Mon.Nov 27, 2023

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Understanding The JerryRigEverything/Casetify Copyright Battle

Plagiarism Today

Zack Nelson, the man behind JerryRigEverything, claims that Casetify copied his and dbrand's work. And he has significant proof. The post Understanding The JerryRigEverything/Casetify Copyright Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The WIPO Madrid Protocol’s International Trademark Filing System Part 2

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of our video The WIPO Madrid Protocol’s International Trademark Filing System Part 2. [ For Part 1, see here. ] Here is more about how the Madrid System works: To obtain trademark protection in other countries, the owner will need a basic application or registration filed with a country with which: you have a personal or commercial relationship, and which is a part of the Madrid system Once you have the application or registration, you will file for yo

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3 Count: Piling On

Plagiarism Today

Open AI and Microsoft face another lawsuit, mural painted over after a copyright complaint and phone cases spark new lawsuit. The post 3 Count: Piling On appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Court: Cloudflare is Liable for Pirate Site, But Not as a DNS Provider

TorrentFreak

Popular Internet infrastructure service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years. The company offers its services to millions of customers including multinationals, governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites. Cloudflare Must Stop Pirate Site Pirate sites have proven to be quite a headache for Cloudflare and have landed the San Francisco-based tech company in court on several occasions.

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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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Referral on description amendments moves one step closer (T 56/21)

The IPKat

We have moved one step closer to a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on description amendments. As previously reported , in appeal case T 56/21 the Board of Appeal invited the applicant (Roche) to request a referral to the EBA on the question of compulsory adaptation of the description in line with the claims. The applicant has subsequently submitted their request for a referral.

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Several Piracy-Related Arrests Spark Fears of High-Level Crackdown

TorrentFreak

Over the past few years, increased enforcement by players in both the private and public sectors has made Denmark one of the riskiest places in Europe for pirate site operators and prolific file-sharers. Relentless pushback from local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance and its partnership with Denmark’s Special Crime Unit (National enhed for Særlig Kriminalitet (NSK)) has led to many site closures, arrests, and subsequent prosecutions.

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I have met the bloggers, and they are us!

Likelihood of Confusion

Nice event last night at “Meet the Bloggers VII” otherwise not in the least bit known as the “IP Law BlogFestivus.” You may want to check out the resultant IP Law BlogDex. The post I have met the bloggers, and they are us! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Guest Post: Judgment Preservation Insurance and the Federal Circuit

Patently-O

Guest post by Jonathan Stroud and Sam Korte. Mr. Stroud is the General Counsel of Unified Patents and Mr. Korte is Senior Principal Counsel – IP at Garmin. An exotic insurance product has recently taken the litigation world by storm. Judgment preservation insurance, or JPI, was neither offered nor widely discussed, at least publicly, as recently as five years ago. [1] Now, it’s hard to avoid; a brief Internet search will turn up hundreds of hits and dozens of explainer articles by insu

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AI Insights: Court Grants Motion To Dismiss in Kadrey AI Training Data Case

JD Supra Law

Court Grants Motion To Dismiss in Kadrey AI Training Data Case - In a short but sharply worded decision, a California district court on November 20, 2023, granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. The case is a putative class action brought by three authors — Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden — who alleged that Meta had used their copyrighted books to train LLaMA, a set of artificial intelligence (AI) large language models.

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Can geometric signs on footwear be distinctive? Yes, says EUIPO

The IPKat

By decision of 9 October 2023, the Board of Appeal (BoA) of EUIPO annulled the initial refusal to register a position trade mark for footwear. After noting that consumers are accustomed to the presence of geometric signs in the footwear sector, the Board of Appeal ruled that the contested sign is sufficiently striking and memorable to be distinctive.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

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.

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Retained EU Law Act and IP: draft regulation on exhaustion

JD Supra Law

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published a draft regulation on exhaustion of intellectual property rights, which has been laid before Parliament for approval. The regulation is aimed at ensuring that the UK's post-Brexit 'one-way' exhaustion regime continues after the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act comes into effect on 1 January 2024, at least for now.

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Intellectual Property for Tech Startups

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or entities over creations of the mind. These rights safeguard intangible assets resulting from human creativity and innovation, allowing creators to have control and benefit from their inventions or creations. IPR primarily include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and designs, each serving a specific purpose in protecting various forms of intellectual creations.

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Are Drugmakers Gaming the Patent System?

