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3 Count: Paella Piracy

Plagiarism Today

Anthropic reaches deal with music publishers, Illinois club sued by BMI and restaurant chain accuses former employees of trade secret theft. The post 3 Count: Paella Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Tool for trademark owners: Amazon Brand Registry

Erik K Pelton

Sellers on Amazon can take advantage of a great tool to have more control over their online store and sales. The Amazon Brand Registry allows owners of a trademark to protect their goods from counterfeiters and those infringing on the brand. There are just three basic requirements to register your brand with Amazon: A pending application or valid registration at the United States Patent and Trademark Office; The trademark must appear on the packaging of the products or on the products themselves

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Honey and the Importance of Attribution

Plagiarism Today

The popular browser extension Honey is being accused of robbing creators of earned commissions. It's a legal fight over attribution. The post Honey and the Importance of Attribution appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Tesla Gets PTAB To Trim Patents In AI Vehicle Fight

IP Law 360

An administrative patent board has issued several rulings on patents covering the use of artificial intelligence in self-driving vehicles, largely won by Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. and the subject of litigation in Delaware federal court.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Want to Partner with a College Student Athlete? What Businesses Should Know About NIL Deals | Insights

JD Supra Law

Name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals are analogous to endorsement deals, where businesses contract with a person to promote a product or service, but "NIL deals" is typically used to refer to agreements with college student athletes. Since 2021, NIL deals have allowed student athletes to earn money and work with brands while in school, but they require brands to undertake additional steps above and beyond those required when working with a celebrity or influencer who is not a student athlete.

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Anti-Piracy Group Wants to Expand Italy’s ‘Piracy Shield’ to Protect Movies

TorrentFreak

Less than a year has passed since Italy officially implemented the ‘ Piracy Shield ‘ system that aims to thwart live sports streaming piracy. Since February the system has blocked access to thousands of IP-addresses and domain names associated with unauthorized broadcasts. This massive blocking operation is seen as a major success by the authorities and many participating rightsholders.

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Patent Pools, Patent Dealmaking and Outrageously Good Audio

IP Watchdog

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Heath Hoglund, President of Via Licensing Alliance. The conversation takes us deep into the world of audio, video, standard essential patents, patent pools, patent licensing, patent dealmaking, inevitable patent litigation that is often necessary when so much money is at stake, and much more.

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[Video] Wolf Greenfield Attorneys Review 2024 and Look Ahead to 2025

JD Supra Law

2025 promises to be another busy year for intellectual property law. 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. Here are some of the highlights: 01:02 - Chelsea Loughrans thoughts on The University of California v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 30 – January 5)

SpicyIP

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Indias Top IP Developments in 2024, a potential trade secret litigation at the Delhi HC and Screenwriters Rights Association of Indias registration as Copyright Society. This and a lot more in this weeks SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.

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Blincyto® Found to Infringe Lindis Biotech’s Patents

JD Supra Law

On December 17, 2024, after a seven-day jury trial in Case No. 1:22-cv-00035 (D. Del.), the jury returned its verdict, finding Lindis Biotechs U.S. Patent Nos. 8,709,421 (claims 3, 8, and 15) and 10,071,158 (claims 1, 12, and 20) willfully infringed by Amgens Blincyto (blinatumomab).

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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The Protection of Slogans as Trademarks in Brazil: A New Perspective

IP Watchdog

Slogans play a crucial role in branding, serving as memorable and important expressions of a companys identity. In Brazil, slogans are eligible for trademark registration, but their acceptance has historically been limited by strict requirements for distinctiveness and functionality. With the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) recently updating its interpretation of the law, the landscape for protecting slogans is evolving, offering new opportunities for brand owners.

