LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, a copyright will help keep your ownership over artistic creations (like songs or videos). Your employer could attempt to gain the intellectual property rights for your creation, drastically shifting ownership (and revenue) of your work. Why is IP important? So, why does any of this matter?

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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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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. It is designed to capture anyone who can make important decisions on behalf of the entity. What is Substantial Control?

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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 This analysis will roughly follow the below examples.

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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. Defendants are free to flesh out their arguments regarding ownership of the Facebook page later in the case. __. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The original patent application was filed Feb 9, 2021 –one year and two days later and outside the one year grace period. On appeal, the Federal Circuit looked to the contract and its own prior precedent to conclude that a purchase agreement is a classic offer to sell. ” = = = =.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 6, 2022

In Moreno , the Board held that, although exclusive licensee Julie Moreno could establish entitlement to a statutory cause of action, she could not prove priority based on use of the mark at issue by her licensor because that would "improperly recognize trademark ownership rights in a licensee." 2021 USPQ2d 831, at *18 (TTAB 2021).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. This is because the storage of a digital version of creations does not designate the title of the creator per se, let alone its trading. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. 2021 WL 1531172 at 6 (N.D. April 19, 2021). Eric’s Comments. Can LinkedIn enjoin hiQ’s scraping on non-CFAA grounds?

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Dec 21, 2021. Dec 15, 2021. As is being argued in the Nike case, it may also be argued that virtual goods are nothing but a representation / proof of ownership of a physical product.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. 13 are the only ones that deal with the ownership of copyright in works. Owning copyright is one thing; proving ownership is another.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The NAKED condom case returned to the TTAB after a CAFC reversal [ TTABlogged here ] and the Supreme Court's denial of the registrant's petition for writ of certiorari (September 2021). 92056381 (December 16, 2021) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Marc A. Welch 2021. Naked TM, LLC , Cancellation No. equally oxymoronic? -

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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. 2021 WL 5893161 (S.D. Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation, 2021 WL 4482608 (S.D.N.Y.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

US proceedings were filed by PQ against CyberMetrics in October 2017, Mr Aughton was deposed in October 2021 and the proceedings then settled on confidential terms. Peripheral issues relating to Mr Aughton's duties under his employment contract overlapped with these three core issues. If the code is dictated by technical function (i.e.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

More and more loans are being supported by certain intellectual property assets, such as copyrights, designs, and patents, or revenue streams connected to these assets. Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. In 2021, the creative economy produced 6.98 Other valuation approaches.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Implied-in-Law Contract/Unjust Enrichment. physical property), not intangibles.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Intellectual Property Appellate Board abolished through the Tribunals Reform Act, 2021. Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

21 million in Louisiana to “harden” schools, half a billion in Texas; schools designed with curving walls to decrease damage done by active shooters; bulletproof backpacks. Regulating terms of trade also permitted, including © ownership/exclusivity/restricting investment in local productions. installation of Shot Spotter all over. $21

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). In addition, the book contains chapters on related rights such as moral rights, civil and criminal proceedings, contracts and other forms of protection.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2023

The only exception to the ban permits noncompete clauses entered into by a person who is selling a business or disposing of ownership interest in an business entity in which the individual holds at least a 25% interest. .” The rule would supersede any state statute, regulation, or order that is inconsistent with the rule. labor markets.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021: Overbroad, Disproportionate and Unnecessary. In this post , Adyasha analyses the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 (‘Bill’) which seeks ‘ to tackle the menace of film piracy ’, and is a revision of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2019. The deadline for submissions is September 19, 2021.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Note that FDA still has not designated any biosimilar as interchangeable to its reference product. January 2021. As noted above, companies are already taking advantage of these new designations. Introduction.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

In particular, ChatGPT is a type of “language” model designed to respond with a natural language reply when prompted with a text-based question. The “Chat” in ChatGPT refers to this question-and-answer design, where ChatGPT behaves like a ChatBot. 2021-2347 (Fed. ” See OpenAI, FAQ ( Copyright ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Ownership for patent inventions. Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The proposed Rule is the FTC’s first test of the broader powers that it claimed in its November statement, and the proposed Rule is much broader than anything that the Biden Administration had previously hinted at, including in then-candidate Biden’s platform campaign statement or the 2021 executive order.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

When the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”) became law on January 1, 2021, it was described as the most influential anti-money laundering (“AML”) legislation since the USA PATRIOT Act. [2] billion” in the first three months of 2021. [28] Background. ” [23]. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The world’s most popular multiplayer online game platform, “Roblox,” hosted a virtual “Gucci Garden” for two weeks in 2021 for the well-known luxury fashion label “Gucci.” The general public could view the collection’s three-dimensional designs by scanning a QR code.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The proposed Rule is the FTC’s first test of the broader powers that it claimed in its November statement, and the proposed Rule is much broader than anything that the Biden Administration had previously hinted at, including in then-candidate Biden’s platform campaign statement or the 2021 executive order.

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IIPRD

MAY 23, 2022

Furthermore, Intellectual property ownership, content ownership, and distribution are critical issues that must be addressed to avoid disputes. The difficulty with this design is that if the service provider goes down for a while, a large number of users would be affected. Web3, Content ownership & Intellectual Property.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All third-party services we use are bound by a contract with us to never use the information of our users for their own purposes and not to disclose the information to any third parties unrelated to the service. As of September 2021, ExpressVPN is part of the Kape Technologies group).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

slide] Annual number of TTAB decisions under failure to function and related categories: 2000-2020—you can see an increase with a fall in 2020 due to the fact of 2020; 2021 looks to have regained the momentum of failure to function. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. Other allegations focused on harassment allegedly suffered by crew members on the set.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. There is no defined segregation, either by design or by implication of any of plaintiff’s expressions of his thoughts and opinions on the subjects discussed which would aid in identifying plaintiff’s purported copyrighted material.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ’” Id.

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