Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Rebecca Tushnet and I are pleased to announce the sixth edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. Chapter 7: Special Topics in Competitor Lawsuits. Chapter 18: Case Study: Food, Drugs, and Supplements. Chapter 19: Case Study: Organic and “Green” Claims. Price: $12.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The team will present on the following topics: Updates in false advertising litigation, including, consumer class actions, Lanham Act litigation, and cases at the National Advertising Division Updates to the regulatory landscape, including the latest from the FTC Updates in the world of AI & Copyright

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Among other things, the Office intends to publish a notice of inquiry later this year seeking public input on additional legal and policy topics, including how the law should apply to the use of copyrighted works in AI training and the resulting treatment of outputs.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

A summer school participant enjoying a snack This course leads to the appropriate qualification for European patent attorneys (who are entitled to act as professional representatives before the EPO in accordance with Article 134 EPC) to represent parties before the Unified Patent Court according to Article 48 AUPC.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But, when having those conversations, there are things teachers need to be aware of and, in many cases, either don’t know or have lost sight of. Like any complicated or nuanced topic, there is a great deal of misinformation on the internet and in the classroom. Eliminating fear is a big part of engaging with students on this topic.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Notably, during the 2012 copyright amendment, intriguing discussions emerged, such as this ghost Post questioning if Performance under the Copyright Act is confined to live performances (See also here ). Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v. Well … not really!

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

On 11 April 2024, there will be also the official launch event in Brussels during a conference on the AI Act. The programme will consist of lectures, case studies, simulation exercises and group discussions on selected IP topics, with an orientation towards the interface between IP and other disciplines.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This debate is not unique to India and is an emerging issue worldwide, with multiple cases like that of Stability AI and Getty images coming into the picture. In a recent case i.e. Anderson v. Creator’s will need to keep an eye out to monitor such generators in case work derived from theirs appears.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Has the colombian trademark office (CTO) mentioned something regarding this topic? Transliteration refers to the act of representing the signs of one writing system using the signs of another system. In this case, you will have to transliterate the Asian Characters into letters of the Latin Alphabet. What is transliteration?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2021

Instead, judge simply says the Second Circuit hasn’t addressed the topic. From the court’s conclusion reaching a different result than the Scribd case, I infer the court disagreed with the Scribd ruling. Case citation : Suris v. Scribd Must Comply With The Americans With Disabilities Act. Gannett Co.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 15, 2024

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. That’s no longer the case… In recent years calls for a U.S. Rightsholders can dramatize statistics but, in this case, the ‘threat’ might even be somewhat underplayed. politicians would rather avoid. Lieu asked.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 22, 2024

Feb 6 12noon EST – Debating Design Patent Obviousness – Streaming via Suffolk – Free Event ( REGISTER HERE ) : The Federal Circuit has not held an en banc rehearing in a patent case since before COVID. The first one (and only one on the docket) is the important design patent obviousness case of LKQ v.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

The program includes life sciences and artificial intelligence, Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation, EU Data Act requirements, IP management topics across diverse fields and countries, and a gala dinner. 5 th IP Case Law Conference. Further details are here. Register here. More information is available here.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

on the topic “Tips from the Trenches: Hot Issues and Best Practices in Trying a Trade Secrets Claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA).” ” With the COVID pandemic slowing the trial of cases, many DTSA cases, especially jury trials, are only now seeing their day in court. in Washington, D.C.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

After the miniseries was seen by millions earlier this month, private prosecutions – which allow alleged victims of crime to prosecute their own criminal cases – are now a topic of national debate. As a result, the government is under pressure to act against what some believe is an emerging two-tier justice system.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 20, 2022

Namely, it says that scraping content from a publicly accessible website is not a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), even if such activity is barred by the site’s terms of service. Web scraping has been a divisive topic both ethically and legally in large part because of variety of activities it covers. Bottom Line.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

One of the topics to be discussed at tomorrow’s PPAC meeting is USPTO operations following the Supreme Court’s 2021 Arthrex decision. PTO Acting Director Drew Hirshfeld has considered the first two request for Director Review, and denied both requests. IPR2020-00081 and IPR2020-00320 ).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2022

Patent Act was amended in 2011 to expressly require that inventors be “individuals.” In its newest decision on the topic, the Federal Circuit declares instead, for the purposes of patent law, an inventor must be human. Here, there is no ambiguity: the Patent Act requires that inventors must be natural persons; that is, human beings.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

