Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Sony settles lawsuit over Whitney Houston biopic, Asian News International sues OpenAI and HarperCollins inks deal with AI company. The post 3 Count: Dancing with Sony appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet, hosting millions of books and academic articles that can be downloaded for free. The site defied all odds over the past two years. It continued to operate despite a full-fledged criminal prosecution by the United States, which resulted in the arrest of two alleged operators in Argentina.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Bluesky has reached over 20 million users and is adding more every second. But how is it on matters of copyright and content protection? The post Copyright and Content Protection on Bluesky appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and NYP Holdings, Inc. v. Perplexity AI, Inc. - Plaintiffs Dow Jones and Company, Inc. and NYP Holdings, Inc., publishers of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post, (collectively, Plaintiffs), have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against defendant Perplexity AI, Inc. (Perplexity AI), a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company.
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?
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday released a final rule that will increase many patent-related fees on Jan. 19, recalibrating some proposed hikes that had drawn criticism from attorneys and industry groups while leaving others intact.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a final rule announcing across-the-board fee increases of 7.5% but scrapping the most controversial proposals from its April 2024 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The changes will take effect as of January 19, 2025.
Intellectual Property Pulse brings together the best content for IP professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Rakesh Parikh, Aaron Fadden and Janet Cho provide their insights into some of the nuances of corporate transactions involving intellectual property. Transactions that involve patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and other proprietary assets often present a unique set of challenges that many transactional attorneys may not be familiar with.
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Early September, Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel announced that it would team up with the Hackathon Brazil Community to stage the first ever ‘TV Box Hackathon’ The two-day event, tabled for September 28 and 29, would see teams of hackers develop “innovative solutions” to block or disable non-certified set-top boxes, typically piracy-configured Android devices installed in people’s homes.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
In the last couple of years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool for the advertising industry, promising unprecedented efficiency and cost savings and innovative ways of creating content. However, alongside its potential benefits, businesses are confronted with a host of new legal challenges. Key areas of concern include compliance with advertising regulations and consumer protection law as well as intellectual property issues.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This is a pro se/in pro per lawsuit. Andrew Grant Haymore played the MMORPG “ New World ” and used the New World discord server, from which he was banned. He alleges the ban diminished his investment of 10k hours and $1,700 into the game. He sued Amazon for $7B in compensatory damages and $70B in punitive damages. He doesn’t get a dime.
Advertiser: IPO
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.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
New York's cannabis market is rapidly growing, with consumer demand increasing for all product types. If you're exploring an expansion into the Empire State, now is the time to make moves. But before you jump in, many corporate and regulatory factors must be considered, including navigating complicated regulations and structuring compliant agreements.
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Image from here. [ This post is authored by Akshat Agrawal. Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. He did his LLM from Berkeley Law in 2023 specialising in IP and Tech law. His previous posts can be found here. He adds the following disclaimer: After some discussion around an earlier draft and an admitted history of verbosity, I would also like to acknowledge the usage of Claude.ai for helping me re-frame the draft more succinctly and in a reader friendly manner.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
On November 14, 2024, the EU AI Office published a first draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (draft Code), the first of four drafting rounds that will conclude in April 2025.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a short precedential order yesterday denying a request by Cisco Systems, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to voluntarily dismiss their appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling for K. Mizra LLC.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This chart summarizes the case name, presiding judge, drug, and patents-at-issue in all federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act. It also includes the same information for proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board concerning Orange Book-listed patents.
