JD Supra Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

A North Carolina federal judge wont pause his order blockingNASCARfrom enforcing its antitrust release in racing contracts including one for a team owned by former NBA starMichael Jordan for the 2025 season, saying Monday that he did not grant the injunction lightly. By: Kaufman & Canoles

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

We are extending the deadline to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024 until 10 February 2025. Upcoming events in the IP world include INTA 2025 Annual Meeting between 17 and 21 May 2025 in San Diego (CA, USA); and oriGIn 2025 Biennial Meeting from 8 to 10 October 2025 in Morelia (Mexico).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2025

The court also rejects Viral DRM’s standing to bring a 1202 CMI claim because the contract trail was too confusing for the court. Ashgar, 2025 WL 822685 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Fadila, 2025 WL 822688 (N.D. March 13, 2025) Viral DRM LLC v. Fuentes, 2025 WL 822690 (N.D. March 14, 2025).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

This statement sets out OpenAI’s vison for a ‘social contract for content in AI’. However, OpenAI then states that it ‘[feels] that it’s important we contribute to the development of a broadly beneficial social contract for content in the AI age.’ OpenAI adds that new features will be added in the future.

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Patently-O

APRIL 7, 2025

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit issued a significant trade secret remedies decision AMS-OSRAM USA Inc. Renesas Electronics America, Inc. , 2022-2185, 2022-2186 (Fed. To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Already a member? Simply log in to access the full post. Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 19, 2025, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed into lawSenate File 107, now Enrolled Act No. The law will apply to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of July 1, 2025. By: Littler

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

2] CONTEXT FIR had been lodged on January 6, 2025, by one vegetable vendor alleging the fraud of 13.48 These include documentary evidence such as bank transactions, investment contracts, and certificates that will prove the gemstones are counterfeit and were given to the company. 21, 2025). [2] 21, 2025). [3] 21, 2025).

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2025

As the new year begins, prudent service providers will review and consider updating their contract forms to ensure they align with the company's strategic goals and comply with any current or upcoming laws and regulations. By: Venable LLP

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 1, 2023

This post provides updates on several key issues, particularly the potential impact on commercial contract drafting of amendments to Bill 96 that took effect on June 1, 2023 and also notes (among other issues) the importance for many businesses of getting out in front of changes to the Charter that will affect trademark usage as of June 1, 2025.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 22, 2025

8:24-cv-02600-JVS-ADS, 2025 WL 250032 (C.D. InSinkErator LLC v. Joneca Co.,

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

NASCAR is fighting antitrust claims in North Carolina even after removing a controversial exclusivity clause from its race team contracts, and the Tar Heel State's medical industry could see massive shake-ups from a challenge to a healthcare competition law and alleged impropriety in a major hospital system acquisition.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Old contracts many of the contracts that were signed by authors and academics pre-date the LLM/genAI era. Contractual interpretation dictates that the provisions must be given the meaning a reasonable person would have understood the intention of the parties to have been at the time the contract was concluded.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

14-MD-2542 (VSB), 2025 WL 354671 (S.D.N.Y. 30, 2025) This is a ruling on 19 motions to exclude expert testimony in this case, which is mostly an antitrust case; I will focus only on some false advertising-relevant rulings. In re Keurig Green Mountain Single-Serve Coffee Antitrust Litig., Butlers modification of the control group.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2025

This post is part of MoFos 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. Stay tuned for expert insights regarding the impact of AI on intellectual property, licensing, contracts, regulatory policy, enforcement, privacy, and venture markets in life sciences.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DistroKid, LLC , 2025 WL 450587 (S.D.N.Y. 11, 2025) The post “Volitional Conduct” Doctrine Helps DistroKid Defeat Copyright Infringement Claim–White v. Case Citation : White v. DistroKid appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2025

In this post, Yogesh Byadwal argues that these terms of use also offer an insight into the practice of expanding copyright using Contract Law. on 8 January, 2025 (Delhi HC) The rectification petition was filed seeking removal of trade mark registered in the name of respondent no. DHC Directs CIC to Disclose a Ph.D

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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Michael Geist

MARCH 21, 2023

Supporters note that document demands are not unprecedented – there have been requests with respect to McKinsey and We Charity – but those involved concerns about completed contracts or programs, not internal analysis of legislation. This targets the companies’ response to legislation without evidence of wrongdoing.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

