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On Sale Bar – Sales require Consideration, not necessarily Money Payment

Patently-O

On appeal, the Federal Circuit looked to the contract and its own prior precedent to conclude that a purchase agreement is a classic offer to sell. The proposal expressly stated that “ownership and title to the Equipment” would be conveyed. Software License : One question I have in this case involves the onboard software.

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If “Trespass to Chattels” Isn’t Limited to “Chattels,” Anarchy Ensues–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” We need to know more about this license. It seems like this license could be dispositive to the case, but the court doesn’t explore it more. ” Wait, what?

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Induced Infringement and the Section 286 Statute of Limitations

Patently-O

In spite of its ownership of the patents, however, a jury found that a predecessor of BioVeris (IGEN) had exclusively licensed the patents to Meso Scale Diagnostics, and that Roche was liable to Meso for directly infringing one of the patents, and for inducing infringement of two others. Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co. ,

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. It’s sooooooo 2003. Irreparable Harm / Balance of Equities : The court confirms that no viable alternative data sources exist for hiQ.

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IPSC Panel 9 – Crosscutting IP

43(B)log

Was more heavily used 1999-2003. Consider compulsory licensing as a midway point here as well. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention. Vindicates core features of the structure—originality as © requirement—must come from author, not must be novel. Independent creation is likewise justified.

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Not Invincible: A Cautionary Tale for Creators

Copyright Lately

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

For instance, the International Trade Commission already requires some disclosure of complainants that seek its exclusive jurisdiction over nationwide injunctions, both as to NPE status and to licensing and industry activity to establish the statutory domestic industry requirement. 2d 217, 221 (Ohio 2003). 8, 2022). [30]