Plagiarism Today

APRIL 24, 2024

The post Are We Heading Toward SOPA/PIPA 2024? The MPA has announced that it wants to reintroduce site blocking to the US. Are we heading toward a SOPA/PIPA rematch? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

Plagiarism 266

Plagiarism Music Copyright 266

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2024, Americas legislators continued their effort to fight against the harmful impact of counterfeit products being sold to American consumers. This article provides highlights of legislative activities undertaken in 2024 in this regard. Counterfeit sellers often detract from the revenue of American businesses, infringe upon U.S.

Trademark 97

Trademark Intellectual Property Business Patent 97

The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The IPKat is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2024 Book of the Year Awards, continuing its cherished end-of-year tradition! Only books published in 2024 are eligible for the award. Please remember that, just as in previous years, only one vote per person is allowed. Deadline The voting is open until 31 January 2025.

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Editing Related Rights IP 105

Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024 Update) Accidental copyright infringement occurs when someone unknowingly violates copyright law. 2024 Update first appeared on Traverse Legal. The infringer owes at a minimum a reasonable royalty to the copyright holder. Enrico Schaefer, Copyright & Litigation Attorney. What Is Accidental Copyright Infringement.

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Web Design Fair Use 98

Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Volunteer Fire Department will control traffic on the road by the flagpole, and a … Continue reading "Of Poppies, Intellectual Property and Other Things (Remembrance Day, 2024)"

Intellectual Property 147

Intellectual Property Copyright 147

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In May 2024, WIPO published a report titled “ Making Innovation Policy Work for Development ” on the need for economies to diversify for better utilization of knowledge and eventually economic prosperity. Recent data from the WIPO 2024 IP Indicators supports this optimistic outlook. Why does this question become relevant?

Reporting 103

Reporting Intellectual Property Technology Marketing 103

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In 2024, several developments affecting PTAB practice emerged, from new rulemaking at the USPTO to key Director Review decisions and ongoing issues at the interface between the PTAB and district courts. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the intellectual property landscape.

Intellectual Property 73

Intellectual Property Reporting Patent 73

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 23, 2025

As we predicted in our 2023 report, 2024 was a banner year for design rights in the U.S. and elsewhere. In last years report, we noted that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) agreed to consider en banc whether the long-standing design patent obviousness test required modification.

Design Patent 81

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 81

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2024, there were several federal bills introduced and various studies and discussion about potential copyright-related regulations and legislation, but most remain pending or forthcoming.

Copyright 98

Copyright Technology Government IP 98

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

Report summary -Knobbe Martens' inaugural Federal Circuit Year in Review report offers a comprehensive overview of the most significant Federal Circuit rulings of 2024 and how they could shape IP law in the years ahead.

Intellectual Property 68

Intellectual Property Reporting IP Business 68

TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2025

Two Years of Excellent Results With 2022 fading into history, data shows near flawless FCPA performance for both 2023 and 2024. ” The image on the right appears in the Film Distributors Association’s 2024 Yearbook. ” The image on the right appears in the Film Distributors Association’s 2024 Yearbook.

Cinema 57

Cinema Copying Reporting Copyright 57

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

Although the Commission issued no remedial orders in the two design patent cases that terminated in 2024, an analysis of cases reaching a Final Determination between 2015 and 2024 reveals that cases involving a design patent continue to obtain a remedial order at a significantly higher success rate than utility.

Design Patent 68

Design Patent Designs Design Intellectual Property 68

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In this article, we review a number of notable Canadian trademark cases from 2024 and highlight key developments in Canadian trademarks practice. On February 5, 2025, join us for an insightful webinaras wedeliver a roundup of Canadian trademark law, highlighting some of the most important new cases and practice directions from 2024.

Trademark Law 70

Trademark Law Trademark Law Branding 70

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In 2024, the number of complaints filed at the ITC rebounded after the low in 2023. International Trade Commission (ITC) remain an efficient and powerful method for American businesses seeking relief from foreign acts of unfair competition, including infringement of intellectual property rights.

Intellectual Property 73

Intellectual Property Patent Infringement Litigation Business 73

SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2025

We are very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! The annual essay competition was earlier announced on 14 May 2024, on the occasion of Prof. Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. Basheers 48th birth anniversary.

Intellectual Property Law 81

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law Fair Use 81

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This year saw the start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issuing substantive decisions. As of December 9, the UPC has issued over 20 decisions on the merits, primarily involving infringement actions, and numerous decisions relating to provisional measures.

Law 98

Law Invention Patent Litigation 98

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

Three subjects stood out in patent litigation in Texas in December 2024: (1) knowledge of related patents, general patent portfolio, or other asserted patents do not establish the knowledge requirement for pre-suit indirect and willful claims; (2) a Rule 30(b)(6) corporate witness must testify on behalf of the organization regardless of whether factual (..)

Litigation 65

Litigation Patent 65

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

2024 was a year of both big leaps and incremental advances in design law and practice globally. Years-long efforts came to fruition in the European Union and internationally with the Design Law Treaty, adopting significant advances and heralding greater global harmonization.

Designs 77

Designs Design Design Patent Law 77

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 6, 2025

In this episode of IP Talk with Wolf Greenfield, youll hear Wolf Greenfield attorneys from a variety of practice areas reviewing some of the top issues of 2024 and offering their insights on what to expect in the months ahead. 2025 promises to be another busy year for intellectual property law.

