Mon.Oct 23, 2023

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Axanar Creator Faces New Legal Threat

Plagiarism Today

Axanar creator Alec Peters is facing fresh legal peril as CBS and Paramount seek to enforce a $300,000 arbitration judgement against him. The post Axanar Creator Faces New Legal Threat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Should You Register Your Logo in Black & White or Color?

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of our video Should You Register Your Logo in Black & White or Color? Generally, registering a logo in black and white provides more protection because it offers broader rights and flexibility to use the colors you choose in the logo, as long as the underlying logo remains the same that you applied for. However, there are times that registering in color provides better benefits.

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3 Count: Good Bunny

Plagiarism Today

Bad Bunny seeks to have reggaeton lawsuit pared down, Indonesia arrested alleged pirate site operator and more! The post 3 Count: Good Bunny appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The Broadcasters’ Online News Act Submission: Demanding An Even Bigger Piece of the Bill C-18 Pie for Bell, Rogers and the CBC

Michael Geist

The government has yet to release its final regulations for the Online News Act , but recent comments from News Media Canada seemed to suggest that it is hoping to find common ground with Google , stating that it supports the company’s proposed amendments to Bill C-18 draft regulations. While that may be a long shot – I posted that Google’s call for legislative changes signals that it has arrived at the conclusion that regulations alone cannot fix the foundational flaws in the law –

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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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Call for Participation: WIPIP, Santa Clara, Feb. 2-3, 2024

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The High Tech Law Institute invites you to participate in the 21st annual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP), which will be held February 2-3, 2024, at Santa Clara University School of Law, in Santa Clara, California. This is an in-person event, not virtual or hybrid. If you aren’t already familiar with WIPIP, the colloquium provides IP scholars with a forum to present their academic works-in-progress and receive early feedback from their peers.

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Don’t Slack on Slack data retention

JD Supra Law

Employee communication methods have undergone a dramatic makeover during the past five years — indeed, it sometimes seems, from month to month. Slack, a collaboration tool for workplaces, has been among the forces upending the established communication order, offering an organized alternative to email. And its reach is significant: The company, which launched to the public in February 2014, now reportedly has more than 20 million active daily users.

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The making of a martyr?

Likelihood of Confusion

In July of 2011 I wrote about the case of Aron Swartz, arrested at the time for stealing more than 4 million articles from JSTOR, an online archive and journal. The post The making of a martyr? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Sky Asked Govt. to Target Pirate IPTV Resellers via New Dedicated Police Unit

TorrentFreak

While the continued proliferation of cheap albeit illegal pirate IPTV subscriptions is a problem for Sky, the broadcaster’s engagement with governments suggests that allocation of public crime-fighting resources would make things more manageable. A public/private partnership featuring Sky and police forces across England has seen significant resources deployed to tackle various players in the IPTV ecosystem.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction: India has experienced a meteoric rise in recent years in both online marketplaces and e-commerce. E-commerce platforms have produced new kinds of purchasing experiences for customers by combining the forces of technology, competitive price offerings, exciting deals, and quick delivery. As a result, the number of online marketplaces created domestically or internationally has significantly increased in India.

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The Birkenstock pattern mark saga continues

The IPKat

Birkenstock’s sole pattern is quite well-known and has been the subject of several decision in the EU. As has been reported here , Birkenstock’s pattern mark was considered to lack distinctiveness as an EU and Benelux trade mark. Now, the German Patent Court confirmed that a position mark showing the Birkenstock pattern also lacks distinctiveness (case no. 28 W (pat) 24/18 ).

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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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Some Much-Needed (Applicant-Friendly) Clarification on Priority Claims at the European Patent Office

JD Supra Law

On October 10, 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a consolidated decision in cases G1/22 and G2/22 clarifying a common issue regarding the validity of a priority claim made at the EPO. Per the Board of Appeal, there is a rebuttable presumption that an Applicant claiming priority is entitled to claim that priority.

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Louisiana’s Age Authentication Mandate Avoids Constitutional Scrutiny Using a Legislative Drafting Trick–Free Speech Coalition v. LeBlanc

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

You may have heard of this legislative drafting trick before. The legislature passes a law that’s likely unconstitutional, but the law doesn’t provide for enforcement by any state actors. Instead, the law creates a “bounty” system that rewards bounty hunters for privately enforcing the law. It is theoretically possible that bounty-based private litigation is the best way to enforce a law, but in practice those situations are rare or non-existent.

