Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 2, 2022

More than 250 employees in editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal, and marketing departments at HarperCollins have been on strike since November 10, notes Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly senior writer.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

China has taken a further step towards aligning its regulations with the international protection system for designs. On June 1, 2021, the most recent reform of the country’s Patent Act entered into force, which includes significant changes to how industrial designs are regulated. Key reforms.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021. View the Recording.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

Tokenization of IP In a nutshell, "tokenization" means using a smart contract (i.e., The process of creating a digital asset with a smart contract is called "minting". The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token. a MIT license ).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 7, 2023

The EMSCULPT is a non-invasive medical device designed to stimulate muscle contraction using electromagnetic energy. The Muscle Stimulator is marketed and sold as a non-invasive device that uses electromagnetic energy to stimulate muscle contraction, and it is intended for use in body contouring and muscle strengthening applications.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Bill has now been published , proposing new laws for equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency. After reviewing more than 300 pieces of evidence, the Select Committee published its recommendations in July 2021. Equitable remuneration for streaming: Who is entitled and who pays?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. pic.twitter.com/00sjHsmntF — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 17, 2021. — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 16, 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG aggregates and collects information from the most prominent rewards programs and provides a series of rankings and recommendations designed to help maximize your rewards points. This strategy is similar to the strategy employed by hidden-city flight broker Skiplagged in its dispute with Southwest Airlines in 2021. Trespass 5.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. Markets have since cooled, with capital becoming harder to find. This might include brand names, product line names, style names, or even unique packaging or product design.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. 6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2021

Fish attorneys Jenny Shmuel , Philip Chen , and Kayleigh McGlynn authored a Biosimilar Development article, “ Regulatory And Legislative Actions Set The Tone For Biosimilars In 2021.” This article focuses on regulatory and legislative actions in 2020 that may impact the burgeoning biosimilars space in 2021 and beyond.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2023

With the increased funding pouring into this sector has come a desire to protect the intellectual property in the products, research, and developments brought to market. For example, a contract used to hire thieves to rob a bank couldn’t be enforced by a court of law for the purpose of robbing the bank. 23, 2022). [1] Lifted Ltd.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It isn’t clear if the estate tried some of the more modern Section 230 workarounds, such as negligent design. Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. .'” Publisher/Speaker Claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2021, Jess Miers and I published an article in the Journal of Free Speech Law (run by the UCLA Law School) entitled “ Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules.” When we finalized our dataset in early 2021, we found 62 opinions. Section 230.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In summer 2020, AHBP began negotiating with the Lynd defendants for the exclusive license to market and sell a surface disinfectant/cleaner known as “Bioprotect 500” in Argentina. Ultimately, AHBP took an exclusive license to sell the product in Argentina, with purchasing and advertising/marketing spend minimums.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In 2021, there was a 14.4% DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. The IP blogs have been active over the past week bursting with a wide range of different topics.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

6:21-cv-326-MC, 2021 WL 2546273 (D. 21, 2021) The parties compete to manage vacation rental properties located in Oregon. Meredith alleged that Vacasa “has embarked on a smear campaign surgically targeted at [Plaintiff’s] homeowner customers, designed to unfairly snuff out that competition.” Meredith Lodging LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. The claims were unsuccessful, and I speculated that the church may have had better luck if it had a viable trademark or a contract claim, neither of which it had. Christou v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

They may look to state hacking laws, trespass to chattel claims, or other causes of action “such as copyright infringement, misappropriation, unjust enrichment, conversion, breach of contract, or breach of privacy.”. __. 2021 WL 1531172 at 6 (N.D. April 19, 2021). 2021 WL 1531172 at 10 (N.D. April 19, 2021).

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Herbert Smith Freehills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Positive Initiatives Undertaken in 2020-2021. This bill was passed by the House of Representatives in June 2021 and subsequently moved to the Senate. Further, Chile enacted its Ley de Eficiencia Energética in January 2021, which regulates energy consumption and proposes reduction in energy consumption of 5.5%

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Herbert Smith Freehills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Positive Initiatives Undertaken in 2020-2021. This bill was passed by the House of Representatives in June 2021 and subsequently moved to the Senate. Further, Chile enacted its Ley de Eficiencia Energética in January 2021, which regulates energy consumption and proposes reduction in energy consumption of 5.5%

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Photo by Rock’n Roll Monkey on Unsplash.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. Defendant had not tried to find out why Amazon kept reinstating Plaintiff’s listing.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. The Amended Complaint emphasizes the growing importance of NFTs in the fashion and brand markets, and accuses Rothschild of usurping opportunities that rightfully belong to the brand owner, Hermès. Also consider international markets.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But the list of territorial and customer restrictions is now more clearly structured and there is greater protection for exclusive and selective distributors and more flexibility in the design of distribution models. Read more. . Treatment of most favoured nation clauses – Stricter approach and more clarity needed. Read more. .

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Herbert Smith Freehills

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But the list of territorial and customer restrictions is now more clearly structured and there is greater protection for exclusive and selective distributors and more flexibility in the design of distribution models. Read more. . Treatment of most favoured nation clauses – Stricter approach and more clarity needed. Read more. .

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The UKIPO’s first bold attempt to deal with the input issues was its decision to reform its current text and data mining exception by opening it up to all commercial uses while maintaining its mandatory nature, namely leaving rightholders no possibility to contract out. First, when selecting the members of the group.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 5, 2022

Author’s Note: At the 2021 Charleston Conference, I was invited to speak as part of the panel: “Progress Through Partnership: The Dolly Parton Rule for Transformative Agreements.” Road pavements are designed in layers. It is not that I want to regulate marketing copy, I appreciate the role of public relations.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

Already in June 2021, the Bundekartellamt had initiated proceedings against Google following a complaint by Corint Media concerning Google’s licensing and presentation practices i.a. What is however interesting about the Bundeskartellamt decision of 30 December 2021 is the assessment of the different services and their interaction.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

2021), the Third Circuit addressed the pleading requirements to assert a claim under Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). 4:19-CV-00402, 2021 U.S. Tex August 4, 2021)(injunction prohibiting use or disclosure of trade secrets does not break causation regarding defendant’s continuing benefit from the misappropriation). Karya Prop.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. Vita’s conceptual design was therefore readily ascertainable by proper means, and every feature was visually observable. Code §§ 134A.001

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. Vita’s conceptual design was therefore readily ascertainable by proper means, and every feature was visually observable. Code §§ 134A.001

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

May 27, 2021. Thu, 05/27/2021 - 09:16. MBDA Export Centers help minority-owned enterprises (MBEs) succeed as exporters and has assisted hundreds of MBEs grow their business by gaining access to new international markets, trade financing, and export contracts. KCPullen@doc.gov. Export and investment promotion.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. The Amended Complaint emphasizes the growing importance of NFTs in the fashion and brand markets, and accuses Rothschild of usurping opportunities that rightfully belong to the brand owner, Hermès. Also consider international markets. ”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. By: Joshua Durham. With an astounding $17.7

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Dec 21, 2021. Dec 15, 2021. Since this is a nascent market, the earlier a name is registered and the more effort trademark holders put into educating the public about selection, endorsement and sponsorship functions (e.g. If not for these efforts, the virtual goods market has the potential to be very competitive.

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