TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Last year, Braflix was added to the ever-growing list of flix-inspired pirate streaming sites. Reportedly operating from Brazil, the site offered a clean interface, relying on third-party sources to provide a gateway to pirated movies and TV shows. The site had no obvious connections to other large streaming cabals, such as the massive Fmovies operation.
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
While it's well known that NASA images and videos are public domain, there are still some restrictions to be aware of before using them. The post NASA: Copyright and Trademark in Space appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
RIPE NCC , the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, currently has over 10,000 members, typically Internet service providers and telecoms organizations. The organization’s latest meeting, RIPE89 , ran for three days last week and was open to all. A presentation by Massimiliano “Max” Stucchi titled: Blocking and Censoring the Italian Internet for Football Reasons , told the story of how “a small group of (influential) peop
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud lawsuit, Ecuador group tries to forest named as an author, and Malware operators spam fake copyright notices. The post 3 Count: Four Chords appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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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?
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Structured Asset Sales, LLC v. Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.” Assessing arguments made by a co-rightsholder to Marvin Gaye’s 1973 single “Let’s Get It On,” the Second Circuit found that the district court properly limited the scope of the infringement alleg
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
We have previously reported on the Jobiak case which raises the interesting issue of whether an AI-scraped job database is subject to copyright protection and is infringed. We were hoping that the court would make substantive rulings on some of the AI issues. Instead, the court has granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, but granted Plaintiff leave to amend.
Velocity of Content
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Businesses in seemingly every industry are rapidly embracing artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, to revolutionize their operations, enhance productivity, and drive innovation. According to McKinsey’s latest Global Survey on AI , adoption of generative AI has nearly doubled in just ten months, with 65% of respondents reporting that their organizations are now regularly using the technology.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In the September 2022 issue of Kattison Avenue, we reported on a decision in the Southern District of New York dismissing claims by 1-800 Contacts, Inc. (1-800) against JAND, Inc., which does business as Warby Parker. The dispute involved Warby Parker's use of keyword advertising tied to 1-800's trademarks, which causes internet search results for 1-800 to display paid advertisements for Warby Parker's website at or near the top of the results page. 1-800 had claimed that this amounted to.
Intepat
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Introduction In the field of Artificial Intelligence , the focus is more on the actions of artificial entities than on physical individuals. While the illegal actions of AI cannot be remedied retroactively, they can be prevented. Our current deterrence-based legal frameworks do not effectively apply to AI regulation. With an increasing reliance on AI for emotional and work-related tasks, instances of AI malfunctioning or “going rogue” are on the rise.
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BYU Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Michael Grecco v. University of Southern California November 04, 09:23 AM November 04, 09:23 AM In 2004, a photographer named Michael Grecco (Grecco or Plaintiff) created and registered several photos with the U.S. Copyright Office. Last October, Grecco filed a Complaint against the University of Southern California (USC), alleging that USC used one of his copyrighted works without permission at some point between 2004 and 2023.
Patently-O
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
by Dennis Crouch Miller Mendel, Inc. has petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision invalidating its background check software patent in a case that raises questions about both judicial independence and patent eligibility standards. The petition comes after both the district court and Federal Circuit found Miller Mendel's US Patent No. 10,043,188 ineligible under § 101 as directed to an abstract idea.
Likelihood of Confusion
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Originally posted 2015-08-13 21:27:15. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted 2008-07-29 12:12:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Liability insurers gotta deny coverage: As the Trademark Blog reports, American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. is balking at the prospect of paying any part of the $305M judgment Adidas America, Inc., obtained against Payless Shoesource, Inc., earlier this year.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The decade-long campaign against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board — currently focused on the PREVAIL Act that's slated for markup in the Senate — is not really about procedural issues, and it is not aimed at securing more accurate patentability decisions, says Clear IP's Joseph Matal, former acting director at the USPTO.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Author’s Note: This is an updated version of the post to our blog dated October 30, 2024. Later that day, FDA announced the resolution of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide shortage, which altered the conclusion of our original post and warranted this update.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
A Connecticut financial adviser denied stealing trade secrets from his former firm and improperly accessing its computer systems after he resigned to run his own company, telling a state court that his onetime employer and its affiliates cannot prove the allegations in a lawsuit they brought against him.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In May 2009, the European Commission (EC) fined Intel EUR1.06 billion for abusing its dominant position in the x86 microprocessor market (CPUs). The EC concluded that Intel had granted anticompetitive loyalty rebates to computer manufacturers, and paid manufacturers to halt or delay the launch of products containing rivals’ x86 CPUs and limited the sales channels….
