LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Frequent filers included Aperture Net, Cedar Lane Technologies, Digi Portal, Display Technologies, Internet Media Interactive, R2 Solutions, Sockeye Licensing and Transcend Shipping Systems. As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database. Diatek Licensing LLC v.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database. Finally, please let me know if you have thoughts about the report or changes you would like to see. I am preparing it as a service for retailers and their supply chain who may want an overview of the patent litigation landscape.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 25, 2024

Template from Nokia’s timeless “hands” commercial (see here ) In a major development, all the patent disputes (including the 5G SEP dispute) between Oppo and Nokia stand settled as both parties enter into a cross-licensing agreement.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 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]

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? This failure is perhaps typified by the stark realities that have come to light in a pending public interest litigation before the Bombay High Court [BHC], regarding access to life saving drugs, that we’d like to discuss today. 12 of the report below :-.

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JD Supra Law

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 22, 2025.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

As reported on various outlets such as IAM, FOSS Patents, IPWatchdog, on October 27, 2022, the England and Wales Court of Appeals issued a second instance decision in the Optis v. This litigation began in 2019, when Optis accused Apple of infringing 8 of its patents, claiming to be essential for the 3G and 4G standards.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2023

The European Union is reportedly considering sweeping new regulations for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), which make fair-minded observers wonder whether any sane adults are in charge at the European Commission (EC).

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As reported , Moderna earned revenue of around USD 10 billion for its vaccine, and Pfizer earned around USD 22 billion, in just a year. Moderna was one such company that was granted a compulsory license. Easy for Moderna to now push for ‘licensing and not abrogating patents’. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post Janssen and Samsung Bioepis Settle STELARA (Ustekinumab) Litigation appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

If the case stands on appeal, Twitter will write a check to CCDH to compensate it for the litigation harms Twitter has imposed on it. The case relates to CCDH reports showing Twitter’s struggles with hate speech and misinformation following Musk’s changes to Twitter’s content moderation policies.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

2022 is expected to be another busy year in the world of patent litigation. We fully expect persistence in these spaces: STANDARD-ESSENTIAL PATENT (SEP) LICENSING AND THE GROWING DEMAND FROM TECH COMPANIES FOR INDUSTRY STANDARDS - After the number of disputes involving SEPs. By: McDermott Will & Emery

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. According to their press release, LicenseGuard searches the internet looking for Dreamstime user images that are not licensed. From a technical standpoint, LicenseGuard is fairly straightforward.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Image from here Recently, the Print reported that Novartis and Eli Lilly have voiced their opposition to the idea of compulsory licensing (“ CL ”) for breast cancer medications, Ribociclib and Abemaciclib. – The Indian Council of Medical Research Report 2020 provided that 100.5 It also says that no licenses were given out.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Netflix has filed a lawsuit against a duo of musicians alleging that they violated an agreement and staged live performances of their album the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical. 3: VeePN Puts in Place Some Anti-Piracy Blocks to Settle Copyright Litigation.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. Oracle sued NEC last year, claiming that NEC used Oracle software in a way that exceeded their license.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 15, 2024

For example, a patent owner sending a cease-and-desist letter or initiating an Amazon infringement report may be sufficient to cause a controversy. What if the patent owner sent a friendly letter inviting you to consider taking a license? Does an invitation to license a patent rise to the level of controversy?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 21, 2023

He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. While the order has been written in a convoluted manner, for clarity I think that its key takeaways can be divided into two sub-parts- First, on the Legislative Scheme of Statutory Licenses; and Second, on the Public Interest justifications. Sidhi is a final year B.A.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

First off today, Preezy Brown at Vibe reports that Damon Dash has been ordered to pay over $800,000 in damages over the movie Dear Frank and allegations that Dash was attempting to shop the film around without the permission of the rightsholders. For a time, Malibu Media was one of the most prolific copyright litigants in the world.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

However, that prompted the Public Citizen Litigation Group to step in. Next up today, Efe Udin at Gizchina reports that NetEase Cloud Music has filed a formal lawsuit against Tencent Music, alleging that Tencent is illegally using music through a variety of their services.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

First off today, The Associated Press reports that Gary Bowser, a man who pleaded guilty to his role in the Team Xecutor piracy group, has been sentenced to forty months in prison. In the group, Bowser was widely reported to be a high-ranking manager and served as a liaison between the group’s customers and their actual hackers.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Part of our regular practice is defending companies that have been sued. Most commonly we defend against claims of patent or trademark infringement, though we also handle copyrights, trade secrets and IP-based contract disputes (e.g.,

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Licensed ‘Copyright Cockroaches’ Early June 2022, news outlets in Taiwan reported that former ultramarathon runner, entrepreneur, political critic, and law graduate Kevin Lin was a suspect in a “copyright cockroach” case. In May 2021, licenses were obtained from Vie Vision Pictures Co.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It was a relatively average week for patent filings, with 58 district court complaints and 19 new Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions filed—that’s a tad low—all inter partes reviews (IPRs).

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the musician Cher has filed a lawsuit against Mary Bono, the widow of Cher’s late music partner Sony Bono, to try and prevent the Bono estate from terminating her rights to the duo’s music. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

MARCH 28, 2022

On 14-16 March, this GuestKat had the opportunity to attend the "Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation" conference in Amsterdam, which, as many readers will know, not only hosts the Kattenkabinet museum (here below a sample of the oeuvres of the museum.), The IPKat reports on some of the trends and topics from the conference below.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Before it prevailed in the underlying patent litigation, Cap Export alleged that defendants disparaged Cap Export and its products as an infringer/infringing. The underlying patent litigation allegedly fraudulently induced Cap Export to enter into a $1.1 and to Amazon. and to Amazon. Given the alleged bad faith, this sufficed.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly reports that textbook publisher Pearson Education has filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against the study aid website Chegg alleging that Chegg illegally appropriates Pearson’s textbook questions. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The winds of a busy Belgian court term blows through the IPKat's wild ancestor's mane (c) Christopher Stothers 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2021 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2022. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

First off today, Jeremy Roebuck at The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that YouTuber Bill Omar Carrasquillo has pleaded guilty to various crimes including copyright infringement, tax evasion and fraud. with a judge refusing to allow them to file a motion for preliminary injunction, lift the litigation stay and get expedited discovery.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

First off, they have editorial control over the images and then license those images to customers. After all, part of Getty’s service they provide is that they promise customers that they hold the rights to the images they are licensing and, because of that, customers won’t face legal consequences for using Gettty-licensed works.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the U.S. Next up today, Chris Dziadul at BroadbandTV News reports that Dutch ISPS have reached a deal with rightsholders and anti-piracy organizations to begin blocking websites that feature pirated content. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? 2: Dutch ISPs Strike Piracy Blow.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a copyright infringement lawsuit against the realtors Columbia House of Brokers Realty over the alleged infringement of floor plans. 2: Eurovision Singer James Newman Wins Copyright Case over Rudimental Hit.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit against Apple over the AppleTV+ series Servant. 3: Nykaa Settles Copyright Infringement Litigation With L’Oreal, Stocks Rally Post News. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? million in damages.

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