IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

“Name, Image, Likeness” rights, the term commonly used to designate rights covered under right of publicity law, has been a popular and trending term thus far in 2021, and a hotly debated topic in the world of sports. With the Supreme Court’s ruling in NCAA v. college athletes and recruits. college athletes and recruits.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With a new director at the USPTO (who now has the authority to review PTAB decisions) and major post-grant reform legislation introduced in Congress, 2022 marks a new era in post-grant law. The Federal Circuit has issued several rulings on these topics that will have major implications for practitioners.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 27, 2022

The system, which made domain registrant contact information available to the public, was inherently incompatible with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Even back then, privacy issues were a hot topic with many concerned that such a public database of personal information would lead to spam, harassment and other issues.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2022

The new deadline is 24th July, 2022 (11:59pm IST). As always, the topic is open to anything within the larger IPR sphere – the more creative, the better. Please check the original post here for all the rules and details. As a reminder, this year’s edition is open to recent graduates as well as current law students.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence On 27-29 October 2021, it will then be the time of another online conference devoted to the topic of Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Wishing our readers a very happy and healthy new year ahead. The Principal District and Sessions Court of Mysuru rules in favor of S.L. New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement through their generative AI models. [This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet Kaur.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

First, the trademark rules on the street can differ widely from the doctrines drawn up in appellate courts. The rule of law is nominally satisfied if the defense gets an opportunity to correct those errors, but in practice the SAD Scheme TRO often has irreparable consequences, and further proceedings in the court are irrelevant.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As recently noted by a New York federal court, Rule 30(b)(6) allows for testimony from someone deposed as both corporate representative and in their individual capacity on topics outside of personal knowledge but within a corporation's collective knowledge — and dual deposition notices create unique prep issues, say Jennifer Filippazzo and Lauren Evans (..)

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 10, 2024

Federal Landscape: Stay abreast of legislative and regulatory activity and updates, including the FTC’s proposed rule addressing non-competes with workers, which may significantly impact the enforcement of non-competes nationwide in 2024, and continued NLRB pronouncements.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the first installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, our team will focus on the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the use of non-competes with employees and workers. If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Intel moved to exclude these new arguments from ParkerVision’s sur-reply, which the Board granted. The Federal Circuit further noted that USPTO Rules dictate that a proper petitioner reply brief may only respond to arguments raised in the corresponding patent owner response, opposition, or decision on institution. ParkerVision, Inc.,

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention. InternKat James Kwong has analysed the public consultation in detail and provides his comment. PATENTS Permakat Prof.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2023

Patents Annsley Merelle Ward reported on the Berichten Industriële Eigendom Symposium 2023, which featured a panel comprising Dutch UPC judges and a member of the drafting committee of the Rules of Procedure which addressed topics such as the Rules of Procedure and the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Federal Landscape: Stay abreast of legislative and regulatory activity and updates, including the FTC’s proposed rule addressing non-competes with workers, which may significantly impact the enforcement of non-competes nationwide in 2024, and continued NLRB pronouncements.

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Patently-O

APRIL 28, 2022

I would further divide written description into two categories: new matter and Ariad -style. Thus we get: New Matter Written Description : Any amendments made to the claims during prosecution must be supported by the originally filed specification. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This will create a new, EU-wide system of sui generis GI protection for products such as ceramics or knives. Nevertheless, some GI lawyers actually praised this new institutional set-up in conversations with this Kat: the Regulation brings much-awaited procedural guarantees, including EU-wide oppositions and strict deadlines for every step.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The perennial topic of anguish, anger, anxiety, annoyance, etc amongst patent attorneys and litigators, alike. With the Unified Patent Court (UPC), a new dimension arrives. The UPC forecasted this issue and made provision in its Rules of Procedure. The UPC forecasted this issue and made provision in its Rules of Procedure.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

Though there is no hard rule about how much of a paper should be quoted, most agree that no more than about 10%-15% of the paper should be direct quotes. Finally, paraphrasing is an opportunity to present the information to a new audience. Still, paraphrasing is a confusing and complicated topic.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the first installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, our team will focus on the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the use of non-competes with employees and workers. If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v. As Yogesh Byadwal’s most recent post on this topic made me think. Intrigued, I parsed the past posts to understand how the discussion on this topic has evolved over the years. Well … not really!

