All the IP News that Mattered in 2024
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come.
Impact of AI on Global IP Systems
IIPRD
JANUARY 7, 2025
AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI. The fast uptake of novel technologies such as generative AI necessitates an adaptation of the IP management systems. Impact of AI in different aspects 2.1.
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The IP Community’s Wildest Dreams for 2025
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 31, 2024
As we do each year, were dedicating the last day of December to readers' comments on what the IP landscape would look like to them if a little thing called reality was not an issue. So, below are our participants heartfelt IP wishes for 2025.
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The Most Important Issues Facing the IP Industry | IPWatchdog Unleashed
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 14, 2024
This conference brings together some of the top thought leaders and newsmakers from the entire industry, with a variety of different backgrounds and people who focus on various different niche verticals within the IP community.
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The Bizarre IP History of Clue/Cluedo
Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
However, the IP history behind it is a sad but familiar tale of a creator missing out. The post The Bizarre IP History of Clue/Cluedo appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Clue/Cluedo is a timeless game that is nearly 75 years old.
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The IP space
Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 2, 2024
link] — Sarah Burstein […] The post The IP space appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Is there any reason Congress has the power to do this? What about changes to the law of personal jurisdiction since this was passed? I have so many questions.
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Piracy Shield Blacks Out Tech News Site by Blocking Another CDN IP
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Piracy Shield Blocks Another CDN IP Address In what appears to have been an attempt to prevent people from watching pirate streams of Serie A match Monza vs Udinese , a blocking ticket was filed last night at 21:19 targeting the IP address 84.17.59.117. Blocking Hit Tech News Site DDaY.it
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 3
Dragons' Den
JANUARY 23, 2025
UK businesses who find themselves all at sea when expanding into a new territory are able to access support from the IPOs network of international IP Attachs IP experts based across the world in Europe, China, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, Gulf States and India.
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Piracy Crisis: Cloudflare Says LaLiga Knew Dangers, Blocked IP Address Anyway
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
A growing consensus suggested that the problems only affected a specific Cloudflare IP address or addresses. “I leave you here a tracert to a Cloudflare IP launched from 230 different points in the country, from different operators. That claim also faced challenges.
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Be Wary: Sophisticated Scam Emails Impersonating IP Attorneys
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 30, 2025
Business owners should be aware of a new email scam circulating impersonating an intellectual property (IP) representative, containing false information, and offering trademark assistance. This nefarious email scam is sent by an operator impersonating a known Australia registered patent and/or trade mark attorney to garner legitimacy.
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Key Takeaways for World IP Day 2025: Hitting the Right Notes with Music IP
Intepat
APRIL 27, 2025
World IP Day serves as a globally significant occasion to celebrate the power of intellectual property in fostering innovation and creativity across diverse industries. Copyright law serves as the bedrock of Music IP, safeguarding the original artistic expressions embodied in musical compositions and sound recordings.
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International IP Index Warns EU Efforts to Weaken Pharma IP Could Cause Investment to Migrate
IP Watchdog
APRIL 16, 2025
Chamber of Commerces Global Innovation Policy Center published the 2025 International IP Index, the Chambers annual assessment of legal frameworks for intellectual property (IP) protections in countries across the globe. were among the key findings driving changes to this years report.
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Senate Advances IP and Drug Pricing Legislation Amid Innovation Concerns
JD Supra Law
APRIL 25, 2025
A Senate panel has advanced three sets of bipartisan bills purportedly aimed at reforming the intellectual property (IP) landscape and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Together, these bills seek to address issues with product hopping and patent thickets.
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Competitive AI Use May Raise IP Issues
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Of particular note is the application of existing principles of intellectual property (IP) law to new AI technologies. Given the manner in which AI algorithms are programmed, trained, and deployed, any company employing AI for competitive business purposes should be mindful of IP. By: Quarles & Brady LLP
What Intellectual Property Policy Should Look Like in the Age of AI
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 28, 2024
As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws.
[Audio] Season 6 Ep #1 IP State of the Union- Billion Dollar Character Acquisitions- Part 1
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
How have intellectual property (IP) acquisitions shaped the franchise filmmaking industry, and what lies ahead for beloved and iconic characters? Buckle up, because on this episode of IP Goes Pop!
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VIRTUAL FASHION, REAL LEGAL BATTLES: IP CHALLENGES IN FASHION NFTs
Intepat
APRIL 25, 2025
These disputes revolve around issues of copyright infringement, trademark violations, and ownership of digital assets, presenting novel challenges to intellectual property (IP) law. While some countries have begun to adapt to technological developments in IP, the pace of legal reform lags behind the rapid evolution of NFTs.