JD Supra Law

We all know that policymakers are increasingly focused on lowering drug costs. From the Inflation Reductions Act's Medicare price negotiations (aka price controls) to the recent proposals directed at pharmacy benefit managers ("PBM's"), there have been many efforts aimed at reigning in the costs of pharmaceuticals and biologics.

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3 Rulings Illustrate Infringement Hurdles For Hip-Hop Plaintiffs

IP Law 360

Three district court decisions dismissing hip-hop copyright claims recently came down in quick succession, indicating that plaintiffs face significant hurdles when they premise claims on the use of words, phrases and themes that are common in the genre, say Benjamin Halperin and Shiara Robinson at Cowan DeBaets.

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Minnesota Patent Litigation Wrap-Up: Q3 2023

JD Supra Law

This post continues our summary of substantive orders in patent litigation in the District of Minnesota. This summary includes a motion to compel production of chemical intermediates from an overseas manufacturer in pharmaceutical litigation and summary judgment concerning infringement and validity.

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[Guest post] Retromark Volume XIII: the last six months in trade marks

The IPKat

Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the thirteenth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Over to Darren: Retromark Volume XIII: the last six months in trade marks by Darren Meale I can only apologise for having again taken longer than six months to compile this volume, which instead spans the best part of 2023 – although attendees at Retromark: the conference back in May will have had a chance to hear about some of its highlights already.

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Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court release three decisions relating to macitentan (Janssen’s OPSUMIT)

JD Supra Law

Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismisses appeal on finding of inducement: Apotex Inc v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 220 - Apotex appealed the trial decision, finding that Apo-Macitentan would infringe Canadian Patent No. 2,659,770 (770 Patent).

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PTAB Denies Review Of Univ. Of Texas System Cancer Patent

IP Law 360

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied a petition by biotechnology company Microbiotica seeking post-grant review of a cancer treatment patent held by the University of Texas System.

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BPCIA Litigation Related to Proposed Eylea Biosimilar CT-P42 Filed

JD Supra Law

On November 8, 2023, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed a BPCIA Complaint against Celltrion Inc. in the district court for the northern district of West Virginia, asking the Court to block Celltrion’s biosimilar product “CT-P42” – Celltrion’s proposed biosimilar of Regeneron’s drug Eylea® (aflibercept) – from entering the United States market. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. v.

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Clarity on the interpretation of G2/21 from the referring Board (T 0116/18)

The IPKat

The full written decision of the Board of Appeal in T 0116/18 , the referring Board to G2/21 , was published today. Whilst we have already had a number of Board of Appeal decisions interpreting G2/21 ( IPKat ), the decision in T 0116/18 provides the most comprehensive analysis so far. The Board of Appeal's interpretation of G2/21 in T 0116/18 is also fascinating for its explicit rejection of the language of plausibility, its acknowledgement of the divergence between the EPO and the UK courts on

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College Football's Latest Controversy: NCAA IP-Like "Sign Stealing" Rules Not Ready for Big Data or AI

JD Supra Law

Aside from the actual games on the field, the college football press has been fixated on one story over the past several weeks: the Michigan "sign stealing" controversy. Michigan head coach (and former Chicago Bears quarterback) Jim Harbaugh has been suspended from appearing at the field for the last three games of the season -- including the critical game against Ohio State -- by the Big Ten conference, and may see further punishment when the NCAA completes its investigation.

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[Guest post] Dutch Supreme Court: when due cause has already been established, no further assessment of (dis)honest practices is required

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by former GuestKat Jan Jacobi and Jarieke Timmerman (both BarentsKrans) on a recent decision of the Dutch Supreme Court regarding the notion of ‘due cause’ within the context of enforcement of trade marks. Here’s what Jan and Jarieke write: Dutch Supreme Court: when due cause has already been established, no further assessment of (dis)honest practices is required by Jan Jacobi and Jarieke Timmerman Paying tribute may be fla

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Earnings calls, recall notices not "commercial advertising or promotion," but could be "of and concerning" largest market player

43(B)log

In re SoClean, Inc., Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liab. Litig., 2023 WL 8006602, MDL No. 3021, No. 22-542 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2023) Because this is MDL with lots of claims, the facts are a bit complicated. SoClean is a dominant player in the market for medical devices that sanitize continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAPs), which treat sleep apnea and respiratory conditions.

