Fri.Nov 25, 2022

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Novartis signs Voluntary License Agreement with the Medicine Patent Pool for Nilotinib

IPilogue

Pankhuri Malik is an Osgoode LLM Graduate, IPilogue Writer and IP Innovation Clinic Fellow. In a landmark development , Novartis has signed a Voluntary Licensing Agreement with the Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) for its nilotinib drug, used in treating Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) in adults and children as young as a year old. Nilotinib is the first cancer treatment drug and the first drug for the treatment of non-communicable diseases to be voluntarily licensed in a public health initiative.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 25: Seventh Circuit Nixes Publicity Claim Against Subscriber List Sale, Copyright Office and USPTO Announce NFT Study, and Alia Moses Takes Over as Chief Judge of Western Texas

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: U.S. District Judge Alia Moses officially takes over as the Chief Judge as the Western District of Texas; the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Jack Daniel’s appeal of the First Amendment ruling in favor of VIP Products’ whiskey bottle-shaped dog toys; the World Intellectual Property Organization announces that two-thirds of all patent applications were filed in Asian IP offices during 2021; Senators Cruz and Cantwell introduce a bill directing the FTC to create

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Court Orders U.S. Navy to Pay $154,400 in Software Piracy Damages

TorrentFreak

Six years ago, the US Navy was sued for mass copyright infringement and accused of causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit was filed by German company Bitmanagement. It wasn’t a typical piracy case where software was downloaded from shady sources, but the end result was the same. It all started in 2011 when the US Navy began testing Bitmanagement’s 3D virtual reality application ‘BS Contact Geo’ The Navy subsequently installed the software across i

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A Hospital Mailed a Patient’s Confidential Diagnosis to a Rando. You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next–ZD v. Community Health

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The facts in this case are so bizarre and outrageous that I had to read them several times: On September 30, 2018, Z.D. underwent an examination and medical testing in the emergency department of a Community facility in Indianapolis. Afterward, Community was unable to contact Z.D. via telephone to notify her of her test results. So on October 5, the emergency department’s patient resource coordinator wrote a letter to Z.D. that was printed on Community letterhead and included her diagnosis

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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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TeaTV, BeeTV & CyberFlix Make Movie Piracy Easy; The Hard Bit Comes Next

TorrentFreak

In the early days of file-sharing, many of those involved couldn’t believe that music could be downloaded for free. Today, many pirates not only expect more, they demand more, and get it too. As a result, and when everything goes to plan, many of today’s piracy apps are indistinguishable from their legal counterparts. They are as easy to install and feature similar graphical interfaces, with all the latest movies and TV shows a couple of taps away.

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Buyers Guide for your Patent Attorney

Patently-O

Happy Thanksgiving to Patently-O readers out there — new and old! I am grateful to you for all your kindness, trust, and support through the years. Let me know how I can help in the future! If you are shopping for holiday gifts for the patent attorney in your life (or perhaps self-indulging), here are a few gift ideas. Autonomous Vacuum : If they don’t have a robot vacuum.

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Senator Leahy Says Show Me the Money on the MLC’s Black Box

The Trichordist

The MLC is still sitting on approximately $500,000,000 of songwriter money with no sign of a complete distribution.

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Protection of Small and Medium Enterprises in Philippines

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have a significant role in promoting growth in the Philippines, a function that extends beyond the straightforward production of cash or wealth. They are essential for spreading new industries over the countryside and boosting employment. Wherever they are developed, they are more likely to be labour-intensive, creating jobs.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Foreign Trademark Defendants Can Be Served through USPTO

IP Tech Blog

Suing an overseas defendant often forces plaintiffs to go through the expensive and time-consuming process of serving the defendant through the Hague Convention. This requires translating the complaint and related documents, delivering them to the foreign country’s designated “Central Authority,” and then waiting for that Central Authority to actually deliver the documents and confirm delivery to the plaintiff.

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First conciliation center

Olartemoure Blog

The Ministry of Justice and Law, through Resolution No. 2074, authorized the first settlement center focused on financial system matters in Colombia. This division represents an important contribution to the effective protection of financial consumer’s rights, considering that the Superintendencia Financiera has solved around 4.600 requests in this matter, promoting the approach between customers and supervised entities.