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IP Myths vs. Reality: What You Don’t Know Could Cost You
JD Supra Law
MARCH 14, 2025
Intellectual property (IP) is often misunderstood, leading to costly mistakes for businesses and individuals alike. In reality, IP is a complex legal landscape governed by factors like value, ownership, jurisdiction and timing.
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Former USPTO Director Iancu Delivers Stinging Rebuke to ‘Delete IP Law’ Ideology
IP Watchdog
APRIL 24, 2025
intellectual property laws for the purpose of devaluing American intellectual property (IP), a political viewpoint that he said cedes economic and technological dominance to foreign rivals like China. Iancus comments excoriated recent calls to weaken U.S.
[Sponsored] From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. Transforms Careers in IP and Competition Law
SpicyIP
APRIL 8, 2025
Transforms Careers in IP and Competition Law If youre reading this, chances are youre already intrigued by the world of intellectual property, data, and competition law, and the ever-shifting terrain of the digital economy. In fact, what we call our basics often goes far beyond what students might encounter in a full IP curriculum elsewhere.
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Digital Sound, Digital Rights: Navigating Music IP for the Future
Intepat
APRIL 26, 2025
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest game-changer, demanding that musicians and industry professionals understand the evolving landscape of intellectual property (IP) law to safeguard their rights and careers. This highlights the importance of protecting your unique musical identity through trademarks and other IP strategies.
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CGPDTM to Fund Law Students Participating in any International IP Moot Court Competitions: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Image from here In a major, and very interesting development for law students, the Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal announced that the CGPDTM will sponsor Indian law students selected for any IP moot court competition anywhere in the world.
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Beyond the process: Securing robust IP protection for cell therapies
The IPKat
MARCH 12, 2025
However, unlike traditional pharmaceuticals, these "living medicines" present unique IP challenges that can make or break a biotech's future. However, manufacturing IP has many intrinsic pitfalls, and is often not considered by investors to provide adequate exclusivity and surety of return of investment.
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ERA summer courses on European IP and IT law return with 25% IPKat readers’ discount
The IPKat
MARCH 31, 2025
Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year.
IP, Licensing, and M&A in the Life Sciences Industry: Trends to Watch in 2025
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 20, 2025
The life sciences industry has long been at the forefront of innovation, and 2025 promises to continue this trajectory with exciting developments in intellectual property (IP), licensing, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
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Who Wants Weak IP Laws? An Economic Analysis
IP Watchdog
APRIL 22, 2025
On April 11, 2025, Twitter (now X) co-founder Jack Dorsey tweeted, Delete All IP Laws. Commentators have already called the exchange destructive, especially in light of an all-of-government call to reduce anticompetitive regulations (of which, some consider those pesky IP rights to be one).
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[Sponsored] Call for Applications: Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management (April 20)
SpicyIP
APRIL 7, 2025
AICC consists of interactive online lectures and exercises on global intellectual property (IP) management strategies from renowned IP experts. The course consists of three phases: Phase 1: online courses including both the IP Panorama 2.0 Registration for AICCs IP Panorama 2.0 Korea Time).
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World IP Day 2025: Feeling the beat of IP!
The IPKat
APRIL 26, 2025
Millions of people worldwide celebrate the essential role of IP rights in fostering creativity and innovation to drive human progress.The date was designated in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organizations member states, coinciding with the day the WIPO Convention came into force (April 26, 1970), to increase awareness and
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Looking Beyond the Numbers: What does the 2023-24 IP India Annual Report Says on Patents?
SpicyIP
APRIL 18, 2025
The 2023-24 IP India Annual Report was released on March 31, almost exactly a year after that financial year ended. While the Annual Reports bring forth critical statistics surrounding the filing, examination, and disposal of IP applications, they are rarely comprehensive in their qualitative evaluation of the data.
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A Big Win for Dalit Researchers: Implications for IP
SpicyIP
MARCH 25, 2025
Moreover, does equating IP with tangible property risk distorting its fundamental purpose? The couple petitioned the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) to seek compensation for the loss caused due to the damage to their intellectual property (IP). Data and Intellectual Property What was the IP involved in this case?
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Virtual Worlds, Real Rules: EU Parliament’s First Take on IP in the Metaverse
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Are trademark rights in the Metaverse as intangible as the world itself, or are they as real as in the ‘real’ world?