Velocity of Content
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
CCC has again been named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by The Women’s Edge and The Boston Globe. This prestigious recognition highlights CCC’s commitment to innovation, leadership, and women’s empowerment in business. Led by CEO Tracey Armstrong, CCC continues to drive the transformation of the global knowledge economy.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This week, a Pennsylvania jury is hearing argument in a trial that will decide The Pennsylvania State University's trademark infringement claims against Vintage Brand, LLC, its affiliated company, and its owner. According to court records, Vintage Brand selects and scans images from sports memorabilia to print them on blank products, such as apparel and other items.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A Los Angeles-based company that made customized sneakers for celebrities and athletes hit back Tuesday at Nike's $60 million trademark suit, saying that despite the companies' previous collaborations, Nike is now making knowing false claims in a "smear campaign" to crush its business.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
In October, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) announced a new interpretation regarding the registrability of advertising elements. This new approach adopts a less restrictive stance, paving the way for the legal protection of slogans and advertising expressions as trademarks in Brazil.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Taiwanese computer company ASUSTeK and the California owner of patents it infringed lambasted each other in post-trial motions filed in Texas federal court, with ASUS seeking to vacate a $22 million verdict due to the patentee's "ambush" tactics, and the patentee wanting its award doubled for ASUS' "pirate-like behavior.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
On November 13, 2024, Amgen filed Case No. 5:24-cv-00642 (E.D.N.C.) against Accord BioPharma and Intas Pharmaceuticals, alleging INTP23, their proposed Prolia® / Xgeva® (denosumab) biosimilar, would infringe 34 of Amgen’s patents. The patents asserted include two with composition claims, four with composition of matter claims, 32 with manufacturing claims, and one with claims directed to host cells.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Class counsel in the massive NCAA name, image and likeness lawsuit have asked a California federal court to intervene with third-party servicing companies that are using misleading information while offering claims-filing services to class members in order to profit from the proposed $2.78 billion settlement.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
It’s been 10 years since Alice was decided. Kilpatrick’s Steve Borgman and Andrew Saul recently presented at the 29th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute in Austin, Texas, on recent cases and trends in the courts and the USPTO involving Section 101, as well as some of the highlights (or lowlights) in the 10 years since Alice. In addition, tips for litigation and prosecution were provided.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated claims in a RealD Spark patent it alleged were infringed by Microsoft's eye-contact feature, the latest decision in a broader legal battle.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the finalized fee increases taking effect on January 19, 2025. While applicants can still expect significant increases in certain areas, some proposed fee increases were not implemented following pushback from public commentators. By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York accuses Apple of infringing two patents through some of the newer features of its iMessage app that allow people to react and respond to particular texts.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued its Final Rule with adjusted filing fees at all stages of trademark application and maintenance filings. The fee increases, which take effect on January 18, 2025, aim to provide sufficient financial resources to facilitate the effective administration of the trademark systems, while a new framework for application filing fees with surcharges aims to incentivize standard applications, decrease office actions during the examination of.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A Michigan mortgage company has agreed to change its name to end a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by a rival business in Ohio that claimed it was fielding complaints from confused customers over allegedly questionable telemarketing practices.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A planned vote in the Judiciary Committee on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) was recently delayed in the Senate. The bill was introduced by Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in 2023. It previously was scheduled for a vote in the Judiciary Committee in September before it was delayed until after the 2024 election.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
California federal prosecutors unveiled a criminal case Wednesday accusing five alleged members of the "Scattered Spider" cybercrime group of using a phishing scheme to access the confidential data of media and technology companies and steal $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from digital wallets.
The TTABlog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The Board upheld a refusal to register the proposed mark shown below for "first aid kits" [SURVIVAL disclaimed] on the ground that the supposed mark "would be perceived as merely informational matter and thus fails to function as a trademark" for the identified goods. The Board found that each of the elements of the mark - the white Greek cross on a green background, the word SURVIVAL, and the red rectangle - are non-distinctive both alone and in combination.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The patent office convinced a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to keep in place redacted portions of six emails detailing the agency's response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a longtime legal foe of Apple Inc. that is suing the agency to find out more about administrative decisions that wiped out a $533 million jury verdict.
Likelihood of Confusion
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Originally posted 2006-02-20 21:00:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSlate explains how Likelihood of Confusion did it: If anything, the data revealed a small positive uptick in test scores for kids who got to watch more television when they were young. For kids living in households in which English was a second language, or with a […] The post Proof that TV doesn’t harm kids, Butch!
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
If affirmed on appeal, the rationale employed by the Delaware federal court in Wyeth v. AstraZeneca to find "unit dosage"-related patent claims invalid could lead to a significant paradigm shift in how active-ingredient-focused patent applications are drafted and litigated, say Matthew Zapadka and John Schneible at Arnall Golden.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists outline the benefits of intellectual property (IP) audits and trade secret assessments for employers and organizations looking to safeguard their assets: With non-compete agreements facing continual legal pressure, what are some other ways employers can protect their trade secrets and IP?
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
194 
Let's personalize your content