TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve digital history for generations to come. The digital library is a staunch supporter of a free and open Internet and began meticulously archiving the web over a quarter century ago. In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books.
The IP Law Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Country singer Andy Stone, A.K.A Vince Vance, has renewed his lawsuit against Mariah Carey, which claims that her holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ infringes the copyright of his song with the same name. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2023
On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm. The survey The survey was launched on 14 September 2023 and ended on 27 October 2023 with the goals of assessing the attitudes and beliefs towards IP among inventors, creators, IP lawyers, ser
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As the NBA season heats up, so does some interesting trade secret litigation among NBA teams. On Aug. 21, 2023, New York Knicks LLC sued a former Knicks employee named Ikechukwu Azotam and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (i.e., the Toronto Raptors), claiming they misappropriated the Knicks’ analytical materials, including scouting reports.
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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?
The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2023
PatKat reviewing the year It is time once more for the IPKat patent year in review! Pour yourself a glass of mulled wine, curl up with your favourite feline and catch-up on your EPO case law. G2/21 and the mysteries of plausibility The topic that this Kat has spent the most electronic ink on this year is undoubtedly G 2/21. There are many misconceptions and confusions with regards to G 2/21 , not least its relevance to the slippery concept of plausibility.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 22, 2023
A range of legal industry topics drew readers' attention in Law360's Expert Analysis section this year, from associate retention strategies to ethical billing practices.
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2023
At what conditions can works of applied art be protected by copyright under EU law? If this question feels like déjà-vu , it is because it is. Indeed, it was only some weeks ago that the Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen (Sweden) made a referral ( Mio , C-580/23 ) [IPKat here and here ] to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) asking how the assessment of originality needs to be conducted, specifically having regard to works of applied art.
Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Free (and apolitical) IP advice for bloggers over at Right Wing News. Originally posted 2010-07-29 22:57:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post And worth every penny! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
Intellectual Property Office Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
With Christmas fast approaching, families everywhere are likely to be dusting off their Monopoly board, together with its familiar Scottie dog and top hat player pieces, ready for their annual challenge. How many will be aware of the challenges the game itself has seen since its original invention? Read on to find out more!
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois de novembre 2023. Ces Actualités législatives et réglementaires vous sont communiquées à titre d'information. Elles n'ont pas vocation à être exhaustives ou à constituer un avis juridique.
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IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Copyright exits everywhere—from books on a library shelf to music playing on the radio, to the software running the electronic device on which you are reading this article. Copyright’s broad scope and extensive reach foster a varied and fascinating landscape of copyright cases. From cases involving the use of a celebrity photograph, animated dancing video game characters, to artificial intelligence (AI) infringement inquiries, the number and type of matters copyright touches is seemingly infinit
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As any good trademark practitioner knows, a “naked” consent agreement is one in which one party provides consent to the registration of another party’s mark without an explanation of why confusion is unlikely, or what the parties will do to minimize a likelihood of confusion. What, then, is the opposite of being naked? Clothed, of course. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has issued an order granting director review of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that found that none of the challenged claims in an EagleView Technologies Inc. patent for aerial roof estimation was invalid.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Country singer Andy Stone, A.K.A Vince Vance, has renewed his lawsuit against Mariah Carey, which claims that her holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ infringes the copyright of his song with the same name. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing.
