SpicyIP

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Image from here In Part I , we looked at the legal mechanism around IP professors’ engagement with the judiciary. We can get an inkling about this after observing the sorry state of IP research in India. I resist making normative or ideological claims about what IP is for and the stakes of public interest therein.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established World IP Day (WIPD) 19 years ago to celebrate the day on which the WIPO Convention entered into force: April 26, 1970. And this year, WIPO has set as the theme for World IP Day 2024, “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.”

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The bill seeks to provide for intellectual property (IP) rights in an individual’s voice and likeness as well as remedies including statutory damages and disgorged profits.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This might sound well and good—until you think about what it actually means for IP owners. Indeed, the foundational premise of the repair movement is that there is something inherently wrong when an IP owner exercises its right to exclude and imposes a repair restriction.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This conference brings together some of the top thought leaders and newsmakers from the entire industry, with a variety of different backgrounds and people who focus on various different niche verticals within the IP community.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Another year of IP is behind us, and it is time to reflect on what mattered most—what decisions will affect practice for years to come and/or continue to play out in the courts as we move into 2024? Below are reflections on milestones from this past year—some positive, some negative, and some neutral--at least for now.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Nearly 50 former government officials and other well-known figures in the IP space signed onto a letter today penned by the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) urging President Biden to oppose the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) proposed extension of the COVID-19 IP waiver to therapeutics and diagnostics.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This article is Part Two of a Three-Part Article Series. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). Note: First published in The Intellectual Property Strategist and Law.com. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part Three Preview.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

A more inclusive and diverse IP system is not just a more dynamic IP system, it is a stronger IP system. A more inclusive and diverse IP system is not just a more dynamic IP system, it is a stronger IP system. The provision would not be retroactive (Article 5).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Direct liability for Fruugo In respect of whether Fruugo could be liable for the purposes of Article 9(2) EUTMR, the Court’s analysis mainly revolved around the concept of “use”, which has not been defined in EU legislation but has evolved through case-law, and notably the CJEU’s decisions in L’Oreal v eBay (C‑324/09) and Coty v Amazon (C-567/18).

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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. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Image from here Recently, Praharsh revived a discussion about the not-very-active state of IP academic interventions in India while sharing the news of the appointment of Prof. In other words, why is Indian IP scholars’ engagement with the judiciary involving IP issues limited, or perhaps, rare? Here, professors like N.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 9, 2024

In separate articles published in Italian media last weekend, a reason for the lack of participation is made clear; few articles published online offer credible information and most don’t focus on the right issues. That being said, the number of domains and IP addresses blocked proves almost nothing.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2024

After a year-long process involving 38 state organizations and dozens of individual representatives, IP rights has been selected as the topic for the 2024-2025 debate competition by The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Should the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today held a hearing, titled “IP Litigation and the U.S. Issa said these voices claim the forum is being leveraged in ways that distort the IP system.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While none of these cases induced large numbers of amici to ask the Court to grant cert, they do represent several current issues in IP law that remain unaddressed. Supreme Court issued an order list that denied petitions for writ of certiorari filed in at least five intellectual property cases.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

While the AI Act is not IP-specific legislation, it will have a substantial impact on it, notably copyright and trade secrets. This sprawling regulation comprises 180 recitals and 113 articles. IP-related impact Recitals 104 to 109 and Article 53 have a direct impact on copyright.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2024

Cooperation and increased information sharing are essential and should be further promoted, at all levels, in accordance with Union law, the protection of personal data and the freedom to conduct business under Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘ the Charter ’).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 12, 2024

In particular, two cases clarified the assessment of novelty and distinctness of plant varieties that were the subject of earlier foreign IP rights, but didn’t claim priority in their subsequent Italian plant variety rights (PVR) applications. 974, Article 3. Breeders enjoy this right of priority for a period of twelve months.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Shueisha notes that it will be able to present a prima facie civil case against each of the currently anonymous operators because their conduct violated Article 709 of the Civil Code. ” Shueisha says the discovery sought here is “narrowly tailored” and is not unduly intrusive or burdensome. .”

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show any concrete harm caused by OpenAI’s alleged removal of copyright management information from their articles, which they claim were then used to train ChatGPT’s language model. TransUnion v.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Cases relating to the exclusion of patentable subject matter on moral grounds are rare, and always serve to highlight the underlying moral and political framework necessary for a well-functioning IP system. The Opponents argued that the granted claims contravened Article 53(a) EPC.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Direct effect of the InfoSoc Directive But how does vertical direct effect play out in the IP context, especially in a field that of copyright in which Member States laws have been harmonized mostly through directives? A few years ago, questions of direct effect were specifically tackled in a copyright context in OSA [IPKat here ].

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In its quest to hold Hadopi to account, La Quadrature du Net highlighted one of the program’s implementing decrees, which authorizes the creation of files containing internet users’ IP addresses plus personal identification data obtained from their internet service providers.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2024

For the IP-centric parts that are of specific interest to our readers: Ms. Shwetasree Majumder, the Managing Partner of Fidus Law Chambers , is a veteran IP advocate with a practice of more than 21 years, as noted by the SC in its resolution. of Justice. Long time readers will remember that Ms.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 21, 2024

IP strategy for cell therapy also has unique challenges. The patent at issue in T 1259/22 , although relatively old (expiring August 2024 with SPCs), nonetheless highlights some of the key challenges for cell therapy IP strategy. The stem cells may also be harvested from a genetically matched healthy donor.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Today, we focus on the Italian Supreme Court decision, which will be of great interest not only to Vespa fans, but also to those working on overlapping IP rights, the requirements for copyright protection post- Cofemel [IPKat here ], and what the elusive notion of ‘substantial value’ actually means in trade mark law and how it is to be assessed.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This Big Kat is thinking about the big issues for IP in the coming year. The early years focused on investigating and analysing national experiences to understand the relationship between IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. The provision would not be retroactive (Article 5).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2024

An unsourced statement in the article that broke the news appeared to send people in the wrong direction, and a general reluctance by those familiar with the facts to actually share some, sealed the deal. In almost all respects, the article accurately reports the information contained in the order. Well, free.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 11, 2023

A Mole Inside Friend MTS Our 2019 article provided significant detail on the blocking program, including that information was being leaked from inside an anti-piracy company. That meant that any IP address and related server/hosting information obtained during the sweep was actually related to services other than Flawless.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In this article, we delve into the complexities surrounding injunctive relief in patent cases that are sure to impact Xockets’ chances of obtaining an injunction in a post?eBay As is often the case in patent cases, Xockets seeks an injunction in addition to monetary damages. eBay world.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We are less than 24 hours out from 2024 and, after reflecting on what mattered in 2023 and other year-in-review recaps, it is now time once again to ponder what lies ahead.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Third, IP cases routinely support ex parte TROs, but IP cases are not well-suited to procedures where the defense isn’t involved because those adjudications are too error-prone.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This week my conversation is with Carlo Cotrone, who is a Chief IP Counsel and frequent contributor to IPWatchdog, both our online publication and at our in-person programs.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Those mentioned in the article focus on live football streams, the same priority content Piracy Shield is supposed to wipe out. Any app providing access to pirated streams will do so using IP addresses and DNS servers of which Google Play has no knowledge. AGCOM Commissioner Capitano ) The relevant section of the law ( art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The CJEU based its ruling on this issue in “Pelham” on the aspect of recognisability when it came to the related right of the record producer under Article 2 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29) ( C-476/17 – Pelham ). Similarly, AI output can be deemed a rights-infringing reproduction if the original can be recognised in it.

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