Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, What Is a Brand Style Guide. A style guide is a wonderful asset for any brand that has grown beyond just one name or one logo to a portfolio of marks and logos and slogans. I have to admit, I’ve been in business for 20+ years and I never had a actual defined style guide until this year. So I wanted to share my experience going through a style guide with you and talk about the benefits and the key elements of the style guide.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Despite the deadline of 7 June 2021, most Member States are still busy transposing the DSM Directive into their own laws. This week it was the turn of Italy (more on that over the weekend) and Spain. Katfriend Miquel Pequera Poch (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) analyzes the Spanish transposition of the directive - notably its Articles 15 and 17 - for us.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Publishers around the world regularly engage in various actions aimed at preventing the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of academic publications and eBooks. From repeated visits to court to implement site blocking in the UK to lawsuits targeting entities such as Sci-Hub , the approach is sustained, multipronged, and has no fear of tackling smaller players either.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CSURF is seeking an Intellectual Property (IP) Administrator to be a contributing staff member who reports to the Managing Director, IP Strategy & Management, and is responsible for aspects of the IP management process. This position receives disclosures and other patent documents, enters disclosure information into databases and performs federal reporting.

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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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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Photo by Kelly Sikkema ( Unsplash ). Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . A recent case tried at the High Court of New Zealand, Palmer v Alalaakkola , raised an intriguing question: is copyright in artwork “ relationship property ” if it was created during a relationship? The defendant, Sirpa Alalääkkölä , is an artist who had created original paintings during her 20-year marriage with her ex-husband, Paul Palmer.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit clarifies the “reasonable expectation of success” standard while reversing the PTAB’s obviousness determination regarding patent claims covering a method of photoinactivation of Gram-positive bacteria; Senator Tillis raises concerns about Judge Alan Albright with the USPTO and Chief Justice John Roberts; a CSET study shows that Chinese entities received nearly one-third of global patent grants for robotics technologies between 2005 and 2

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Facebook must remove an Instagram page dedicated to late soccer great Diego Maradona that infringes on his trademarked name or else hand it over to the rightful owners, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court on Thursday.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On October 26, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) granted Regeneron’s petition to institute an inter partes review (IPR) of Novartis’s patent U.S. Pat. No. 9,220,631 (“the ’631 patent”), which covers a pre-filled glass syringe for injecting a VEGF-antagonist into the eye. This is the second time the PTAB reviewed Regeneron’s petition to institute an IPR over the ’631 patent.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Nixon Peabody LLP has added a former Lathrop GPM LLP intellectual property attorney with more than 25 years of experience to its West Coast office, the firm recently announced.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

There may be last minute planning possibilities for 2021. Be proactive. Consult with your tax advisors while you still have time to act in 2021. You don’t want to be scrambling on December 31. Don’t assume that your CPA or financial advisor is going to automatically suggest ways to minimize your tax liability.

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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.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Considering the American Bar Association's recent language access guidance for lawyers working with clients with whom communication is impeded, attorneys should carefully navigate social and cultural differences and take steps to maintain professional obligations, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Deepika Ravi at Harris Wiltshire.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for patent claims related to an “artificial valve for repairing a damaged heart valve.” .

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo provide an update on a copyright lawsuit against model Emily Ratajkowski, for sharing images taken of her by paparazzi on her social media accounts. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube Channel, here.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Celebrating America’s Manufacturing Resilience: Applauding Makers, Like Phorge Makerspace in Sheridan, Wyoming. November 5, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Fri, 11/05/2021 - 10:28. Manufacturing. We are celebrating America’s manufacturing resilience during this difficult time. Unlike traditional manufacturing facilities, makerspaces are places where people bounce ideas off each other, work out problems, learn and hone useful skills as they make things themselves.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

