IP Watchdog
MARCH 18, 2025
IPWatchdog has learned that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has decided to end all current appointments to both the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC), effective immediately. Secretary Lutnick is expected to appoint new members to both public advisory committees (PAC) and move forward with public meetings for both committees in May 2025, as originally scheduled.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 20, 2025
Fans are claiming that artwork from the game Marvel Snap plagiarized fan creations. How serious are the allegations and do they matter? The post Marvel Snap Accused of Plagiarizing Fan Art appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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Plagiarism Today
MARCH 18, 2025
Users report that Google's new AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is exceptionally good at removing watermarks. Here's why it isn't a major shift. The post Why AI Watermark Removal is Not a Game Changer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IIPRD
MARCH 13, 2025
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are like different keys for different locks. Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR.
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
TorrentFreak
MARCH 13, 2025
When peer-to-peer file-sharing was in its heyday, communities were the glue that held everything together, but not in the global sense evident today. File-sharing communities typically gathered on various forums. Operating in isolation, most embraced a central theme – file-sharing – everything else was a footnote. Embracing anyone and welcoming any topic of conversation, fancy high-tech social media platforms made short work of file-sharing communities.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been touted as the answer to a multitude of business challenges. However, AI along with machine learning and large language models (LLMs) is still fraught with technical and regulatory challenges as the technology evolves. Threat actors use AI to create deepfake videos, text, and audio; craft convincing phishing emails; bypass security measures; and automate malicious activities prompting national and international security concerns.
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IPilogue
MARCH 16, 2025
By 'Damola Adediji Policy researchers and government studies worldwide have continued to express deep concerns surrounding Big Tech firms and their extensive collection of personal digital data, which affects how markets operate and compete. In a paper I coauthored with Professor Kean Birch of York University, we dove into these policy materials, using Nvivo to explore recurring themes in across various regions.
The IPKat
MARCH 19, 2025
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Adanna Onah on a recent UK Court of Appeal decision concerning patent amendments and the limits of post-grant claim scope adjustments. Heres what Adanna writes: The Court of Appeals decision in Ensygnia IP Ltd v Shell UK Oil Products Ltd & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1490 spelled bad news for Ensygnia, whose patent on QR code-based authentication and payment systems was ruled invalid on multiple grounds.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 14, 2025
Intellectual property (IP) is often misunderstood, leading to costly mistakes for businesses and individuals alike. Many assume that once they create something, they automatically own the rights everywhere, or that patents and trademarks offer blanket protection. In reality, IP is a complex legal landscape governed by factors like value, ownership, jurisdiction and timing.
SpicyIP
MARCH 14, 2025
Who doesnt love burgers? While burgers in the trademark case Burger King Co. v Anahita & Shapoor Irani excite us for the spicy IP discussions involved, courts in India also seem to express their love for whoppers by taking more than 14 years to settle the dispute. Last week, the Supreme Court bench comprising Honble Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma stayed an order of the Bombay High Court restraining a Pune-based eatery named Burger King (petitioner) from using its tradename, on a suit f
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IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 19, 2025
INTRODUCTION OF THE DISPUTE The ongoing dispute between the Raanjhanaa Star, Dhanush, and ‘Lady Superstar’ Nayanthara started when Dhanush filed a ten-crore lawsuit against the actress, her husband, Vignesh Shivan, and their production company, “Rowdy Pictures Private Limited” accusing them of using unauthorized 3-second BTS footage from the 2015 film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan in Nayanthara’s Documentary, “Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale” which was released on
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 17, 2025
Erasmus University has ruled that Vicky Maeijer's thesis is invalid. The Dutch state secretary now faces the loss of her degree. The post Univesity Invalidates Thesis of Dutch Politician appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Copyright Lately
MARCH 16, 2025
A Los Angeles jury needed less than three hours to clear Disneys Buena Vista unit of copyright infringementso why did it take five years and millions in legal fees to get there? With another no-access verdict in the books, its time for a more efficient approach. Last week, a Los Angeles jury deliberated for just a little longer than Moana ‘s runtime before deciding that Disneys blockbuster animated film didnt infringe animator Buck Woodalls unproduced project, Bucky the Surfer Boy.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 19, 2025
Earlier this year, the U.S. Copyright Office released part two of its artificial intelligence (AI) report addressing the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. This new report is largely consistent with the Copyright Offices earlier registration decisions and guidance. The central question the Copyright Office poses regarding the protectability of AI outputs remains whether the AI tool was used merely as an assisting instrument or whether the traditional elements of authorship.
SpicyIP
MARCH 16, 2025
Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIPs Weekly Review! A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. This and much more in this weeks SpicyIP Weekly Review.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 18, 2025
In the European IP system, and thus also in the European patent system, the concept of injunction is central. This also applies to the Unified Patent Court (UPC); here, there are even two ways to obtain an injunction, one with a normal regular action on the merits and one by means of a preliminary injunction. Through the end of February 2025, 56 applications for preliminary injunctions were filed with the UPC compared to 270 actions on the merits.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 13, 2025
AI search is a major trend in the space. However, a new study claims that AI search bots fail at citation and honoring publishers' wishes. The post AI Search Fails at Citation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The Illusion of More
MARCH 19, 2025
In a decision that is unsurprising but important, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that authors, as defined in U.S. Copyright Act, are human beings and not machines that can autonomously generate works. I say unsurprising because nothing in history or statute should have led the court to any other conclusion, and indeed the […] The post DC Circuit Affirms Human Authorship Required for Copyright appeared first on The Illusion of More.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 19, 2025
Does copyright law require that a human create a work? Yesterday the D.C. Circuit in Thaler v. Perlmutter held that it does and that a machine (such as a computer operating a generative AI program) cannot be designated as the author of the work. However, the D.C. Circuit refrained from saying more for now, leaving other questions about the use of AI when creating works for another day.
