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Skiplagged, American Airlines and a Bizarre Copyright Verdict

Plagiarism Today

A battle over the practice of skiplagging has created a bizarre copyright verdict that could impact the use of logos online. The post Skiplagged, American Airlines and a Bizarre Copyright Verdict appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Singapore Inhibits Rightsholders Ability to Use Contracts to Prevent Unlicensed Text and Data Mining of Content

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock (AI modified) Singapore already has one of the most permissive text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in copyright law found anywhere, allowing AI developers to ingest copyrighted content for AI training purposes subject only to a very few limitations, all of which are pretty minimal.

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3 Count: Baby Blues

Plagiarism Today

Tenth Circuit revives baby doll case, German Supreme Court rules against photographer and Discord fights DMCA subpoena. The post 3 Count: Baby Blues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Northwestern University Sues Moderna Over Spikevax Vaccine

IP Watchdog

Northwestern University sued vaccine maker Moderna, Inc. on Wednesday, October 16, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of three patents the school says cover technology key to the delivery method for Moderna’s groundbreaking messenger-RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine. The complaint alleges that Northwestern inventors at the school’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) pioneered the technology for a “vehicle for delivering genetic code into a cel

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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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TorrentGalaxy Has a Rough Start Under New Owners

TorrentFreak

TorrentGalaxy has had its fair share of issues over the past few months. In June, many users feared that the site had thrown in the towel, displaying only a cryptic message that read “4ever?” to visitors. This came as a surprise, even to the site’s top staffers, who had no clue what was going on. The site eventually returned as if nothing ever happened and resumed its operations.

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Patenting at the Frontiers, Algorithms and Section 3(k)

SpicyIP

Continuing the discussion on the Blackberry cases ( here and here ) after Yogesh’s post , Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan writes on the Court’s new test for inventions incorporating algorithms and explores whether there is a distinction between computer programmes and algorithms. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur and loves books and IP.

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Regulatory Reform in India: The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction India’s banking sector is regulated by regulatory legislation for financial stability, transparency, and accountability. The recent bill that proposes to amend the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 (‘RBI Act’) and the Banking Regulation Act 1949 (‘BRA’) has brought key changes to the upgradation of certain features of regulatory compliance, especially on cash reserves, tenure of directors, common directorship in co-operative banks, and definition of substantial interest of a comp

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Intellectual Property Law in the Age of Generative AI

JD Supra Law

The recent surge of accessible generative AI (“GenAI”) tools has kept attorneys, particularly those in the intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity spaces, on their toes. Within the intellectual property community, there have been ongoing discussions, incremental resolutions, and evolving opinions. In this article, we will outline and summarize the current intellectual property legal landscape in the United States related to GenAI.

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Keynote and Speaker Update for Nov. 20 @ArtistRights Symposium

The Trichordist

The Artist Rights Symposium is back for a 4th year! This time hosted by American University's Kogod School of Business and The Artist Rights Institute. Today they announce Graham Davies of DiMA as keynote and the first panelists. More to come!

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Another IPD Incoming: Himachal Pradesh HC Notifies IPR Division Rules

SpicyIP

Logo of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Image from here [ This post is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. His previous posts can be accessed here. ] The Himachal Pradesh High Court seems to be the latest addition to the list of Courts with a separate IPR Division, as it has notified its Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022. Turns out that the Rules have been out for a while now and were notified on July 8, 2024.

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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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TTAB Denies Motion For Relief from Judgment After Applicant Failed to Appoint U.S. Counsel

The TTABlog

When Chinese Applicant Terasako Technology's attorney withdrew from this opposition, Terasako was given time to appoint new U.S. counsel to satisfy Rule 2.11. When Terasako did not respond, the Board issued a show cause order in November 2023, asking "why the notice of opposition should not be sustained based on Applicant’s failure to appoint U.S. counsel.