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

Team Netherlands get together to discuss key UPC issues It is a rainy morning in New York as the AmeriKat contemplates how limited sun the sunrise period of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has seen both here and in Europe. After more than 80 attendees had taken their seats, moderator Prof. mr. C.J.J.C.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Advertising Standards Authority (“ ASA ”) has issued its first ruling under the new rules that prohibit gambling ads with “ strong appeal ” to under-18s, providing a useful example as to how the new rules will be applied. Therefore, the ASA held that the ad breached rules 16.1, and 16.3.12

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the first installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Webinar Series, our team will focus on the new Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) proposed rule banning the use of non-competes with employees and workers. If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2023

As such, it is no surprise that the topic is also mentioned in IFPI’s annual Global Music Report , which discusses the state of the global music industry. Still others enable fans to engage with artists in new ways and some aid in the creative process,” IFPI writes.

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The IPKat

MARCH 9, 2023

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko analysed a new referral to the CJEU concerning communication to the public in hotel rooms (case C-723/22). The case deals with the topic of whether the registration of slogans is allowed by EU trade mark law. Another week has come to an end but it's not too late to catch up with the latest IPKat posts.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Online safety is one of the headline items covered by the new legislation, and it will be overseen by the newly-established Media Commission (Coimisiún na Meán). The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 was signed into law on Saturday, 10 December 2022.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

Under the current rules, gambling ads are prohibited only if they appeal ‘ particularly’ to under-18s, which CAP considers means if an ad is likely to appeal more to under-18s than to adults. In April, CAP announced a tightening of these rules , which will come into effect on 1 October 2022. We discuss these amended rules below.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Advertising Standards Authority (“ ASA ”) has issued its first ruling under the new rules that prohibit gambling ads with “ strong appeal ” to under-18s, providing a useful example as to how the new rules will be applied. Therefore, the ASA held that the ad breached rules 16.1,

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Topics ranged from the trends being seen in online fashion commerce post-pandemic, to counterfeiting issues and how to deal with them, through to the legal changes and updates coming up that will impact both marketplaces and the brands that use them. The panel also discussed the incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its expected impact.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A new breed of highly-commercialized pirate entities, many of which seem to love money more than manga, only add to what is already a complex problem. And when Japanese rightsholders seek to mitigate infringement in overseas legal processes, new challenges appear around every corner. Publishers Seek Help From U.S. One of Yahoo!

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

AJ Press operates Punchbowl News, a subscription-based online news publication that covers topics in American government and politics. It has been using the PUNCHBOWL mark since 2006 and has federal trademark registrations covering the mark. AJ Press was founded by two journalists who used to write for Politico.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 29, 2022

The surprise portion of the meeting was brought to you by the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), which is a broad rule that regulates what telemarketers can and cannot do with respect to contacting consumers and also sets payment restrictions for the sale of goods and services made through telemarketing calls.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Thankfully, protecting ourselves online has been made easier than ever with the adoption of new technologies to authenticate our identities and growing research into how to leverage the tools available to us.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

On December 13, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued its final rule entitled “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing” and known as “HTI-1” (Final Rule).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The FTC has previously issued guidance and reports on these topics and brought enforcement actions against companies that misused or misrepresented their AI capabilities. The CPPA is a new agency created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed by voters in November 2020, and will take effect on January 1, 2023.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

It is said that the Japanese government is considering whether to issue new copyright rules to regulate the disputes between the cosplayers and Ip owners as there are unclear and insufficient regulations to protect both. The post New cosplay copyright rules are being considered by Japan appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

It is said that the Japanese government is considering whether to issue new copyright rules to regulate the disputes between the cosplayers and Ip owners as there are unclear and insufficient regulations to protect both. The post New cosplay copyright rules are being considered by Japan appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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