Selvam & Selvam Blog
MARCH 19, 2025
Introduction: The Supreme Court recently upheld the Bombay High Court’s decision in the case of Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra and Anr. v. Kshipra Kamlesh Uke & Ors. , involving compensation for intellectual property loss under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , 1989, (the Act) and its associated Rules of 1995 (the Rules).
Patent Trademark Blog
MARCH 13, 2025
How long does it take to get a design patent? On average, a design patent application can take about 16 months for the initial examination. Strip out the fast-tracked design applications from the equation, and the average wait time for non-expedited design applications would certainly be longer. In fact, we have seen design patent applications take two to three years for the initial review by the examiner.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 20, 2025
Miley Cyrus must face Flowers' lawsuit, Limp Bizkit's lawsuit against UMG survives, and Mariah Carey wins dismissal of "Christmas" lawsuit. The post 3 Count: Christmas Blues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The IPKat
MARCH 13, 2025
The recent decision in Abbott v Sibio Technology ( UPC_CoA_382/2024 ) offers valuable insights into the UPC's approach to the interpretation of functional claim language and the ever-contentious topic of added matter. On both issues, the UPC broadly appears to have followed the EPO approach. However, the lack of any explicit indication from the Court of Appeal that it was following EPO case law, particularly on the issue of added matter, raises the question of whether there was nonetheless some
JD Supra Law
MARCH 18, 2025
A recent precedential decision enlarges the protection for foreign trademark owners. Plumrose Holding Ltd. v. USA Ham LLC, Opposition No. 91272970 (January 17, 2025). The decision is a nod to foreign trademark owners to control their reputation and consider the "misrepresentation of source" as a claim in an opposition or cancellation proceeding when a defendant is deliberately copying and intentionally misleading consumers.
43(B)log
MARCH 19, 2025
Zehra Jafri, One Sari, Three Different Ways to Drape It: Trademarks, Religion, Language, and Morality in Post-Colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh , 40 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 127 (2023) Abstract: Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh were all established on a sense of wanting to be a majority in a nation where they were once othered, be it by the British, Hindu majority, or Urdu-speaking majority.
Patent Trademark Blog
MARCH 18, 2025
What are the right patents for Amazon sellers? Amazon sellers face a unique challenge in stopping competitors from selling copycat products. Traditional patents that might work in the courts may not be the best type of IP protection for online sales on the e-commerce platform. Since Amazon uses their own legal system for adjudicating patent disputes , sellers need to know how to play the IP game Amazon’s way.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 19, 2025
Last year, LaVar Charleston was named in two plagiarism stories. He's since been removed from his post, but not due to academic integrity. The post University of Wisconsin-Madison Removes LaVar Charleston from DEI Position appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 13, 2025
The Federal Circuit says that you must disclose and describe the prior art, or your Jepson claim is invalid. Obviously, this means that pretty much every Jepson claim in existence is now invalid. It also ensures that Jepson claims will never be used again. It is also truly a mystery why the Patent Office would ever defend this PTAB decision and advocate in favor of requiring the prior art to be disclosed, discussed and supported.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 13, 2025
There is no law or regulation instructing contractors how to mark commercial technical data delivered to the Department of Defense (DoD). Yet the DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) is quite clear that contractors and their suppliers must mark such data to protect them; if unmarked, the U.S. government and third parties may use and disclose data without restriction, and DoD contracts include a mandatory release of liability for such disclosure.
Corsearch
MARCH 19, 2025
With Gen Zs growing influence on global eCommerce, their attitudes toward counterfeiting present both a challenge and an opportunity for brands. Many younger consumers actively seek out fake goods, viewing them as affordable alternatives while remaining unaware of the broader societal harms. This blog explores how brands, including Tommy Hilfiger , are adapting to Gen Zs online behaviors, educating them about the real-world consequences of counterfeiting, and evolving their strategies to stay re
Intepat
MARCH 13, 2025
INTRODUCTION Architecture and architectural works have immense significance visually and culturally. They are created by a combination of creativity, technical skill and aesthetic qualities. Architectural designs came to be recognised as a form of intellectual property capable of protection after the 1908 Amendment to the Berne Convention, 1886. This inclusion was crucial in recognising and protecting the rights of architects over their architectural designs and works.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 19, 2025
DC Circuit rules AI art doesn't qualify for copyright protection, News Corp sued by Brave Software and Soulja Boy case dismissed. The post 3 Count: Cowardly Lion appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 19, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits precedential decision in Kroy IP Holdings LLC v. Groupon Inc. (Kroy IP) has significant strategic implications for patent litigation and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The holding, facts, and procedural aspects of Kroy IP are well covered here. This article focuses on how the decision affects patent litigation and IPR strategies for both patent owners and IPR petitioners.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 19, 2025
On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit. In Buck G. Woodall v. The Walt Disney Co., et al., screenwriter and animator Buck Woodall claimed that Disney's 2016 blockbuster animated film "Moana" infringed on his 2011 screenplay "Bucky the Wave Warrior" (Bucky). Woodall alleged that he invested over 15 years and $500,000 developing the project, which included unique illustrations and character developments, a full.
The TTABlog
MARCH 19, 2025
The Board affirmed this bifusal of the proposed mark WYSE LONDON for various clothing items, including "hats," and for retail store services [LONDON disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark WYSE (in slightly stylized form) (Supplemental Register] for clothing-related goods, including zippers, buckles, and "hat ornaments for hats," and further deeming the mark to be primarily merely a surname under Section 2(e)(4).
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