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USPTO Announces New Fee Schedule for 2025

JD Supra Law

The USPTO has announced a significant update to its fee schedule for the 2025 fiscal year, set to take effect January 19, 2025. Across the board, fees will rise by at least 10%, with some increasing as much as 100%. The last major update to the fee schedule occurred in December 2022. By: Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Global IP Exchange Europe returns to Berlin in March

The IPKat

The IPKat has learned and wishes to inform interested readers about the upcoming IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe , taking place in Berlin on 11 and 12 March 2025. The Exchange is especially, though not exclusively, for those working in-house. An invitation-only event, the Global IP Exchange Europe Exchange will provide access to 70 top leaders within patent, trade mark and brand protection.

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Droit Social | Sélection de jurisprudence – France | Second semestre 2024

JD Supra Law

Cette newsletter prsente quatre dcisions de jurisprudence rendues au cours des derniers mois: Lemployeur peut utiliser le contenu de cls USB personnelles pour prouver une faute grave (Cass. soc., 25 septembre 2024, n 23-13.992).

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Trucking Financial Co. Says Ex-Worker Broke Noncompete

IP Law 360

The former face of customer service for a Charlotte, North Carolina, branch of a full-service provider for companies in the logistics and transportation industries has been hit with a suit by his former employer alleging he violated his noncompete agreement by joining a rival business and enticing "significant customers" to follow him.

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We All Scream for Ice Cream: DMCA Exemption Enables Repairs of McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines

JD Supra Law

A new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) allows McDonalds employees, franchise owners, and others to fix McDonalds often out-of-order ice cream machines. Prior to this exemption, most McDonalds ice cream machines could be fixed only by the copyright or license holder to the code embedded in the ice cream machines.

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Jury Will Hear Proud Boys 'Context' In Trial Against Law Firm

IP Law 360

A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawyer and law firm who supposedly misused a Texas company's jury pool research can't keep a jury from hearing certain detailsabout their defense of Proud Boys who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

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Overview of the 2025 USPTO Trademark Fee Changes Starting January 18, 2025

JD Supra Law

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced significant changes to trademark filing fees, which will take effect on January 18, 2025. The changes impact both new applications and post-registration maintenance fees, as well as several specific fees related to petitions, protests, and statements of use, and includes new fees related to insufficient application information and failure to prepare an application using the USPTOs pre-approved identifications from its Trademark.

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Amazon, Black & Decker Win $13M Default In Fake Battery Suit

IP Law 360

A Seattle federal judge has awarded The Black & Decker Corp. $8 million and Amazon $5.2 million in a default judgment against two individuals using 17 different accounts to peddle counterfeit DeWalt-branded batteries through Amazon's online marketplace.

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Action Recommended in View of Upcoming Fee Increases for Design Patents

JD Supra Law

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized its fee schedule for 2025, which will take effect on January 19, 2025. This schedule includes significant increases to fees for design patent applications.

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USA Football Falls Short Of Goal Line In TM Infringement Claim

IP Law 360

A Texas federal judge has found that a jury will have to decide a trademark infringement claim launched by USA Football in a feud over the national leadership of flag football within the U.S., but said the organization's marks were valid.

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Ripe for Review: Digital Access to a Banana taped to the Wall

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Let me peel back the layers of this slippery copyright dispute that has the art world going bananas. In Morford v. Cattelan , No. 23-12263 (11th Cir. 2024), the Eleventh Circuit confronted the question of whether an artist can claim copyright protection over the concept of taping a banana to a wall. The appellate court sided with the accused famous artist, Morford continues to pursue his copyright action in a newly filed petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court.

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Google Looks To Toss Big Tech Litigant's Antitrust Claims

IP Law 360

Google asked a Florida federal court on Monday to dismiss antitrust claims from web development company Greenflight over the search giant's reverse phone number lookup, saying the newly amended suit does not rectify the pleading problems already pointed out by the court.

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Delta Faucet Fights Back: Lawsuit Against Amazon Storefront Targets Unauthorized Sales, Trademark Violations and Brand Damage

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Delta Faucet Company , a prominent manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom fixtures, alleges that Justin and Andrew Bundrick engaged in unauthorized sales of Delta-branded products via Amazon storefronts SummitMerch (previously BunjiSolutions) and A.B.Sales . The company claims these products failed to meet their quality standards and did not include the official warranty, thereby violating trademark laws under the Lanham Act and constituting unfair competition.

