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RIAA Sues Verizon After ISP “Buried Head in Sand” Over Subscribers’ Piracy

TorrentFreak

At a time when many pirate sites seem increasingly elusive, oftentimes almost transient as domains, identities, and branding, come and go, static enforcement targets are in limited supply. The same can’t be said for internet service providers and over the past few years, several have paid a very steep price. Not for engaging in piracy per se , but for not responding aggressively enough against subscribers mostly accused of repeatedly pirating movies and music.

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CAFC Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against RaDaR Cancer Assay in Precedential Decision

IP Watchdog

On July 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc. affirming a grant of preliminary injunction that prevents NeoGenomics from making or selling its RaDaR oncology testing assay. The Federal Circuit’s opinion, authored by Chief Judge Kimberly Moore, found no legal error in the district court conducting an infringement analysis without claim construction, and no clear error in finding that NeoGenomics failed

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Religious Group Targets Parent With Copyright Lawsuit Over Kids’ Curriculum

TorrentFreak

Under a concept known as Released Time for Religious Instruction (RTRI), children in the United States are permitted to leave school to receive religious instruction elsewhere. Whether an hour a day or once per week, the fact that young students are taken off-site is a component of the law. Use of the tax-supported public school system, to finance and help spread whatever beliefs various groups may have, is disallowed under the First Amendment.

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Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40

IP Law 360

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2024, our list of 158 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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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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Ukraine's "Melitopol cherry" the latest target of Russian appropriation

The IPKat

On Friday, the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) announced the registration of a new geographical indication (GI): the "Melitopol Cherry". The popular sweet cherry is grown in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine and has been registered as a Ukrainian GI since 2020, prompting calls for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to respond to Russia's latest violation of international IP law.

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Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jaysen Chung

IP Law 360

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jaysen Chung has represented numerous big name clients — such as Pfizer, Dell and Apple — in successful patent litigation throughout his career, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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Zimmer v. Insall: The Power of Arbitration Agreements in Patent Royalty Disputes

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In the recent case of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. v. Insall , No. 23-1888 (7th Cir. July 12, 2024), the Seventh Circuit affirmed an arbitration award requiring Zimmer to continue paying royalties to the estate of Dr. John Insall even after the expiration of the underlying patents. This decision highlights the significant deference afforded to arbitration agreements and the limited ability of courts to vacate arbitral awards, even when they conflict with Supreme Court preceden

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