After tackling the culture war issues of abortion and gun rights in the first week of November, the U.S. Supreme Court will focus on a broader array of legal questions to close out its November argument session, hearing cases involving defective trademarks, state secrets privilege and the city of Austin's ban on most digital billboards.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On November 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that University of Strathclyde's patent claims for a method for photoinactivating antibiotic-resistant bacteria without using a photosensitizing agent were unpatentable. The PTAB held claims one, two, three, and four of U.S.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Federal Circuit on Friday shot down Celgene's attempt to bring a patent infringement suit against West Virginia-based Mylan in New Jersey, claiming the presence of a few remote employees and the receipt of a notice tied to Mylan's generic drug application in the Garden State don't justify filing the suit there.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

by Dennis Crouch. University of Strathclyde v. Clear-Vu Lighting LLC ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). The Federal Circuit’s recent Strathclyde decision focuses on claim limitations that require the invention to be effective. One oddity of the decision is that the court (and the PTAB below) treat the limitation with full respect just like any other structural limitation.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In Law360's latest roundup of new actions at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the maker of the Candy Crush video game is trying to shatter a California fruit breeder's trademark application for "Candy Crunch" grapes — plus there are four other cases you need to know about.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Shuman v. SquareTrade Inc., 2021 WL 5113176, No. 20-cv-02725-JCS (N.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2021) SquareTrade sells service contracts for the protection of consumer goods. Shuman alleged that it consistently fails to provide consumers with the full terms and conditions of the contract at the time of purchase and systematically pays reimbursement in an amount that is less than the purchase price of the covered item when claims are filed.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This past week in London has seen three travel groups sue Ryanair following complaints about ticket sales, a British music copyright collective target a handful of gyms with intellectual property claims and a drug maker take on a generics rival. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Legal Zoom

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Understanding your business's variable costs can help you price your products correctly, remain profitable, and grow your business.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Bristol-Myers Squibb has reached a $10 million settlement to escape claims that it conspired with rivals to keep a blockbuster HIV treatment off the market, and both sides are hoping that a California federal judge will preliminarily bless the deal.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In Brooklyn Brewery Corp. v. Brooklyn Brew Shop, LLC, [2020-2277] (October 27, 2021), the Federal Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded in part a complicated cancellation and opposition proceeding brought by the Brewery against the Brew Shop.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Federal Circuit on Friday backed a jury verdict in the Western District of Texas clearing Roku of infringement and quashing MV3's bid for a new trial in a $41 million dollar dispute over its streaming media technology patent.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A district court in the Northern District of California recently accepted a guilty plea by a company's former CEO and COO for conspiracy to steal trade secrets and commit wire fraud. While rival companies regularly are sued civilly for alleged theft of trade secrets, the case of United States v. Jordanov, et. al. is notable because of the criminal exposure for theft of trade secrets by the two executives.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo provide an update on a copyright lawsuit against model Emily Ratajkowski, for sharing images taken of her by paparazzi on her social media accounts. Listen to the podcast version of this episode on your favorite platform or online, here. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube Channel, here.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this episode of the Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo provide an update on a copyright lawsuit against model Emily Ratajkowski, for sharing images taken of her by paparazzi on her social media accounts.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board mainly sided with a Chinese company in finding that nearly all the claims it challenged in a Noco Co. patent covering a portable car battery jump-starter were ineligible as obvious.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On October 27, in Brooklyn Brewery Corporation v. Brooklyn Brew Shop, LLC, the Federal Circuit held that parties opposing a trademark registration at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) cannot appeal from an adverse TTAB decision if they lack constitutional standing. The Federal Circuit accordingly dismissed Brooklyn Brewery Corporation’s (“Brewery”) appeal of the TTAB’s decision, which dismissed Brewery’s opposition to Brooklyn Brew Shop’s (“BBS”) U.S. trademark application for the.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Patent cases can get complicated. But for Judge Colin Birss, they start with something simple: a paper copy of the patent. Here the appellate judge talks to Law360 about the state of the English judiciary's patent expertise, the hot IP topics the bench is wrestling with, and why he can't let go of old habits even in an age of remote hearings.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Peloton has come out on top of the litigation leaderboard yet again. As we previously blogged about here, Peloton is no stranger to trade secret litigation. Peloton recently won dismissal of a “mirror image” declaratory judgment counterclaim asserted against it by rival ICON Health (“ICON”) in a Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) matter pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I didn’t “go out” for law review in law school — don’t get me started — and my career has been a pretty sordid exercise since then because of it. The post Writing on to Blawg Review appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Spain has transposed the EU Copyright Directive and has included several amendments to the Spanish Copyright Act. Among the most notable highlights of the new act that sparked debate both at EU and national levels, we now find on our plates: data mining, memes, liability of online content-sharing service providers or the remuneration scheme for authors and performers.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On Tuesday, what many in the publishing industry anticipated or dreaded or wished for – depending on the perspective – happened: The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster. The surprise among book business watchers focused on the difference between monopoly and monopsony.

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