Intellectual Property Law 73

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Patent Application IP 73

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Office of the U.S.

Marketing 70

Marketing Marketing Reporting Government 70

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In wrapping up the 2023-24 term and embarking on the 2024-25 term, the Supreme Court was asked to decide a number of intellectual property cases. The Court issued several significant opinions in 2024 and has taken several other IP cases in the current term.

Intellectual Property 70

Intellectual Property IP 70

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Piracy: Borderless and Universally Understood In its work to protect valuable intellectual property rights, Gazprom-Media left no stone unturned in 2024 tackling copyright infringers. The company filed over 900 IP lawsuits in 2024, with the holding company emerging the winner from 770, the report adds. With requests to remove over 6.2

Intellectual Property 62

Intellectual Property Reporting Copyright Infringement IP 62

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2025

3,900+ Cases Filed in 2024 More than a decade ago, there were many rightsholders deploying this strategy in U.S. According to Justia , over 7,000 copyright cases were filed in 2024, with Strike 3 responsible for more than half of that total. Of all lawsuits filed in the first half of 2024, more than 88% have already been closed.

Settlement 57

Settlement Copyright IP Branding 57

JD Supra Law

MARCH 12, 2025

In 2024, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued several decisions in the biotechnology and chemical space where the written description and enablement requirements came into play in proceedings involving.

Patent Application 68

Patent Application Art Patent 68

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Brazil: ISP Site Blocking Orders (Online Piracy) [2023-06-28 to 2024-11-18] Order Date Legal Authority/Agency Site/Piracy Type Transparency 2024-11-18 Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo / CyberGaeco Streaming Piracy Restricted 2024-11-14 Tribunal de Justiça de Pernambuco IPTV / Stream-Ripping Restricted 2024-11-13 Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo / ABTA (..)

Reporting 120

Reporting IP Copyright Business 120

IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades in some form, the more recent Generative AI (GenAI) boom has brought it back into the limelight. With the sudden popularity and prevalence of newer systems such as ChatGPT, we have seen GenAI, and even AI more broadly, enter new industries and have new use cases seemingly daily.

Technology 105

Technology Government Intellectual Property IP 105

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Image from here Recently, WIPO published its 2024 IP Indicator , capturing the trends in the global IP filing and their administration. The 2024 Indicator focuses on the developments from 2023 and compares it with the figures from 2022. than last year).

IP 63

IP Patent Application Patent Reporting 63

JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2025

In 2024, design patent law encountered a couple of major changes: the implementation of a new design patent bar, and the upending of decades of obviousness law under 35 U.S.C. 103 in view of the en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)s decision in LKQ Corporation v.

Design Patent 62

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 62

IP Watchdog

MARCH 27, 2025

On Tuesday, the European Patent Office (EPO) published the Patent Index 2024, the latest edition of the EU patent agencys annual snapshot into global innovation through the lens of European patent application filings.

Technology 59

Technology Invention Patent Editing 59

JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries.

Television 73

Television Music Art Publishing 73

JD Supra Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

UPC_CoA_402/2024; APL_40470/2024 (CoA Luxembourg Dec. 20, 2024) (Grabinski, Blok, Goug, JJ.; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Samsung Bioepis NL B.V., Enderlin, Hedberg, TJJ.). By: McDermott Will & Emery

Patent 117

Patent 117

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The last date to apply is November 04, 2024. Case Summaries L Oreal vs Graphics Traders on 19 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) Image from here The plaintiff filed a suit alleging import of counterfeit cosmetics by the defendant, bearing its trademarks- “MAYBELLINE” and “BABY LIPS”. Manya Gupta examines this order further.

Trademark 103

Trademark Copyright Cease and Desist Registration 103

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

After much anticipation, we are ready to announce this year's winners of the IPKat Book of the Year Awards!

Intellectual Property Law 78

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Editing Trademark Law 78

Hugh Stephens Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Image:www.shutterstock.com There is no better way to start out the New Year, 2024, with a commentary on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright. It was the big emerging issue in 2023 and is going to be even bigger in 2024.

Copyright 298

Copyright Litigation 298

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Before delving into the factors that merit this decision more attention, a look at pre-grant opposition (PGO) hearings and the impact of the 2024 patent amendments on this provision. 2024) by interpreting sub-rules (3), (4), and (5). Key Changes Introduced by the Patent Amendment Act, 2024: Revolutionary or Mere Paper Tigers?

Patent 68

Patent Art Patent Application Invention 68

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

One of the more interesting public policy reads of 2024 comes from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), whose “Drug Patent and Exclusivity Study” effectively debunks the false narratives and bogus statistics that have been levied against pharmaceutical patents with significant effect in recent years.

Patent 119

Patent Trademark Reporting Technology 119

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

on 28 October, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The petitioner sought removal of “Plantpowered” trademark from the Trademark register, arguing it to be the same as its “Plant Powered” trademark. Pneumo Care Health P Ltd vs Oxygun Health P Ltd 5 November, 2024 (Delhi Dsitrict Court) Image from here The plaintiffs, Pneumo Care Health Pvt.

Personality Rights 103

Personality Rights Trademark Social Media Patent Law 103