Wired Communications, Command, Control and Sensing System for Sound And/or Data Transmission and Reception.
Intellectual Property Pulse brings together the best content for IP professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 5, 2023
For companies, new and old, the protection and development of company trademarks involve a significant investment of time and resources. The process can become complicated and expensive if a company mistakenly chooses to use a mark that is already in use by others.
Patent Trademark Blog
APRIL 5, 2023
Does it make sense to get a patent in China? One of the most frequent questions I get about getting a patent in China is whether anyone should even bother. Why file a patent overseas when you cannot enforce it? Keep in mind that I am a US patent attorney. While we are not licensed to practice patent law outside the US, we do work closely with IP attorneys in foreign countries to coordinate our client’s foreign patent filings.
Velocity of Content
APRIL 5, 2023
CCC has been named to the KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management 2023, a list of organizations with pioneering solutions and notable modifications to existing products with a focus on innovation, agility, and the customer. KMWorld cited CCC for its innovative efforts in “integrating, accessing, and sharing information through licensing, content software, and professional services [and] designing and delivering innovative information solutions that power decision making.
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
The business-as-usual approach to marketing is no longer sufficient. To succeed in modern marketing, professionals must develop broad skillsets and prioritize collaboration.
Advertiser: IPO
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.
Likelihood of Confusion
APRIL 5, 2023
The evidence shows that “spam,†in addition to being petitioner’s trademark, has a well-recognized meaning as a generic term for unsolicited commercial email; the term isused by consumers, the media, Congress, state legislatures and those who sell solutions for such unwanted email. Thus, it does not have the requisite degree of distinctiveness to support a finding of dilution, at least vis-à -vis respondent’s use of the term as part of the mark SPAM ARREST for computer software designed
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
The Harvard Business School professor and former CEO of Medtronic explains how young leaders can find their ‘true north’.
Patently-O
APRIL 5, 2023
After coming up with a core idea for a new product, Inventor jumps on chatGPT and asks the AI to expand upon the product idea, including providing additional design elements based upon the inventor’s original description. ChatGPT comes through with flying colors and provides several detailed designs that inventor had not considered. Inventor is diligent in their disclosure docs to include the chatGPT transcript.
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
McKinsey’s Eunjo Chon talks to KB Financial Group Senior Executive Vice President Dong Whan Han about simplifying processes and transforming bankers into instructors.
The IPKat
APRIL 5, 2023
The AmeriKat hunkering down to a belated Christmas meal of kibble Back in the dark depths of January, the great, the good and the cold of patents practitioners were invited to gather at Hogan Lovells’ London office to attend the AIPPI’s annual patent round-up. Andrew Lykiardopoulous KC and Henry Edwards of 8 New Square presented the patent case highlights of 2022 in the form of a delayed Christmas menu, ranging from Neo crackers to Optis turkey with secret sauce.
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
Women are well represented in the country’s workforce but are relatively scarce at the top—and that won’t change anytime soon given current promotion trends. Yet companies can act to turn the tide.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 5, 2023
On March 30, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal issued a decision on sua sponte Director review that vacated a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which had previously denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings brought by semiconductor company Wolfspeed. In her latest in a series of sua sponte decisions, Director Vidal ruled that the PTAB erred in determining that prior art asserted by Wolfspeed was essentially the same as other prior
McKinsey Operations
APRIL 5, 2023
Strategically building carbon capture, utilization, and storage hubs near clusters of large emitters can lower costs and accelerate scale-up.
The TTABlog
APRIL 5, 2023
The Board has affirmed 41 of the first 44 Section 2(d) refusals that it reviewed this year. That's an affirmance rate of 93%. Here are three more decision. At least one was a reversal. How do you think these three cases came out? [Results in first comment]. In re Bulletproof Property Management, LLC , Serial No. 90625153 (March 31, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jyll Taylor) [Section 2(d) refusal of VECTOR for "Firearms; Component parts for guns" in view of the identical mark registe
WIPO Magazine
APRIL 5, 2023
“We’re facing the biggest talent shortage in human history,” says Karoli Hindriks, CEO of Jobbatical. Hindriks is boosting innovation by creating hassle-free opportunities for businesses to access the high caliber talent they need to thrive.
