Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 25, 2025

Originally posted 2013-08-15 15:06:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI’m back.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 10, 2025

In 2013, the United States Supreme Court significantly changed the landscape of patent settlements in the pharmaceutical industry with its FTC v. Actavis, Inc.

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IP Close Up

JUNE 1, 2022

Despite the high economic relevance of innovation and explosive invention growth reflected in the number of patents issued annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Continue reading.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses certain implications of the Laehy-Smith America Invests Act (AIA), namely whether patents with a filing date after March 16, 2013 (pure AIA patents) may be part of an interference proceeding under pre-AIA, 35 U.S.C. §

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Earlier this week, the journal BMC Medicine announced that it will not retract a controversial 2013 paper authored by botanist Steven Newmaster. The paper, originally published in 2013, brought Newmaster to prominence in the field of botany and led to massive amounts of not just academic success, but also entrepreneurial success.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

After Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 came into force, the Merger and Acquisition has experienced a major changes. 1] The Companies Act, 2013. [2] 2] [link] [3] The Companies Act, 2013, s.230. 4] The Companies Act, 2013, s.230(1).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 2013, several popular torrent sites added the option to donate via Bitcoin. The $125 from 2013 has grown to more than $50,000 at the time of writing. Between 2013 and 2015, Custos Media Technologies estimated that the torrent site earned a massive 126.64 At the time one bitcoin was worth $125. The RIAA even informed the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2021

March 16, 2013 marked a watershed date in the practice of patent law as the effective date of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). Not surprisingly, there were a number of patent applications filed that bridged the March 16, 2013 AIA effective date.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Parrott created an app named iDiversicons in 2013 that created a series of emoji with various skin tones. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Apple has emerged victorious in a lawsuit filed against them over racially diverse Emoji that were included in various Apple products.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 27, 2025

Originally posted 2013-08-05 13:37:45.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2024

On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB-2013, requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, under certain conditions, to make specific disclosures regarding those models by January 1, 2026.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

First off today, Mark Savage at the BBC reports that Katy Perry has emerged victorious once again in the lawsuit over her 2013 song Dark Horse. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Katy Perry Wins in Dark Horse Copyright Appeal. Originally, a jury sided with Gray and awarded him $2.8 million in damages.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

The case dates back to 2013 when Basil filed a notice of copyright termination on the album and her song. First off today, Pamela Chelin at Variety reports that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a significant victory so singer Toni Basil, granting her sole copyright in her 1981 debut album, which included the hit song Mickey.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

On October 30, 2013, a German company applied to the German Trade Mark Office (DPMA) for a word mark “Black Friday”. On December 20, 2013, the trade mark was registered for a large number of goods and services in classes 9, 35 and 41. However, continued the Federal Patent Court, the wording of Sec.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) on August 27, 2024, a measure aimed at enhancing transparency in AI training and development.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

They include the resurrected Demonoid , EZTV ( first blocked in 2013 ) plus additional sites operating under familiar brands such as Primewire ( 2013 ), Solarmovie ( 2013 ), and Putlocker ( 2016 ).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

The lawsuit is the second the group has filed against Charter, with one being filed in 2019 that looked at Charter’s alleged activities between March 24, 2013 and May 17, 2016.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

UMG has been the distributor for Disney music since 2013. Specifically, the claim deals with the song Are You Ready for the Ride? which users claim is completely different from the song UMG is actually claiming. However, users are still seeking removal of the blocks as the song is not one that can be commercialized by UMG or anyone else.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

Through discovery, Starz learned that these infringements went all the way back to 2013. However, Starz was unaware of the infringements and only learned about them in August 2019.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 2, 2022

As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 25, 2024

Just one year into the AIA, Chief Judge Randall Rader famously referred to the PTAB as a “death squad” at the 2013 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) annual meeting because the invalidation rate was so high.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Originally posted 2013-08-05 13:37:42. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHow much dumb can possibly be fit into a size two? Walter Olson rounds it up: Ralph Lauren lawyers: dont you dare reproduce our skinny-model photo in the course of criticizing our use of skinny models [BoingBoing] With photoshop, evidently, quite a bit!

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 17, 2021

In October of 2013 I blogged here about my participation in a panel on “trademark misuse” at the annual meeting of the AIPLA, where, The post Best of 2014: Nothing but err appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Originally published on February 21, 2014.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Originally posted 2013-03-29 13:18:08. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDespite the impression you might get around here, being a big company doesn’t mean you have to always be wrong — or even always be the pursuer — in an IP dispute.

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The Illusion of More

JUNE 7, 2022

“Defcad stands against artificial scarcity, intellectual property, copyright, patentable objects, and regulation in all its forms.” – Cody Wilson, Promo Video, 2013 – In 2012, when this blog was new, I wrote a short piece about Cody Wilson’s vision to combine Second Amendment maximalism with tech-utopianism to ensure that every citizen has even easier (..)

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

In this post, apart from discussing the background and arguments raised in the case, I will discuss how the court, relying upon the now scrapped draft 2013 guidelines , applied the technical effect test to decide the patentability of the invention. demonstrate technical effect. demonstrate technical effect.

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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

During Thanksgiving break 2013, when this blog was still new, I wrote a post in response to the techno-exceptionalism expressed by then Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and co-author Jared Cohen.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The America Invents Act became law in September 2011, but the first-to-invent provisions only took effect for patent applications filed after March 16, 2013. We apply pre-AIA status so long as every claim within the chain-of-priority has an effective filing date prior to the March 2013 date. AIA § 3(n).

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Originally posted 2013-11-11 10:39:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBusiness method patents! I must get a call about patenting a “business method” once a month. And I’m not even a patent lawyer.

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The Illusion of More

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But in 2013, some anti-copyright ideologues thought it should be a thing, so now it’s a thing. […]. Fair Use Week. Ninth annual. I still don’t know why this doctrine in copyright law should be observed on the calendar, let alone for a whole week carved out of Black History Month. The post Fair Use Week: A Salute (of sorts) to Lenz v.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

s 38-page 2013 dissertation from the National Defense University in Bucharest were plagiarized from outside sources. In January 2022, just months after taking the role of Prime Minister in Romania, Nicolae Ciuc? faced a significant plagiarism scandal. According to reporter Emilia ?ercan ercan (link in Romanian), some 42 pages of Ciuc?’s

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 24, 2021

The case began in 2013, when Flo & Eddie sued Sirius XM Radio, Inc. for playing the Turtles’ iconic pre-1972 recordings, such as “Happy Together” and “Elenore.”

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 19, 2022

Though a relative upstart in this field, being founded in 2013, Copyleaks has been making steady progress both in their product and their business. Earlier today, the Israeli-based plagiarism detection service Copyleaks announced a new $6 million round of funding to help them further develop their product.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Originally posted 2013-01-08 13:57:37. Republished by Blog Post PromoterPresident Obama is suffering from the right-of-publicity blues again. And now maybe we understand why he wants an intellectual property anti-counterfeiting lawyer on the Supreme Court — this could rise to the level of an international incident already, Jack!

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