IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This week in Washington IP news, the House of Representatives will host committee hearings discussing several draft pieces of legislation that would update the 21st Century Cures Act as well as reduce immunity to liability for major tech firms currently enjoyed under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Milligan recently served on the WG12 Steering Committee and served as a Senior Editor of the Employee Life Cycle drafting committee. Weibust co-leads the Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Disputes drafting committee. Weibust will be speaking on a panel entitled “Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Disputes.”.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a Request for Comments (RFC) on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) system accountability measures and policies to advance its efforts to ensure AI systems work as claimed and without causing harm.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the coming weeks, we will dive deeper into critical topics covered by the new EO. Executive order on AI: Background and policy The Biden administration issued its Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence on Oct. OMB is accepting public comments on this draft document until Dec.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. In 2008, L&Es were established as a standalone agenda item of the SCCR. This is the first of a series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

Google’s document retention policy required individual employees to identify internal chat conversations responsive to a litigation hold. The court found this policy to be in violation of Google’s duty to preserve electronically-stored information under the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

According to the group, ICANN’s policy that requires privacy and proxy services to disclose registrant data has been fully approved. “In addition, ICANN has failed to adopt meaningful solutions to improve the accuracy of registrant information, despite discussions on this topic for the last several years,” the RIAA adds. .

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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.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Milligan recently served on the WG12 Steering Committee and served as a Senior Editor of the Employee Life Cycle drafting committee. Weibust co-leads the Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Disputes drafting committee. Weibust will be speaking on a panel entitled “Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Disputes.”

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] As another example of the significance of non-appellate law, Google’s trademark policy is the de facto trademark law of online keyword advertising. Second, the SAD Scheme is swallowing up the rest of trademark law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. The bigger problem I see in this policy-making exercise is transparency and inclusivity of the process itself. However, being engaged in litigation cannot, by itself, be sufficient selection criteria for participation in such an important policy-making task.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The draft program was intended to prompt the Committee – which has been analyzing copyright exceptions for public interest activities for nearly 15 years – to finally engage in more substantial discussions on these agenda items. . The current text, less ambitious than earlier drafts (e.g.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Later, when the first draft was released, it was called the National Innovation Act (NIA), 2008. Said to have been inspired by the American COMPETES Act, 2007, the draft Act was to “facilitate public, private or public-private partnership initiatives for building an Innovation support system to encourage Innovation ….”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, Creative Commons announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem from a global perspective: (1) artificial intelligence and open content; (2) platform liability; (3) copyright exceptions and limitations; and (4) the ethics of open sharing.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. Bard produced the following output, after several drafts, which we were able to access.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. ” Bard produced the following output, after several drafts, which we were able to access.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First up was the now-traditional EU and US Case Law Update presented by Jan Bernd Nordemann ( Nordemann ) and Vanessa Bailey ( Head of Patent Policy, Amazon ) that took the early morning attendees on a roller coaster ride of recent American and European trade mark, design, copyright and patent case-law. Quentin Tarantino et al.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI is already impacting the document review and production process, legal research, and the drafting of court submissions. 6] UK Government Policy Paper, AI regulation: a pro-innovation approach (29 March 2023), [link]. [7] The rapid development of AI is introducing new opportunities and challenges to dispute resolution. 23 and 24. [4]

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Patently-O

MAY 23, 2022

This volume promises to promote the advantages of nuanced patent case management on a global scale, enhance the capacity of litigators and in-house counsel to assess international patent litigation, and harmonize patent systems and policies. SELECTED TOPICS. The draft of the U.S. This draft is undergoing review.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

CREATe , within the AHRC Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) , launched the 21 for 2021 project in May 2021. 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.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

NEWS Copyright Office and USPTO Announce NFT Study and Roundtables The United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), at the request of Congress, are conducting a joint study of intellectual property law and policy issues arising from the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Topical Highlight. Second, he notes the lack of extensive stakeholder consultation while drafting the Report. CCG works with information law and policy and aims to contribute to improved governance and policy-making. A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The press release noted that the Office “will strengthen the FTC’s ability to keep pace with technological challenges in the digital marketplace by supporting the agency’s law enforcement and policy work.” ” Any details about the Office – size and budget – were left to our creative imaginations.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

Moreover, it could act as a useful tool to mix technology and policy, especially given its eventual accessibility and inclusivity. Lastly, the UK is drafting specific provisions towards the author of the generated work, even though at the moment it only covers the human input in the machine, similarly to the US.

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

Today, on World IP Day, this post shares the often-overlooked personal journeys of invention that patent professionals play a crucial role in, by encouraging idea submission, collaborating with engineers and innovators, managing outside counsel, and in patent drafting, prosecuting claims, patent examining, and studying and teaching patenting.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

This fellowship is awarded to a PhD candidate in an Indian University, whose doctoral studies are on IP and/or innovation policy, with a focus on public interest, transparency and accountability, or socially beneficial legal and policy levers. And the first ever receipient of the fellowship is Ms. Malobika Sen!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

The Bill Is Terrible Policy. It’s also unclear if a service could thread content by topic, or if topical organization also would be an “algorithm.” The bill is poorly conceived and poorly drafted. LGBTQ kids trying to form communities) and whistleblowing. More on the metrics problem in a moment).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 17, 2022

Since the topic requires a full-fledged research paper with detailed arguments, the post only touches upon the constitutional and international law aspects to show that there is a strong logico-legal case worth investigating, for the R2R in India.) . Thanks to Akshat Agrawal for his comments on the draft.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

He awarded interest at the rate agreed between the parties in the draft licence i.e. 4% compounded quarterly. Then it moved on to the inevitable topic of appeal. On the cost, the Judge had no doubt that Lenovo were the overall winner of this trial: see reasons in [60]) with additional adjustments on the costs explained in [66] – [69].

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As many of our readers know one of the most recurrent tax-related topics that come into discussion in the IP field is the so-called Patent Box (sometimes also - more properly - defined as the Innovation Box since it is not all about patents ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, Florida enacted a wide-ranging, complex, poorly drafted, and enthusiastically censorial law, SB7072. Don’t let the legal sophistry distract from the law’s counterproductive and terrible policy consequences. As expected, Florida has appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit. The Florida Appellate Brief.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees. The FTC is exploring whether it has the authority to ban or limit the use of non-competes in the employment setting.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

This is however not guaranteed as it may be that the respective editorial policy imposes strict restrictions on creative freedom even during the discourse planning and the lexicalisaliton. A final draft of the paper can be accessed here. Business perspectives. Media and communications perspective.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Lacking relevant solutions in international treaties and with the general topic still being debated in international fora , the UK is one of few national jurisdictions that have already provided for CGW protection. The CGWs protection provisions have not changed since the CDPA was originally drafted.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees. The FTC is exploring whether it has the authority to ban or limit the use of non-competes in the employment setting.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Prashant’s potent post on this topic titled “ The Uneasy Alliance between Basmati & IP ” discusses the issue since the RiceTec case and the politics around IP protection. Separately, those interested in this topic should check this post called Indian “Bayh Dole” Problems: Some Resource ; particularly check the CIS piece.)

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