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

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By now, most IP practitioners are familiar with the U.S. The highly publicized ruling came after almost a decade of litigation between the parties over VIP’s “Bad Spaniels” parody dog toy designed to mimic a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. VIP Products, Inc.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, argued in a reply brief to the U.S. Supreme Court filed on behalf of her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, on Tuesday that her case against Rogue Fitness is justiciable and the company has standing despite the cancellation of her patent claims by the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Several attorneys associated with patent monetization firm IP Edge are being referred to their state disciplinary bars, the Texas Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, the U.S. district court without disclosing the interests of IP Edge, which stood to gain 90% of the gross recovery from the asserted patents.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

There are two distinct procedures available to parties for resolving patent infringement matters in China: an administrative procedure before the IP office and a civil procedure before the courts.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact).

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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

JULY 30, 2024

Moreover, strong IP rights enable American businesses to compete effectively in the global marketplace by preventing competitors from simply copying their hard-earned innovations. This, in turn, leads to the creation of new products, services, and entire industries, which drive economic growth and create jobs.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

What could be a more fitting way to open a 2022 year-in-review article on AI and machine learning than by asking OpenAI’s newly beta-released ChatGPT tool to contribute? Additionally, the development and use of AI and machine learning technologies can raise issues related to privacy and security.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. application and should be addressed in an IDS, and how this information can be used for monetization and litigation.

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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

JULY 12, 2022

Recently, we submitted comments for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee in response to its June 22 hearing on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), titled: “The Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Examining Proposals to Address Predictability, Certainty and Fairness.” Here is the net of what we told them:

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On February 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Philpot v. Independent Journal Review reversing a ruling that an online reproduction of a photograph of singer-songwriter Ted Nugent constituted fair use.

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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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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

ArentFox Schiff LLP is seeking a patent litigation associate with 4-6 years of experience to join our DC or San Francisco offices. Experience with trial, motions, depositions, expert reports, and discovery management is preferred. PTAB experience is preferred.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 3, 2023

Thus, it’s time to prepare for the biggest change in the global IP landscape in more than a decade. To facilitate such preparation, we will be providing a series of five articles that will deal with the most important aspects of the UPC. The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will go live in less than a month, on June 1, 2023.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) on Monday held a webinar featuring some big names in the IP world to clear up what the organization characterizes as misguided views on the use of Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 1498(a). The event was prompted in part by a recent U.S. s COVID-19 vaccine.

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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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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Engagement in proactive IP litigation by global companies is the bedrock of trademark enforcement, and Adidas is no stranger to this strategy. Since 2008, this athleisure accessories manufacturer has consistently protected its intellectual property by signing over 200 settlement agreements and fighting more than 90 court battles.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Author files class action lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement; Industry leaders urge Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to clarify third-party litigation; YouTube pulls popular music videos from platform amidst copyright dispute.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Today’s was the sixth hearing of the IP Subcommittee this year. The goal of the PREVAIL Act is to reform the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a number of ways.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

If there are 1,000 SAD Scheme cases a year with 200 defendants each, there are 200,000 SAD Scheme trademark defendants in litigation every year. 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 14, 2023

Eli Lilly decisions provide a glimpse into what litigants can expect in the aftermath of the GSK v. Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit or the Supreme Court, they can be an important proving ground for the decisions rendered by those courts. And 2023 was no exception to that rule. As discussed below, the Zogenix v. Apotex and Teva v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2024

If you missed The IPKat last week, then join this Kat in keeping up with the latest IP news. The Board’s decision included the assessment of Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR and Article 8(5) EUTMR. Eleonora Rosati notified Readers about further upcoming IP events in her Sunday Surprises post. Image courtesy: Seher Moya

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

Why all this philosophical fodder suddenly on an IP blog … . which is a part of both Article 19 (right to free expression) and Article 21 (right to life) of the Indian Constitution. And Other Connected Cases while deciding on a litany of 9 litigations. Well … there’s a (new?) Union of India & Anr.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reflecting the agencys investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation in the United States. On December 5, the U.S.

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The IPKat

JUNE 16, 2024

The judgment focuses on procedural aspects and does not say much about substantive authorship issues, if not that in Article L 113-1 of the French IP Code (unsurprisingly) provides for a presumption of authorship in favour of the person indicated as the author of a work. IPKat-approved take on Comedian EU law is no more explicit.

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The letter sent last week was organized by Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) and signed by some of the world’s largest and most well-known corporations, including all of the major internet platforms, pharmaceutical and automotive companies.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2023

VIP Products LLC last week, I was reminded of an article I penned years ago for Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal exploring the boundaries of parodies when up against allegations of trademark infringement and dilution. That article observed: "Many of the trademark parody cases do not spend time analyzing what a parody is.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The case brings to light critical issues regarding the role of interim orders in IP litigation, particularly how they are treated as precedents, and since they are, should they be? The SC’s approach, while efficient, overlooks the impact of such injunctions on the trajectory of IP litigation in India in practice.

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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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IP Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2023

The European Union is reportedly considering sweeping new regulations for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), which make fair-minded observers wonder whether any sane adults are in charge at the European Commission (EC).

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2024

This article provides an overview of some of the key decisions issued in 2024, as well as important cases to watch in the remainder of the year. Courts have been busy with copyright cases in the first half of 2024.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: the Government Accountability Office published its report on third-party funding for patent litigation showing mixed responses to proposed disclosure requirements; the Second Circuit affirms a lower ruling that copyright ownership claims to George Clinton sound recordings are time-barred; the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 7, 2022

The debate over patent reform is heating up again. Last month, Google published a blog post on patent reform, purportedly aimed at promoting American innovation.

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