Intellectual Property Pulse

Estimating County-Level Regional Price Parities from Public Data

U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 27, 2024

Most consumers could easily identify that a day in New York City would cost more than an identical day in rural Texas. To further these goals, a new OUSEA working paper documents the construction of experimental county-level RPPs based on publicly available data. above the national average.

Blogging

Blogging Government Publishing

EyeMed Settles with NY AG for $600,000 Over 2020 Data Breach

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to the New York Attorney General’s office, 98,632 of those individuals were state residents. Following the data breach, the NY AG’s office started an investigation and alleged that EyeMed violated New York state law by not protecting the sensitive information. ”

Law

Law Intellectual Property

Publishers Further Delay Office Return

Velocity of Content

JANUARY 7, 2022

In a New Year’s message , Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch has called 2021, “a very successful year,” while also noting supply chain disruptions and return-to-office uncertainties. Publishers Further Delay Office Return. We talked about returning the office and to in-person book fairs. Now, that’s all on hold.”.

Publishing

Publishing Copyright

Precedential No. 11: TTAB Reverses Six "Goods In Trade" Refusals for NY Times Non-Syndicated Column Titles

The TTABlog

APRIL 4, 2023

The Board concluded that, in light of changes in the marketplace for the delivery of news, a new test is required for the registrability of non-syndicated columns or sections in printed publications or recorded media, and under that new test the columns qualified as good in trade. In re The New York Times Company , Serial Nos.

Editing

Editing Registration Business Trademark

Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Facts of the Case According to the complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, HLG represented Phison Electronics in a now-settled patent infringement case brought by Unification Technologies (UTL). I suspect the Winston attorneys are likely happy to be in NY rather than Iowa. In the case of White v.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Fair Use Copying Copyright Infringement

sending emails under former employees' names may be reverse passing off

43(B)log

JANUARY 3, 2024

The result under NY GBL §349 differed, because it requires alleging only that “(1) the defendant’s deceptive acts were directed at consumers, (2) the acts are misleading in a material way, and (3) the plaintiff has been injured as a result.” Dismissed without prejudice.

False Advertising

False Advertising Cease and Desist Advertising Advertising

The Changing Landscape of Electronic Service

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For a moment in March 2020, litigation stopped abruptly when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York. Within a matter of weeks, the New York State Courts shifted to online operations and, amazingly, the administration of justice continued virtually. 2022 NY Slip Op 22004, *1 (Sup Ct, Albany County 2022).

Copying

Copying Litigation Business Law

Judgment Creditors Beware: Moving For Contempt May Be Within Reach, But Difficult To Grasp

LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2022

In the New York County Commercial Division, Justice David B. 2022 NY Slip Op. 2022) makes clear that New York courts can compel New York branches of non-US banks to disclose information relating to accounts or assets held by branches outside of the United States. Mega Int’l Comm. 30481(U) (Sup.

Law

Law Intellectual Property

Trade at the Local Level: 2020 Metropolitan Export Data Now Available

U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 13, 2021

Cross-post by Ujjwall Uppuluri, Gulbin Yildirim, and Amanda Reynolds, International Trade Administration, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis. . For 2020, the top five MSA exporters by value included Houston (TX), New York (NY), Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), and Dallas (TX). In contrast, New Orleans (LA), a U.S.

Marketing

Marketing Marketing Blogging Reporting

NY Museums Required to Label the Last Prisoners of World War II

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In a later private sale in 2006, Jewish philanthropist Ronald Lauder bought the painting for $135 million to display in his Neue Galerie, located at 5th Ave, New York. [3]. Many eventually made their way to museums in New York, and museums displayed these stolen art pieces with no recognition of or transparency around their origins. [4]

Art

Art Artwork Law Ownership

New York Courts Continue to Enforce Broad General Releases, Even When Claims are Unforeseeable at the Time of Contract Execution

LexBlog IP

JULY 29, 2021

Wahedna , 2021 NY Slip Op. 2021), Justice Ostrager of the New York County Commercial Division, dismissed Plaintiff Nilsa Chadha’s (“Plaintiff”) claims in their entirety due to Plaintiff’s execution of a general release. 50509(U) (Sup. In Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v America Movil , S.A.B.

Contracts

Contracts Settlement Technology Law

Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

43(B)log

MARCH 29, 2024

Previously, NY and Florida classes were certified , and there are also individual claims under New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Wisconsin law. Gerber then revised GSG’s packaging to say, among other things, that GSG was the first and “only” formula “to reduce” an infant’s “risk of developing allergies.”

False Advertising

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Reporting

Private Equity: Investigation and Enforcement

LexBlog IP

MAY 1, 2023

In the article entitled “The Death of Hahnemann Hospital” published in the New Yorker magazine in May 2021. Similar issues were raised with respect to the private equity acquisition of Hahnemann Hospital.