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Expanding the implied license into the analogue: The German Federal Court of Justice on interior design choices and their copyright consequences

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Vincent Ciro from Pixabay On 11 September 2024, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide on the question of whether photos or videos shared online featuring in their background a photo wallpaper protected by copyright are lawful under an implied license, or if an express authorization of such reproductions is required. In three decisions of that day, the court rejected the appeals filed by an image rights agency owned by a photographer who markets the photo wallpapers bas

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Teva and mAbxience Add Additional Oncology Biosimilar Candidate, Expanding Strategic Partnership

JD Supra Law

​​​​​​​On October 3, 2024, Teva Pharmaceuticals and mAbxience, a Fresenius Kabi majority-owned group, announced a new global licensing agreement for the development of an anti PD-1 oncology biosimilar candidate, further strengthening the pair’s alliance announced earlier in April of this year. .

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7 Tips for Using a Limited Power of Attorney - Cogency Global

Cogency Global

What this is : If you’ve ever prepared and filed a large number of documents on behalf of your company with the Secretary of State, chances are you’ve wished that there was a way to avoid all the various required signatures. Fortunately, there may be a tool that can help streamline the process: The limited Power of Attorney (POA). What this means : Using a limited POA can streamline your document filing process , saving you time and hassle.

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What a Croc! False Claim That Product Feature Is Patented Can Give Rise to Lanham Act Violation

JD Supra Law

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a grant of summary judgment on a false advertising claim, concluding that a cause of action under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act can arise when a party falsely claims to hold a patent on a product feature and advertises that feature in a misleading way. Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc., Case No. 2022-2160 (Fed.

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Federal Circuit’s Rule 36 Affirmances: A Concerning Trend in Light of Loper Bright

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Starting with my 2017 article chastising the Federal Circuit for its R.36 practice, dozens of parties have challenged the Federal Circuit's ongoing habit of regularly issuing a large number of no-opinion judgments. So far, the Federal Circuit has refused to address any of the legal process complaints - favoring silent efficiency over transparency.

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Crocs Versus Dawgs: The Federal Circuit Holds That Falsely Stating a Product is "Patented" Can Lead to A False Advertising Claim

JD Supra Law

On October 3, 2024, the Federal Circuit held that a false advertising cause of action arises where a party falsely claims that it holds a patent on a product feature and advertises the feature in a manner that causes consumers to be misled about the nature, characteristics, or qualities of the product. (Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc. et al., Case No. 2022-2160).

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Amazon potentially on the hook for marketing mislabeled supplements

43(B)log

Li v. Amazon.com Servs., 2024 WL 4336432, No. 2:23-cv-01975-JHC (W.D. Wash. Sept. 27, 2024) Plaintiffs alleged that Amazon promoted, sold, and delivered dietary supplements that lacked mandatory FDA disclaimers in violation of California law. Plaintiffs allegedly saw the representations on the “product labels and otherwise” on Amazon’s site and believed “that the [p]roducts harbored therapeutic value, and/or they and the marketing claims were reviewed and approved by the FDA.

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What is Not a Trade Secret Under Federal Law?

JD Supra Law

If the secrecy of certain confidential information is compromised, it may lose its status as a trade secret. Courts will not recognize information as a trade secret if it has become generally available, is commonly used within an industry, or has become outdated.

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National Book Month 2024: IBPA’s View of Copyright Law

Copyright Alliance

In celebration of National Book Month 2024, Copyright Alliance member, the Independent Book Publishers Association, offers its perspectives of why strong copyright protections are important to their ability to create […] The post National Book Month 2024: IBPA’s View of Copyright Law appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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To “Nonce” or Not to “Nonce”: Judge Merchant Considers Whether Patent Claims Recite “Nonce” Words Devoid of Structure

JD Supra Law

On October 11, 2024, Judge Orelia E. Merchant issued a decision construing the claims of three asserted patents in a litigation filed by Plaintiff Artec Europe S.A.R.L. (“Artec”) against Defendants Shenzhen Creality 3D Tech. Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Jimuyida Technology Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Creality”). Among other disputes, Judge Merchant considered whether several claim terms were drafted in “means-plus-function” form.

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Microsoft Fights IP, Antitrust Suit Alleging Cartel With Nvidia

IP Law 360

Microsoft slammed a lawsuit brought by a startup accusing it, Nvidia and a third company of engaging in patent infringement and an illegal buyers' cartel suppressing the price of graphic processing units used in powering artificial intelligence, urging a Texas federal judge Wednesday to deny an injunction bid due to lack of evidence.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to American Scientists for Discovery of microRNA

JD Supra Law

On October 7, 2024, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two American scientists, Victor Ambros (of UMass Medical School) and Gary Ruvkun (of Harvard Medical School), for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of small noncoding RNA molecules, and the role microRNAs play in turning genes on and off, known as gene regulation.