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
Masimo Corp. told a California federal jury during opening arguments on Wednesday that Apple poached two employees to improperly obtain proprietary information it then used to launch a patent-infringing smartwatch, while Apple denied any intellectual property theft and blasted Masimo's purported bid for a staggering $3.1 billion in damages.
Selvam & Selvam Blog
APRIL 5, 2023
Practitioners have long wished for a separate IP division in High Courts. With the abolishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in 2021, cases previously filed with or pending before the IPAB have been transferred to the High Courts. It then became imperative to establish a separate IP division in the High Courts. Following this objective, the High Court of Madras established an Intellectual Property committee to devise the necessary procedures.
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
Chipotle has lodged a suit in California federal court accusing fast-casual restaurant rival Sweetgreen of infringing its trademark by marketing and selling a "Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl" that is directly competing with its own menu item.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
Navigating Korean Patent Law Changes: Accelerated Examination, PTEs, and Court Decisions @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642e0f5b9c76d4054{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642e0f5b9c76d4054{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642e0f5b9c76d4054{position: relative !
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
A patent dispute between two makers of 3D printers is now down to a single patent from five after the accused infringer won a victory on claim construction in Delaware federal court.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
On April 3, 2023, Celltrion announced positive 24-week results from its global Phase III Clinical Trial of CT-P42 (aflibercept), a biosimilar referencing Regeneron’s EYLEA. The trial is a 52-week trial in 348 patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) across thirteen countries. The primary endpoint was the change in best corrected visual acuity measured at week 8 from baseline, comparing CT-P42 and EYLEA.
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
Boston-based law firm Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP has added three partners in the real estate, labor and employment, and intellectual property sectors to its Boston and New York offices.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a ban on non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers as an unfair method of competition. The FTC’s proposed ban is intended to promote competition and innovation by providing workers with more freedom to move between companies. However, this proposal has raised concerns about how it may affect businesses and their ability to protect trade secrets.
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
The Federal Circuit has backed a Texas federal jury's finding that AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile did not infringe an inventor's patent for a wireless communication device, agreeing with a lower court's claim construction.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
On April 3, 2023, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) filed a civil complaint against Activision Blizzard Inc. (“Activision”) alleging that the “competitive balance tax” constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, [1] and entered into a proposed consent decree (a binding settlement) that, if approved by a court, would bar the gaming company from imposing a “tax” against its esports leagues that exceed spendi
IP Law 360
APRIL 5, 2023
U.S. software company Dmarcian Inc. has demanded $28 million in damages from its onetime partner in the Netherlands after the Fourth Circuit unraveled sanctions against the Dutch company, saying such a steep award is warranted in light of its rival's willful trademark infringement.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) introduced a new pilot program for holding Final Pretrial Conferences (FPC) in certain inter partes disputes (i.e., oppositions and cancellations) before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The goal of the pilot, according to the USPTO, is “to save time and resources of parties and the TTAB, and to foster the effective and efficient presentation of evidence.” The pilot program is the latest step in the TTABR
JD Supra Law
APRIL 5, 2023
Graphical User Interface (GUI) refers to icons, windows, and/or menus to offer a mechanism to interact with electronic devices visually. There has been quite a bit of debate around the registrability of GUIs under industrial design law in India. While the Designs Act, 2002, recognised protection for GUIs, the Indian Patents Office has been reluctant to grant registration to GUIs.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 5, 2023
Graphical User Interface (GUI) refers to icons, windows, and/or menus to offer a mechanism to interact with electronic devices visually. There has been quite a bit of debate around the registrability of GUIs under industrial design law in India. While the Designs Act, 2002, recognised protection for GUIs, the Indian Patents Office has been reluctant to grant registration to GUIs.
JD Supra Law
APRIL 5, 2023
Companies subject to allegations of patent infringement have a strong interest in the outcome and review of post-grant patent challenges. Docket Navigator reports that the number of challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) is projected to increase significantly from 1290 last year to 1741 this year.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
204 
Let's personalize your content