The IPKat

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Katy Perry has earned a pyrrhic victory in Australia this week. In its judgment delivered on Friday 22 November, the Federal Court of Australia partially allowed the appeal in Taylor v Killer Queen, LLC (No 5) [2024] FCAFC 149 , finding that the American entertainer (but not her associated company) was able to rely on the own name defence to infringement and should succeed in her action to cancel the KATIE PERRY trade mark registration.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Breaking down the Madras High Court’s decision in Sakata Seed Corporation v. The Controller of Patents and Designs, Kartikeya Srivastava, discusses interpretation of biological processes under Section 3(j). Kartikeya is a second-year law student of the LL.B. course at NLSIU Bangalore. Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A Snap user connected with another Snap user, bought drugs offline from the other Snap user, and overdosed. Her estate sued Snap in Nevada for its alleged complicity in the death. Snap successfully invoked its TOS venue selection clause, sending the case from Nevada to California. With respect to the plaintiff’s unconscionability challenge, the court says Snap’s TOS formaton process is fine: Snap’s Terms of Service are hyperlinked in blue surrounded by a gray font, the link is

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Why do trademarks matter in corporate strategy? A trademark is, by definition, a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. [1]. Intellectual property rights protect trademarks. In simpler words, it is a distinctive sign, symbol, logo, word, phrase, or combination of elements that a company uses to identify and distinguish its goods and services.

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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?

Technology

Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Originally posted 2015-07-10 13:45:07. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNeil Melliship, Larry Munn and Karen Monteith of the IP department at Clark Wilson LLP, which is the finest in British Columbia that I am aware of, has unveiled its new Canadian Trademark Blog. It has an excellent blogroll, I’ll tell you that. Good luck to the […] The post Canadian Trademark Blog appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ridesharing services like Uber have become a vital part of daily transportation in Ontario, but what happens if you’re involved in an Uber accident as a passenger? Navigating the aftermath of an accident can be confusing, especially when multiple parties are involved. Here’s a guide on what to do if your Uber driver gets into a car accident and how to protect your rights.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In the 1978 movie Midnight Express, there’s a scene where prisoners walk slowly around a wheel in a dark, stone room. Performed instinctively in a clockwise direction, the ritual brings calm and unity to an otherwise nightmarish existence. When the protagonist suddenly displays free will in an anti-clockwise direction, defiance of the unspoken rule causes confusion and then descends into chaos.

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