43(B)log
DECEMBER 22, 2023
You might think that class action rules can be a bit like Calvinball, and I'd be hard pressed to disagree. Here's another hurdle to jump, although it's certainly jumpable. Hawes v. Macy’s Inc., 2023 WL 8811499, No. 1:17-cv-754 (S.D. Ohio Dec. 20, 2023) The court denies settlement approval in this case alleging that Macy’s misrepresented the thread count in some of the sheets it sold, because it doesn’t like the cy pres part of the remedy.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The US Copyright Office Review Board rejected a request to register artwork made using an artificial intelligence (AI) painting application, finding that the applicant “exerted insufficient creative control” over the application’s creation of the work. Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register SURYAST (Copyright Review Board, Dec. 11, 2023) (Wilson, Gen.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The Delhi High Court, vide Order dated 11 December 2023 , declined to grant the prayer of plaintiff (that uses the word mark “Institute of Directors”) to restrain the defendant from using the mark “Directors’ Institute”. Facts The petitioner registered its word mark “Institute of Directors” under the classes 16, 35 and 41. The plaintiff used the mark for running an institute, conducting events, networking and other associated activities.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Multiple trademark owners have contacted Blank Rome to say that, starting this month, scam artists have contacted them by telephone pretending to be the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The scam artists claim to be from the USPTO’s Accounts Receivable division, even displaying their caller ID, and seek credit card payment for fees related to trademarks and trademark applications.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
[ On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development. Vedika is a third-year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University, Delhi. Her previous post can be accessed here. ] Image of Dr.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
On December 12, 2023, the Patent Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), released the 9th edition of its annual report, CompassRx, which covers the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The report seeks to provide insights about the cost pressures driving changes in prescription drug expenditures in most Canadian public drug plans.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court passed a detailed order clarifying that a Registered Proprietor is not required to implead an Authorised User to institute GI infringement suits. SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet Kaur writes on this development. Jyotpreet is a third-year law student who is interested in Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law and looks to study their interaction with each other.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
In Incept v. Palette Life Sciences 21-2063, 21-2065 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2023), the case addresses the Board’s anticipation and obviousness determinations in two IPRs (IPR2020-00002 and IPR2020-00004), where the Board held the claims in the challenged patents unpatentable as anticipated by, or obvious in view of, the asserted prior art.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Country singer Andy Stone, A.K.A Vince Vance, has renewed his lawsuit against Mariah Carey, which claims that her holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ infringes the copyright of his song with the same name. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board obviousness finding, determining that the Board properly applied the patentee’s lexicography in construing a disputed claim term and properly treated arguments raised by the parties in the reply and sur-reply briefings. ParkerVision, Inc. v. Vidal, Case No. 22-1548 (Fed.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Walmart can have a new trial after an Arkansas federal jury determined that it nicked a startup's trade secrets related to shelf-freshness technology and owed $115 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Friday.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As China’s importance for brand owners continues to grow, so too does the sophistication of China’s IP application processes. Earlier this year, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a Draft Amendment to its Trademark Law which, although not yet finalized, could result in significant changes to trademark applications and rights enforcement.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Country singer Andy Stone, A.K.A Vince Vance, has renewed his lawsuit against Mariah Carey, which claims that her holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ infringes the copyright of his song with the same name. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The patentee provided evidence to prove that BAS-342G computerized embroidery machine has been sold in the Chinese territory since 2007. As manufacturer and dealer specialized for sewing machine and parts thereof, the infringer is capable to and may access the subject software.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 22, 2023
On December 15, 2023, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Secure by Design Alert and guidance on “How Manufacturers Can Protect Customers by Eliminating Default Passwords.” The guidance was created by CISA to “urge technology manufacturers to proactively eliminate the risk of default password exploitation by implementing principles one and three of the joint guidance, ‘Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
On December 8, Partner Nena Bains and Counsel Yifan Mao presented “Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement After Amgen” at the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute organized by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Stanford Law School. The launch of the UPC could significantly alter patent law around the world.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
As we have been reporting , on October 2nd the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued Resolution 1579, declaring the existence of reasons of public interest for the issuance of a Compulsory License (CL) on a patent covering Dolutegravir API, which is used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Consequently, and in the same act, the MoH requested the Colombian Patent and Trademark Office (CPTO) to establish the terms of the first CL in Colombia.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
In Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2022-1482 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 21, 2023), the case addresses the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB’s”) authority to issue a Final Written Decision in a post grant review (“PGR”) after the prescribed statutory deadline.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Recently, the Current State of the Colombian Financial System Report, up to September 2023, was published, presenting the results obtained by entities in the financial sector. Within this report, the remarkable contribution of Specialized Companies in Deposits and Electronic Payments (SEDPE) stands out notably, with assets reaching an impressive COP $358.8 million, demonstrating a significant annual real growth of 15.5%.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 22, 2023
When the text, graphics, colors and arrangement and combinations attached to the goods or their packaging can distinguish the source of the goods, it constitutes the packaging and decoration with certain influence protected by the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. In the long-term operation process, it is very normal for operators to update product packaging, as long as the design of the new and the old packaging and decoration is consistent, which does not break up the identification of the source.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Colombia’s judicial branch holiday season will start the 20th of December, 2023, and run through January 10th 2024, suspending all judicial terms as a result. It must be noted that said recess applies as the general rule; yet, its one exception is the action expiration term, which may only be suspended by requesting extrajudicial conciliation, as stated by the Colombian Council of State.
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