The TTABlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Ramsey of the University of San Diego School of Law have just published an article on a very timely topic: "Raising the Threshold for Trademark Infringement to Protect Free Expression," 72 American University Law Review 1179 (2023). Professor Christine Haight Farley of American University - Washington College of Law, and Professor Lisa P.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. This opinion is the first I can recall that answers the question squarely, but the most interesting questions get sent to a jury trial. Background. Jeff Sedlik , a photographer, took an iconic photo of jazz legend Miles Davis.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 10, 2022

The conflict has caused a humanitarian crisis, affecting millions of innocent citizens who have to flee their homes in search of safety. Meanwhile, EUFA has turned its attention to another topic in the region. After more than two weeks, news and images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to shock the world.

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The IPKat

APRIL 10, 2024

In Nigeria, the recent judgment delivered by the Federal High Court in the case of Incorporated Trustees of Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative v Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC ) sheds light on this complex relationship between data privacy and the interests of the state. Court's reasoning: Balancing act or missed opportunity?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 23, 2023

The SEBI Regulations include requirements for registration, eligibility criteria, conflict of interest management, and the development of a code of conduct, among other things.” [3] Essentially, these companies are the result of shareholder activism that has exploded as a result of the companies’ shady corporate governance.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

If you missed the last post that provided an overview of the rules related to this topic, you can find the link to the previous post here. Implement conflict of interest policies. In these situations, it is helpful to have conflict of interest policies that can provide separation between the insider and the deal.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. The CPATA, like other colleges, is tasked with protecting the public interest by ensuring members are held accountable. Many have praised the establishment of the CPATA, highlighting improvements in standardization and transparency.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

To introduce provisions that will allow educational institutions, public interest research institutions, and cultural heritage institutions to reduce transaction costs. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789. To introduce a mechanism of extended copyright licensing.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

On December 1, 2023, an interesting piece of news began to gain traction in South Korea and beyond. ” Big (Conflicting) Claims This claim piqued our interest. ” Big (Conflicting) Claims This claim piqued our interest. Half a decade of tracking is significant and tends to suggest an important target.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Kat friend Sarah Neil brings the following cautionary tale when the Registry gets over its trade mark skis on the issue of bad faith. Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC, sitting as the Appointed Person, assessed the legal competence of the UK IPO to raise bad faith as a ground of refusal of its own motion, finding their approach “legally deficient”.

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The IPKat

JUNE 25, 2021

The book also brings in various associated topics such as the inter partes review proceedings at the USPTO, the handling of conflicts of interest, patent enforcement from a university perspective, the benefits to society of the patent system, the university treatment of data plus much more. Contributors to the book D.R.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

From my perspective as someone who helped lead a Bureau for many years, I would much prefer having technologists within my chain of command than in a separate FTC Office where they will likely have conflicting responsibilities and certainly will not be able to spend all their time on matters for my Bureau.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

One of the most contentious topics in arbitration is the arbitrability of IP disputes. The question at hand was whether an arbitral tribunal may rule on a lawsuit for the enforcement of a mortgage by sale and whether the topic at hand was under the purview of an arbitration agreement. Arbitration in Intellectual Property.

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SpicyIP

JULY 3, 2022

Students entering the class after the break ). … ( smiling ) Let’s do it here – the answer to ‘what is a right’ … ( pause to create interest ) … depends upon whom you ask – a law person or a lay person? Image from here. ( In Class 4.1 Ruminating on the “R – Rights” of IPR! Post Break.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The regulation of artificial intelligence is the topic of national and international public consultations and a growing area of literature. For example, tacit collusion by algorithms which conflicts with the regulatory framework. A recent contribution to that discussion is " We, the Robots? Regulation here refers to two aspects; first.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The first topic up for discussion by the panel was the actual definition of the metaverse. The first topic up for discussion by the panel was the actual definition of the metaverse. Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay. This year we have seen an influx of educational events dedicated to everything digital. June was no exception.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally).

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Conflicts b/t types of regulation where lots of changes are happening at the same time. Piecemeal approach leads to overlaps and national regime conflicts. My apologies, but I’m extremely jetlagged and will not attribute well or capture a lot of nuance. Polarization/globalization as a response to isolation of Russia and China.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

It is a longstanding topic of debate in economic and legal circles: Hot to marry the innovative bride and the competition groom?” Markets all around the world has been specially targeted the most under the globalization. Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Law: Is There Any Tussle Between The Two? “It

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Legal forms of CMOs. Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis. Emphasis added.).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. A copyright’s primary topic is what it protects and the standards by which it is protected. The issue of two persons producing similar work is not a barrier to it becoming the topic of literary writing.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

The lead up to this judgment has been covered extensively on the blog, where readers can find analysis of the hearing and the AG Opinion (see here and here ). In the coming days, we will publish in-depth analysis of the judgment. The regime of Article 17 and the issue at stake.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century. We hear wildly conflicting claims about the value of intangible assets, about the benefits of open and closed models of innovation to firms and society.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Supreme Court has not yet granted writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term. And, absent an unusual shadow-docket patent case, it is now too late for any case to be granted and heard this term. Rather, any new grant this term will very likely be pushed back to the October 2022 Term for hearing and decision. Genentech, Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. 2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. Ancestry , Knapke v. Callahan v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

the state admits that the law, as applied, could conflict with Section 230. Before reading this post, read my new article, Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules. This is why I get so angry about anyone supporting these laws. The Florida Appellate Brief.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 27, 2022

A fanciful trademark is the strongest trademark type and, in addition to providing examples below, we define it as one that is “coined” for the purpose of serving as a trademark. EXXON is an example of a fanciful trademark because it was created solely to function as a trademark and has no meaning. Suggestive. Merely Descriptive.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 7, 2022

A trademark is a symbol, word, or phrase used by a corporate organisation or other legal body to distinguish their product from that of another firm and to identify their product. As a result, the trademark act was adopted in 1999 to grant the owner of the mark exclusive rights to use the mark and prohibit unlicensed individuals from doing so.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 28, 2022

Appositely, while the ‘property’ image of IP has become a part of our legal consciousness, the nature of user interests is unclear. But in the era of right-inflation where everything is understood as ‘right’, they appear conflicting, and ultimately are balanced out by each other! . here ), some call them freedoms or privileges (e.g.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 7, 2022

A trademark is a symbol, word, or phrase used by a corporate organisation or other legal body to distinguish their product from that of another firm and to identify their product. As a result, the trademark act was adopted in 1999 to grant the owner of the mark exclusive rights to use the mark and prohibit unlicensed individuals from doing so.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Substantial State Interest As usual, the court credits the state’s interest in protecting children’s privacy and physical/psychological well-being. [Sorry it’s take me this long to get this blog post off my desk. I hope it was worth the wait.] Of course, there will be an appeal, so the Internet’s fate remains unsettled.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy. Instead, the bill repeatedly implicates general consumer protection concerns and, most troublingly, content moderation topics. I’m continuing my coverage of dangerous Internet bills in the California legislature. NO ONE WANTS THIS. Bye bye casual browsing.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. In 2023, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. 15 USC § 45(2).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2022

Although a bleak winter week, the IPKat is here to warm you up with tales of interesting posts from the IP blogs. The figures provide interesting data and the Kluwer Copyright Blog provides its commentary. The requirements for copyright joint authorship and co-ownership were the main topic of a new lawsuit in the U.S.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion tackles one of the hottest topics in Internet Law: do UGC services engage in editorial functions protected by the First Amendment? On Monday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit issued an important Internet free speech opinion, NetChoice v. Attorney General (a/k/a NetChoice v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. In 2023, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on.

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