Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Two papers have been retracted after a software company objected to the use of pirated software. Here's what researchers need to watch for. The post Two Studies Retracted for Using Pirated Software appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Top 3 reasons to hire an attorney to file your trademark application. The post Why Filing a Trademark Application Without a Lawyer is a Big Mistake appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Top 3 reasons to hire an attorney to file your trademark application.
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IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Are trademark rights in the Metaverse as intangible as the world itself, or are they as real as in the ‘real’ world? This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Erik K Pelton
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 20 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: Details and Timing for Maintaining a Trademark Registration It is critical to docket the deadlines and to properly file for renewal when the time is appropriate. The initial filing after registration is due between the fifth and sixth anniversary of the issuance of the registration certificate.
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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?
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Discussing the recent controversy around Samsung India’s opposition to it’s workers’ application seeking to register ‘Samsung India Thozhilalar Sangham, under the Trade Union Act, Bharathwaj examines previous instances where trade unions have locked horns with trademark laws and assesses whether the Trademarks Act extends protection to proprietors against the use of their marks in any trade union’s name.
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
For most of 2024, major football leagues in Spain and Italy have regularly used the media to criticize and then publicly threaten Google. Rightsholders have always criticized Google but this feels a bit different. More recently, flare-ups have coincided with rightsholders demanding that Google implements new, controversial anti-piracy measures, such as remotely deleting apps from users’ phones.
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TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Like most other countries, South Korea has a persistent piracy problem. Online streaming platforms in particular, have flourished in recent years. Up until a year ago, ‘Noonoo TV’ was one of the leading players. Despite welcoming millions of monthly visitors, the site shut itself down citing bandwidth costs and other ‘pressure’ Noonoo & TVWIKI The self-imposed shutdown was unexpected but it didn’t take long before other streaming platforms filled the gap.
IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Introduction Registration of a trademark is an important step toward building a brand on solid ground. However, the process is quite challenging, and small mistakes can result in everything being disarranged, with regard to causing delays in the application, litigations, or even refusal of the application. Lack of distinctiveness to incorrect classification are among the common errors that can bring derailment upon your trademark registration.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Intellectual property policy may not have driven many voters to the polls on November 7, but change was on the ballot. Below, we summarize changes in U.S. intellectual property law that you might see starting in January 2025.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
An Apple expert witness defended the company Tuesday in a California federal bench trial over Masimo's claim that the tech giant stole pulse oximetry trade secrets for its popular smartwatch, testifying Masimo cannot tie any value to the purported secrets and that Apple's profits can't be attributed to the watch's blood oxygen features.
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JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The Federal Circuit has been petitioned by plaintiff Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. to reverse a decision in favor of Defendant Amneal Pharmaceuticals, wherein the District Court entered an injunction ordering Teva to delist five Orange Book-listed patents, in Teva Pharms. Inc. v. Amneal Pharms. LLC. This post concerns Amneal's response to Teva's arguments in its Opening Brief.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Panelists at a Los Angeles intellectual property conference that included attorneys and representatives of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and Microsoft agreed Tuesday that any federal legislation on deepfake technology must strike the difficult balance of punishing bad actors without stifling innovation.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The future of controlled digital lending (“CDL”), the digital equivalent of traditional library lending, is uncertain after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s judgment in Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, which found Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement for its CDL practices.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The Port of Oakland must stop using "San Francisco Bay" in its international airport's new name, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled Tuesday, saying in a trademark infringement suit that travelers might be confused into thinking the Oakland airport is affiliated or associated with San Franciso International Airport.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Join us for an insightful webinar on how to address the French Charter requirements for trademarks appearing on products, considering the recently issued Quebec regulation and the OQLF's new guidelines. Over this 60-minute session, you will learn practical strategies to navigate the requirements, with an opportunity for a Q&A with our preeminent trademark team.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Insurers and benefit plans are asking the Ninth Circuit to revive a chunk of their antitrust case against Gilead, arguing their claims that Gilead delayed generic competition to its HIV drugs by monopolizing the market should have new life.