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Poet Wins $5,000 in Case Over Infringing Blankets

Plagiarism Today

The Copyright Claims Board has awarded a poet $5,000 in damages after her poem was used on infringing blankets. The post Poet Wins $5,000 in Case Over Infringing Blankets appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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GAO Report on Third-Party Funding in Patent Cases Indicates Stakeholders Favor Disclosure Requirements

IP Watchdog

On December 5, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reflecting the agencys investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation in the United States. While the GAO was unable to quantify the extent to which third parties are financing and taking an interest in infringement suits due to limited data on the subject, interviews with a range of industry stakeholders reflected mixed views on the impacts of disclosure requirements that could identify conflicts of i

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3 Count: Bungie Bitcoin Battle

Plagiarism Today

Musicians side with Internet Archive in legal battle, Bungie targets Bitcoin wallet and a new piracy crackdown in the UK. The post 3 Count: Bungie Bitcoin Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Bogus Complaint Disables Itch.io, Google Ignored Same Sender For Years

TorrentFreak

The DMCA takedown procedure may not be perfect but, for those intending to use it, there’s an unambiguous step-by-step process that’s been in place for a quarter of a century. Needless to say, entities that deviate from the established rules can make life difficult for themselves as well as the intended recipients of takedown notices. That includes entities that attempt to use DMCA takedown notices to enforce trademark disputes, or prefer to avoid the DMCA altogether by portraying co

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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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MLB Can't Duck Digital Ticket IP Suit Despite Plaintiff Swap

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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Site URLs “For Legal Reasons”

TorrentFreak

Cloudflare, a global internet infrastructure company, offers various services to millions of users, including connectivity and privacy tools. While primarily a conduit for internet traffic, Cloudflare occasionally hosts content permanently on its servers. The company’s approach to copyright complaints differs based on the role it plays. If Cloudflare merely passes traffic along (for a website using their CDN), they forward DMCA takedown notices to the actual hosting provider, which is ofte

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DMCA Take Two: UK Government is to Propose Death Blow Opt-Out for AI Training

The Trichordist

The UK government is going to propose a DMCA-style “opt out” which will be the death blow.

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[Video] 2025 Privacy Law Preview: Be Prepared

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TTAB Dismisses FIRST YEAR DOWN Opposition: Failure-to-Function and Fraud Claims Fail

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Navigating Legal Waters: Ensuring Success in the Functional Beverage Industry

JD Supra Law

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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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[Part II] Unreasoned Patent Grants and Rejections: Taking a Look at the Division Application Filing Fiasco in the BASF SE Case

SpicyIP

[ The post is co-authored with Sabeeh. ] In light of the controversy surrounding the rejection of BASFs divisional application, in Part I , we looked at the order granting a patent to its parent application. A few hours after this grant order, BASF co-incidentally filed its divisional application which was rejected by the Patent Office, despite BASFs request to condone the delay ( pdf ).

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The Year in Patent Litigation – 2024 Popular Reads on JD Supra

JD Supra Law

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Making Changes: (Negative) Impact of Rewriting the Provisional Specification

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Patent attorneys know that amending the specification can directly impact claim interpretation. The Federal Circuit in Phillips v. AWH Corp. placed the specification alongside claim language as foundational intrinsic evidence for claim construction, recognizing that the specification provides focused context for understanding claim terms as they would be understood by skilled artisans. 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed.

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Recent Decisions on Whether AI Training Violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

JD Supra Law

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Verizon, Ericsson Agree To Settle Co.'s Wireless IP Row In EDTX

IP Law 360

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Biocon Announces FDA Approval of Ustekinumab Biosimilar

JD Supra Law

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Jones Says Waiver Gave Onion Unfair Edge In Infowars Auction

IP Law 360

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Senate Introduces TRAIN Act to Enhance Transparency in AI Model Training

JD Supra Law

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Condom Co. Says Rival Owes $744K In 'Naked' IP Dispute

IP Law 360

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Patent Poetry: Jury Awards Netlist $118 Million in Second Samsung Patent Infringement Case

JD Supra Law

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Campbell's Accuses Rival Of Copying Iconic Can Design

IP Law 360

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Biosimilar Updates: EYLEA® IPR Filings, Herceptin® Biosimilar Hercessi™ Launch, Stelara® Biosimilar Yesintek™ Approval

JD Supra Law

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Meet The Attys Arguing Over Trademark Liability At High Court

IP Law 360

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Christmas Came Early – USPTO Withdraws Proposed Rule on Terminal Disclaimers

JD Supra Law

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Blockchain Co. IP Fight With Investment Firm Teed Up For Trial

IP Law 360

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USPTO Withdraws Proposal to Add New Terminal Disclaimer Requirements

JD Supra Law

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Bill Aiding Not-So-Small Patent Applicants Advances

IP Law 360

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New Year, New Patent and Trademark Fees: A Summary of Fee Changes Effective in January 2025

JD Supra Law

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Judge Newman Says Fed. Circ. Threatened Her To Seal Filings

IP Law 360

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Reset Password

Patently-O

If you are having difficulty logging in or accessing the comments, please try resetting your password here: [link] – Dennis Continue reading this post on Patently-O.

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Intellia Can't Escape Patent Suit Over $100M Regeneron Deal

IP Law 360

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Will the Flight School Be Grounded?

BYU Copyright Blog

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O'Melveny & Myers Faces DQ Effort In Hyundai TM Dispute

IP Law 360

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI

Michael Geist

Canadas largest media companies came together recently to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. I wrote about the suit , suggesting that the primary motivation behind the suit was likely the hope to kickstart settlement discussions with the hope of a licence. Robert Diab , a law professor at Thompson Rivers University, raised similar thoughts in his own piece on the lawsuit.

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Nintendo Suit May Have Major Impact On Video Game Patents

IP Law 360

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