Plagiarism Today
MARCH 27, 2024
Fight over Nirvana's smiley face is back in court, Nigerian cell provider charged over ring back tones and Italy's Piracy Shield code leaked. The post 3 Count: Why the Long Face? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
MARCH 27, 2024
Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik shares 25 examples of non traditional trademarks in this episode. The post 25 Examples of Non Traditional Trademarks appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik shares 25 examples of non traditional trademarks in this episode.
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Plagiarism Today
MARCH 27, 2024
Citation standards vary wildly depending on the type of work. Here's why there is no singular standard for everything. The post Why There is No One Standard of Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 27, 2024
In the fall of 2019 , Brazilian law enforcement agencies launched the first wave of anti-piracy campaign ‘Operation 404,’ referring to the well-known HTTP error code. With help from law enforcement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Argentina, the authorities took down more than a hundred sites and services, while several suspects were arrested.
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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?
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2024
A number of individual consumers have filed suit against Apple, Inc. in California and New Jersey courts, piggybacking on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) March 21 complaint accusing Apple of “broad-based, exclusionary conduct” amounting to monopolization of the smartphone market. The DOJ’s sweeping complaint included a number of U.S. states as plaintiffs and charged Apple with “thwart[ing] innovation” and throttle[ing] competitive alternatives via its practices around the iPhone platfor
TorrentFreak
MARCH 27, 2024
Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet, hosting millions of books and articles that can be downloaded for free. The site defied all odds over the past two years. It continued to operate despite a full-fledged criminal prosecution by the United States, which resulted in the arrest of two alleged operators in Argentina. According to the latest available information, these two defendants are still fighting their extradition.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
MARCH 27, 2024
Estimating County-Level Regional Price Parities from Public Data March 27, 2024 ASowah@doc.gov Wed, 03/27/2024 - 14:12 The idea that prices differ by place is a well-known economic concept. Most consumers could easily identify that a day in New York City would cost more than an identical day in rural Texas. To quantify these price differences, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) publishes regional price parities (RPPs).
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday said a group of copyright holders can go to trial with claims internet service provider Frontier Communications is liable for failing to cut off customers who downloaded pirated music and movies.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-leader of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Lorna Conn, CEO of talent solutions organization Cpl, to discuss “Brand Ireland.” Mike and Lorna look at the ethos of the island of Ireland, the importance of education in the Irish economy, Ireland’s foreign direct investment into the U.S., and more.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday rejected Trading Technologies' attempt to increase its $6.6 million patent infringement win against IBG LLC, in an opinion focusing on how to apply a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on foreign damages.
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IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 27, 2024
ABSTRACT The legal dispute between Bajaj and TVS Motors centers around the alleged unauthorized use of the DTSi patent. This case holds significant importance not only due to the financial implications for the involved parties but also due to its implications for the application of the doctrine of pith and marrow. The present paper examines this case study, encompassing its factual background, legal arguments presented, the court’s ruling, and subsequent analysis.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
In this article, we provide a further update on developments regarding biosimilars in Canada (approvals, pending submissions, litigation, regulatory, and market access) since our March 2023 update.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2024
In a precedential decision authored by Chief Judge Moore, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday partially reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling that certain claims of Virtek Vision International’s patent on a method for aligning a laser projector were unpatentable, finding the Board erred as a matter of law in its analysis.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet that content is king has been disrupted by the “fair use” affirmative defense being deployed in the courts by artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies operating platforms that generate creative works based on a user’s prompts, known as generative AI (GenAI).
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
Kim Kardashian bought knockoff Donald Judd tables and chairs for her Skkn By Kim office space and then touted the furniture in a video to her 2 million YouTube subscribers as authentic pieces designed by the late artist, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
Beginning July 1, 2024, Tennessee musicians and artists will have an additional layer of protection for their voices and songs from generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and create unauthorized fake works in their images and voices.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 27, 2024
On March 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling in Inline Plastics Corp. v. Lacerta Group, LLC, on appeal from the District of Massachusetts. Judge Richard Taranto authored the opinion and held that an improper jury instruction given at trial by the district court required vacatur of the court’s final judgment that Inline’s patent claims were invalid for obviousness.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
On February 16, 2024, the Minister of Health tabled the 2022 Annual Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). The 2022 Annual Report provides an overview of the PMPRB’s mandate, structure and price review activities.
SpicyIP
MARCH 27, 2024
Image from here Rewind to 1492 for a moment – yes, really! Back then, understanding a Latin word ‘licet’ required the wise advice of an expert (see the paywalled reference here ). Thus, the tradition of seeking expert counsel was born! We’re here to explore the juxtaposition of legal eagles and scientific advisers and the experts, waltzing through legal labyrinths faster than you can say ‘ Sectumsempra ‘!
