Hugh Stephens Blog
APRIL 28, 2024
Image: Shutterstock Immigrants who take up a new life in what is often a very different country culturally from where they’re originally from naturally seek out the familiar by associating with those from “home” as part of the adaptation process. This is certainly true of the Indian diaspora, in Canada as elsewhere.
IP Law 360
APRIL 28, 2024
In the past year, plaintiffs have won settlements and judgments for millions and billions of dollars from companies such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Fox News, with many high-profile cases finally wrapping up after years of fighting. Such cases — involving over-the-top compensation packages, chemical contamination, gender discrimination and data mining — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments earned them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
APRIL 28, 2024
35 U.S.C. § 299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. Section 299 should cast a long shadow over SAD Scheme patent cases, which routinely attempt to join defendants who are engaging in parallel but independent acts of alleged infri
Likelihood of Confusion
APRIL 28, 2024
Yahoo! News / Reuters: Norway stepped up its battle with Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes on Thursday when its consumer ombudsman said the software giant must open access to its music download system by October 1 or face legal action. Last June, Norway’s powerful ombudsman said iTunes violated Norwegian law by forcing consumers to play their […] The post Norway puts it to Apple appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
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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
APRIL 28, 2024
A recent Post Grant Review (PGR) petition raises several interesting questions, including whether the crossing of two varieties of corn previously crossed and already owned by the patent owner results in a non-obvious claimed invention. See Inari Agriculture, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., PGR2024-00025. But as interesting as that obviousness question may be, and how easy it seems it is to get a utility plant patent issued, the question of greater concern for the system relates to
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