Eleonora Rosati and Irene Calboli, 2025, OUP). Given the multifaceted nature of fashion law encompassing intellectual property, competition, contract, and e-commerce law, among others The Handbook of Fashion Law reflects this breadth by offering an equally expansive scope of topics, structured in a coherent manner.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Hence, as is the case with the second point, the existing contracts might shed light on the issue of who is the owner of the Copyright in the BTS. Reportedly, the Madras HC has issued notice in the dispute to Nayanthara asking her and other defendants to file their replies by 8 January.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This is an interesting legal question as the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the CDPA) brought in new performers’ rights, even for earlier performances such as Mitchell’s and Redding’s subject to transitional provisions regarding prior contracts. The wider context of this case is an industry where “catalogue” (i.e.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Last month, instead, Open AI, which is defendant in some pending copyright infringement claims, published its approach to data and AI, affirming the importance of a new social contract for content in the AI age and announcing the development by 2025 of a Media Manager, which “ will enable creators and content owners to tell [OpenAI] what they own and (..)

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2025

Having also found the likelihood of infringement, the Court of Appeal thus granted a preliminary injunction against Sibionics in all UPC Contracting Member States where the patent was in force. In the rest of its decision, the UPC Court of Appeal also rejected Sibionics' novelty and inventive step attacks.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 28, 2025

Unlike previous technologies, which simply sped up manual tasks, generative AI enables firms to distil insights from enormous volumes of legal data and streamline highly specific processes like contract drafting or due diligence reviews. This shift is fundamentally redefining what it means to practice law in 2025.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate Course Trier & Online tutorial - Course start: 25 September 2024; Course end: 16 May 2025 ERA will offer a high-standard course giving patent attorneys the best tools to understand the legal framework and procedural rules necessary to litigate before the UPC.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In early 2020, a group of legislators submitted to the House of Representatives to prohibit the installation and operation of coal-fired power plants nationwide by 2025. In 2020, as part of its NDC, Brazil reaffirmed its reduction target of 37% by 2025 and assumed a new target of 43% by 2030 (compared to 2005 levels).

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Herbert Smith Freehills

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In early 2020, a group of legislators submitted to the House of Representatives to prohibit the installation and operation of coal-fired power plants nationwide by 2025. In 2020, as part of its NDC, Brazil reaffirmed its reduction target of 37% by 2025 and assumed a new target of 43% by 2030 (compared to 2005 levels).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to the press release, the first molecules subject to the agreement are expected to launch as early as 2025. based in China, has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement as an exclusive provider of CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) services to Kings Pharm Corp.,

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

In addition, environmental and social factors are becoming increasingly important in determining the value of a company where estimates of the value of global ESG assets exceed $53 trillion by 2025. Secondly, a smart contract mechanism is developed to verify the consistency between the raw data and the final ESG report.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In a case involving a patent for herbicide compositions, the UPC Munich Local Division was asked to consider whether the alleged infringer's marketing of a product within the Contracting Member States under the same brand name as a clearly infringing product sold outside the Member States created a risk of first (or imminent) infringement.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2022

Subscription marketing is on the rise with some predicting the subscription industry will more than double by 2025. Send reminder notices when required by state law – previously, this requirement primarily applied to annual contracts, but new state laws have broadened the scope.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The ownership of the creative tasks conducted by digital workers as part of the collaborative venture is determined either by the workers’ status as employees or otherwise by contract—which means that it is determined in the context of significant power asymmetries and the routine exploitation of digital workers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The specific Working Groups (WGs) then will meet several times for drafting rounds between September 2024 and April 2025. The Plenary kick-off meeting took place on 30 September 2024. The Chairs for each of the four WGs of the Plenary, including WG1 on transparency and copyright-related rules are listed here.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Entities subject to the law will have to provide “clear and conspicuous” links on their websites giving consumers the choice to opt-out of that type of processing and provide a universal opt-out preference signal by January 1, 2025. Consistent with other state privacy laws, the CPDPA contains an anti-discrimination clause.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

The Act could also require data minimization, processing limitations, data security, non-discrimination, third-party contracting, and data protection assessments, as well as impose certain requirements directly on entities who process data on behalf of a party that makes decisions on how that data is used. When will the TDPSA be effective?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2022

In addition, environmental and social factors are becoming increasingly important in determining the value of a company where estimates of the value of global ESG assets exceed $53 trillion by 2025. Secondly, a smart contract mechanism is developed to verify the consistency between the raw data and the final ESG report.

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