Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Stec, from testifying as to reasonable royalty damages, where Dr. Stec had relied on a license agreement between third parties, jury verdicts, and settlement agreements. Dr. Stec cited a number of agreements, but the only one he relied on that was not a litigation settlement was between iPIN Debit Network, Inc. iPIN license”).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

But much like George Washington’s army, even though Flo & Eddie lost many individual battles, they ultimately won the war, as their quixotic litigation campaign prompted Congress to grant protection to pre-1972 sound recordings equivalent to that provided to newer sound recordings under federal copyright law.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It decreases the burden of the courts and encourages settlement proceedings among the parties. Traditionally, one key element of mediation is that since the process is voluntary, the parties to the dispute are not obligated to agree to the settlement reached by the mediator. Section 12-A reads as under: 12-A.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 30, 2024

On August 16, the two companies jointly requested dismissal of the 2015 lawsuit, which alleged that Johns Manville’s EasyFit and Flex-Glass insulation products infringed on seven Knauf patents. Judge Pratt argued that vacating prior rulings would not benefit the public and could encourage prolonged litigation. She cited the U.S.

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Bio Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

history was approved and launched in 2015. Patent litigations between biosimilar competitors of the same biologic medicine. We are likely to continue to see patent infringement litigation between biosimilar competitors in the years ahead as biosimilar makers continue to procure and enforce patents. Patent Nos.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Commercial Courts Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) was enacted in 2015 to establish a definite procedural framework for dealing with commercial disputes. 4) If the parties to the commercial dispute arrive at a settlement, the same shall be reduced into writing and shall be signed by the parties to the dispute and the mediator.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023. On balance, there is a mixed bag of indicators that suggest a slight decline in NPE litigation with the same household names leading the charge. The prevailing view is that litigation generally increases during a recession.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. However, many such business have been popping up in Kazakhstan. So what is going on?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2022

LaBossiere comes out swinging, reminding the court that after eight years of Department of Justice litigation, a massive judgment against DISH put the company into financial turmoil. Since 2017, Dish has been struggling to keep its stock price up from its 2015 and 2017 peaks,” LaBossiere’s answer begins.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Post serving such notice the small entity is forced for settlement because getting into a legal battle would be a disadvantageous step financially. Off late these instances of trademark bullying has been a concern and persistent problem in many countries with large entities targeting the small enterprises just for the sake of business gains.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 13, 2021

Notably, it appears the ‘633 and ‘136 Patents are set to expire in November 2022, while the ‘471 Patent expired in November 2007 since the term for a design patent filed prior to May 13, 2015 is 14 years. due to settlement and a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding the ‘471 Patent. Walmart Inc. Kohl’s Inc. , 35 U.S.C. §

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. 2015) and again in PersonalWeb Techs. ” Eligibility : American Axle v. ” A somewhat similar pending petition is Daikin Industries v.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021.

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The IPKat

JUNE 20, 2024

In 2015, the local authority put the building housing the fresco up for sale. After unsuccessfully trying to reach an amicable settlement, they sued Finapar for copyright infringement before the tribunal judiciaire of Lille. The aim is to avoid similar litigations. In particular the ceramic tiles of the fresco were peeled off.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Indeed, one of us bloggers started at the FTC in 1998, and the first case he worked on was the agency’s litigation against R.J. ” Among other things, the settlement marked the end of the use of “all cartoon characters, including Joe Camel, in the advertising, promotion, packaging, and labeling of any tobacco product.”

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 9, 2017

It should be noted that there has been a long-standing history of tolerance of fan-produced Star Trek projects by CBS and Paramount (the “Studios”); however, on December 29, 2015, the Studios filed a copyright lawsuit against Axanar Productions, Inc. However, by November 2016 no deal with Axanar had been reached and the litigation continued.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Merpel gives the "German injunction gap" factor some much needed side-eye After the end of what English and Welsh litigators call the Trinity term (aka end of the term before the Court breaks for the summer holidays), Mr Justice Mellor was working overtime to deliver two decisions.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. Likewise, settlement talks related to the IPR petition were insufficient to show its activities would likely cause Cloudbreak to assert infringement. Inter partes review is not unique. In Allgenesis Biotherapeutics Inc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2025

To quickly recap, in the first post , we discussed the substantial questions in Copyright law that the litigation raises. The Dhanush – Nayanthara copyright dispute is a gift that keeps giving, with its twists and turns and every development meriting a separate post. The value of mediating IP disputes has been discussed in this blog.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

So far, those affected include student athletes at the University of Michigan between 2015 and January 2023 and students at yet-undisclosed other universities during that period. The class action type, structure, and settlement will require attorney approval. Class action attorneys may not protect your interests.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

The PREVAIL ACT is a collection of pro-litigation/anti-Tech proposals that would do far more harm to the U.S. As to the viability of the PREVAIL ACT as a stand-alone bill, it is a re-packaged version of the so-called STRONGER Patents Act of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. What nuisance settlements? Completely nonsensical.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Please let us know in the comments below. Read on to know more!

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an important decision to review in understanding licensing and litigation of international SEP portfolios. Ericsson argued that, under the 2015 EU decision in Huawei v. Those resources could be directed more productively towards research and development to advance technologies.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 23, 2023

He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. However, the High Court seemingly missed taking into account a key detail that the relevant copyright infringement suit was disposed of in 2015. On 16 th October, the parties reached a settlement on the patent dispute. Sidhi is a final year B.A.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Judge noticed that the worldwide average selling prices (‘ASP’) by region presented by Meyer demonstrated the trend over 2015 – 2021 that China’s ASPs grew closer to the Developed Market ASPs.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). ” Welsh (2015) at 134. The Compendium specifically excludes works alleged to be created by a divine being.” Compendium, at Section 313.2 ]. ” Id. ” Id. 17 U.S.C. §

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Claim Preclusion (res judicata) prevents a party from re-litigating a claim once a court has issued a final judgment on that claim. Claim preclusion is powerful, in part, because it does not require the claim to be actually litigated (just be subject to the final judgment). 2015), cert. Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

The EUIPO would conduct non-binding checks to determine whether a patent is essential to a standard; Before launching a litigation, parties to a SEP licensing dispute would have to go through a mandatory conciliation procedure administered by the EUIPO. Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation. ZTE (2015) ECLI: EU:C:2015:477. [33]

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This prompted a quick settlement which allowed the chair to remain in the picture. After years of litigation between Google and the Authors Guild , the Second Circuit held in 2015 that Google’s conduct in scanning the books and making short fragments or “snippets” available to end users qualified as fair use.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. Will it incentivize more trademark litigation since it clearly establishes that a showing of willfulness is not required to obtain a profits award? litigation in U.S. Importance of the Defendant’s Mental State to Awarding Pro?ts. company against a Chinese company.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Cases like that of Haji Zakaria [19] have tried to get a settlement on the question of liability by keeping to the opinion of holding the manufacturer liable if there was no presence of rash or negligent behaviour on the driver’s side. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS, (2015). [13] 11] Motor Vehicles Act,1988, § 140, No.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. 19 Ancillary technologies have likewise seen a spike in patent litigation activity in recent years, including charging technologies and battery control systems (e.g., district courts, the U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. Figure 1 below provides an overview of biosimilar approvals by FDA and product launches in the United States from 2015 to 2021. No earlier than 2023 per settlement. 2015; resubmitted Feb.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This application proved to be a crucial turning point as subsequently, the parties initiated a settlement process and intimated to the Court that they had amicably settled the matter. Read more about it here ) The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (CC Act) mandates pre-institution mediation for certain commercial disputes.

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