Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Defendants argued that the issue of copyright ownership was never actually at issue in Alexander’s summary judgment motion, but last week Judge Yandle amended her previous ruling to “clarify this Court’s finding that, as a matter of law, Alexander owns a valid copyright to the five tattoos at issue in this lawsuit.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Kessler Doctrine : If you want to really dig into this case, please read my article on the topic that I wrote for an Akron Law review IP symposium issue. The invention in Yu was a multi-lens camera deemed abstract by the Federal Circuit. 2022)(forthcoming). ” Full Scope Enablement : Amgen v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Mostly, the judge accepts the R&R with only minor deviations favorable to Craigslist, ending some of the lawsuit and leaving plenty of topics for further proceedings. ” Most of the topics addressed in this ruling will eventually make it to the Ninth Circuit, either in this case or one of the others pending in the court system.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

This blog post summarizes some of the significant decisions grouped by the hot topics below. The Seventh Circuit found that the patent did not disclose the measurements of the component parts, and prospective customers were only allowed to inspect the device under close supervision. In Oakwood Lab’ys LLC v. Thanoo , 999 F.3d

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Texas enacted its own trade secret statute—the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act—in 2013, modeled on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), and amended in 2017 to align more closely to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and controlling case law. View the Recording.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The letter discusses the BPCIA and the Hatch-Waxman Act frameworks (for small molecule drugs) and sets forth several topics for USPTO’s consideration and further discussion: engagement between FDA and USPTO to increase efficiencies, possible misuse of the patent system (e.g., Another bill, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

So Judge Nugent’s opinion begs the following question: should the DTSA be amended to include a requirement that trade secret identification is provided early in a case? Courts of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit and Ninth Circuit recognizing the need for identification and advocates for that amendment.

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