IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2024

Through these platforms, individuals can access content that was previously inaccessible and engage in discussions on topics that were once considered sensitive or controversial. Defamation is a reasonably loose term that states, how someone can protect their reputation from false information that becomes public discourse.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 30, 2023

At least in the early days, we tried to encourage those making the claims to back them up. After describing himself as part of the Napster generation (he would’ve been around 14 at the time) he implies that he may have first hand experience of the topic in hand. Like privacy or data collection laws.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trade Secret Misappropriation: Explore significant recent decisions, covering critical aspects such as damages, fees, misappropriation, and pleading standards, including state and Defend Trade Secrets Act decisions. To access, click here. This program is accredited for CLE in CA, IL, and NY.

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2021

Shawn Dhue is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . The Winkler v Hendley , 2021 FC 498 (“ Winkler ”) decision evokes the image at the beginning of a movie that states “Based on a true story….” Directors tend to state this at the beginning of a film to authenticate it.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The patent ( EP (UK) 1613296 ) claimed safinamide in combination with levodopa for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The basic patent ( EP1613296 B1 ) claimed safinamide in combination with levodopa for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease (Swiss-style claim).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Legal Background: Description amendments There has been speculation that the latest version of the Guidelines would ameliorate the onerous requirements introduced into the 2021 Guidelines on amending of the description in line with the claims. emphasis added). emphasis added). Both of these approaches carry risks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

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). ML Genius v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2022

VPNs have recently become a sensitive topic in United States mainstream media. anti-abortion laws have increased the interest in privacy services as potential criminal penalties come into play. These are serious problems that have raised new concerns in response to the anti-abortion laws. From the letter.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Trade Secret Misappropriation: Explore significant recent decisions, covering critical aspects such as damages, fees, misappropriation, and pleading standards, including state and Defend Trade Secrets Act decisions. To access, click here. This program is accredited for CLE in CA, IL, and NY.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

Then, Nicolas Binctin's piece, “La lutte contre l'écoblanchiment (greenwashing) - Défis et développements récents” stands as the sole contribution in French, yet it sets itself apart with an in-depth examination of the deceptive practice of greenwashing within the scope of unfair competition law. Despite having a solely U.S.-centred

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” The Supreme Court further recognized that “laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas” are not patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C.

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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. Among other problems, the law dictates how “social media platforms” can make their editorial decisions. This is why I get so angry about anyone supporting these laws. The Florida Appellate Brief.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

It’s no secret that the Motion Picture Association (MPA) views site-blocking measures in the United States as the logical next step in their perpetual campaign against piracy. Congress members, the plan is to propose judicial site-blocking legislation that will see local ISPs compelled by law to prevent consumer access to pirate sites.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

To provide security and prevent this, Indian law has established protection for marks and symbols with religious connotations; hence, if a mark includes anything that might offend a certain class of people or segment of the public due to their religious sensibilities, protection may be denied to such a mark [4].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The French subsidiary stressed that a clause was indeed inserted into their agreement stating that the studio is responsible for providing original artistic designs, and that in the case of quoting or copying, it must obtain official legal approval from the original artists (See here ). Commentary & Conclusion Kurasov v.

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The IPKat

APRIL 20, 2022

A Kat in desperate need of a coffee GuestKat Gabriele Girardello shared with us the trends and topics covered at the “Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation” conference in Amsterdam, which he attended on 14-16 March 2022. The decision was reported and commented on by our GuestKat Rose Hughes.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection. Despite the clarity offered by the law in the US, there is a certain degree of ambiguity as there are many hashtags that have received Trademark Protection while some still haven’t.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. copyright law. law, and key witnesses to the case reside in the U.K.

