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Megalopolis, Elon Musk and the Importance of Citation

Plagiarism Today

Two recent scandals, one involving Lionsgate films and the other involving Elon Musk, have highlighted why citation is important for readers. The post Megalopolis, Elon Musk and the Importance of Citation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Social Links: Recent Developments In The Law And Business Of Social Media

JD Supra Law

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a new rule aimed at curtailing false, misleading, and otherwise fraudulent reviews on online retail sites. Fake reviews are a significant problem for the big e-commerce platforms, given that a robust customer review system is crucial to modern e-commerce business models. In fact, studies have shown that a one-star rating increase in a product review can result in as much as a 26% increase in sales.

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3 Count: Fashionable Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Anthropic tries to avoid injunction, fashion firms fight over shoes in Denmark and several major anime pirate sites go dark. The post 3 Count: Fashionable Copyright appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Farmer Owes Monsanto $7.4M After Flouting Seed Judgment

IP Law 360

An Illinois federal judge has revived a 7-year-old judgment she entered against a farmer who allegedly prevented a farm from collecting some of its patented Monsanto soybean seed crops planted on the farmer's land and sold them for himself without permission.

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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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China Proposed New Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector

JD Supra Law

On August 9, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released a draft of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (hereinafter referred to as the “AMGP”) for public comment. The AMGP is intended to supersede the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Sector (hereinafter referred to as the “API Guidelines”) enacted in 2021, which focuses on the regulation of monopolistic behaviors in the API sector of chemical drugs.

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CAFC Nixes New Trial for WARF Against Apple on Doctrine-of-Equivalents Theory

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision today upheld two district court judgments for Apple, Inc. that found Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) had 1) abandoned its doctrine-of-equivalents theory (“WARF I”) and 2) that a second suit claiming infringement of the same patent via next-generation Apple products was barred by the previous decision (WARF II).

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9th Circuit orders district court to reconsider statutory damages award to NY class under NY law

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Montera v. Premier Nutrition Corporation, F.4th -, 2024 WL 3659589, No. 22-16375, 22-16622 (9 th Cir. Aug. 6, 2024) The key legal issue here arises from the quirk that NY bans GBL §§ 349 and 350 class actions in state court, but they can be brought in federal court. Premier sold Joint Juice for treating/preventing joint pain; a jury found it liable to a consumer class for false advertising under NY law; and the district court awarded statutory damages to the class, but cut them by over 90%.

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Keeping the Flame Alive: How IP Protects the Legacy of the Olympics

JD Supra Law

Historically, the Olympic Games rank high as one of the most effective international marketing platforms in the world, reaching billions of people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympics, capitalizes on this marketing opportunity to support the staging of the Olympic Games and to promote the development of sports worldwide by distributing more than 90 percent of its revenues to organizations.

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FDCA doesn't preclude lawsuit based on allegedly false claims about compounding drugs

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Pacira Biosciences, Inc. v. Nephron Sterile Compounding Center, LLC, No. 3:23-5552-CMC, 2024 WL 3656489 (D.S.C. Jul. 15, 2024) Pacira, which sells non-opioid pain management products, including Exparel, sued Nephron for false advertising. Exparel is “bupivacaine suspended in multivesicular liposomes,” and is injected at a surgical site during or shortly after surgery to manage and reduce post-surgical pain.

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Things to Think About Before Signing That AI Vendor Contract

JD Supra Law

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, companies must carefully evaluate vendor contracts involving AI technologies.

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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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Magistrate Judge Recommends $54 Million in Damages Against Defaulting Defendants in Abbott Labs Diabetes Test Strips Case

IP Watchdog

Last week, a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York issued a report and recommendation supporting the entry of default judgment and a permanent injunction against 85 corporate and individual defendants sued by U.S. medical device company Abbott Laboratories. While the report recommended denial of Abbott’s motion for prejudgment interest, the magistrate judge found that enhanced damages totaling more than $54 million should be awarded to Abbott for loss of goodwill following the de

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Cellect and Allergan: Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP) in Reexamination and Reissue

JD Supra Law

Takeaways: 1. ODP in reexamination and reissue remains unpredictable despite Allergan 2. Patent Owners should carefully review ODP rejections to ensure they are proper Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a legal doctrine intended to prevent the unjustified extension of a patent term through prosecution gamesmanship. Yet, it has become a strong weapon in reexamination practice.