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WDTX Urged To Spurn Microsoft's Bid To 'Slow' AI Chip Fight

IP Law 360

Technology startup Xockets has slammed Microsoft's bid to separate itself from patent infringement claims against it and Nvidia concerning computer chips used for generative artificial intelligence, telling the Western District of Texas that the company is trying to "slow the case" and "inundate the court with threshold motion practice.

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Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB Win for Patent to Detect Genetic Disorders

IP Watchdog

The U.S, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, January 6, rejected Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) argument that, among other issues, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) erred in its motivation to combine analysis and ultimate determination that Labcorp had not proven Ravgen, Inc.s patent claims to be obvious.

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Artist Tells Justices To Protect His 'Stupid Banana'

IP Law 360

While a California artist acknowledged to the U.S. Supreme Court that his work of art was just "a stupid banana taped to a wall," he still thinks it deserves copyright protection after an appeals court ruled that it wasn't "strikingly similar" to a more famous banana taped to a wall that debuted at Art Basel Miami over a decade later.

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‘Understanding IP Matters’ Podcast Exceeds 10,000 Dwnlds; IP CloseUp Passes 426,000 Visits

IP Close Up

For IP CloseUp and its related podcast, Understanding IP Matters, 2024 was a year of new highs and significant breakthroughs.

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Biotech Trade Secrets Fight Gets New Punitive Damages Trial

IP Law 360

A California federal judge has ordered a new punitive damages trial on how much a former Skye Orthobiologics LLC employee owes in a case where he was found to have breached his fiduciary duties by leveraging Skye's proprietary information, after ruling last year there wasn't enough evidence to support an earlier $25 million award.

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Not Quite Teaching Away: Federal Circuit Clarifies Evidence Needed to Defeat Motivation to Combine

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a recent non-precedential decision, the Federal Circuit provided an interesting analysis on how to evaluate evidence both supporting and undermining motivation to combine references in obviousness challenges. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Ravgen, Inc., No. 2023-1342, 2023-1345 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2025). To continue reading, become a Patently-O member.

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High Court Urged To Take Whistleblower Medical Device Row

IP Law 360

A former Minerva Surgical Inc. sales representative who says he was mistreated after raising concerns about the safety of certain medical devices wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his challenge to an arbitration award given to his former employer in whistleblower proceedings.

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California’s “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” Is Partially Unconstitutional…But Other Parts Are Green-Lighted–NetChoice v. Bonta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

California SB 976, “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act,” is one of the multitudinous laws that pretextually claim to protect kids online. Like many such laws nowadays, it’s a gish-gallop compendium of online censorship ideas: Age authentication! Parental consent! Overrides of publishers’ editorial decisions! Mandatory transparency!

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'Pizza Puff' Maker Fights Little Caesars' Injunction Stay Bid

IP Law 360

An Illinois federal judge shouldn't wait to enforce his order blocking Little Caesars from marketing its latest pizza muffin appetizer as "pizza puffs" because the chain won't convince the Seventh Circuit the term is generic, the company behind the trademarked fried pizza product argued Monday.

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Balancing Public Interest and Intellectual Property: Delhi High Court’s Landmark Decision Concerning Access to a Ph.D. Thesis

SpicyIP

Analysing the Delhi High Court’s decision in Rajeev Kumar v. Central Information Commission, SpicyIP intern Aishani Chatterjee discusses its key contribution vis-a-vis academic freedom. Aishani is a second year B.Sc. LL.B.(Hons.) student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. Balancing Public Interest and Intellectual Property: Delhi High Courts Landmark Decision Concerning Access to a Ph.D.

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Judge Urged To Sit Out Alopecia IP Row Over Ex-Clerk's Role

IP Law 360

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has asked a New Jersey federal judge to recuse himself from a case alleging the company's alopecia drug infringes an Incyte patent, saying Incyte's attorneys hired the judge's former law clerk and put him on the case, creating "an indelible appearance of impropriety.

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