IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

Abbott Laboratories told a New York federal judge Friday that the company has settled what remains of its trademark litigation campaign against makers of gray market diabetes test strips that has been going on since 2015.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2013, Afdah.com entered the already crowded market and quickly attracted millions of users tempted by a comprehensive library of copyright-infringing movies. In 2015 it found itself among the top 250 most popular pirate sites in the world meaning that it would remain on Hollywood’s hit list.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2022

” Market Effect. “there is no danger that the Dubtown Video will usurp the market for which Watch Tower intends its works. Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). Kevin McFree appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Did a Court Eliminate 512(h) Subpoenas?–Maximized

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2023

It carefully highlights how good industry advice and wise decisions by the Australian government led to positive reforms, not least the “highly effective” no-fault site blocking regime introduced in 2015. Citing government research demonstrating the efficacy of these interventions, successes are clear.

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The IPKat

MARCH 21, 2022

When challenged by the proprietor, the claimant must furthermore prove that, before its revocation action was lodged, it carried out market research and that it was unable to establish that the mark was put to genuine use. It's no use to prove non-use!

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

So-called ‘fully-loaded’ Android boxes were openly sold on eBay, Amazon, and other online platforms, while local markets, car boot sales, and dedicated retail units offered a same-day service. New Marketing Strategy Changed Nothing. This prompted a marketing review at DroidSticks.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Downloads declined after a 2015 peak. Also, by the end of 2016, WCT hadn’t paid taxes since 2015 and its certificate of incorporation was therefore suspended. All of Peloton’s marketing materials that mention the term ‘Bike+’ are also branded with the [Peloton] mark.” million lines of code,” or about 1,500 lines per day.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). The post Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Due to the failed fair use defense, the court orders Twitter to comply with the 512(h) subpoena. eBay Must Disclose User Identities In Response To 512(h) Subpoenas.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriends Jean-Sébastien Mariez and Laura Godfrin (both Momentum Avocats), discussing a very recent ruling of the French Supreme Court regarding second-hand markets for digital goods. Here is what they write: UFC-Que Choisir v. What happened?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2021

The opinion cites the 2015 NFB v. Gannett appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The court acknowledges the precedent applying the ADA to retailers’ websites, but it doesn’t extend to a standalone content website. Scribd precedent but doesn’t distinguish it. National Federation of the Blind v.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2022

In September 2019, the IPTV market was thrown into turmoil following a huge law enforcement operation in Europe. The company says that following an earlier appeal, on August 3, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Naples found there was no evidence to show that Xtream Codes Ltd acted illegally at any time between 2015 and its closure in 2019.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 7, 2022

In 2015, the chief judge at Finland’s Market Court questioned whether the system had the resources to cope but that didn’t deter those seeking to turn piracy into profit. The Market Court ruled that the subscribers should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Initial Victory For Internet Subscribers.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Plaintiff alleged that the potential purchasing public was homeowners under contract with it in Lincoln and Deschutes Counties, because that was where the calls with allegedly false claims went, but didn’t explain why that was the market and not also two other counties where plaintiff alleged similar homes were located. In Grubbs v.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

If you knew how to complete this phrase in 2015, you are part of the few percent of consumers who heard of the city of Compton and knew about its connection with hip-hop and rap music. Background On 8 September 2015, BIW Invest AG (‘BIW’) applied for registration of EU trade mark no. Both trade marks were registered.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An AIG unit must pay Amway more than $24 million to cover the marketing company for defense and settlement costs related to a 2015 copyright infringement suit, a Michigan federal judge said Monday, in a ruling that went against the insurer on nearly every issue.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 24, 2022

In 2015, the Japanese gaming giant already asked GitHub to remove a Game Boy Advance repository, hosted by the user “jsemu.” While emulators that utilize all of their own code don’t break the law, they can face legal issues when packaged with pirated ROMs and distributed to the public. Nintendo’s Emulator Crackdown.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2023

According to the Commission, IP rights cannot be exercised in such a way as to contravene the creation and protection of the internal market. This also applies to non-exclusive licensing agreements and distribution agreements. Valve appealed. Incidentally, such a consideration was also more recently reiterated in Tom Kabinet [ here ].