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Boeing has agreed to end a breach of contract and trade secrets lawsuit it launched against Virgin Galactic stemming from a deal for a Boeing subsidiary to develop certain aircraft used to launch commercial spaceships.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Case Name: Purdue Pharma L.P v. Accord Healthcare Inc., Civ. No. 22-913-WCB, 2024 WL 4120717 (D. Del. Sept 9, 2024) (Bryson, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: OxyContin® (oxycodone HCl); U.S. Patent No. 11,304,908 (“the ’908 Patent”).
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
A New York federal judge has apologized for not being prepared at a pretrial conference ahead of a damages retrial between lighting fixture company Lutron Electronics and the company whose window shade patent it was found to infringe, GeigTech East Bay.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Not surprisingly, a lot is happening at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) law. Here’s a roundup of some recent developments in the area of copyright law and AI.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In front of a federal jury in Delaware, a California biotech startup has defeated a nearly $460 million trade secrets case from a rival that claimed the startup's co-founder helped himself to confidential information regarding cancer treatment antibodies while employed as an expert in an unrelated international arbitration proceeding.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Investment in artificial intelligence (AI) is rising fast. The International Data Corporation projects global spending on AI R&D will reach $632 billion by 2028, more than twice the expected total for 2024.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Less than a year after obtaining a $17.3 million verdict from a Delaware federal jury in a patent case over 3D printing technology, one of the firms behind the win says its erstwhile client hasn't paid it over $7 million in legal fees.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Generally, third parties who believe they may be harmed by a trademark registration can challenge a USPTO trademark application through the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. However, do third parties have another avenue in challenging such applications in federal court?
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The newspapers suing OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. over allegedly using copyright-protected news stories to train ChatGPT say they now have a "fundamental disagreement" with the tech companies "about who is responsible" for identifying which of their news stories were allegedly used by the artificial intelligence software.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v. International Trade Commission articulated a bright-line test for patent expert admissibility: to testify from the perspective of a “person of ordinary skill in the art” (POSITA), the expert must at least meet the definition of a POSITA for the patents-in-suit.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Patent-holding company VoIP-Pal.com is asking a D.C. federal judge to consolidate, at least for pre-trial purposes, its own Wi-Fi calling antitrust suit against Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile with a proposed class action it launched making many of the same claims.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The sufficiency of evidence required to support a denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law and a motion for a new trial for infringement, willful infringement, and damages.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Ericsson reached a settlement over cellular infrastructure patents on Friday, allowing Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to avoid a looming trial in Texas federal court over their use of the technology.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
On March 23, 2024, Nearmap US, Inc. (“Nearmap”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 10,671,648 (“the ’648 Patent”) (“IPR716”), assigned to Eagle View Technologies, Inc. (“Eagle View”). The ’648 Patent relates to integrating information associated with particular geographic locations in a centralized database that may be queried for a time history of any of the locations.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
An attorney who spent more than a decade at the Federal Trade Commission has returned to private practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he began his legal career, boosting the firm's offerings for clients as they navigate increased antitrust scrutiny and enforcement.
Nelligan Law
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Medication errors are a common yet preventable cause of harm. These errors can occur at any point: from prescribing and dispensing medications to the delivery and monitoring of drug usage. This blog post will discuss what constitutes a medication error, how these errors occur, their potential impact on patients, and the legal options available to those affected.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will allow Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to participate in oral arguments in a case where the justices will consider whether a real estate development company's corporate affiliates should be responsible for a $46.6 million trademark infringement judgment, even though they were not defendants.
Patently-O
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers (No. 23-900) in December 2024, addressing the trademark-specific question of whether courts can disgorge profits earned not by the defendant itself, but also by legally separate non-party corporate affiliates. In many ways, I see this case largely as a corporate "structure of the firm" case.
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