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
In today's digital age, where smartphones and cameras are common, capturing moments through videos or photos has become second nature. However, it's important to be aware of copyright laws, especially when recording inside theatres during live performances. Federal Decree-Law No. 38/2021 on Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights provides clear guidelines on copyright infringement, emphasizing the importance of respecting intellectual property rights.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
Netflix has been ordered to pay attorney fees to GoTV Streaming LLC after making a last-minute switch of its defense at a patent trial last year in California federal court that resulted in a $2.5 million verdict against the streaming giant.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
When someone violates the secrecy of a company’s trade secrets, what can the company do about it? Writing a sternly worded cease and desist letter is often a good first step that we recommend to clients, however it must be done in a way that properly sets the table for court intervention, while not broadcasting too much about litigation strategy. But when it comes time to actually take the violator to court, Arkansas law provides some guidance about what a court may do to intervene.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to ban the candy maker Local Yokels Fudge from making or selling fudge, ruling the owner's ex-husband hadn't shown the company is still using his family's secret "Chocolate Moonshine" fudge recipe.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
8 Puma Biotechnology is the latest victim of standing requirements in patent cases that continue to wreak havoc on plaintiffs’ ability to recover a full measure of damages. In Puma Biotechnology, Inc. v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, 21-cv-01338-MFK, 2024 WL 1157120 (D. Del. Mar. 18, 2024), the court granted AstraZeneca’s motion to dismiss Puma for lack of constitutional standing under Article III.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
Permissive fee-shifting under Section 505 of the Copyright Act poses unique challenges for copyright defendants, carrying an outsize impact on the economic incentive structure in copyright litigation, but relying on a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure may offer a potential solution by allowing defendants to recover attorney fees, say Hugh Marbury and Molly Shaffer at Cozen O'Connor.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (“AI”), together with the increased number of commercial use cases made possible by generative AI (“Gen AI”), have brought about a wave of new opportunities for businesses as well as new legal challenges, particularly as governments have struggled to apply pre-existing legal frameworks to these new technological developments.
The IPKat
MARCH 27, 2024
EasterKat With spring now clearly with us in the Northern Hemisphere and Easter just around the corner for those who celebrate, here’s the usual miscellany of IP news, opportunities, events, and so on. Here we go! Events and conferences 7 May 2024: The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2024 This year’s Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture is titled “Intellectual Property norms in the Polycrisis – (Still) Omnipresent, Distracting, Irrelevant?
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether a work generated “autonomously” by an artificial intelligence (“AI”) computer system was properly denied copyright registration by the United States Copyright Office. The work at issue, titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” was produced by an AI system called “Creativity Machine.”.
The TTABlog
MARCH 27, 2024
The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark WE’RE HERE TO HELP WITH YOUR LEGAL NEEDS! , finding that the phrase fails to function as a service mark for "legal services." Applicant Russell feebly attacked the Office's evidence, but the Board found that the evidence established the informational nature of the supposed mark. In re Richard M.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2024
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently updated its guidance for patent examiners and applicants in determining obviousness under 35 USC § 103, based on the US Supreme Court’s ruling in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 US 398 (2007). The new guidance emphasizes the importance of adopting a flexible approach and providing a reasoned explanation when reaching a conclusion regarding the obviousness of a claimed invention.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
The Tenth Circuit on Wednesday relied on last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Warhol case to set aside a fair use win for Netflix Inc. in a copyright suit brought by a former zoo employee who livestreamed the funeral of the husband of "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic.
Patently-O
MARCH 27, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit’s recent 2-1 decision in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. highlights tensions in the court’s interpretation of the patent infringement safe harbor under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1). A forceful dissent by Judge Lourie argues that the majority’s approach, while following precedent, improperly reads the word “solely” out of the statute and unduly expands the safe harbor exemption.
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
A U.S. International Trade Commission administrative judge has recommended the commission order that imports of products related to blood flow restriction be banned, handing a win to a pair of American medical product manufacturers.
Nelligan Law
MARCH 27, 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutes During my many gratifying years as a family physician it was not unusual for patients to confide their dissatisfaction with care they had received elsewhere in the health care system. A particularly unsatisfactory experience often causes patients to wonder if they have been the victim of medical negligence. What should a concerned patient know about dealing with such a concern?
IP Law 360
MARCH 27, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ordered TikTok musician Trefuego to pay Sony Music Entertainment Inc. more than $805,000 for illegally sampling its licensed song "Reflections," but he denied Sony's bid for an injunction.
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