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Caddo v. Siemens: Microsoft Settlement Covers Downstream Use and No Jurisdiction Over Foreign Parent

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch A short non-precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit provides guidance on two key issues: (1) downstream non-party reliance upon settlement agreements; and (2) personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations. Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos. 2022-1623, -1624 (Fed. 22, 2023). 3d 809 (7th Cir.

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Court Rejects Law Firm’s Bid to Directly Obtain BitTorrent Users’ Identities

TorrentFreak

Hedman Partners are well known for their work in the piracy settlement business in Scandinavia. Citing preliminary decisions of the Supreme Court in KKO 2004:18 and KKO 2018:8 , the Market Court notes that there is no general rule on ‘legal authority’ in the judicial process. Label ApS and Scanbox Entertainment A/S.

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UKIPO tells TfL to mind GAP in partial trade mark refusal for bad faith

The IPKat

For its opposition grounds based on sections 3(6) and 5(4)(b) TMA, GAP relied on a confidential settlement agreement (the Agreement) entered into between TfL and GAP in 2004, which GAP alleged would be breached both by the filing of the Application and the use of the Mark.

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A timeline of decisions that have progressed the recognition of Indigenous Rights in Canada

Nelligan Law

1996 2004 Haida Nation v. 2004 2013 Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. 2004 2013 Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. The Court also held that Indigenous title, which is the exclusive right to occupy and use land, is a sub-category of Indigenous rights. British Columbia In Haida Nation v. Canada In Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.

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5th Cir affirms fair use on a motion to dismiss, fee award to D

43(B)log

The fact that he extracted settlements from alleged infringers does not a real market make. Amount/substantiality: Accepting his allegation that the passage was the heart of the work, the court saw no need to separately address his argument that the separate registration meant that the school district copied the “whole” work. NXIVM Corp.

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Naver Webtoon Targets Hundreds of Piracy Sites Ahead of Public Listing

TorrentFreak

Launched by South Korean tech giant Naver Corporation in 2004, Webtoon gained popularity as a hosting platform for a specific type of short-form digital comic, known locally as ‘webtoons’ Almost two decades later, Webtoon Entertainment has over 85 million active users per month across more than 100 countries.

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Kendra Klump Selected as United States Magistrate Judge

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Klump is a 2004 graduate of Georgetown University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and mathematics, with a minor in French. From August 2004 – August 2005, she served as a Brookhaven National Laboratory Fellow with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ms.