The IP Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

24, 2023) (Shashi H. Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation. Netflix, Inc.,

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Circuit has issued an interesting nonprecedential order in In re VLSI Technology LLC , denying VLSI’s petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to reverse a district court order allowing Intel to amend its answer to assert a declaratory judgment counterclaim regarding a patent license defense. Intel Corp. , 4th 1332 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2024

On July 12, 2024, the Delhi High Court (DHC) issued two orders in a matter involving a dispute between Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and Al-Hamd Tradenation concerning interim injunctions and compulsory licensing (CL). PPL had informed Al-Hamd through the restaurant that a license was required for the use of these recordings.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He claims that third party “contributors” uploaded his copyrighted photos to ShutterStock as part of ShutterStock’s licensing program. Specifically, McGucken claims that a total of 337 images were uploaded, of which 165 were downloaded and that led to 938 licenses. Otherwise, this case appears to be economically irrational.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Commission officially announced the proposal in April 2023, although it was leaked well before that. The draft rules were purportedly meant to repair a system that has suffered from a lack of transparency, predictability, and lengthy disputes and litigation. Communication on standard-essential patents.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 19, 2023

As reported, both Houses of Parliament recently passed the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 (JV Bill). The major amendments proposed to IP laws remain the same in the 2023 version. The objective of the JV Bill, 2023 is to promote ‘the ease of doing business in India’ through ‘minimum government, maximum governance’.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This case is crucial to understand not only the novel concept of Confidentiality Clubs in the Indian IP Litigation but also the issues with regard to the composition of such clubs and the accessibility of the members to confidential information vis-a-vis independently appointed Scientific Advisor. It noted that Serial No.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This introductory course will give attendees a comprehensive review of basic elements and practical considerations when engaging in licensing agreements for a variety of intellectual property formats.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

December 2023 Federal Circuit Newsletter (Japanese) - Intel Wrongly Denied Opportunity to Litigate License Defense that Could Unwind $2.1 22-1906, the Federal Circuit held that district court abused its discretion in denying motion to amend answer to assert a license defense where defense was not futile under governing law.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This introductory course will give attendees a comprehensive review of basic elements and practical considerations when engaging in licensing agreements for a variety of intellectual property formats.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the recent UK case of Philip Morris v BAT [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) , His Honour Justice Hacon (Hacon HHJ) considered the standard for invalidity due to added matter. Invalidity in view of added matter is a common patent pitfall in Europe ( IPKat ). Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 1292, AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 40 ).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to patents subject to a commitment to license on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2023 saw many interesting developments.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In Part I of our year end summary of key developments regarding patents subject to a commitment to license on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, we looked at various developments involving patent pools and reviewed some interesting damages awards and interlocutory decisions.

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The IPKat

MARCH 19, 2025

Envy launched in the Chinese market in late 2023, thanks to a 2018 licensing deal with the Joy Wing Mau fruit company. The litigation began in September 2022 and the claim was initially heard by the Lanzhou Intermediate Peoples Court of Gansu Province, which made a finding of plant variety infringement in November 2023.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2025

Last week, oral hearings concluded at the UK Court of Appeal in the ongoing patent licensing dispute between wireless communication developer Optis and consumer device giant Apple over 4G standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Optis and practiced by Apple devices.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mo 2023) Bayer and its subsidiary Monsanto have filed a new set of patent infringement lawsuits against farmers who saved seeds and replanted them in violation of Monsanto Roundup Ready patents and license agreements. Jan 25, 2023) Bayer CropScience LP v. Jan 25, 2023) Bayer CropScience LP v. Bayer CropScience v.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Each of these cases is unique, fact dependent, and likely, if fully litigated on the merits, to shed light on different aspects of copyright law. In other words, in the UK, there is a copyright exception for non-commercial research, everything else requires in a license, and there is little if any ambiguity. GitHub Inc.,

