Plagiarism Today
MARCH 31, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing allegations of plagiarism in his 1995 dissertation from Oxford. Here's how serious they are. The post The Mark Carney Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 31, 2025
The company Licensing IP International S.a.r.l. is not particularly well known, but over a billion people are familiar with its trademarks. These marks include popular adult entertainment brands including Pornhub, Youporn, Brazzers and Reality Kings, which fall under the umbrella of Aylo, the empire formerly known as MindGeek. Just one of Aylo’s many subsidiaries, Licensing IP owns and controls many popular trademarks.
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JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
Merck Sharp & Dohm B.V. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. et al (Fed. Cir. March 13, 2025) - The Hatch-Waxman Act seeks to strike a balance in the pharmaceutical industry by incentivizing drugs makers to develop innovative drugs with additional patent protections while also providing shortened regulatory review procedures for generic drug manufacturers to rapidly get generic versions of the patented name-brand drugs to market after the expiration of the patents.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 31, 2025
Movies recorded directly from cinema screens are identifiable online by the tag cam and for those prepared to download them, often notable for their poor quality. As theatrical windows are now fairly short compared to those of just a few years ago, the prospect of ruining a movie for the sake of a few weeks has made cams less attractive than they once were.
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?
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
Last week, the D.C. Circuit upheld the Copyright Offices refusal to register the copyright in this image, which was created entirely by AI. This is consistent with longstanding precedent (in the US, at least) that only works by human authors can be protected by copyright. (Monkeys need not apply.) Authors, here, is a copyright-law catch-all term encompassing all creators, be they writers, painters, filmmakers, graphic designers, or even software coders.
Michael Geist
MARCH 31, 2025
The 2025 federal election is now in its second week and the battle for attention and ultimately votes is taking place both online and offline. The enormous influence of online sites such as Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and a handful of others raises real issues about how information spreads, its reliability, and risks of misinformation and disinformation.
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The IPKat
MARCH 31, 2025
The Italian Supreme Court has referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) a question on the compatibility of Italian anticipatory measures with Directive 2004/48/EC on civil enforcement of intellectual property rights (case C-132/25 ). The request for preliminary ruling is not yet available officially, but may be accessed through the national litigation.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
This is the March 2025 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: Domain name industry news.KR gets with.IT Continued domain growth for 2024.BE beefs up its infrastructure Domain name recuperation news No fowl play as Panel finds dispute outside of the scope of the UDRP.
The IPKat
MARCH 31, 2025
Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year. The first is the Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law , which will take place in person in Trier (Germany) between 30 June and 4 July 2025.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 31, 2025
Judge dismisses case against Dua Lipa, copyright holders rail against proposed EU AI legislation and Studio Ghibli AI meme raises concerns. The post 3 Count: Stopping Levitating appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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The IPKat
MARCH 31, 2025
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Peter Teunissen (Assistant Professor of IP Law, Radboud University), commenting on the Advocate Generals opinion in the latest reference for a preliminary ruling on Legos design case. Here is what Peter writes: On 6 March 2025, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar delivered his Opinion in Case C211/24, Lego A/S v Pozitv Energiaforrs Kft.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
MARCH 31, 2025
The Plaintiffs, House of Bram, Little Nemo Music, and Major Bob Music Co., through their lawyers, have filed a lawsuit claiming that their copyrights have been violated under U.S. copyright law. Their main argument is that the Defendants allegedly played the Plaintiffs copyrighted music in public without permission. Defendant Franklinsteins, LLC is based in Indiana and operates Buds Rockin Country Bar and Grill in Evansville, Indiana , where the music in question is said to have been played publ
BYU Copyright Blog
MARCH 31, 2025
I Wish You Got Permission Pictorial Works,College Jordyn Hansen March 31, 10:44 AM March 31, 10:44 AM On March 25, 2025, photographer Alan V. Satterwhite (Satterwhite) filed a Complaint against Berklee College of Music, Inc. (Berklee) for the unauthorized use and distribution of Satterwhites photograph of musician, Stevie Wonder. According to the Complaint, Satterwhite, a professional photographer, created the photograph of Stevie Wonder in 1974 and registered the photograph on June 24, 2002.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2025
Nokia announced today that it has signed a deal with Amazon to end all patent litigation between the two companies, the terms of which are confidential. In 2023, Nokia filed patent infringement suits against Amazon in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, Germany, India, the UK, and at the Unified Patent Court, and against and HP in the United States, accusing the companies of infringing on multiple Nokia video streaming patents.
The TTABlog
MARCH 31, 2025
The USPTO refused to register the proposed mark MUSH for "Ready-to-eat cereals; Breakfast cereals; all the foregoing made in whole or significant part of oats," finding the term to be generic for the goods. Applicant Mush Foods argued that none of its competitors use "mush" to name their goods, and further that the evidence failed to show that consumers primarily use the term generically.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2025
Pramudji Law Group PLLC, a Houston-based IP boutique law firm, is seeking a patent agent/patent attorney/patent engineer with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Physics. This position entails drafting and prosecuting patent applications and performing invalidity and infringement analysis. We are looking for candidates who have a strong technical background, particularly in microprocessor technology, computer memory architecture, or integrated circuit design.
