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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Court Says “You May NOT Amend Your TOS by Posting New Terms to Your Site”–International Markets v. Thayer

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

However, usually, if plaintiffs could provide some evidence of notice that was consistent with how the original contract said it would update the terms, courts would give them the benefit of the doubt, at least at the early stages of litigation. Int’l Markets at 5. This was the key takeaway in Sifuentes v. Thayer , 2022 WL 4290310 (D.

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Patent Linkage Litigation in China: A Two-Year Review

IP Tech Blog

An important part of the amendment is the introduction by Article 76 of the patent linkage system in China – a system for litigation of drug patents prior to market entry of generics, similar to that provided by the Hatch Waxman Act in the US. On June 1, 2021, the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law became effective.

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‘Strike 3’ Filed a Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits in 2024

TorrentFreak

There appears to be no shortage of pirates yet, though, not even within Strike 3’s niche market, as exemplified by Strike 3s track record. Since 2017, the adult company has filed over 15,000 cases against alleged pirates. At the time, Malibu Media was the most active copyright litigant.

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512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Case Citation : Digital Marketing Advisors v. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. McCandless appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Chanel v EasyCash: Distribution of sample cosmetics does not trigger trade mark exhaustion

The IPKat

Second-hand Chanel cosmetics and fragrances were sold in some of those shops, including samples [ IPKat on Chanel recent litigation here and here ]. On 9 January 2017, The Tribunal de Grande Instance of Rennes partially accepted Chanel’s claim. The Court of Appeal overturned the 2017 judgment. The French fashion house appealed.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

We usually get ours at the local farmers market.] ” That prompted this litigation. CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. Yum, and easily veganized. ” Say what?

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