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Artificial Intelligence And Intellectual Property: Federal Government Interest In AI Continues.

JD Supra Law

You can’t seem to turn on the TV, listen to the radio, or open a newspaper these days without hearing about the merits and potential risks of AI—and the federal government is paying attention.

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Netflix Owes $2.5M For Infringing Streaming Patent, Jury Says

IP Law 360

A California jury has found that Netflix owes competitor GoTV Streaming LLC $2.5 million for infringing one of GoTV's wireless technology patents with its television and movie streaming platform.

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[Webinar] Trade secrets: Confidential information in the current world - October 25th, 4:00 pm PDT

JD Supra Law

On October 25, join our colleagues at IPH and Dr. Francis Gurry online to learn about key issues and global trends relating to trade secrets and IP. Available evidence suggests that trade secrets have grown in importance over the past two decades. The greater importance attached to trade secrets results from the volume of valuable business and technical information generated by the use of IT, the reliance on partners in supply chains and other forms of international collaboration, the increased.

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Calif. Right To Repair Law Highlights A Growing Movement

IP Law 360

New legislation in California is a comprehensive victory for the "right to repair" movement — signaling that this push for legal reform represents a multifaceted challenge to the status quo not only on the consumer rights front, but also in the fields of copyright, software, antitrust and warranty law, says Courtney Sarnow at Culhane Meadows.

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International Trademark Registration: The Madrid System (WIPO)

JD Supra Law

The blog post, “What are the Types of Trademarks,” explained the distinction between Trademarks, Service Marks, State Marks, Federal Marks, and Common Law Marks, which are common types of protection for marks in the United States. This blog post concentrates on protecting marks outside of the United States.

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Weeks After Oral Arguments, Intel And VLSI Are Still At It

IP Law 360

Intel and a patent licensing company that won a $2.18 billion verdict from a jury in Waco, Texas, have continued duking it out in the weeks following oral arguments at the Federal Circuit, with Intel telling the judges on Monday that the newest defense of that number "contradicts" something in the licensing company's earlier defense.

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5 Important Takeaways from the 2023 #shifthappens Conference

JD Supra Law

In speaking at this past week’s #shifthappens Conference, I had the pleasure of discussing both the potential and pitfalls posed by generative AI with fellow panelists David Pryor Jr., Alex Tuzhilin, Julia Glidden and Gerry Petrella. Our wide-ranging discussion covered how regulators can address the privacy, security and transparency concerns that underlie this transformative technology.

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The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Espinosa On 'Lincoln Lawyer'

IP Law 360

The murder trials in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” illustrate the stark contrast between the ethical high ground that fosters and maintains the criminal justice system's integrity, and the ethical abyss that can undermine it, with an important reminder for all legal practitioners, say Judge Adam Espinosa and Andrew Howard at the Colorado 2nd Judicial District Court.

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Patent Poetry: Federal Circuit: Only Implicit Expectation of Success Required

JD Supra Law

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) finding that a combination of prior art references requires only an implicit indication of a reasonable expectation of success. The case is Elekta Ltd. v. Zap Surgical Systems.

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This Week in Washington IP: Spurring Green Growth, Learning the Fundamentals of the Patent Application Process, and a Critical Look at Domestic Technology Innovation

IP Watchdog

This week in Washington IP news, a House subcommittee holds a hearing on advances in deepfake technology. Elsewhere, the Peterson Institute hosts the launch of an OECD report that looks at how governments can spur growth in the green economy, and the USPTO holds a three-day event for newcomers to the patent application process.

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[Hybrid Event] Patenting Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies 2023 - December 4th, San Francisco, CA

JD Supra Law

Cryptocurrencies continue to make headlines, most recently for their dramatic changes in price. But these headlines obscure the continued progress in using blockchains for technologies such as payments, information security, and collaborative databases. In these areas and others, innovators continue to realize the transformative potential of blockchains and distributed ledger technologies.

