Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
South Park is not afraid of controversy. However, this time capsule episode about plagiarism in the music industry is very interesting. The post Plagiarism in Pop Culture: South Park appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
There are dozens of recognizable brands in the illegal streaming market, all jostling for position in a chaotic market where trademarks are copied even more readily than movies or live TV streams. In Latin America, one brand stands out more than most, and not just because it has a bright orange logo. Believed to operate out of China, illegal streaming service Magis TV is consumed via a now ubiquitous Android app, made available on hundreds of websites, including those operated by a very large ne
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Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Yes band members sued over Dare to Know, FMovies leader confesses and Shein must face both RICO and copyright claims. The post 3 Count: Dare to Know appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
In this episode, Rusty Close and Austin Padgett discuss why Taylor Swift re-recorded her original six albums. They explain the distinction between publishing rights and master recording rights, noting that Swift owned the publishing rights but not the master recordings. When her original label was sold, Swift decided to re-record her albums to regain control.
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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 Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
OpenAI, Inc. has won a fight at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to preliminarily enjoin Open Artificial Intelligence, Inc. and its owner, Guy Ravine, from using the marks “OpenAI” or “Open AI” in commerce. But one of the three judges dissented, calling the findings in the district court’s orders granting the injunction “confusing and insufficiently explained.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
On September 6, 2024, House Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) to Congress. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced an earlier version of the bill to the Senate in 2023. In a press release from Rep. Kiley’s office, PERA is lauded as bipartisan legislation crafted to “restore patent eligibility to inventions across many fields.”.
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S. Patent Application No. 18/140,658, entitled “Interacting with a Language Model using External Knowledge and Feedback,” in April 2023. The application published on October 31, 2024, and became available for public inspection.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The full Federal Circuit decided Thursday not to look further into arguments from GoPro Inc. that a September panel ruling on patents asserted against the camera company created "a breathtaking expansion of subject-matter eligibility.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Case Name: Allergan Holdings Unlimited Co. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd., Civ. No. 23-794-RGA, 2024 WL 3444368 (D. Del. July 17, 2024) (Andrews, J.).
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
A Montana filmmaker on Thursday accused Netflix, LeBron James and other "heavy Hollywood hitters" of ripping off his copyrighted script to make one of the streaming service's recent releases, telling a California federal court the works shared obvious similarities from their dialogue, down to their characters and scene sequences.
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Failure to Obtain Advice of a Third Party Is Not Evidence of Willfulness - In Provisur Technologies, Inc., v. Weber, Inc., Appeal No. 23-1438, the Federal Circuit held that patentees cannot use an accused infringer’s failure to obtain noninfringement advice from a third party to prove the accused infringement was willful.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
A California federal judge said Thursday an attorney who represented a company that lost a trade dress infringement case should be jointly responsible with his client, Iconic Mars Corp., for paying attorney fees and costs for his conduct during litigation that culminated with microphone manufacturer Kaotica Corp. prevailing at trial in June.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
On October 18, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) final rules governing Motion to Amend practice and procedures before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) officially went into effect.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Waco's U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has decided to send a patent lawsuit lodged in his court against Apple to the tech giant's home of California, calling the "minimal local interest" provided by local tax breaks "strenuously tied to this case at best.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
On 13 November 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 36. It held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to overturn the High Court's findings that Sky's trade mark registrations were registered in bad faith. We reflect on the headline points and key takeaways from the judgment below.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
A no-fault auto insurer alleged in a new complaint Wednesday that Michigan personal injury attorneys and their law firms are engaging in a smear campaign to drive the insurer out of the state, accusing the attorneys and firms of posting lies that the company discourages drivers from selecting adequate policies and overcharges its customers.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
In response to reports that some registrants use fraudulent specimens to prove continued use in commerce, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) proposed an update to its post-registration audit process. Changes in Post-Registration Audit Selection for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases, 89 Fed.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
An off-road vehicle maker in North Carolina has shortchanged a Canadian manufacturer on royalty payments for a clutch and is otherwise tarnishing the supplier's reputation by selling vehicles that frequently malfunction, according to a newly filed federal lawsuit in the Tar Heel State.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that waiting until well after an adverse summary judgment motion to move for a district court judge’s recusal is untimely and moot, especially where an appeal from the adverse decision is already filed and where the recusal motion is based on public information. Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit LLC, et al., Case No. 22-1526 (Fed Cir.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
A judge has found that Dexcom Inc. infringed a glucose monitor patent owned by an Abbott Laboratories unit, with the ruling coming after a Delaware federal jury in March said it was hung on the issue.
