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Best of 2011: Ninth Circuit. Keywords. Trademarks. Hike!

Likelihood of Confusion

First posted on March 11, 2011. The post Best of 2011: Ninth Circuit. Here’s a roundup of what other people are saying about the decision in Network Automation, Inc. Advanced System Concepts, Inc. involving keyword advertising. Trademarks. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Challenges in Creating Garbage Horror : Back in October 2011, my partner and I were running a small YouTube channel named Garbage Horror, where we reviewed various low-budget horror movies. However, even back then, there were significant copyright challenges in doing so.

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Derrick Brent to Be Sworn in as Next USPTO Deputy Director

IP Watchdog

He also served for six years as Chief Counsel to Senator Barbara Boxer and was known as “a respected authority on 2011’s America Invents Act,” according to the USPTO’s release. He consulted for Cut Golf, an early-stage golf equipment and apparel company.

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Do trade secrets matter? It is not at all clear if you ask the stock market

The IPKat

Only two event studies seem to have examined trade secret cases ( Carr and Gorman, 2011 and Gupta, 2016.). Take the 2011 case of AMSC and Sinovel. In early 2011, Sinovel stopping accepting shipments from AMSC. In the middle (blue cross) is the date of the announcement of the theft, September 14, 2011.

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Some Final Thoughts on the Jumi Bello Case

Plagiarism Today

However, that essay contained parts that were plagiarized (albeit with heavy rewriting) from a 2011 post on this site. It was a couple of paragraphs rewritten from a 2011 post. For those who missed it, author Jumi Bello published an essay with the goal of explaining why her upcoming book was cancelled for plagiarism.

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Who appeals (and wins) patent cases?

Patently-O

Some takeaways: For patent infringement cases filed between 2011 and 2016, about 6% have at least one appeal, although this rate has been declining from 7.8% of cases filed in 2011 to 4.4% of cases filed in 2016. Figure 2 from Who Appeals Patent Cases.

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The America Invents Act, Ten Years After Enactment - Part 1: “First Inventor to File”

JD Supra Law

Ten years ago, on September 16, 2011, the America Invents Act (“AIA”) became law. This article is the second in a multi-part series of articles on the significant changes introduced by the AIA and the results of those changes. By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

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