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Air Mattress Patent Deflated by CAFC

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued two opinions today on appeals from a total of six inter partes review (IPR) decisions, affirming two of the decisions and dismissing the remaining four as moot. In the first decision, the CAFC affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) finding in IPR2018-00874 that certain claims of Team Worldwide Corporation’s U.S.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Nanocopoeia, LLC Sprycel® (Dasatinib)

JD Supra Law

Case Name: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Nanocopoeia, LLC, No. 22-cv-1283, 2023 WL 2867945 (D. Minn. Apr. 10, 2023) (Menendez, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Sprycel® (dasatinib); U.S. Patents Nos. 7,491,725 (“the ’725 patent”) and 8,680,103 (“the ’103 patent”).

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Copyright Office Section 1201 NPRM Includes Petitions for New Exemptions on Generative AI Bias Research, Right to Repair

IP Watchdog

Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NRPM) in the Federal Register as part of the triennial rulemaking process for exceptions to 17 U.S.C. § 1201’s prohibition against circumventing technological protection measures (TPMs) controlling digital access to copyrighted works. This proceeding is the ninth triennial Section 1201 rulemaking since passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in 1998, and it starts with the Copyright Office intending to re

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First UPC Court of Appeal decision defines the time limit for filing a Preliminary objection or Statement of defence

JD Supra Law

On 16 October 2023, the UPC Court of Appeal issued its first ever decision and addressed two interesting procedural issues resulting from the situation where a Statement of claim is served without the documents it refers to (i.e. “annexes”).

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Kira-Khanh McCarthy: "The Curtain Falls on the RAPUNZEL Opposition: Law Professor Is Not Entitled to a Statutory Cause of Action"

The TTABlog

The latest issue of the American Bar Association's Landslide Magazine includes an article by Wolf Greenfield's own Kira-Khanh McCarthy: " The Curtain Falls on the RAPUNZEL Opposition: Law Professor Is Not Entitled to a Statutory Cause of Action." You will recall that Law Professor Rebecca Curtin filed an opposition to registration of the mark RAPUNZEL for dolls.

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Defendant Cannot Keep Trademark and Copyright Infringement In The Dark

JD Supra Law

We have discussed New York-based lighting and furniture designer and manufacturer Hudson Furniture, Inc. in a previous post. While that case has since been terminated, Hudson recently won summary judgment—a finding that defendant Mizrahi could not defeat Hudson’s claims even if all facts were taken according to Mizrahi’s accounts—that Mizrahi willfully infringed Hudson’s copyrights and trademarks and violated various state laws.

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Property Protection and Owner’s Rights in UAE

LexBlog IP

Introduction Property rights and the protection of personal belongings are essential aspects of any society governed by the rule of law. In the UAE, specific laws and regulations are in place to safeguard property.

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Defendant’s Non-Party Status to IPRs Dooms Stay Request, Despite Agreement to Be Bound by IPR Estoppel

JD Supra Law

The Western District of Texas recently denied a defendant’s motion to stay pending inter partes review based in part on the defendant’s status as a non-party in the IPR proceedings. In doing so, the district court focused on how the defendant’s inability to participate in the IPRs limited the scope of estoppel, and therefore diminished any potential simplification of issues.

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Seventh Circuit Refuses to Serve Up Preliminary Injunction Against Grubhub

LexBlog IP

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit delivered an early victory to Grubhub Inc. and Takeaway.com Central Core V.B. (“Grubhub”) by denying Relish Labs LLC’s and The Kroger Co.’s (“Home Chef”) request for a preliminary injunction against Grubhub’s alleged trademark infringement. Although Home Chef convinced a magistrate judge it was likely to succeed on the merits, the district court disagreed and rejected the magistrate’s recommendation

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Federal Circuit Reins in PTAB’s Authority in Trademark Cancellation Proceedings

JD Supra Law

In Great Concepts, LLC v. Chutter, Inc.,1 the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) decision cancelling registration of Great Concepts’ trademark due to the filing of a fraudulent declaration by a former Great Concepts attorney.

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Latham Chastised As It 'Poured Fuel' On Quinn's Misconduct

IP Law 360

A Virginia federal judge's justifications for holding Quinn Emanuel attorneys in contempt and nearly tripling an infringement verdict Columbia University won against Norton have been unsealed, outlining years of "abhorrent litigation conduct," and putting Latham & Watkins attorneys in the crosshairs.

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Two Product Market for Bamboo Decking Justifies Jury Award of Lost Profits

JD Supra Law

The District of Delaware recently held that evidence addressing a lack of non-infringing alternatives from the perspective of the market as a whole, as opposed to customer-by-customer, may suffice when the market includes only two players—the patentee and the accused infringer.