IP Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation debates the potential impacts of a regulatory framework for AI technologies being drafted by the European Commission, while the Heritage Foundation looks at how the characteristics of Bitcoin intersect with American values.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 29, 2023

It is our pleasure to announce that the Department of Commerce ranked the 4 th Best Place to Work in the Federal Government, among large agencies. We look forward to hearing from you on where we continue to lead as an agency, and what we can continue doing to make Commerce one of the best places to work.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

“The Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) proposes to commence a rulemaking proceeding to address certain deceptive or unfair acts or practices of impersonation. Some offer to publish a trademark in a directory or to provide trademark monitoring services while others offer fake trademark registration renewals.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Commerce Department Offers Valuable Resources and Services for Hispanic Entrepreneurs and Hispanic-Owned Businesses September 28, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Thu, 09/28/2023 - 16:01 Minority business growth The Hispanic American community is deeply rooted in the history of the United States and is an integral part of the rich fabric of our nation.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Court of Federal Claims judge has ruled that the U.S. Defense Health Agency did not infringe copyrights or breach the contract of a healthcare consulting services company because the business' registrations were invalid, and there was no proof of a deal.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on October 11, 2023, urging companies (particularly those in the critical infrastructure sector) to take steps to mitigate cyber threats for AvosLocker Ransomware.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 9, 2021

Protecting our Trademark Customers with Federal Registration of USPTO Marks. Imagine you are a trademark applicant who receives a notice in the mail from an agency claiming to be the USPTO, with an almost identical logo, informing you that the USPTO will deny or cancel your registration unless you pay a required fee. August 9, 2021.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 26, 2024

These fees provide our agency with the ability to implement programs and initiatives driving our 2022–2026 Strategic Plan, including developing news ways to fight fraud, supporting our employees and stakeholders with reliable IT infrastructure, and enhancing our work to reduce pendency. trademark system.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2022

On March 22, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was breaking its final ties with Russia’s intellectual property agencies.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Joint blog by the Minority Business Development Agency, the International Trade Administration, and the Bureau of Industry and Security. In 2020, Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) honored KFA with its Minority Innovative Technology Firm of the Year Award for its work with the Chicago Transit Authority.?As

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Plex is a multifunctional media software and service that allows users to easily access all of their entertainment in one place. Most people use the service for perfectly legitimate purposes. The company was founded in 2009 and today boasts 16 million active monthly streaming users, making Plex a serious market player.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 1, 2023

Apple on Thursday denied a report by Russia's Federal Security Service that alleged that the tech giant had worked with U.S. intelligence agencies to hack into thousands of iPhones to spy on Russian diplomats.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2023

It can order online services to rapidly take down unlicensed streams of live sporting events, for example. The French Telecoms Federation (FFTélécoms) welcomes the deal, which took more than a year to negotiate. As mentioned earlier, half a year ago the anti-piracy agency already claimed that 50% of all sports piracy had evaporated.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Some two months later, the universities filed an application with the Federal Court seeking judicial review of several aspects of the Copyright Tribunal’s decision. It is not unusual for the Federal Court to reserve its decision in applications of this kind, so few are expecting to hear the outcome until 2023.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Mikos, Unauthorized and Unwise: The Lawful Use Requirement in Trademark Law, 75 Vanderbilt Law Review 161 (2022) Abstract: For decades, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has required trademark owners to comply with sundry nontrademark laws governing the sale of their trademarked goods and services.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While Brazil has been the focus of Operation 404 from the very beginning, the campaign has received considerable support from international rightsholders, government bodies and law enforcement agencies. Local law enforcement agencies provide additional detail on operations carried out in their regions, some of which are summarized below.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The NIST standards will likely build on its prior work as published in its AI Risk Management Framework Biological synthesis screening – to protect against the risks of using AI to engineer dangerous biological materials, strong new standards for biological synthesis screening will be developed by agencies that fund life-science projects as a (..)