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple litigations/IPRs are counted more than once. Within each litigation a claim is counted only once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under § 102, § 103, or both.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A federal judge in Virginia has decided that three patents initially issued to Japanese electronics company JVCKenwood Corp. "are ineligible for patent protection," sinking a patent litigation outfit's case targeting Amazon.com Inc.'s Alexa virtual assistant brand.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple litigations/IPRs are counted more than once. Within each litigation a claim is counted only once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under § 102, § 103, or both.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a finding from a bench trial that cleared the Costco supplier behind the "Heat Machine" involved in "a complex intellectual property dispute" with the maker of the "HeatDish," a different machine that Costco also sells.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Rituximab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple litigations/IPRs are counted more than once. Within each litigation a claim is counted only once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under § 102, § 103, or both.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A Florida federal judge has granted Google's motion to dismiss a patent infringement and antitrust suit from web development company Greenflight targeting the search giant's reverse phone number lookup, ruling that the plaintiff's phone lookup service appearing low on Google's search results doesn't amount to standing to sue.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under § 102, § 103, or both.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A unit of pharmaceutical company Alvogen on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from the company whose blockbuster IBS drug it's hoping to copy, saying the "petition's fundamental premise" that the Federal Circuit went beyond its legal boundaries "is simply incorrect.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple litigations/IPRs are counted more than once. Within each litigation a claim is counted only once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they are challenged under § 102, § 103, or both.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A former NBA player is suing his longtime attorney for legal malpractice in Colorado state court, claiming the attorney stole his money and failed to protect his intellectual property rights while negotiating the terms of a documentary deal about his victimization in an elaborate online catfishing scheme.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Trademarks can be a business’s most valuable assets. Apple’s mark is estimated to be worth more than $355 billion. The Amazon mark lags behind by a hair at $350 billion. When the value of a company’s trademark can be so high, it makes good sense to carefully develop, grow and protect marks. Originally published in The Daily Record, October 2024.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A patent trial in New York federal court ended with a settlement Tuesday, shortly after counsel for Kewazinga Corp. told jurors that the Street View feature in Google Maps infringes its patents on navigating through images, and that Google owes $22.5 million in damages.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Case Name: Pacira Pharms., Inc. v. eVenus Pharms. Labs., Inc., Civ. No. 21-19829, 2024 WL 3812188 (D.N.J. Aug. 9, 2024) (Arleo, J.).
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A California federal judge has ruled that a group of independent designers can pursue racketeering claims against Shein Distribution Corp. and other defendants in a lawsuit where the plaintiffs accuse the online retailer of copyright and trademark infringement for allegedly copying and selling the designers' works.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
I invited Walt to join us for our annual life sciences program this year. My pitch was that we would have a one-on-one conversation that would not only make up the final segment of the program, but which would also be used for our IPWatchdog Unleashed podcast. He graciously accepted my invitation, and we sat down for this conversation on Wednesday, October 30.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
KFC lodged a trademark infringement suit seeking to stop Church's Texas Chicken from using the term "original recipe" to promote its fried chicken, saying in a complaint filed Friday in Texas federal court that the term has been synonymous with KFC's chicken for more than 50 years.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Novartis is a Swiss pharmaceutical company known for developing innovative medicines and therapies, particularly in the radiopharmaceutical market. The company is taking steps to strengthen its position by filing lawsuits against competitors over alleged patent violations concerning its top cancer therapies, Pluvicto and Lutathera. These actions began in 2024 and involve Eli Lilly , its subsidiary, Point Biopharma , Lantheus , and Curium Pharma.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Sandoz Inc. has moved to appeal its already $70 million-plus breach of contract damages win over biopharmaceutical firm United Therapeutics Corp., teeing up a Third Circuit request to ask for more damages and to revive antitrust claims previously tossed by a New Jersey federal court.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 244 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2024 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Registration Number Wordmark 7518951 SOUTHERN INDIANA 7519940 ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY JETS 7519942 ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY 2008 7532204 INDIANA FARMERS’ DAIRY BAR SINCE 1941 7534427 ENVIRON 7525981 PILLARS OF TRANSFORMATION 7552495 DRY PAWS 7531029 DARK HORSE POST &
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