Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Some of the same issues I highlighted last year, such as payment to news content providers by online news aggregators (Google) … Continue reading "Looking Back on 2022 and Forward to 2023: What was and will be important to Copyright, Creators and Content Industries?"

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2022), the Federal Circuit threw out expert testimony on damages because it relied on calculations that included all of the defendant’s sales of catheters and related components, even though it was undisputed that not all of the catheters and components practiced the claimed method. Jude Medical S.C., 4th 1339, 1343–44 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 5, 2025

On Friday, February 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the withdrawal of the June 2022 memorandum titled Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation, which had been issued by former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 21, 2022

Details and application information below: 2022 Job Posting – Associat… by Erik Pelton. We are growing again at EMP&A. We are excited to to announce that we are hiring an Associate Attorney to join our trademark firm! The post We’re growing (again) !

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This case addresses the validity of two patents asserted against wireless communications technologies. In particular, this case discusses claim construction and post-issuance claim amendments that broaden the scope of challenged claims.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Some 1,200 officers who took the August 2022 NYPD sergeants exam are accused of cheating on the high-stakes test. The post When the Police Cheat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The USPTO comments, submitted on December 2, 2022, highlight the wide range of scams that are impacting the trademark system today, and their tremendous impact on all types of trademark operations. USPTO scam comments: FTC-2022-0064-0026_attachment_1 by erik5733 on Scribd.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

MAY 4, 2024

Image: Shutterstock Two years ago, in April 2022, the US Copyright Office (USCO) appointed its first Chief Economist, Dr. Brent Lutes. Many national Intellectual Property Offices have such a position, e.g, UK IPO, IP Australia, EUIPO, and WIPO. Notably, Canada’s Intellectual Property Office–CIPO–does not).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This case addresses how Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) interacts with obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). Background Cellect sued Samsung Electronics, Co. for infringement of four patents.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Since Director Kathi Vidal’s confirmation in April 2022, the grant rate has shown a modest decline from its peak levels of around 80-85% during 2020-2021. More recent data points to subtle but noteworthy changes in USPTO practice.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On January 1, 2022, a new law entered into force in the state of Maryland requiring that authors and publishers holding the rights to an e-book title must offer unlimited copies of that title to public libraries in the state at an undetermined “reasonable price” if and when the title is offered to individual consumers.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2025

Since sites linked to terrorists or extremists are prime targets for blocking, Russia labeled parent company Meta an extremist organization in 2022 and then blocked it using the same mechanisms deployed against pirate sites. Figures released by telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor late March claimed that between 2022 and 2024, Russians spent 13.6

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

Last week I discussed the copyright needle buried in the 2022 Canadian budget haystack, a reference to impending legislation to amend the Copyright Act to fulfill Canada’s obligation under the USMCA/CUSMA to extend its term of copyright protection from the life of the author plus 50 years to “life plus 70”.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Supreme Court Confirms Joint Liability In 2022, Mediapro’s persistence paid off. Citing expert reports from 2022, ElMundo reports that in 2022, just one of the company’s accounts reportedly showed income of more than 11 million euros. Puerto 80 and its owner should have deposited a bond of 4.15

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

274 of Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 280 page 2022 budget under “Other Legislative Measures” along with a grab-bag of about 40 other measures. There it was! The copyright needle in the budget haystack. As plain as day–buried on p.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2024

. “The material also shows that Anonymous Individuals made VISA credit card payments to Cloudflare, using accounts ending with the following four digits: xxxx, expiring in 10/2027; xxxx, expiring in 1/2022; xxxx, expiring in 11/2022; xxxx, expiring in 2/2028,” Shueisha reports.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 26, 2025

Boalick issued a memo directed to the members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) explaining why the USPTOs June 2022 Fintiv memo was rescinded and how the PTAB should analyze Fintiv moving forward.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

2022) (quoting Finjan, Inc. In the context of software-based inventions, Alice/Mayo step one “often turns on whether the claims focus on the specific asserted improvement in computer capabilities or, instead, on a process that qualifies as an abstract idea for which computers are invoked merely as a tool.” In re Killian , 45 F.4th

