Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 22, 2024
Harvard has published details of its investigation of former president Claudine Gay. Here's what the school did and the one misstep it made. The post Harvard Releases Details of Claudine Gay Investigation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
In VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation , No. 22-1906 (Fed. Cir. 2023) , VLSI sued Intel for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,523,373 (the “’373 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 7,725,759 (the “’759 patent”). After a jury trial in 2021, VLSI was awarded $1.5 billion for literal infringement of the ’373 patent and an additional $675 million for infringement of the ’759 patent under the doctrine of equivalents.
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Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 22, 2024
Mariah Carey responds to "All I Want for Christmas is You" lawsuit, manipulated tracks plague streaming platforms and more. The post 3 Count: Late Christmas appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
In Sisvel International S.A. v. Sierra Wireless, Inc. et al. , Nos. 22-1493, 22-1547 (Fed. Cir. 2023) , Sierra Wireless challenged claims 1-10 of Sisvel’s U.S. Patent No. 6,529,561 (“the ’561 patent”) in an inter partes review. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s final written decision found claims 1-3 and 9 unpatentable, but upheld the patentability of claims 4-8 and 10.
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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?
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
With the advent of AI technology capable of replicating a person's voice and utilizing it for commercial purposes, several key legal issues are likely to emerge under California's right of publicity law. The right of publicity refers to an individual's right to control and profit from their own name, image, likeness, or voice.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari to Diamond J Wholesale, LLC, who petitioned the Court in December 2023 to clarify how individual liability for willful trademark infringement by a corporation should be assessed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in August 2023 backed a Georgia district court’s finding that Diamond and its owner, Raj Solomon, willfully infringed trademarks owned by Top Tobacco, L.P., Republic Technologies (NA), LLC, and Republic Tobacco, L.P.
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TorrentFreak
JANUARY 22, 2024
In 1988, then 29-year-old movie director Tim Burton was widely praised for the iconic comedy horror “Beetlejuice” The movie went on to win an Oscar and Burton’s career was well underway, with “Batman” and “Edward Scissorhands” his next movie projects. More than 35 years after the Beetlejuice debut, a sequel is about to be released.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
I continue to maintain my census of U.S. cases referencing emojis or emoticons. In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The case count continues to grow exponentially. The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. cases referencing emojis and emoticons (the exact number is 1,017).
Velocity of Content
JANUARY 22, 2024
Gen Z and Millennials: How They Use Libraries and Identify Through Media Use details where and how American young people read books and consume other media. Based on a survey of more than 2,000 respondents, the report from the American Library Association identifies libraries as critical cultural spaces for individuals and for communities. It also finds these public spaces could offer publishers a welcome sanctuary during digital disruption.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
VLSI Technology told a California federal judge Friday that Intel can't force a trial on an affirmative defense after the underlying allegation is taken out of the picture, with Intel replying Monday that VLSI's position advocates for a "cramped view" of the court's jurisdiction.
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TorrentFreak
JANUARY 22, 2024
Despite MPA/ACE having enough investigators to field both teams in a football match, while players argue with an in-house referee in multiple languages, the state of piracy in North Africa and the Middle East presents a considerable challenge. At the time of writing, over 150 deliberately confusing domains and subdomains, linked to around three dozen illicit football streaming sites, are redirecting to the ACE anti-piracy portal.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
Kristi Sawert is joining Fish & Richardson PC's post-grant group as a principal after spending over 15 years as a judge and associate solicitor at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the firm said Monday.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: The impact of Mickey Mouse (or some versions) going public domain on January 1, 2024. The latest artificial intelligence news from the UK High Court on patents and Thaler loses again in Thaler v Comptroller [2023] UKSC 49; the New York Times sues OpenAI in The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., et al No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 27, 2023); and the No AI Fraud ACT bill is introduced in the House.
The TTABlog
JANUARY 22, 2024
Mike Keyes , a consumer survey expert and IP litigator at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, has given me permission to post this recent article from his newsletter, "Lanham Act Surveys for Lawyers" (subscribe here ). TTAB Goes "Bamm-Bamm" To Fruity Pebbles' Consumer Surveys Post Foods' application to register its "Fruity Pebbles" color trademark recently got reduced to a bit of rubble.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. The following is a recap of some of the top five legal decisions and developments in the biosimilars and biologics space in 2023 that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
A Chinese company that "abandoned" litigation in an X-ray tube trade secrets case after receiving civil contempt sanctions, a default judgment and other adverse orders cannot now try to escape those orders, an Illinois federal judge ruled.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
Seattle Metropolitans Hockey LLC has filed suit against Seattle Hockey Partners LLC alleging causes of action related to trademark infringement involving the Seattle Metropolitans “S” logo, shown above.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
Recent reports that country singer Luke Combs won a judgment against a Florida woman who didn’t receive notice of the suit should serve as a reminder for attorneys on best practices for effectuating service by electronic means, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
There’s a lot happening in the world of AI. To help you stay on top of the latest news, we have compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. OpenAI has responded to the New York Times’ detailed allegations of copyright infringement by stating that the Times may have tricked its models into reproducing nearly verbatim protected content.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
A former senior official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's watchdog asked a D.C. federal judge to spare him prison time for stealing proprietary software he helped design for the government, saying he never profited from the theft.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
On Thursday, January 18, 2024, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce held a hearing on collegiate name, image, and likeness (NIL). The witness list included NCAA President Charlie Baker, UCLA football player Chase Griffin, Commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference Jeff Jackson, Arizona State University professor Victoria Jackson, Radford University volleyball player Meredith Page, and University of Michigan softball player Kaitlin “Keke” Tholl.