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On December 4, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.18 On December 4, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.18 which had a license agreement with Intel. Then, on September 2, 2020, Intel filed its motion to stay in light of the new license defense.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

If the case stands on appeal, Twitter will write a check to CCDH to compensate it for the litigation harms Twitter has imposed on it. Anti-SLAPP laws are a crucial bulwark against such abuses, especially by billionaires who embrace Pyrrhic litigation with the goal of draining their opponents’ bank accounts. We need more of that.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

2023 WL 6381821, No. 28, 2023) Cap Export alleged that Zinus fraudulently obtained a patent after Zinus used the public domain bed-in-a-box sets of a non-party as the basis for its patent application. The underlying patent litigation allegedly fraudulently induced Cap Export to enter into a $1.1 Cap Export, LLC v. Zinus, Inc.,

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This article originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen Back in March of 2023, when there were only a handful of cases alleging copyright infringement for training purposes by AI companies, I predicted that we would soon have some guidance from the court in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Center GMBH and West Publishing Corp.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We recently came across one such short paper on “ SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License ” published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (see here ) and extended a guest post invitation to its authors to discuss their key arguments.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Goldsmith in the days following the Supreme Courts 2023 landmark fair use decision. The court recognized that artists routinely create rough versions of new works before seeking licenses, and that restricting this practice would limit creativity and stifle innovation in the music industry. A case with potentially limited impact.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Implications This is surely not the last word on the subject because Shah litigated pro se. For a more convincing ruling, we need to see how a well-trained copyright litigator navigates this legal issue. 2023 WL 266511 (N.D. Still, its implications are wide-ranging. This case covers similar ground as the uncited Hubay v.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Four years ago, we first published a post about an intriguing case involving two education consulting firms litigating over an online excerpt published on the website of Lehren Education (Defendant), which Ivy Coach (Plaintiff) alleged had been improperly copied, infringing on its copyrights. Lehren Education, LLC.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. A little time spent researching whether the vendor has negative claims with the Better Business Bureau, has licensing issues, generally has satisfied customers, whether any lawsuits are pending, etc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

On the first, substantial litigation has already been launched concerning whether the data used to train these models requires payment or opt-in from creatives whose work has been ingested, often without consent. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? If output works infringe copyright, who is responsible (e.g.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we bid adieu to 2023, let’s take account of the interesting developments that we came across last week. Highlights of the Week A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023 Continuing with our annual tradition, we curated a list of the top IP developments in India. Other Posts Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC V.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Image from here Recently, the Print reported that Novartis and Eli Lilly have voiced their opposition to the idea of compulsory licensing (“ CL ”) for breast cancer medications, Ribociclib and Abemaciclib. 98,374 in 2023 , making drug contributions excessive. It also says that no licenses were given out. of GDP in FY23.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It is a prescription drug for treating HIV in adults, available in tablet and injectable forms, and is used in combination with other HIV medicines, currently licensed for treatment, not prevention, due to its high prices. The looming threat is the pending patent applications by Gilead in India.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In an opinion issued December 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1] reversed a lower court’s denial of Intel Corporation’s (“Intel’s”) motion for leave to amend its answer to assert a new license defense in a patent infringement suit brought by VLSI Technology LLC (“VLSI”).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 20, 2023

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 1, 2023

24, 2023) (Shashi H. Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation. Netflix, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

” Plus, Broughty used an online alias, so it’s understandable why Bouzy couldn’t confirm his license status. ” Plus, Broughty used an online alias, so it’s understandable why Bouzy couldn’t confirm his license status. Bouzy , 2023 WL 5013654 (D.N.J. 7, 2023) BONUS 1: Lima Jevremovic v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

(October 5-November 23) Following a favorable outcome of preparing students and professionals for the patent agent exam and providing them with a comprehensive guide on Patents in 2022 and 2023. The IP Press presents the third cohort of the Comprehensive Course on Patents. But this time, we have with us our ‘exclusive knowledge partner’, S.

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