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This Week in Washington IP: Celebrating Hispanic Innovators, Securing the Federal Software Supply Chain, Patent Center Tutorial

IP Watchdog

This week in Washington IP news, the House and Senate are having a quieter week after the Thanksgiving break, but a House subcommittee delves into the critical software supply chain. Elsewhere, the USPTO celebrates Hispanic innovators, discusses fashion and IP and continues its tutorial series on Patent Center.

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Season’s Agreements: Unwrap the Latest Guidance on Restrictive Covenants at Our Upcoming Webinar!

Trading Secrets

2023 has brought many changes to the landscape of restrictive covenants—from non-compete bans (actual and proposed), to new court decisions impacting the enforceability of covenants in various jurisdictions, to changes in wage thresholds, and of course we cannot forget California’s new laws that have left many scratching their heads trying to determine how best to comply.

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Precedential No. 33: TTAB Reverses Failure-to-Function Refusal of "FOLLOW THE LEADER" for Credit Card and Travel Services

The TTABlog

The Board rendered a rare reversal of a failure-to-function refusal, finding the USPTO's evidence insufficient to establish that the phrase FOLLOW THE LEADER is incapable of serving as a source indicator for credit card incentive program, credit card financial, travel information, ticket reservation, travel advisory, salon and spa reservation, and concierge services.

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Not So Sweet Consequences for Trade Associations and Influencers Who Didn’t Follow FTC’s Endorsement Guides

LexBlog IP

Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission announced updates to its Endorsement Guides (“Guides”), which provide direction to advertisers to ensure that advertising using endorsements is truthful. The updated Guides address new and changing issues presented by the contemporary advertising landscape, with a significant focus on social media advertising, and provide many examples of the types of advertising practices that may be considered unfair or deceptive under the FTC Act.

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Self-Driving Tech Co. Investors Sue Over Misused Image Claim

IP Law 360

Executives and directors of self-driving car company Luminar Technologies Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they damaged investors after a competitor accused the company of using an image of its proprietary technology in a pitch to investors.

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What Has Been the Impact of UAE Energy Regulatory Reforms on Global Investments?

LexBlog IP

The impact of UAE energy regulatory reforms on global investments has been significant and multifaceted. The UAE’s implementation of Federal Decree-Law No. 17/2022, regulating the connection of distributed renewable energy production units to the electricity network, reflects the country’s commitment to transforming its energy sector, promoting sustainability, and attracting foreign investments.

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Gaming Patent Trial Paused Amid Criminal Probe Of Bot Fraud

IP Law 360

A California federal judge has pushed mobile game-maker Skillz's December patent infringement trial against rival AviaGames to February after Skillz alleged AviaGames used bots to "cheat the public," which sparked a criminal grand jury investigation.

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Mainsail Partners

LexBlog IP

With over twenty years of experience partnering with bootstrapped founders, Mainsail Partners has established itself as a leading growth equity firm specializing in helping B2B software companies scale and achieve sustainable growth. The firm’s collaborative and hands-on approach is anchored by Mainsail’s Operations Team, comprised of individuals who work beside founders and management teams to navigate the opportunities and challenges in the critical growth stage between $5 million

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Teva, Eli Lilly Call Off Infringement Suit Over Migraine Drug

IP Law 360

Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH has moved in Massachusetts federal court to permanently drop an infringement case against Eli Lilly and Co. over a migraine drug — an action taken after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found two patents related to the drug and its use invalid.

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Season’s Agreements: Unwrap the Latest Guidance on Restrictive Covenants at Our Upcoming Webinar!

LexBlog IP

2023 has brought many changes to the landscape of restrictive covenants—from non-compete bans (actual and proposed), to new court decisions impacting the enforceability of covenants in various jurisdictions, to changes in wage thresholds, and of course we cannot forget California’s new laws that have left many scratching their heads trying to determine how best to comply.

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Arthrex Gets PTAB To Strike Down More P Tech Patents

IP Law 360

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has again sided with medical device company Arthrex Inc. in its patent dispute with P Tech LLC, finding as obvious two additional P Tech surgery patents that are being litigated in federal district court.

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FTC Cautions Trade Groups, Influencers About Paid Social Media Promotions

LexBlog IP

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is cracking down on trade associations and paid influencers regarding the adequate disclosure of paid promotions. Recently, the FTC sent warning letters to two trade groups and twelve health influencers regarding certain Instagram and TikTok posts that promoted the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame and the consumption of sugar-containing products.