Velocity of Content

MARCH 14, 2023

Trends reported in the latest Information Seeking and Consumption Study, published by analyst firm Outsell, Inc. shows that companies are discussing their copyright policies more frequently, leading to 74% of employees reporting awareness of those policies. However, employee behaviors are often misaligned with policy expectations.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

In the last year alone, BREIN conducted 479 investigations which resulted in the shutdown of 466 illegal sites and services, including torrent and streaming sites, IPTV providers, and platforms that distribute music without an appropriate license. Operation Shut Down, Settlement Reached. The service was fairly comprehensive.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Samsung Bioepis recently reported that it has signed a settlement and license agreement with Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) in the United States relating to SB17, Samsung Bioepis’s ustekinumab biosimilar to J&J’s STELARA® If SB17 is approved by the FDA, the license period in the United States will begin on February (..)

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In a recent installment in the series of intellectual property disputes in the music industry, electronic artist Four Tet, also known as Kieran Hebden, has won a royalty lawsuit against his independent British record label, Domino Record Label, over how much he is paid every time one of his songs is downloaded or streamed.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 29, 2023

The new legislation requires certain entities to report information about their owners, management and the individuals who helped create the entities to the U.S. This edition will provide a more detailed look at the exemptions from reporting requirements under the CTA. b) has an operating presence at a physical office within the U.S.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

On February 29, Biocon Biologics Ltd announced that it signed a settlement and license agreement with Janssen Biotech Inc. As part of the settlement, Biocon has agreed to terminate the pending inter partes review of Janssen and J&J’s U.S. Amgen secured a U.S.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act. Poster for Zolgensma.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Facebook comes to a preliminary agreement on copyright royalties with French news publishers; Senator Thom Tillis announces his support of a bill increasing cyber-attack reporting requirements for critical infrastructure owners; the Federal Trade Commission issues a report on “troubling” ISP practices surrounding (..)

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IPilogue

JANUARY 24, 2022

External counsel were assigned to individual files, but in-house counsel kept abreast of developments through regular updates to their litigation reports, which provide an overview of ongoing litigation from claims to timelines. As Teva markets both brand name and generic products, it also both defends and challenges the validity of patents.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. VirnetX, on the other hand, licenses its patents for eight and sometimes nine figures. All of this is quite common with large damages awards and licensing fees. Paying a large license fee is one thing.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. On one hand, those who view intellectual property rights as a limited monopoly would suggest that even derivative use of the content in a meme is infringement on the rights holder’s interest.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For movies this can include releasing them in theaters, licensing to streaming services, or releasing on physical formats such as blu-ray. In some cases, people will opt to pay a settlement fee, which over hundreds or even many thousands of threats, can amount to a significant new revenue stream for the movie company.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

” As we reported previously, Amgen and AbbVie settled their BPCIA litigation regarding AMJEVITA back in 2017. In connection with the settlement, Amgen said that AbbVie would grant patent licenses for the use and sale of AMJEVITA worldwide, with Amgen’s expected launch in the United States being today, January 31, 2023.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The USPTO is planning a report to Congress and the agency is hoping that these comments will serve as fundamental building blocks for the report. licensing of patents and patent applications; k. intellectual property. intellectual property and the U.S. Read the original request for comments: [link].

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2022

This ITC case follows Medytox’s prior ITC case against Evolus, which we have previously reported on. After the ITC’s final determination, the parties announced that they had entered a settlement agreement whereby Evolus agreed to pay milestone and royalty payments to AbbVie and Medytox. inventories.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we have reported , Regeneron sought, and was granted, an expedited trial—just 10 months after filing its complaint—in order to get an opportunity to gain the benefit of a statutory permanent injunction available under 35 U.S.C. The FDA had accepted the Biologics License Application for priority review in November 2022.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2023

The AmeriKat ignoring you after being told "no" A few weeks ago, the IPKat reported on the decision in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging [2022] EWHC 3200 (IPKat report here ). This was because: Both sides engaged in settlement discussions, there was mediation and an Early Neutral Evaluation.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Under the IRA, drugs selected for the Program remain “selected drugs” until HHS determines that there is at least one product that is both “approved or licensed” as a generic or biosimilar of the selected drug and “marketed pursuant to such approval or licensure.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2024