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given the ongoing shift in the TV market away from terrestrial and satellite delivery in favor of IP-based services, cloud recording services are no longer the big deal they once were. The platform eventually shut down in 2015, but the bankruptcy estate had no funds available to pay the compensation owed.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A short history of copyright harmonization in the EU Since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the process of European integration has been linked to the creation of an internal market, where a number of basic freedoms – including freedom of movement of goods and services – would be guaranteed.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The plaintiffs claim that Call Out My Name copies their 2015 song Vibeking and claim that they sent the song to the Weeknd’s engineer shortly after recording it and heard back from the musician directly just a few days later. The lawsuit was filed by two musicians, Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, against both The Weeknd and his producer.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

2015) in finding that manufacture and delivery of a product in a foreign country can infringe a US patent if sufficient sales-activity occurred within the US. by Dennis Crouch. The recent Federal Circuit decision in Caltech v. Broadcom includes an important discussion of extraterritorial damages further extending Carnegie Mellon (Fed.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Although this may sound quite encouraging and motivating for those with original ideas, many famous brands out there are accused and widely recognized for being copycats in the market and, unfortunately, making a lot of money. The stories feature on Instagram is the same as that of its rival and competitor in the market, Snapchat.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 4, 2023

Kewei Law Firm has promoted Agatha Shen as an international partner in Shanghai, further strengthening China capital markets expertise in the firm's joint operation with Herbert Smith Freehills. Agatha specialises in capital markets and other corporate finance transactions. 沈雪琪的任命于2023年5月1日生效。 2.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 4, 2023

Kewei Law Firm has promoted Agatha Shen as an international partner in Shanghai, further strengthening China capital markets expertise in the firm's joint operation w Agatha specialises in capital markets and other corporate finance transactions. 沈雪琪的任命于2023年5月1日生效。 2.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In April, Arcom reported that 250 sports piracy sites had been blocked, together serving more than 60% of live sports piracy market in France. That certainly didn’t mean that blocking had wiped out more than 60% of the sports piracy market, it just meant that France had blocked some domains operated by 250 of the biggest sites.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Alessandro Cerri discussed the recent CJEU decision on the scope of the referential use exception as amended by the 2015 Trade Mark Directive. The decision confirmed that the 2015 Directive had broadened the exception for referential use. The CJEU held that a strict liability rule to be compliant with the Enforcement Directive.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2022

2015 Hacklab Toronto Presentation. As can be seen from a slide from zzz’s presentation at Hacklab in 2015, these ‘marketing’ issues are not new. “In 2015 30kb/sec was considered normal for I2P, whereas now we see speeds of over 1MB/sec. That continues to be our focus,” ‘zzz’ says.

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Patently-O

JULY 22, 2021

Chemours is a 2015 spin-off from Du Pont. The basic idea here is that an obvious valuable invention would already be in the market place. Market Share vs Sales Numbers : The Board also held that market share evidence (rather than merely sales numbers) is required for a showing of commercial success. Chemours Company v.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Dreamstime Opinion helps illustrate some difficulties in defining the relevant market to allege anticompetitive injury to support an antitrust claim. In 2015, Google revised its search engine’s algorithms that gave more weight to “certain words based on how the webpage displayed them.”

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Velocity of Content

MAY 19, 2022

To incorporate APC estimation, collection, and management directly within existing publishing workflows, Aries Systems and CCC announced their strategic collaboration to integrate RLSC with Editorial Manager® (EM) and ProduXion Manager® (PM), the leading peer review and production tracking systems, in 2015.

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

There, future harmonization initiatives appeared already anchored not only to an internal market-building rationale, but also to the objective of ensuring the now European Union’s overall competitiveness vis-à-vis third countries and the need to strike a fair balance between the rights and interests of different parties.

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43(B)log

JULY 24, 2023

Thanks to its patents, Amgen enjoyed a temporary exclusivity period for pegfilgrastim injections until 2015. The first pegfilgrastim biosimilar hit the market in November 2018, and would ultimately be followed by five others, including Sandoz’s Ziextenzo in November 2019. Onpro” and “[w]ith PFS, FN incidence increased by 31% vs Onpro.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

It had to adopt a nuanced approach of not abandoning the principles of balance it had long espoused and at the same time support efforts to strengthen protection in the digital medium in a manner that would not constrict its choices as digital technologies and markets evolve. Watal and A.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Copyright holders operating in Denmark, where just six million people speak Danish, view private torrent sites as unfair competition in what is already a relatively small market. So, in partnership with their colleagues at Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, a decision was made to shut down all local torrent sites – for good.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law. The letter is available here and its contents are reproduced below.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

The entity behind the site paid around 287,000 euros in VAT over the years and between 2015 and 2017, declared another 56,000 euros in VAT as payable. That in itself doesn’t render the site legal but it does suggest demand in what appears to be an underserved market.

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IPilogue

JULY 12, 2022

Furthermore, Adidas points to similarities between its Adidas Confirmed app, launched in February 2015, and Nike’s SNKRS , introduced a few days later. The International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington is often a popular forum for companies competing in the global market. The patented technology in question is US Patent No.

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