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 6, 2022

Summer is around the corner, which means we are seeking law student(s) for a paid IP/Trademark internship from May/June – July/August 2022. Applications will be accepted through January 24, 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. " pic.twitter.com/oGzDBoRSSw — Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) October 7, 2022. pic.twitter.com/QQJKkyoCZI — Abigail Anthony (@abigailandwords) October 14, 2022. link] — Kevin M.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Himachal Pradesh High Court seems to be the latest addition to the list of Courts with a separate IPR Division, as it has notified its Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022. His previous posts can be accessed here. ] Turns out that the Rules have been out for a while now and were notified on July 8, 2024.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. As a result, 2022 may not be much of a revolution for the character but, as the decade rolls along, we may see more adaptations of those work. However, the name that’s received the lion’s share of the attention has been A.A.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

On May 8, 2022, Duke University held its commencement ceremony, which included an address by graduating student Priya Parkash. . In the end, the people who are most directly hurt by this are Abushaar and the other students at Duke University, in particular the other 2022 graduates. Bottom Line.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 31, 2025

First, on February 28, 2025, the USPTO rescinded its June 2022 memorandum outlining the interim procedure regarding when the Patent Trial and Appeal (PTAB) may deny review of patents based on parallel litigation. By: Hudnell Law Group

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

3: China Commits to Crack Down on Copyright Infringement to Protect Intellectual Property for Beijing 2022 Winter Games. Finally today, The Global Times reports that China is aiming to crack down on intellectual property infringement ahead of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. As for Sachkov, he denies any and all wrongdoing.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

1: US Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act of 2022. Dubbed the Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies (SMART) Copyright Act of 2022, the act aims to encourage the use of “standard technical measures” by creating a system that the U.S. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2024

By the end of 2022, amid a lack of Hollywood premieres, the revenues of the largest Russian cinema chains had fallen by almost half, with losses quickly reaching several billion rubles. In July 2022, an estimated 16 cinemas took part; a week later it was 128.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By 2027, the global cost of cybercrime, such as IP theft, is estimated to reach over $23 trillion (up from roughly $8 trillion in 2022), highlighting the critical need for strong IP protection. However, as technology evolves, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) has become increasingly challenging.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2023

The CUSMA required all countries to adopt copyright terms equal to that of the United States by the end of 2022. Finally today, Rhea Nayyar at Hyperallergic reports that, in the United States, January 1st marks “Public Domain Day” where all the works that had their copyright expire in 2022 officially lapse into the public domain.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Currently, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is ongoing in Qatar. However, the EBC claims that the agreement was to broadcast all the 2022 games. However, FIFA has threatened to withdraw any FIFA rights from the EBC, accusing the company of illegally broadcasting matches from the event.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

Katz (@KatzOnEarth) July 26, 2022. link] — Chilluminati Podcast (@ChilluminatiPod) July 28, 2022. — Jesse Cox (@JesseCox) July 26, 2022. 2 — Elliot (@ElliotFladen) July 28, 2022. pic.twitter.com/ZQzV38EQzY — Jonathan M. According to Katz, the similarities were unignorable.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2025

This initiative follows a previous call for views in 2022, with insights from the survey informing a formal consultation later in 2025. The goal is to ensure that the system remains relevant, accessible, and effective in supporting designers and businesses across various industries. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, no action was taken after the first pop-up and, in February 2022, JMC began promoting a second event, starting with a series of Facebook posts. That second event was held May 20 – June 5, 2022, in Virginia and featured many of the same issues as the first one.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the findings of two reports conducted by third-party academic economists and submitted to Congress late last year, as required by the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2025

Yet in the summer of 2022, when at least four cam copies were spotted online and then traced back to two cinemas in the UK, this turned into a major incident. Indeed, after the events of 2022, the remainder of that year through to the end 2023 was an all-round success with not a single leak from any cinema in the UK and Ireland.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 27, 2025

On February 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rescinded a memorandum issued in June 2022 by former Director Katherine Vidal (the Vidal Memorandum) that provided guidance on discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or the Board).

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