IP Watchdog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently released an update to its Orange Book patent and biologic patent study, examining post-grant petitions filed against Orange Book patents and biologic patents between September 16, 2012, and June 30, 2021.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Since 2015, the USPTO has seen a rapid uptick in potentially fraudulent trademark applications, and a previous audit in 2012 found that more than 50% of audited trademark maintenance filings contained goods/services not in use in commerce.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

After being indicted along with the others in 2012, the Estonian was reported as living in the Netherlands. Julius Bencko, Graphic Designer In the United States government’s superseding indictment dated February 16, 2012, Julius Bencko is described as a citizen and resident of Slovakia.

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

Image from here [Long post ahead] In a momentous development, the Bombay High Court made a bunch of important interpretations concerning the rights of the authors of underlying literary and musical works in light of the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012. for the court’s observation that the 2012 amendment is only clarificatory in nature.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2022

Hyatt has been embroiled in litigation with the USPTO for decades and won a previous Supreme Court appeal in 2012. . Supreme Court asking the Justices to weigh in on his challenge of a policy he alleges the USPTO implemented in the 1990s to categorically deny him issuance of any additional patents.

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Welp (as the kids say), it looks like Katherine Trendacosta of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found an old PowerPoint deck from 2012 and used it to write a new post ominously titled Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The service was founded in 2005 and acquired by Cyando AG in 2012. Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the file hosting service Uploaded has closed its doors, seeking to avoid the copyright issues that impacted similar services.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2022

2012 War on Cyberlockers. Wupload and Fileserve disabled all public sharing functionality in April of 2012. This statement is somewhat ironic, given that the company is targeting ‘ancient’ URLs in its takedown notices. The reported domains include Megaupload, Fileserve, Filesonic, and Wupload.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

During the Cox trial, the music companies presented a hard drive that contained the files, suggesting that those were the original songs that were pirated between 2012 and 2014. The allegedly infringing files were central to prove direct copyright infringement. Vacate the $1 Billion Verdict.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 30, 2023

Hyundai Motor America, 2012 WL 1022247 (S.D.N.Y., March 22, 2012) and covered. In 2010 I wrote this post about a now-notorious case, eventually ensconced as Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. The post Trademark parodies and iconic marks: can foul become fair? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2012, Prime Minister Victor Ponta and several of his ministers faced allegations that they had committed plagiarism in their academic work. However, it is far from the only blow that’s happened this year. Romania’s Ongoing Battles. Romania’s high-profile battles with plagiarism are not new.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2022

1289 (2012). Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Senate IP Subcommittee, released the first draft of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022, which if enacted would, at a minimum, overrule the Supreme Court’s decisions in Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.,

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Patently-O

MARCH 17, 2022

Prior reports were issued in 2012 and 2016. by Dennis Crouch. The USPTO Chief Economist Andrew Toole and his team have just released a new report on Intellectual Property and the U.S. IP-intensive industries account for 41% of domestic economic activity and about 44% of US jobs.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Specifically, Cox alleges the metadata on the evidence indicates that they are files from 2016 though the case only deals with 2012-2014. However, Cox is appealing that ruling to the Fourth Circuit and is claiming that the labels either withheld or manipulated the evidence against them.

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Intellectual Property Plagiarism Licensing Reporting 190

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The complaint alleged that Scientific Games, through its acquired entity, SHFL Entertainment, brought patent infringement litigation in 2009 and 2012 based on fraudulently obtained patents for automatic card shufflers used in licensed casinos. The plaintiffs had sued Scientific Games Corp.

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 30, 2024

When the internet industry killed the antipiracy bills SOPA and PIPA in January 2012, I was a newbie blogger but guessed at the time that those parties had totally blown their wad on […] The post Site-blocking: can the U.S. Will things be different this time? finally get it done? appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of several design patents, interest in design patents grew exponentially. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2012, Amazon had a major scandal as fake authors were exploiting their Direct Publishing platform to publish plagiarized erotica. Long-time readers of this site will have undoubtedly heard this story many times before. Back in 2009, Amazon launched a Kindle service for blogs that made it easy for anyone to sell any blog’s content. .