Jack Daniel’s Continues, with Trademark Dilution as the New Battleground
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 15, 2024
By now, most IP practitioners are familiar with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. VIP Products, Inc. The highly publicized ruling came after almost a decade of litigation between the parties over VIP’s “Bad Spaniels” parody dog toy designed to mimic a bottle of Jack Daniel’s.
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IP Organizations Want More on USPTO’s AI Patent Eligibility Guidance
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 20, 2024
The deadline for comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions.
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New Federal Circuit Ruling Opens the ITC to Many More IP Owners
JD Supra Law
MARCH 12, 2025
IP owners who import their goods from overseas and do not have a manufacturing base in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upended years of settled law and ruled that sales and marketing expenses, by themselves, can be the basis for a finding of domestic industry in an International Trade Commission (ITC) enforcement action.
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[Audio] From Ideas to Ownership: Navigating IP and Employment Law ?Through the Lens of The Social Network — Hiring to Firing Podcast
JD Supra Law
APRIL 8, 2025
Together, they explore the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and employment law through the lens of the movie The Social Network. They discuss works made for hire, the impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and the challenges employers of all sizes face in protecting their.
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The Year Ahead: Here’s What Our Readers Will Have on their Radar for 2025
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 1, 2025
Yesterday, we heard what our readers would like to see happen in their wildest IP dreams this year, but some wishes are more likely than others to come true.
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Japan’s Text and Data Mining (TDM) Copyright Exception for AI Training: A Needed and Welcome Clarification from the Responsible Agency
Hugh Stephens Blog
MARCH 10, 2024
Image: iStock Japan has always been known for its strong creative sector and rich cultural output, from animé to manga to literature, music and film, and for its respect for intellectual property (IP) and the rights of creators.
AI and the Law: How Companies Can Navigate IP Risk and Seize Opportunity | IPWatchdog Unleashed
IP Watchdog
APRIL 28, 2025
As the program wrapped up, and in front of a live studio audience, we sat down to discuss the current state of the industry from a clients perspective, and focused our conversation on IP risk facing companies and what they can do to mitigate that IP risk.
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Google Drive Blackout in Italy After Another Major Anti-Piracy Blunder
TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Domain was knowingly entered into the system, and then passed, regardless of risk The losing ticket… For good measure, the relevant Google IP address [142.250.180.129] was also entered into Piracy Shield to be blocked by local ISPs; this image shows how access to that IP degraded unlike an adjacent one.
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How Duracell Uses Trademarks and Trade Dress to Fight Counterfeits | IPWatchdog Unleashed
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 10, 2024
This week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. During our conversation we begin by briefly talking about patent strategy, but then move quickly to brand protection, trademarks, trade dress and effectively working with customs agencies around the world.
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Sky’s Enhanced High Court Pirate IPTV Blocking Order Closes Loopholes
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 21, 2024
Dynamic and Static Blocking The order allows Sky to conduct Dynamic Blocking of IP addresses associated with the IPTV platforms’ servers. Once Sky becomes aware of a server it needs to block, IP address information can be sent to the respondent ISPs for blocking in real-time. Fortunately, not everything is shrouded in darkness.
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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 25: World IP Day 2025 Celebrates Musicians; Texas A&M to Lead Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies; and Tenth Circuit Affirms Specialty Metals Trade Secret Dismissal
IP Watchdog
APRIL 25, 2025
This week in Other Barks & Bites: intellectual property advocates across the globe get ready to celebrate musical creators for World IP Day 2025; Gilead Sciences scores a legal victory on discovery production in a case involving a conspiracy to sell counterfeit Biktarvy; former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu delivers a stinging blow to misguided (..)
Another IPD Incoming: Himachal Pradesh HC Notifies IPR Division Rules
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Recently, the Calcutta HC also notified its IPR Division Rules ( here ) and a new roster ( here ) that created specialised benches for IP matters. Readers can see our posts ( here , here and here ) for the Delhi HC IPD Rules. This leaves Bombay as the high court with original civil jurisdiction that doesn’t yet have IPD rules.
[Audio] From Ideas to Ownership: Navigating IP and Employment Law ?Through the Lens of The Social Network - No Infringement Intended Podcast
JD Supra Law
APRIL 8, 2025
Together, they explore the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and employment law through the lens of the movie The Social Network. In this episode, Austin Padgett and Rusty Close joined Troutman Pepper Locke partners, Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter, who host the Hiring to Firing podcast.
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