The IPKat
JANUARY 22, 2024
When a provisional measure against an alleged IP infringement is lifted, the defendant must, in principle, be able to claim compensation for losses suffered as a consequence of the provisional measure. The foundation for such a claim in the EU is Art. 9(7) of Directive 2004/48 /EC (‘Enforcement Directive’), which provides: Where the provisional measures are revoked or where they lapse due to any act or omission by the applicant, or where it is subsequently found that there has been no infringeme
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
(December 27, 2023) Natera Inc. succeeded in obtaining a preliminary injunction against NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc.’s medical assay test. Natera’s ongoing federal lawsuit alleges that NeoGenomics’ product “RaDaR,” a tumor informed molecular residual disease (“MRD”) assay, infringes two of Natera’s patents, U.S. Patent No. 11,519,035, entitled “Methods for Simultaneous Amplification of Target Loci,” and U.S.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 22, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court today granted a request by the U.S. Solicitor General to participate in oral argument as an amicus in Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy, which challenges a circuit court ruling that, under the discovery accrual rule, monetary damages for infringement under the Copyright Act are available for acts occurring outside of the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
On January 9, 2024, the PTAB issued final written decisions in IPR2022-01225 and IPR2022-01226, filed by Mylan on two Regeneron patents directed to dosing of aflibercept — U.S. Patent Nos. 10,130,681 and 10,888,601. The PTAB ruled that all challenged claims of the ’681 patent (claims 1, 3-11, 13, 14, 16-24, and 26) and the ’601 patent (claims 1-9, 34-39. 41-43, and 45) are invalid as anticipated by the same prior art reference.
IP Tech Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
Last Fall in this space , we discussed the U.S. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023. Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
Kilpatrick partner Ted Davis spoke recently at the New York State Bar Association IP Section Annual Meeting on recent developments in United States trademark and unfair competition law. The following are highlights from the trailing 12 months.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 22, 2024
Here is a brief recap of IP developments from last week. Do read our summaries of the post on the history of IP teaching in India, some pressing questions arising out of a recent patent prosecution proceeding, and Bombay High Court’s interpretation of Section 60, Copyright Act. Highlights of the Week IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India Image from here Why do we cite who we cite?
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
On Friday, January 19, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an Order refusing to rehear In re Cellect, LLC en banc. This likely means that the holding in In re Cellect will represent the law regarding patent term adjustment (PTA) as it applies to obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) for the foreseeable future. Thus, I present here three actionable practices that could be undertaken moving forward to attempt to avoid the unfortunate result rendered upon Cellect.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
A former Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney has made the move to McCarter & English LLP, building out its presence of intellectual property attorneys in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
On January 10, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published Guidelines, applicable to any technology, for ascertaining compliance with the enablement requirement in view of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Amgen v. Sanofi (“Amgen”).
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
Choice Hotels International Inc. is asking Texas federal judge Alan D. Albright to dismiss a lawsuit against it over communications patents it claims are invalid, backing its reasoning with the Supreme Court's Alice decision.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 22, 2024
The 2016 enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) has led to an increase in trade secret litigation. The DTSA codified into federal law the right of an owner of a trade secret to sue in federal court when its trade secret had been misappropriated. Prior to the DTSA, with the absence of diversity jurisdiction, aggrieved trade secret owners had to pursue legal remedies under state law, typically under the Uniform Trade Secret Act (“UTSA”), which has been enacted by 47 states.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 22, 2024
A Washington federal judge on Monday awarded a former Boeing intellectual property manager $75,000 in non-economic damages, finding that the company retaliated against him for speaking up against the poor treatment of other workers while also concluding the plaintiff was owed much less than the $750,000 or more he sought.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 22, 2024
In December 2023, China’s National Press and Publication Administration introduced draft regulations with potentially significant implications for the online gaming industry. The proposed regulations, aimed at curbing in-game spending, could substantially affect games that rely on high spenders for their revenue, particularly “free to play” games.
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