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The IPKat

MARCH 14, 2022

Events IFIM - IP and Regulatory Rights in the Age of Personalized Medicine - 15 March 2022 The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law of Stockholm University (IFIM) will hold the webinar "IP and Regulatory Rights in the Age of Personalized Medicine" tomorrow (15 March 2022, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm (CET)).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

The RIAA cited the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, claiming that the tool could be used to download their artists’ musical works from YouTube, in breach of copyright. In October 2020, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. Threats Were Also Sent to Others. Now Comes a Lawsuit.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The French subsidiary stressed that a clause was indeed inserted into their agreement stating that the studio is responsible for providing original artistic designs, and that in the case of quoting or copying, it must obtain official legal approval from the original artists (See here ). Commentary & Conclusion Wali v.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

As stated, there are also many unsuccessful NFTs that never sold, including some of those mentioned above minted by Kings of Leon. NFTs are legal property… A recent case in the High Court recognised NFTs as property under the law of England and Wales. In a landmark ruling , the High Court recognised NFTs as legal property.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Its previous right-of-publicity laws were an extension of its statutory right of privacy which provided that “any person whose name [or likeness] is used within [New York] for advertising [or trade] purposes without. Marilyn Monroe LLC subsequently ruled that the Monroe Estate did not have a valid right of publicity claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

I’m going to focus on the 512(f) claim. This ruling covers two key topics related to 512. Additionally, App Star argues that the applications are denied copyright protection and that “Bar-Z knew or should have known that the design elements cited in the DMCA Notification” are not subject to protection under copyright law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

challenged claims by “environmental alarmists.” Specifically, with respect to the Fire Video, he claims that Facebook imputed a fact statement to the video that he didn’t make. Specifically, with respect to the Fire Video, he claims that Facebook imputed a fact statement to the video that he didn’t make.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2022

Seyfarth attorneys Michael Wexler, Robert Milligan, and James Yu will address the following topics: Significant new legislation on non-compete and other restrictive covenants and related court decisions that may impact their enforcement. The viability of computer fraud claims after the Supreme Court’s decision in Van Buren v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The question in that case was whether the creator of an expressive work, a work that enjoys First Amendment protection, could be liable under the Lanham Act and state right of publicity laws for using a celebrity’s name in the title of that expressive work. Vip Products. One such case is 20th Century Fox Television v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the emergency application to restore the injunction against HB 20, Texas’ social media censorship law. I could see proceduralists disgusted by the Fifth Circuit’s disregard of the rule of law, even if they ultimately agree with the Fifth Circuit on the merits. ” I agree.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On Friday evening, after 38 hours of negotiations, representatives of the European Parliament, EU member states and the European Commission reached a provisional agreement on the proposed AI Act. A newly introduced article on “Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models” includes two distinct requirements related to copyright.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

First published by national broadcaster KBS, the report claimed that after five years of tracking, major webtoon publisher Kakao Entertainment had “identified the operator of ‘M’, the world’s largest illegal comics and webtoon distribution site.” ” Big (Conflicting) Claims This claim piqued our interest.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

The topic of our publication is the museum. Reproducing the image without the copyright owner's permission is an infringement unless you can claim fair use. If the museum is new (built after 1990), copyright law protects the building's design. The authors found the image on the web. on the web. If you go with the photo.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As the guidelines state, “USPTO personnel continue to ground obviousness determinations in the objective inquiries announced in Graham.” Thus, the updated guidance seeks to consolidate and synthesize that body of appellate case law for examiners. John Deere Co., ” Quoting KSR.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Strangely, the value of ‘likes’ and ‘views’ is comprehensively understood when the topic of conversation isn’t centered on ripping music from YouTube. Those who read the second, take another 20 because that claim seems fairly important and we may have to come back to it. copyright law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, this comfortable assumption was recently put to the test in T 471/20 , in which the Board of Appeal considered whether an amendment summarising the prior art could be considered to change the scope of the claim, add matter and thereby invalidate the patent. a burger patty production line). The patent was thus revoked in its entirety.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jordan is a third-year law student at the University of Missouri and a registered patent agent. Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. Allgenesis petitioned for IPR of all eleven claims of the ’820 patent. Guest Post by Jordan Duenckel.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2024

Firstly , it connects the issue to the economic and tourism activities in the state. Relevantly, it states that “Insistence upon such permissions/NOCs from copyright societies is in violation of section 52(1)(za) of Copyright Act 1957 and is adversely affecting not only the citizens but also the economic/tourism activities in the State.”

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2023

Seyfarth attorneys, Michael Wexler, Robert Milligan, and Joshua Salinas will address the following topics: . The Defend Trade Secrets Act and tips for navigating the law. The viability of computer fraud claims in light of recent Supreme Court decisions. Plus, they will provide predictions for what to expect in 2023.

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