Ownership

Ownership Business Publishing Government

fake sponsored reviews are false even if review content is opinion

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

1, 2023) The FTC, joined by California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York, sued Roomster, an internet-based room and roommate finder platform, and related individuals. Postal Office commercial facility, not an apartment. In particular, New York sufficiently pled violations of its consumer protection laws.

False Advertising

False Advertising Confidentiality Advertising Advertising

How to Network in Artist Communities

Art Law Journal

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Giving to a community without expecting anything in return can create real growth and progress, says New York-based artist Shannon Finnell , who holds a dual BA in studio art and peace studies, as well as an MFA in photography. With these new ways to participate, it’s easier than ever to build your community.

Art

Art Social Media Marketing Marketing

What the DOJ Annual Reports Reveal About Federal Trade Secret and IP Protection Efforts

LexBlog IP

JULY 20, 2022

Under the PRO IP Act, the Office of Justice Programs can grant awards to state and local IP law enforcement task forces. Data on these awards—which is known as the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program—is available from between 2009 and 2020: 2009.

Reporting

Reporting IP Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law

Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2021 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 7, 2021

Fish’s offices in California , Delaware , Georgia , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New York , Texas , and Washington, D.C. Michael Autuoro (NY). Edmond R Bannon (NY). Samuel Borodach (NY). Jack Brennan (NY). Tony Zhang (NY). Michael T Zoppo (NY). Jeremy D Anderson (DE). Gwilym Attwell (DE).

Editing

Editing Patent Litigation Marketing

Why the Carlin Estate’s Lawsuit Over Fake Comedy Special May Be DOA

Copyright Lately

JANUARY 29, 2024

While billed as a groundbreaking move in the battle over unauthorized digital replicas, the George Carlin estate’s new lawsuit faces tough challenges in court. Subversive comedy was Carlin’s stock-in-trade, but a new lawsuit claims that an AI-generated Carlin impersonation is a bridge too far.

Registration

Registration Television Advertising Advertising

CORONASPLOITATION-19: A Brief Survey of Recent COVID-19-Related Trademark Applications

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Not to be deterred by the fate of previous opportunistic applications, a new wave of trademark prospectors has filed a large crop of federal applications to register marks related to the COVID-19 epidemic, incorporating the terms COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS, and variants thereof. An Outbreak of Recent Filings. for apparel. Even the U.S.

Trademark

Trademark Branding Brands Branding

Rounding Up Some Recent Editorial Transparency Developments

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Supreme Court of Ohio, 471 U.S. Instead of granting en banc review, the panel essentially threw its prior opinion into the trash and issued a nearly brand new opinion concluding that the case wasn’t “constitutionally ripe.” Prior blog post on the NY law. 626 (1985).

Social Media

Social Media Law Blogging Branding

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trump twice amended the complaint, and the Florida court transferred the case to the Southern District of New York. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” As found in the Woodward Motion Brief: “[C]opyright protection.is ” H.R.

Ownership

Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property

Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 5 (Free Speech)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2022

NY Times : As Beijing Takes Control, Chinese Tech Companies Lose Jobs and Hope. NY Times : How China Embraces Russian Propaganda and Its Version of the War. NY Times : An Experiment to Stop Online Abuse Falls Short in Germany. ” Ditto with the campaign page: “Running for a public office is a private activity.

Social Media

Social Media Government Law Reporting

Look Back, Look Ahead: State Attorneys General Enforcement – Part Two

LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2022

We expect the large number of elections to increase the public profile of state attorneys general in 2022, and expect state AGs seeking reelection to use their offices as a pulpit from which to increase their visibility in the press and the media. In 2022, 30 states and one U.S. territory will hold elections for attorney general.

Privacy

Privacy Marketing Marketing Advertising

Intellectual Property Pulse

Estimating County-Level Regional Price Parities from Public Data

EyeMed Settles with NY AG for $600,000 Over 2020 Data Breach

Trending Sources

Publishers Further Delay Office Return

Precedential No. 11: TTAB Reverses Six "Goods In Trade" Refusals for NY Times Non-Syndicated Column Titles

Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

sending emails under former employees' names may be reverse passing off

The Changing Landscape of Electronic Service

Judgment Creditors Beware: Moving For Contempt May Be Within Reach, But Difficult To Grasp

Trade at the Local Level: 2020 Metropolitan Export Data Now Available

NY Museums Required to Label the Last Prisoners of World War II

New York Courts Continue to Enforce Broad General Releases, Even When Claims are Unforeseeable at the Time of Contract Execution

Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

Private Equity: Investigation and Enforcement

fake sponsored reviews are false even if review content is opinion

How to Network in Artist Communities

What the DOJ Annual Reports Reveal About Federal Trade Secret and IP Protection Efforts

Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2021 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals

Why the Carlin Estate’s Lawsuit Over Fake Comedy Special May Be DOA

CORONASPLOITATION-19: A Brief Survey of Recent COVID-19-Related Trademark Applications

Rounding Up Some Recent Editorial Transparency Developments

The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 5 (Free Speech)

Look Back, Look Ahead: State Attorneys General Enforcement – Part Two

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