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WARF Can't Revive Apple Patent Fight After Axed $506M Verdict

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation cannot pursue new allegations that Apple infringes its circuit patent, after a previous $506 million verdict against the tech giant was thrown out on appeal.

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Ongoing Legal Battles Over AI Copyright Infringement: Implications for Tech Companies

JD Supra Law

The ongoing legal battle between several visual artists and generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, including Midjourney and Stability AI, has significant implications for copyright law and its application to AI technologies. Approximately a year and a half ago, artists filed a lawsuit against these platforms, asserting that their works were unlawfully used to train AI-based image generation systems.

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'Holy Cow!': MLB Legend's Co. Sues Eatery Over Catchphrase

IP Law 360

A company that manages the intellectual property rights of the late Major League Baseball sportscaster Harry Caray filed a trademark infringement suit in Texas federal court Tuesday accusing a Dallas restaurateur of trying to piggyback off the goodwill associated with Caray's famed catchphrase "holy cow!

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IPR “Booted” Where Images on Webpage Coupled with Evidence of Sales Deemed Insufficient to Establish Prior Art Status

JD Supra Law

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied institution of an inter partes review for a design patent in part because the petitioner failed to show that three asserted references qualified as prior art. Specifically, the PTAB ruled that images of a boot design taken from a website after the critical date, coupled with evidence that the design was on sale before the critical date, was insufficient to establish the design as prior art.

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Mich. Pot Co. Says Court Can Hear Suit Against IP Atty

IP Law 360

A Michigan cannabis company can maintain its lawsuit against an attorney and his wife who it claims badmouthed it on social media, a federal judge ruled, after the business showed the court has jurisdiction over the couple.

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Official marks in Canada: a unique system with notable flaws

JD Supra Law

Formally known as prohibited marks, official marks are a distinctive feature of Canadian trademark law, providing government entities with an exclusive and powerful tool to protect their marks, symbols and emblems. Private enterprises cannot obtain or use official marks without the consent of their owners.

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CyDex Says Bexson Breached Deal By Misusing Pharma IP

IP Law 360

CyDex Pharmaceuticals hit Bexson Biomedical with a contract breach suit in Delaware Chancery Court accusing it of misusing a CyDex-designed molecule to develop unauthorized non-ketamine formulations, and subsequently filing a patent for those formulations, in violation of the parties' agreement.

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G&G Closed Circuit Events litigation overview

JD Supra Law

Restaurant, bar, club and tavern owners around the United States need to make sure they are properly licensing boxing fights for commercial usage before broadcasting the fight in their establishments. There are several companies that seek to enforce their intellectual property rights including Joe Hand Promotions, J&J Sports Production and G&G Closed Circuit.

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2nd Circ. Affirms Ex-GE Engineer's Espionage Conviction

IP Law 360

A General Electric Co. engineer convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage lost his bid Wednesday to undo his conviction, with a three-judge panel on the Second Circuit affirming the judgment of the New York district court.

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Eye on IPRs: August 2024

JD Supra Law

Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: Federal Circuit Addresses Waiver of Argument Not Raised in Request for Rehearing - In a recent precedential decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the PTAB decision that all claims of U.S.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Make ITC Reopen Drill Patent Suit

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit said Wednesday that a Japanese company that makes power drills can't force the U.S. International Trade Commission to finish adjudicating a patent case from a rival after the infringement allegations were dropped.

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The Court of Appeals of Virginia Overturns Record $2 Billion Jury Award in Widely Watched Appian v. Pegasystems Trade Secret Litigation

JD Supra Law

On July 30, 2024, the Court of Appeals of Virginia overturned a two billion dollar (yes, billion with a ‘b’) jury verdict in the Appian v. Pegasystems trade secret lawsuit. Although the Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of misappropriation of trade secrets, it sent the case back to the trial court for a new trial on both liability and damages due to procedural errors identified by the Court of Appeals.