FDA Approvals In 2023, there were 23 FDA approvals of Biologic License Applications , including for Vertex’s CASGEVY and Bluebird’s LYFGENIA, the first cell-based gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. As we kick off 2024, we reflect on regulatory developments in the biologics and biosimilars space in 2023.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As previously reported , none of these biosimilars are yet on the U.S. market, as each biosimilar applicant has entered into a license agreement with AbbVie that permits the applicant to begin U.S. CYLTEZO is not scheduled to launch until July 1, 2023, pursuant to a settlement agreement with AbbVie.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. After trial, the jury found that Fossil had acted “in callous disregard” of Romag’s intellectual property rights. International Trade Commission, 30 percent of firms reported material sales or profit losses due to trademark infringement in China. litigation in U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For the first time since FDA licensed the first biosimilar, Sandoz’s Zarxio ® (filgrastim-sndz), in 2015, the United States saw a decrease in annual biosimilar approvals in 2020. Reported Discount at Launch. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than November 20, 2023 per settlement. . Conclusion.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Next up today, Central News Agency reports that, in Taiwan, prosecutors have indicted ultramarathon runner Kevin Lin over allegations he was involved in a “copyright trolling” operation that has filed some 937 lawsuits since August of 2022. The MLPC has been around since 1986 and handles licensing for more than 1,000 producers.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

In addition to the permanent injunction, the Court imposed damages worth INR 15 Lakhs in favor of the plaintiff, relying on an earlier settlement between the parties, a plethora of precedents, and Rule 20 of the IPD Rules. The defendants had five licenses for the plaintiff’s Nuke software, which expired on September 20, 2020.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Image Sources: Shutterstock] The earliest examples of unsolicited sharing of works without proper licensing pertains to the development of Napster in the early 21 st century. obtained without express due permission from the license holder). They believe in subscription-based music sales that don’t include direct (i.e.,

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14] 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14]

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 13, 2023

Patent Title US 11589674 B2 Side rail mounted organizer US 11591937 B2 Remotely mounted idler gear US 11591003 B2 Stowable steering column US 11591574 B2 Optical-quality surface that imparts spatial control of macrophage fusion US 11594682 B2 Semiconducting polymer blends for high temperature organic electronics US 11592201 B2 Space conditioning control (..)

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. This decision indicates that a FRAND commitment is not a one-way street, but imposes obligations on both the SEP owner and someone seeking to license the SEP. those who stall licensing negotiations).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Other posts IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Despite the increasing importance of intellectual property in the modern economy, there is a surprising lack of attention given to IP financing in India.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Specifically, when a derivative work is created pursuant to a statutory exception, then the derivative work is prepared “lawfully,” even though the artist who created the derivative did not get a license or other permission from the owner of the copyright in the underlying work. Goldsmith herself had been entirely unaware of the licensed use.)

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

In doing so, Sections 18-24 of the Regulations consciously minimise the operational framework of this infrastructure while remaining open to pan-European industry-led developments regarding new licensing and data-sharing practices in the social media industry.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

On 27 April 2023, the European Commission (the “ Commission ”) proposed a new regulation on the licensing of standard essential patents (the “ Proposal ”). [1] SEP holders seeking to license their SEPs for royalties and to enforce them in the EU would have to register the patents in a SEP register.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. Intellectual Property Considerations. Research and development in the battery industry have led to a notable increase in patent filings at the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In line with previous High Court guidance, the letter did not specify a settlement amount. However, this is not a US court and there is absolutely no guarantee that the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court’s Small Claims Track ( pdf ) would be interested in any of it. ” Loss Recovery: Cost of Film.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In January, we reported that President Biden signed H.R. In July, we reported on the FDA’s Purple Book database. In 2021, the FDA’s Purple Book went live, providing a searchable database of licensed biological products , including the patent information provided to biosimilar applicants during the patent dance.

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