The IPKat

JUNE 5, 2022

A recent judgment that caught this Kat's attention was delivered by the High Court of England & Wales further to a trade mark infringement claim brought by members of the Swatch group of watch makers against Samsung ( Montres Breguet S.A. and others v Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited [2022] EWHC 1127 (Ch) ). The claim related to digital watch faces / watch face apps that could be downloaded to Samsung's smartwatches from the Samsung Galaxy App store ("SGA sto

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Designs Design Branding Brands 144

TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2022

With datacenters in Europe, Asia and the United States, Leaseweb is a big player in the hosting space. The company has thousands of customers that come in all shapes and sizes. This includes some that are labeled as pirate sites or otherwise find themselves accused of copyright infringement. This hasn’t gone unnoticed. Ten years ago it was revealed that Megaupload hosted hundreds of servers at Leaseweb and, at one point, Hollywood even considered taking the company to court.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Publishing 126

IP Watchdog

JUNE 5, 2022

The International Trademark Association (INTA) on Friday filed an amicus brief with the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO’s) Grand Board of Appeal, arguing that "the terms 'public policy' and 'principles of morality' are inherently vague and therefore carry with them a risk of an inconsistent application and a danger of each examiner being tempted to follow personal preferences rather than clear legal guidance" with respect to a trademark on the term “COVIDIOT” not being “full

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Trademark Intellectual Property IP 127

Managing IP

JUNE 5, 2022

Sources say the convenience of witnesses factor may be more important now, while the Federal Circuit could still weigh in on venue-related uncertainties.

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Patent IP 96

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

LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2022

On 10 March 2022, the High Court of Australia granted Aristocrat’s application for special leave to appeal the decision of a Full Bench of the Federal Court , which found its claims directed to an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) implementing a new ‘feature game’ to be ineligible for patenting under Australia’s ‘manner of manufacture’ test of subject matter.

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Invention Technology Patent Business 52

Managing IP

JUNE 5, 2022

Sources say the convenience of witnesses factor may be more important now, while the Federal Circuit could still weigh in on venue-related uncertainties

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Patent 96

IAM Magazine

JUNE 5, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

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IP Patent 40

Patently-O

JUNE 5, 2022

Tod Tumey v. Mycroft AI ( 8th Cir. 2022 ). Tod Tumey is a Houston-based patent attorney who represents Voice Tech Corp. Back in 2021, VoiceTech sued Mycroft for patent infringement. The PTO has apparently determined that the asserted claims are not patentable, but that case will be appealed to the Federal Circuit. Meanwhile, Mycroft allegedly began to a series of “cyberattacks and harassment activity” against Tumey (including hacking attempts and heavy-breathing phone calls).

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Litigation Patent Troll Patent Privacy 63

IAM Magazine

JUNE 5, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

IP 40

IP Patent 40