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USPTO Told More Clarity Needed On AI And Patent Eligibility

IP Law 360

Numerous companies and industry groups have said they welcome the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new guidance on when inventions involving artificial intelligence are eligible for patents, but many urged the agency to provide additional clarity and practical examples.

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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending October 11, 2024

JD Supra Law

AlexSam, Inc. v. Aetna, Inc., No. 2022-2036 (Fed. Cir. (D. Conn.) Oct. 8, 2024). Opinion by Stark, joined by Lourie and Bryson. AlexSam filed a complaint accusing Aetna of patent infringement based on Aetna’s “Mastercard Products” and “VISA Products.”.

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Temu Says Shein Launched IP Theft Suit To Stifle Competition

IP Law 360

The companies behind e-commerce platform Temu have fired back at fast fashion company Shein's intellectual property infringement claims against them, accusing Shein of filing a meritless suit to interfere with Temu's business and stifle its competition "by any means possible.

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My Fashion (Legal) Odyssey: Part 2 7th Avenue in the '80s, Fashion Would Never Be The Same

JD Supra Law

The year is 1983. There is no internet. There are no cellphones. The buildings in the garment center are filled with fashion companies owned by the people who built them, and not by brand-owner companies that only license them out.

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VLSI To Del. Judge: 'There Is Nothing Else To Disclose'

IP Law 360

VLSI Technology LLC has fully complied with its disclosure requirements for ownership and litigation funding, and Intel Corp.'s claims otherwise in patent licensing litigation don't hold up, VLSI told a Delaware federal judge.

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Don’t Tread on Illinois’ Absolute Litigation Privilege

JD Supra Law

Addressing when Illinois law’s “absolute litigation privilege” bars certain counterclaims, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment finding that the plaintiff lacked a valid trade dress and reversed the district court’s decision that declined to apply the absolute litigation privilege as a complete defense to all of the alleged infringer’s counterclaims.

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'More Honesty' Needed In Philips IP Row, Judge Says

IP Law 360

A Texas federal judge told the owner of a company accused of pilfering around $12 million worth of Philips North America LLC's trade secrets that things might have gone better if he had "been more honest," pointing out that he had given contradictory testimony during a hearing Thursday.

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Clear Vision: Keyword Search Term Purchase Doesn’t Blur Trademark Lines

JD Supra Law

Addressing the issue of trademark infringement based on the purchase of search advertising keywords, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined the consensus view and upheld a district court decision finding that the mere purchase of a search advertising keyword containing another’s trademark does not by itself constitute trademark infringement. 1-800 Contacts, Inc. v.

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OnePlus Owes Pantech $1M After Patent Verdict Do-Over

IP Law 360

A Texas federal jury Thursday determined that Chinese phone company OnePlus owes Pantech Corp. almost $1 million in damages for infringing four patents related to technology used to comply with 5G wireless standards, after the initial $10 million verdict was tossed as "excessive.

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PTO Codifies Scope of Director Review in Final Rule

JD Supra Law

On September 30, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the process for Director Review of proceedings under the AIA. This formalized the USPTO’s interim Director Review procedures implemented by the USPTO following the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Arthrex, 141 S. Ct. 1970, 1986 (2021). The USPTO expects the final rule will promote “accuracy, consistency, and integrity of PTAB decision-making in AIA proceedings.”.

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Northwestern Hits Moderna With Patent Suit Over COVID Vax

IP Law 360

Northwestern University has launched a patent infringement lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing Moderna of wrongly taking research that the school did when the company was making its COVID-19 vaccine.

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Congratulations to the 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors!

U.S. Department of Commerce

The Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors program recognizes individual Departmental employees for their outstanding performance in implementing exceptional cost-saving projects and/or programs that help improve the Department’s sustainability, energy and water efficiency, climate change adaptation, resilience, environmental justice, and environmental performance.