He wrote detailed posts on this topic later here and here. Talking about this topic, the issue of Judicial Recusals also shouldn’t be left untouched – an issue that has been the heart of several IP controversies, notably the Novartis dispute. The results revealed that the Ministry of Home Affairs had no source or backing of the data.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

The Lanham Act defines ‘trademark counterfeiting’ as producing or selling a product bearing a false trademark that is an intentional copy of a genuine trademark (15 USC §1127). Note that the Lanham Act authorizes recovery up to $2 million per counterfeit item for willful counterfeiting.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The aim of this online conference is to meet the requirements of trade mark and design law practitioners to keep abreast of recent case law and latest EU legislative developments. This annual conference will update IP lawyers on the ongoing EU initiatives and recent case law of the CJEU in the field of copyright law.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2022

At some point, Genius began to suspect that Google was using the lyrics from its service and set-up some test cases that proved their suspicion. Google removed the case to Federal Court and then sought dismissal of the case–arguing that all claims asserted in the case are preempted by Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act. (a)

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The IPKat

APRIL 9, 2024

The Supreme Court’s decision Articles 6 and 7 of the Italian Civil Code recognize the right to one’s own name and a person’s entitlement to act against any third-party use, including but not limited to commercial uses, that might cause undue prejudice to them.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The TRO acts like a supernotice compared to the traditional takedown notice: it targets sellers, not individual items; and it implicates their cash from all of their sales, not just the allegedly infringing listings. There are a few thousand non-SAD Scheme trademark cases per year, typically with one defendant or a small number of defendants.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A trademark application may be denied under part 9(2)(b)4 of the Trade Marks Act (TM Act) if the mark “contains or comprises of any matter likely to hurt the religious susceptibilities of any class or section of the citizens of India [6].” The legislature has not taken a stand on this topic. Lal Babu Priyadarshi [9].

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

If the topic was switched to fraud, opinions would likely be quite different, and herein lies the problem. Alleged offenses under the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act lay the groundwork before a significant escalation into conspiracy to defraud.

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IPilogue

JUNE 20, 2022

Sexual orientation and gender identity are also complex topics that are challenging to account for in survey and census style information collection. Even with the gaps in information, statues and case law extensively detail the government’s obligations to collect and provide equitable public health information to diverse subject communities.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which bans businesses from trying to contractually restrict their customers’ reviews. As a result, we don’t see CRFA cases very often, and we almost never see them as “standalone” cases where they aren’t piggybacking on other enforcement efforts.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The holding in the Supreme Court case, Jack Daniels Properties v VIP Products , the case of the infringing Bad Spaniels dog toy, limits the applicability of the Rogers test. A recent case in the Ninth Circuit, Punchbowl Inc v. The Rogers test comes from the 1989 Second Circuit case Rogers v. Empire Distribution, Inc.

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Patently-O

MAY 5, 2022

The position of Chairman is currently vacant, so the Vice-Chairman, Matthew Lee Wiener , is serving as Acting Chair. Given ongoing interest in the topic, USPTO has engaged ACUS to conduct. topics, whether there is a need for a small claims patent court, the feasibility. A key aspect of ACUS is soliciting input from the public.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Further analysis on the topics of authorship of computer-generated works, text and data mining exception, and inventorship in case of inventions created by AIs was published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog. Patently-O analysed this case. Picture by Jackie and posted on Flickr.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine. The concepts and role of the informed user and the degree of freedom of choice were recently clarified in Turkish design law, and Marques has reported on the case.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Case Summaries Van Tibolli & Anr. The Court found that while some themes in the film were similar to those in the script, such themes or ideas cannot be protected by copyright and that the standard of ‘substantial copying’ had not been established in the present case. Read Aparajita’s post to know more about the development.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What other key legal topics should I consider when using synthetic data to train an AI model? These topics are not covered in this series in further detail, but it is worth noting at least that the use of synthetic data can also mitigate certain specific risks under applicable data protection and privacy laws.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Where once peer-to-peer services were the obvious choice, these days people also utilize platforms such as WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook, which add social elements to the sharing experience by bringing like-minded people together, often around a central topic. Court Satisfied That Evidence Warrants an Injunction.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s, unethical business activities and dubious corporate policies plagued the global corporate sector, giving rise to the topic of corporate governance. According to the regulations, management cannot act unfairly to any of the shareholders. 1] Kumar, Shashank.

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