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Game-Maker Zynga Can't Ax IBM Patent Ahead Of Sept. 9 Trial

IP Law 360

The video game developer behind "Farmville" and "Words with Friends" failed Wednesday to convince a Delaware federal judge that claims in an IBM patent cover ideas too routine for patent protection, allowing the tech giant to bring those claims before a jury trial scheduled for early next month.

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Reexamination Petition Practice Is a Critical Tool for Patent Owner Success

JD Supra Law

Takeaways: 1. Nontraditional and unique issue petitions are common for patent owners to properly prosecute reexamination proceedings. 2. Well-drafted petitions influence outcomes and preserve PTAB, District Court, and/or Federal Circuit review. Because ex parte reexamination proceedings are unique, issues of first impression, fact patterns that do not quite fit within the rules or prescribed Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP) guidance, and situations that demand reconsideration.

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Lipitor Buyers Seek Final OK For $35M Deal In Antitrust Fight

IP Law 360

End-payor plaintiffs asked a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday to give final approval of a $35 million settlement resolving their antitrust claims against Pfizer over the cholesterol medication Lipitor.

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Patent Protection for AI Creations - Landmark decision by the German Federal Court of Justice

JD Supra Law

These days, patent courts across the world have to address the question of how to deal with AI-generated inventions. The German Federal Court of Justice ("FCJ") has recently issued a landmark decision (decision of June 11, 2024, file no. X ZB 5/22) on this topic.

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Chinese Cos. Say Clipboards Don't Infringe MedInfo's Patent

IP Law 360

Two China-based online vendors that sell clipboard products on Amazon.com have sued rival clipboard supplier MedInfo Inc. in federal court, saying the Colorado-based clipboard distributor put their business at risk by falsely reporting to Amazon they were infringing a MedInfo patent.

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Del. Judge Connolly Says Preambles Are Limiting, Cites Alice in Wonderland, and Invites the Federal Circuit to Weigh In

JD Supra Law

Back in May 2023, Alnylam brought suit against Pfizer and BioNTech in the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of patents directed to vaccine lipid nanoparticle technology. On August 12, 2024, Chief Judge Connolly issued a memorandum opinion construing the claim term “vaccine” in one of the asserted patents (U.S. Patent No. 11,590,229).

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Regeneron Sues Sandoz Over Dozens Of Eye Drug Patents

IP Law 360

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has taken competing biomedical company Sandoz Inc. to New Jersey federal court with an extensive complaint asserting 46 patents and claiming Sandoz infringed them all with a biosimilar alternative to Regeneron's Eylea brand ophthalmic disorder drug.

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Don’t take the bait: avoiding trademark phishing scams

JD Supra Law

The College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents (CPATA) recently issued an alert regarding a surge in fraudulent emails targeting trademark owners. As is typical of these “phishing” scams, the emails often pressure recipients to act quickly or face severe consequences. These phishing scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, leveraging public records to appear legitimate and convincing recipients to make payments, or reveal sensitive information.

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Detroit Car Service Slams Rival's 'Metro Cars' TM Actions

IP Law 360

A Detroit chauffeuring business said it's being unfairly accused of flouting a court order and infringing a competitor's "Metro Cars" trademark despite doing all it can to scrub the phrase from its web presence, calling a recent contempt motion a disingenuous money grab.

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What I’ve Learned in the Past 24 Years (as a professional) … Maintaining Professional Relationships.

Stock Legal Blog

Just a quick pro tip this week - You know the importance of a strong network. I won’t belabor that point. Instead, this is your friendly reminder to make it a weekly task to stay in touch with your network. That can be through a social media post, attending an event, speaking on a panel, scheduling a few lunches/coffees/happy hours or just sending a few check-in emails.

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High Court Told Tyvaso Row Petition Based On 'False' Premise

IP Law 360

A small pharmaceutical startup behind a drug that would compete with the blockbuster high blood pressure treatment Tyvaso says United Therapeutics is making a "fundamentally false" argument to the U.S. Supreme Court about how why an appeals court rejected United Therapeutics' case.

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