Patently-O
MARCH 31, 2025
by Dennis crouch In October 2024, the USPTO terminated proceedings in approximately 3,100 patent applications due to the fraudulent use of a U.S. practitioners signature. The bulk of the applications are Chinese origin filed through Dr. Yu "Mark" Wang, who operated a patent services firm called Wayne and King LLC (W&K). According to USPTO findings, Wang, who was not a registered patent practitioner, used the electronic signature of registered patent agent without her knowledge or consent.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2025
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, we present the remarks made during the Award Ceremony at IPWatchdog LIVE 2025 on March 3, 2025. This year we once again presented two awards at IPWatchdog LIVE; the Paul Michel Award and the Pauline Newman Award. These two awards give us a special opportunity for us to do a couple different things. First and most directly, they enable us to recognize the extremely distinguished careers of the recipients of the awards.
Patently-O
MARCH 31, 2025
PatCon 13 at University of San Diego, April 10-12 The Patent Conference (PatCon) is the largest annual conference for patent scholars globally. PatCon 13 will be a three-day event held from Thursday, April 10, to Saturday, April 12, at the University of San Diego School of Law, in conjunction with its annual conference. PatCon will feature over 40 prominent law professors, economists, and attorneys.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
Samsung convinced the Federal Circuit Monday that administrative patent board judges used an "erroneous" definition of a term used in two gesture-sensing interface patents that the smartphone giant is accused of infringing in litigation in Texas.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
On March 18, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that an AI model cannot be the author of copyrighted material under existing copyright law. The court affirmed the US Copyright Offices long-standing human authorship requirement for copyright protections.
The IPKat
MARCH 31, 2025
IPKat's Weekly Catch-Up: Stay Informed! (Created using Imagen 3) Copyright Katfriend Peter Teunissen reports on Advocate General Szpunar's opinion in the legal battle between Lego and Delta Sport. Designs Anastasiia Kyrylenko informs readers of the CJEU's upcoming decision on the compatibility of national exhaustion with EU law. Patents Rose Hughes analyzes the application of EPO decision G 2/21 to software inventions, with a focus on artificial intelligence.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
On February 26, 2025, in Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers, the Supreme Court unanimously vacated a $43 million damages award for trademark infringement, ruling that the lower court improperly conflated the defendant with its affiliates when calculating the profits award. The court held that disgorgement of the trademark infringers profits must be limited to the.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has welcomed a bi-coastal team of five intellectual property litigators from Latham & Watkins LLP, lauding their history leading "many of the most high-profile and complex patent and trade secrets cases of the last decade" in a statement Monday.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
Two recent memoranda from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) have sought to clarify the factors by which boards will evaluate discretionary denial under Fintiv. This guidance follows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) rescission of its earlier June 2022 guidance regarding Fintiv.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
A former biomedical technology company executive must face claims that she absconded with thousands of internal files containing valuable product information in the days and weeks leading up to her ouster last year, a Georgia federal judge ruled.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
A new interim process for the Director to exercise discretion as to whether to institute an inter partes review(IPR) or a post grant review (PGR) was announced on March 26, 2025, in which discretionary considerations and merit-based statutory considerations are bifurcated.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
A Connecticut financial firm told a state court that an ex-adviser can't arbitrate claims that he swiped trade secrets and formed his own competing company, citing the "plain language" of his employment agreement.
Likelihood of Confusion
MARCH 31, 2025
Originally posted 2006-11-11 20:51:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterUnlike some lawyers’ sense of judgment, or proofreading ability. From a pending patent application: What will forevermore be known as the infamous Claim Number Nine: Either way, this was a big miss. But someone’s career died so that we might live, and giggle. Via the Funny IP […] The post Okay, some patent stories are good appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
Intellectual Ventures II LLC wants the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reject Tesla's bid to have the board examine a digital camera patent, pointing to a recent memo from the acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office saying she and other board judges will review petitions to determine whether they should be denied for discretionary reasons.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
In a recent newsflash, we discussed the USPTOs withdrawal of its 2022 memorandum that detailed how the PTAB would exercise its discretion to deny petitions for inter partes review and post-grant review. New guidance from the USPTO, issued on March 24, 2025, provides additional details on how the PTAB will weigh discretionary denials going forward.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
A Nevada federal judge has thrown out a suit accusing Salesforce of infringing patents for database software reprogramming, saying the transfer of the patent rights to the consulting company that sued was voided by an earlier transfer.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 31, 2025
Join CCC on LinkedIn Live 8 April for a compelling and timely discussion on why responsible AI is not just a moral imperative but a strategic business advantage. Thought leaders in AI governance, licensing, and technology, Ed Newton-Rex and Jillian Bommarito , explore how ethical LLM training reduces legal risks, enhances brand reputation, and supports the sustainability of the AI ecosystem.
IP Law 360
MARCH 31, 2025
Texas U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap unsealed a ruling Friday explaining why he decided that a small Silicon Valley outfit's use of continuations in filing wireless charger patents were not unreasonable delays that made the patents unenforceable or void a $192 million verdict against Samsung.
IP Close Up
MARCH 31, 2025
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