IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Introduction Whenever we discuss any lawful work or papers, the initial thing which comes into our brain is “a ton of paper work” A smart contract could be a unique advantage here as it can reduce or say can assist us with disposing of paper work totally. A smart contract is an agreement that gets executed naturally.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

Moreover, does equating IP with tangible property risk distorting its fundamental purpose? The couple petitioned the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) to seek compensation for the loss caused due to the damage to their intellectual property (IP). Data and Intellectual Property What was the IP involved in this case?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

The IPKat is pleased to host the following contribution by Katfriend Marianna Ryan (Edwin Coe and King's College London) on the topical issue of how Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are to be treated and what IP issues come with them. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Janet Cho and Rob Van Arnam discuss the basics of AI and CHATGPT, how they can be used in contracts, their benefits, and risks. By: Williams Mullen

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IPilogue

MARCH 24, 2022

Shayna Jan is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. What sort of IP issues could I possibly face? With that said, contracts should be clearly written, without legal jargon, to avoid litigation. Growing up, like many children, I had a skewed perception of the news.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Despite these differences, we noted that these two concepts have often been treated interchangeably by courts, often leading to confusing results.

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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. s COVID-19 vaccine.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Texas state jury has awarded $287 million to Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN in a contract dispute with Samsung Electronics Co., finding that Samsung breached a license agreement by refusing to pay for using a KPN patent, according to the verdict form.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs. The most common concern raised about NFTs, however, was the prevalence of consumer confusion about the IP rights implicated in their creation or transfer.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Instead, it is they may not own the exclusive rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) assets that such technologies are built upon usually. So, let us now make ourselves aware of the different challenges manufacturing firms face around IP in the digital economy and ways of overcoming them. Having Proper IP Portfolios In Place.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 2, 2022

Can something called a “Bored Ape” be embodied in a non-fungible token (NFT) and be associated with smart contracts? How could this present unique and challenging issues regarding copyright law?

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 19, 2024

That is the estimated number of employment contracts that could be impacted by the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule banning non-competes, if it goes into effect on September 4, 2024, as scheduled. By: Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

On May 17, the reported court filings involving Nicklaus involved both IP use and NIL issues. The IP rights and activities related to both Nicklaus as a person and his golf course design and construction activities made the deal worth more than $145 million.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the trademark and contract issues that Adidas is navigating with shoe designs and related designs in the future. Listen to the podcast of this episode here.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

In the IP domain, there is a complete absence of any legal framework governing intellectual property as only the legal status of physical property is discussed in the international framework. This would allow for the enforcement of a single uniform system of IP protection which all nations can abide by, ideally administered by WIPO.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. While artists may inherently feel like they are “held hostage” by their record labels, it all comes down to the contract terms that both the artist and record label agreed upon.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 8, 2025

Suhani is a third year law student at NLSIU who loves to write on IP and tech issues.] Further, the MoU also underscores the requirement of separate contracts of music directors and lyricists with producers whereby both will have the right to negotiate independently. As explained by Prof.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

District Court for the Central District of California last week, also accused Tarantino of breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition, according to court documents. The NFTs are being sold independent of Miramax, the producer and owner of the rights to the film, who says its ownership rights are being violated.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

According to Duff and Phelps, and CII’s joint report in 2019 on IP-backed financing, the proportion of tangible assets in the market value of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms has declined from over 80 percent to under 20 percent in the past three decades, thus signifying the rising contribution of intangible assets.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 16, 2023

Egin Kongoli is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive program. As I quickly learned, businesses that haven’t traditionally dealt with IP rights are facing a rising tide of related challenges as they seek to capitalize on new opportunities.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Effective management of intellectual property is crucial in the contracting stages of technology projects. For example, copyright protection, patent protection, and know-how (trade secrets) are all subject to different rules when it comes to contracting. By: Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the post on the analysis of Cigma Events Private Limited v. Deepak Gupta & Ors and enforcing criminal remedies against IP infringement in India. Can a Claim for Breach of Confidence and Breach of Contract be made together? Deepak Gupta.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Leif Zierz describes in the foreword, that “this book illustrates how IP protection – especially in the early stages of a business – helps to create both competitive advantages for start-ups and security for institutional investors and investment firms.” Remember you can vote for your favourite IP book of the year, details here.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2021, here. It’s December and time for.drumroll.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The New York state judge presiding over golf legend Jack Nicklaus' intellectual property lawsuit on Monday signaled he may not be able to untangle a set of contradictory contracts, which could lead to a trial over who can use the "Golden Bear's" name and likeness.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

as part of a settlement of the companies' patent and contract litigation over Wi-Fi routers in the U.S. Netgear Inc. has received $135 million from TP-Link Systems Inc. International Trade Commission and California federal courts.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 24, 2023

As noted in our recent blog posts, The Rise of Next-Gen Business Process Outsourcing and Key Contracting Issues to Consider, the core premise of next-gen business process outsourcing (BPO) includes (1) the leveraging of automation, bots, performance tools, and other technology to transform and optimize workflows and business processes and (2) the implementation (..)

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SpicyIP

JUNE 19, 2022

The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a place to get voiced either due to long standing assumptions, or due to being seen as ‘too trivial’ to discuss in more formal settings.

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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 Law 360

MAY 2, 2024

At-home lab test maker Everly Health urged a Delaware federal judge to affirm its nearly $1 billion arbitration award against Walgreens over claims the pharmacy chain deliberately misused the digital health platform's trademark while secretly diverting COVID-19 tests to its own pharmacists while Walgreens argued the arbitrator overstepped his authority (..)

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IP Law 360

MARCH 13, 2025

and his father to settle the company's contract dispute, resolving litigation that temporarily barred Harrison's jersey number 18 from officially being sold, according to court documents filed in New York state court Thursday. Fanatics has cut a confidential deal with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 19, 2023

Image generated at [link] | image seed – 1322410509329700 While the Indian IP landscape continues to grow at a breakneck speed, it’s “interesting” to see how little of any discussion is rooted in facts and figures. Starting with copyright and then hopefully moving on to patents and other IP rights.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

company formed to use proprietary artificial intelligence and other tech and metrics to analyze witness credibility and emotions in legal proceedings has sued an Italian firm alleging breach of a contract duty to hand over essential, licensed intellectual property.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

The IPKat is pleased to host the guest contribution below by Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) on a very recent development concerning NFTs and IP. NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e. NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e. remain fully applicable to NFTs.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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