Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

by Dennis Crouch As its name suggests, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is designed to substantially overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , 566 U.S. 66 (2012), and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208 (2014). Together those cases created a firestorm of invalid patents and challenges for the patent office and patent holders alike.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

After years of anti-piracy campaigns, there’s a tendency to wonder whether the secret sauce of success is right around the corner or just as elusive as it’s ever been. Yet, even briefly considering the perspective of those creating these campaigns can be a fairly sobering experience. There’s a blank sheet of paper and this campaign has to work, what can it possibly say that hasn’t been said before?

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by PatSeer on the launch of their new Industrial Design Search solution. For more details, read on below. PatSeer Launches AI-Driven Industrial Design Database with Unrivalled Worldwide Coverage The new solution brings a generational leap in Design Search PatSeer announces the launch of its new Industrial Design Search solution, featuring cutting-edge AI-driven image search.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

A court win against the Internet Archive has publishers celebrating, but what does it mean for the future of public libraries and digital access? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has spoken, and it’s not the news advocates of “controlled digital lending” were hoping for. In last week’s ruling in Hachette Book Group, Inc. v.

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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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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Image from here As I conclude my summer vacation at home, it’s the perfect moment to bring the series I started over a year ago to its conclusion … Welcome to the climactic finale of our “ Sifting Through SpicyIP Pages ” series! Yes, it’s the 12th and final post, culminating this year-long time-travel-ish journey. I began the series with a sense of Sankofa —aiming to fetch what was left behind (if any) and see how we can take things forward.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

On Friday, September 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc. in a more than decade-long infringement battle over patent claims covering the conversion of electromagnetic signals. The Federal Circuit found that the Middle District of Florida erred in its application of collateral estoppel and abused its discretion in excluding expert testimony on validity offered by ParkerVision as unreliable, leading the ap

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 which came into effect recently on August 1, 2024 has garnered significant attention across the country. The Act, having brought amendments to various Acts of our legislation, including those related to Intellectual Property (IP) and media laws among others, primarily aims to decriminalise the provisions – aiming to shift from punitive measures like imprisonment to more lenient penalties such as fines and pecuniary penalties.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

[I missed this opinion when it first came out in 2023. Blogging for completeness because of the importance of the “reasonable Internet user” standard.] Klarna offers a “buy now, pay later” option to consumers at third-party e-commerce sites. If a consumer chooses to pay with Klarna, it divides the bill into 4 equal amounts and debits the consumer’s bank account every 2 weeks until paid.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Discussing the impact of reviving and utilizing deceased persons’ voices through AI tools, and the sufficiency of the legal frameworks in India and other countries to address this phenomena, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Julia Anna Joseph and Snehal Khemka. Julia is an Associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Bengaluru and Snehal is an Associate at Chadha and Chadha IP, Gurugram.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Image by Nikin from Pixabay In its jugment of 30 April 2024 (C-470/21) , the Court of Justice of the European Union answered three questions referred by the French Administrative Supreme Court (‘Conseil d’Etat’), that can be summed up as follows: must Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58 on privacy and electronic communications be interpreted as precluding national legislation which authorises the public authority responsible for the protection of copyright against infringements of those rights co

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Originally posted 2013-11-03 23:05:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWant to know the difference between a leaker and whistle-blower? Johnny Dollar posits the distinction. The post Talking a leak appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Image: Shutterstock Since this is a copyright blog, I am guessing that most of my readers will be saying to themselves, “I know the difference between trademark and copyright; doesn’t everyone?”. Everyone does not, and this can lead to considerable confusion especially when the media use the two terms loosely or interchangeably.

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