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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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Ninth Circuit Holds Foreign Trademark Defendants Can Be Served through USPTO

LexBlog IP

Suing an overseas defendant often forces plaintiffs to go through the expensive and time-consuming process of serving the defendant through the Hague Convention. This requires translating the complaint and related documents, delivering them to the foreign country’s designated “Central Authority,” and then waiting for that Central Authority to actually deliver the documents and confirm delivery to the plaintiff.

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Annecy film festival

Olartemoure Blog

The MarchĂ© International Du Film d’Animation d’Annecy (MIFA) opened calls for directors and producers from all over the world who are developing animation projects. The aim is for them to establish relationships with professionals in the area and find financing opportunities and technical support. This, within the framework of the Annecy Film Festival, which will take place in June 2023.

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Best of 2005: Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case

Likelihood of Confusion

The AP reports: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Corporation has lost a legal battle. A federal appeals court has ruled that a competitor‘s copy of Gibson’s popular Les Paul model. The post Best of 2005: Reversal Strummed Up in Gibson Guitars Case appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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New colombian geographical indication

Olartemoure Blog

Five years after Colombia’s request, the European Union announced the recognition of geographical indication of the Bocadillo Veleño. This will facilitate its commercialization in Europe and will give greater value to this product. There are now 14 Colombian products that the European bloc has recognized as geographical indications. It continues working to achieve the recognition of other designations of origin.

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SCOTUS Agrees to Engage in Some Whiskey Business

JD Supra Law

On Monday, November 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by Jack Daniel’s. In this appeal, Jack Daniel’s argued that the Ninth Circuit erred by upholding the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to VIP Products LLC in a trademark infringement case.

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Intellectual Property filings peak in 2021

Olartemoure Blog

The World Intellectual Property Organization published the World Intellectual Property Indicators report, where it revealed a strong growth in IP applications in 2021, demonstrating that entrepreneurship, technology , innovation and digitalization continue to drive the growth of the global economy. Within the indicators, it is highlighted that innovators worldwide filed 3.4 million applications for patent registrations in 2021, or 3.6% more than in 2020.

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Role of a Trademark Attorney

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A trademark is a mark that distinguishes the goods and services of one person, from the other. It helps consumers differentiate between the myriad brands available in the market today. It confers upon the holder, an exclusive right to use a word or device to distinguish his products from those of others. A trademark is territorial in nature, thus, if the trademark is registered in India, it can only be protected within the Indian jurisdiction.

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BPLA Set to Vote (Dec. 7th) on Name Change to BOSTON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION

The TTABlog

The annual meeting of the Boston Patent Law Association will be held on December 7th from 11:30 to 1PM at The State Room, 60 State Street, Boston. (register here ). A key item on the agenda will be a vote to amend the By-Laws to change the name of the Association to the BOSTON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION. (Amendment here ). If you cannot attend the meeting, you may vote by proxy via the form found at the first link above.

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The way Kathi Vidal is using director review makes a lot of sense, says former top PTAB judge

IAM Magazine

The board is transparent, efficient… and frustrating for patent owners, says Scott Weidenfeller in an exclusive interview

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The way Kathi Vidal is using director review makes a lot of sense, says former top PTAB judge

IAM Magazine

The board is transparent, efficient… and frustrating for patent owners, says Scott Weidenfeller in an exclusive interview

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ZTE sues Oppo in China as licensing push gains momentum

IAM Magazine

The patentee is targeting several other Chinese companies in domestic courts

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ZTE sues Oppo in China as licensing push gains momentum

IAM Magazine

The patentee is targeting several other Chinese companies in domestic courts

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“Talented professionals don’t need marble or glass surroundings” – inside IP experts’ post-pandemic working practices

IAM Magazine

The legal industry has been left permanently altered from the pandemic.

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“Talented professionals don’t need marble or glass surroundings” – inside IP experts’ post-pandemic working practices

IAM Magazine

The legal industry has been left permanently altered from the pandemic.

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