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SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

crores for CSIR (2012-22); Rs. of Ayush (2012-22); Rs 10,209.2 crores for ICMR (2012-21); Rs. 689 crores for TDB (2012-22); Rs. 7,295 crores for SERB (2012-22); Rs. of Health Research (2012-22); Rs. 17,000 crores for the Dept.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2022

None of the following works supported the access inference: Work #3: posted in 2012 to Facebook and got 10 likes, 2 comments, and 2 shares. Work #4: posted in 2012 to Instagram and got 92 likes and 11 comments. Work #8: posted to Facebook in 2012 and got 13 likes, 1 share, and 9 comments.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

She released a new version of her 2008 album Fearless in April, and has planned to release a re-recorded version of her 2012 album Red in November. Since then, Swift has been re-recording and re-releasing her previous content. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

66 (2012), and Alice Corp. by Dennis Crouch As its name suggests, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is designed to substantially overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208 (2014).

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Originally posted 2012-03-30 14:37:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) 08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere.

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Patently-O

JULY 2, 2021

2012) (holding that prophetic examples in the prior art are still presumed to be enabling). = = = =. The patent applicant argued that the prior art examples should be disregarded as merely a prophetic example. The PTAB rejected the call and instead presumed that the prior art teachings were enabling. See In re Antor Media Corp., 3d 1282 (Fed.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2024

In 2012, Google expanded its transparency report with a new section dedicated to DMCA takedown requests. Google Search Takedown Notices (2012-2024) Will it Last? For the first time, outsiders were able to see which URLs were being targeted by copyright holders and in what quantity.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

To rectify such changes, the 2012 Amendment was made by Parliament to the Copyright Act, largely achieved by lobbyists made up of composers and lyricists. These efforts resulted in the recognition of their right to equitable sharing in the royalties, The Bombay High Court also, in Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. Rajasthan Patrika Pvt.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

There is no date of introduction or revision on the Design Manual but considering that it was introduced by the then Controller General P H Kurien, who served on this position till 2012, it is safe to assume that the Manual was introduced before 2012. Lastly, the GI Manual, was last updated in 2011.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Although third-party submissions were permitted prior to the AIA, the AIA expanded the process substantially – although only with regard to applications filed after Sept 2012. The submissions also require a fee of $180 for every 10 documents submitted ($90 for small entity).

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of several design patents, interest in design patents grew exponentially. That trend has continued in 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2022

They allege that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean infringed their 2012 song entitled Krazy when creating Go Crazy for Big Sean’s 2020 debut album. First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Megan Thee Stallion and Big Sean are facing a lawsuit over their 2020 collaboration Go Crazy.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Before that, sitting Prime Minister Victor Ponta faced similar allegations in 2012. By 2012, that number had risen to 6,259. Before that, in 2017, Mihai Tudose was named Prime Minster of the country though he faced prior allegations of plagiarism in his 2010 dissertation. All three men lost or surrendered their degrees over the matter.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2024

The New Judicial Interpretation replaces its May 2012 predecessor to align with 2022 amendments to China's Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") and seeks to reconcile administrative and judicial enforcement of the AML. By: Jones Day

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 30, 2024

Founded in 2012, MagnetDL has amassed a substantial user base by offering a clear and easy-to-use torrent search portal. As its name suggests, the site relies on magnet links instead of regular torrent files, and the site is particularly popular in the United States.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2024

To put it short, Section 31D, inserted after the 2012 amendment , creates a statutory licensing regime which allows a Broadcaster to communicate a literary or musical work and sound recording, either by way of public performance or broadcast, after paying royalties to the Copyright owner (rates to be fixed by Commercial Court).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

12-cv-1417, 2012 WL 6150859, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. 11, 2012) quoted in Electra v. Of course the misappropriation of a completely anonymous face could not form the basis for a false endorsement claim, because consumers would not infer that an unknown model was ‘endorsing’ a product as opposed to lending her image to a company for a fee.

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The IPKat

MARCH 8, 2023

In December 2012, the plaintiff filed by fax an infringement action with the District Court of Nuremberg-Fürth. Neither the warning letter nor the complaints filed in December 2012 and December 2013 were sufficient to interrupt the five-year period of acquiescence. The plaintiff did not respond.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2021

The empirical analysis presented in Chapter 4 discusses the evolution of the EU GI regime after Regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. Although it is not explicitly mentioned in Regulation 1151/2012, a product’s history (e.g.,

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