Stock Legal Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Welcome back to our blog series on Mergers and Acquisitions in the dental space. Stay tuned for Parts 2b and 2c!
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed planned votes on legislation aimed at reducing decisions that inventions are ineligible for patents and setting new limits on Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges, but approved a bill to let the patent office collect demographic data on inventors.
Patently-O
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
by Dennis Crouch Sitting by designation in Delaware District Court, Federal Circuit Senior Judge William Bryson found claims 1-10 of GeoComply's U.S. Patent No. 9,413,805 ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has now affirmed that judgment -- albeit in a Rule 36 summary affirmance. GeoComply Sols. Inc. v. Xpoint Servs. LLC , No. 23-1578 (Fed.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Cisco Systems Inc. has asked U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to throw out a Texas jury's verdict holding the technology behemoth liable for infringing a patent related to conference calls, saying Cisco suffered "immense" prejudice at trial and that the jury's $65.7 million damages award is "excessive.
Copyright Alliance
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
This week we’d like to introduce you to singer/songwriter Jaimee Harris. Her most popular music video, “Good Morning, My Love” has garnered more than 112k views. After you read her spotlight blog, follow her […] The post Creator Spotlight with Singer/Songwriter Jaimee Harris appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The owner of two computer network patents says that a Delaware federal court should triple the $30.5 million damages award it won against Amazon in an infringement case, while the tech giant argues that the verdict should be tossed.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing yesterday in which Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter told the Subcommittee members that the Office is still working to get parts two and three of its promised report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence out by the end of this year.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
South Dakota's attorney general has continued lodging criticism at the NCAA over its handling of a massive lawsuit related to the way student-athletes are compensated, telling a California federal judge the organization has failed to properly notify the state and others of a preliminary $2.78 billion settlement.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
During a scheduled markup hearing of three key patent bills today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced they would delay consideration of both Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) and the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (PREVAIL Act), respectively. However, the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act of 2024 moved forward to the Senate floor.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GMBH have urged a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action brought by health funds accusing it of monopolizing the inhaler market with improper patent listings, arguing the suit fails to allege any competitors were actually hindered by those patents.
IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
INTRODUCTION At the outset of the COVID-19 lockdown, some unprecedented scenes erupted that before were almost unimaginable for any of us, when interstate migrant workers started walking back to their native states and villages from the metro cities where they had gone with a dream of living a better life and as an escape from poverty. The whole world witnessed the disastrous moments of covid and between all of those, there was a segment of people who were completely deprived of any resources an
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
Cogency Global
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
What this is : In some states, professionals licensed in fields such as engineering, healthcare and accountancy can use different entity types to form a business for providing their professional services. In other states, the option is limited to an entity type called a Professional Corporation (PC) or a Professional Service Corporation (PSC). There are also states that allow Professional Limited Liability Companies (PLLC), another professional service entity type, but this article will focus on
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Chief U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas has recused himself, without stating a reason, from a patent infringement case that German company ParTec AG has lodged against Microsoft over the tech giant's artificial intelligence supercomputer.
Likelihood of Confusion
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Originally posted 2015-01-13 21:28:35. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI had grand plans, in my head, for this post noting the tenth anniversary (I think people stopped saying “blogiversary,” thankfully) of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®. I am very pleased to say, however, that life and the practice of law got very stubbornly in the way. They […] The post Ten years of CONFUSION appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
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