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In a joint release last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other federal agencies issued a chilling Advisory about the ongoing attacks by Volt Typhoon on U.S. city’s emergency services GIS network. critical infrastructure. January 2024 – Extensive reconnaissance of a U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2023

When the French government formed a new anti-piracy agency called Hadopi, the mission was to significantly disrupt BitTorrent and similar peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. Protecting Rights Despite its authorization under the new law, the official launch of the Hadopi agency in 2009 met with significant opposition.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The USPTO refused registration of the mark TABLEAU for wine, finding confusion likely with the identical mark registered for "restaurant and bar services; cocktail lounges." The Board noted that "inherent relatedness often exists when the services in question include or center on the sale of the particular goods in question."

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 8, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office issued a statement in which the Office indicated that it "has terminated engagement with officials from Russia's agency in charge of intellectual property, the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (commonly known as Rospatent), and with the Eurasian Patent Organization [EAPO]." .

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

On March 22, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was breaking its final ties with Russia’s intellectual property agencies.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 2, 2022

The Federal Circuit has further narrowed the scope of patent venue statute in In re Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., The Federal Circuit has further narrowed the scope of patent venue statute in In re Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., By: Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 25, 2022

Following a disastrous few years at the turn of the century where the major labels failed to accept the direction their own industry was heading, streaming services such as Spotify are now giving the majority of music consumers what they have demanded all along. RIAA and Homeland Security’s IPR Center Team Up. .”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2022

Spearheaded by ANCINE, the National Film Agency that falls under Brazil’s Ministry of Culture, “Operation 404” campaigns have led to numerous takedowns and arrests. Streaming sites and services have been a focal point in this battle. This hardware was then donated to local schools.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 11, 2023

Legal services provider Pound Law sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday in Florida federal court over the agency's decision to reject its attempt to trademark "#Law," saying the evidence shows that it's used as both a memorable telephone number and a trademark.

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Above the Fold

AUGUST 29, 2021

But then I received a link to the Director’s Forum blog earlier this month telling me that the Department of Commerce had recently filed for federal registration of the USPTO’s marks with the USPTO. It appears the reason for doing so after so many years is based on the increase in misleading solicitations and trademark filing scams.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 2, 2023

Providing 21st century service to our stakeholders means shifting our processes to reflect 21st century policies. It’s a win-win for the agency and for our customers.” The agency already provides electronic trademark registration certificates to trademark owners.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service copied subscription TV broadcasts from official (and unofficial) sources and then restreamed that content to tens of thousands of customers, at a dramatically cut down price. Others viewed the service quite differently. For a while, everything went broadly to plan.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

He sued a print-on-demand service (Sunfrog) over alleged IP violations of his illustrations. If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels). This plaintiff emphasized copyright law but got little traction.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JULY 15, 2021

Commerce Ranks in Top Five Places to Work in Federal Government for Ninth Consecutive Year. Recently, the Partnership for Public Service released the 2020 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings. July 15, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Thu, 07/15/2021 - 12:13. Leadership. Secretary Gina Raimondo.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 29, 2021

But then I received a link to the Director’s Forum blog earlier this month telling me that the Department of Commerce had recently filed for federal registration of the USPTO’s marks with the USPTO. It’s a big reason why the Department of Commerce is filing the application on our behalf, just as it has for its other bureaus.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2022

Following a complaint from local anti-piracy group APDIF (Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Phonographic Industry), in January 2019 Brazil’s Federal Police shut down a private torrent site but that was just a taste of things to come. “Content is stolen and distributed illegally. .

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2024

Banks This exemption includes any bank defined in (a) Section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, (b) Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (c) Section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. § 5330 or (b) money services business registered with FinCEN under 31 C.F.R. § § 1022.380.

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Patently-O

APRIL 1, 2022

Government employees are not available to accept private clients or to represent clients other than their agency before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.” Rather, Rule 11.111 limits Federal Employees from acting “contrary to applicable Federal ethics law, including conflict of interest statutes.”

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recognizing Hispanic American Heritage Month: Commerce Department Offers Valuable Resources and Services for Hispanic Entrepreneurs and Hispanic -Owned Businesses. The Commerce Department and its multiple agencies and bureaus offer a wide range of services to help U.S.-based October 14, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. NOAA’s José E.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 5, 2022

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recently clarified the law concerning whether patent ?venue venue is proper under agency law, specifically in the context of whether the presence of a franchisee ?in sell those cars to general public consumers and service the sold cars under warranty. By: Locke Lord LLP

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