IP Law 360

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Seventh Circuit should reject the federal government's claim that a healthcare software company wrongly took $3 million in tax deductions meant for domestic software production, the company argued, saying the government inaccurately described its product licensing costs as disqualifying service fees.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

202(c)(4), a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act, operates to provide a license to the government for federally funded research based on work that occurred prior to the effective date of a funding agreement. University of South Fl. Board of Trustees v. United States, Case No. 22-2248 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

United States, the Federal Circuit upheld royalty-free license rights of the U.S. government over a University of South Florida (USF) patent directed to Alzheimer’s disease research under the Bayh-Dole Act. The Federal Circuit’s decision confirms that 35 U.S.C. 202(c)(4) confers to the U.S.

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IPilogue

MARCH 17, 2023

The Australian government announced that, as of July 1, 2023 , the Australia Council of the Arts is renamed “Creative Australia.” The Council of the Arts is the government’s primary arts investment and advisory body. Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2023

Inventors may hire a technology licensing lawyer to protect their creations, but can artificial intelligence (AI) create legally protectable technology? The answer depends on several things, including how a company incorporates AI into the creative process and what laws govern the jurisdiction of the company’s location.

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Intepat

JUNE 25, 2024

Introduction Trademark licensing is a legal phenomenon where a trademark owner (Licensor) grants permission to another (Licensee) to use the trademark on mutually agreed terms and conditions. Hence, it reduces the uncertainty associated with the licensing of trademarks. This created an expectation to meet certain quality standards.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Technology companies frequently enter into patent licensing transactions, sometimes in order to settle patent litigation, and sometimes as a simple licensing or cross-licensing deal.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Annual Copyright License (ACL) from CCC helps minimize an organization’s infringement risk by providing a consistent set of global reuse rights across millions of publications from thousands of rightsholders that complements existing publisher agreements, subscriptions, and other content purchases.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 22, 2022

The Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) recently released an interesting report titled ‘Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines’. Ordinarily, patentees voluntarily decide whether or not and on what conditions to grant licenses to third parties. Failing which, a compulsory license can be issued. Natco Pharma Ltd.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? Therefore, for the government to succeed in its goal outlined in the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), bedaquiline and delamanid, two powerful anti TB drugs, must be made available immediately to patients in adequate quantities. Note: Long post ahead]. image from here.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As we have been reporting , on October 2nd the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued Resolution 1579, declaring the existence of reasons of public interest for the issuance of a Compulsory License (CL) on a patent covering Dolutegravir API, which is used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Here's what Paolo writes: 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license – A tentative NFT worldwide license standard by Paolo Maria Gangi Can't Be Evil. Universal license - a set of NFT CC licenses under the name 'Can’t Be Evil'. Why a CC license?

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

Here’s what he writes: CJEU: New licensing rules for the provision of guest TVs in Germany? Both decisions are based on questions referred by German courts and call into question the established German case law in that area and the known general licensing practice of the collective management societies based on it. Kat enjoying TV.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JULY 21, 2023

One of my takeaways is the FirstNet network has an unparalleled level of oversight and governance. Strong governance and oversight for public safety In my last blog, I outlined the extensive contract oversight processes that are in place to ensure that our network contractor, AT&T, delivers the best broadband network for public safety.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

Yet the law that governs ownership and use of architectural works—principally, copyright law—often is not well known even among seasoned veterans of development and construction. Many professionals in construction and property development are well versed in contract law, safety regulations, insurance law, and the like. By: Stoel Rives LLP

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The question that arises with the development of such technology is regarding the legal governance of the same. Which field of law will govern such digital assets and the NFT technology? In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 22, 2024

This article originally appeared in The Scholarly Kitchen Copyright Licensing and Human Advancement Copyright licensing, that is, the granting of permission to reuse copyright works, has likely existed as long as copyright. Collective copyright licensing is nearly as old, generally viewed as dating from 1777.

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Patently-O

MARCH 6, 2022

governmental (or agency of the government, such as the Navy). Government interest in the patent — typically based upon Gov’t funding of the R&D and the government interest is provided for under the Bayh-Dole Act. Gov't disclaims copyright protection the works of authorship created by the Government.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With respect to patents subject to a commitment to license on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2023 saw many interesting developments.

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Intepat

JANUARY 24, 2024

Licensing is a legal tool that permits the utilization or reuse of already protected intellectual property. This raises discussions on various factors influencing the decision of licensors and licensees regarding the licensing process. Considerations for sub-licensing, including any specific limitations or financial terms.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee published a report which set out a number of recommendations to Government [ Katpost here ] that included equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustments as well as referrals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 2, 2022

On 14 June 2022, the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE), a think-tank funded by the Belgian government, published a report on the compulsory licensing of expensive medicinal products (the Report). By: Allen & Overy LLP

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Velocity of Content

MAY 5, 2022

The government there announced in late December the launch of a public consultation process and the release of a discussion paper and “exposure draft” of the Copyright Amendment (Access Reforms) Bill 2021. The long-awaited decision from the Copyright Tribunal on license tariffs in the university sector has not yet been delivered. .

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Destiny 2 cheat case heading before a jury, Swiss music licensing agency sues X for infringement and the Australian government to talk AI. The post 3 Count: Destiny’s Jury appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2008, Schneider reportedly gave her publisher, Modern Works Music Publishing (MWP), the exclusive right to license her compositions. In turn, MWP granted YouTube/Google a blanket license to use all MWP-controlled works, which included Schneider’s entire back catalog. The license is valid and dispositive.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 15, 2024

Last spring, not long after OpenAI launched ChatGPT , an AI working group in the US House of Representatives obtained 40 licenses for the generative AI tool. ChatGPT and other available AI tools now conduct systematic review of scientific literature for government officials by searching millions of information sources.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 24, 2023

Yet the CBC’s approach to Bill C-18 and other government digital policies seems determined to do the opposite and, in doing so, threatens its future support. In an ideal world, that would mean open licensing CBC news content so that others could enhance it distribution and value.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that threats made by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions “to file IPR petitions and a declaratory judgment action unless granted a free license to three valuable patents,” among other allegations, “runs directly counter to the purpose and goals of the post-grant administrative challenge system.”

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JD Supra Law

JULY 15, 2022

The UK government is set to introduce new provisions in copyright law to permit data mining and analysis of datasets for commercial use. This will have an effect on all parties who license or permit third parties to access their data. By: Dentons

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IP Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

While it’s appropriate to lament the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Washington, just because something’s bipartisan doesn't mean it’s a good idea. Exhibit A could be Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) “Invent It Here, Make It Here” bill.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And under our dual system of government, where federal law reigns supreme, it is well-settled that the states are powerless to interfere in ways that conflict with the nationwide scheme established by Congress.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Image from here Recently, the Print reported that Novartis and Eli Lilly have voiced their opposition to the idea of compulsory licensing (“ CL ”) for breast cancer medications, Ribociclib and Abemaciclib. In January 2022, she appealed for government support for affordable drug production. It also says that no licenses were given out.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 28, 2022

What is a Compulsory License? Compulsory licenses are permissions from the government that allows someone else to use the copyright of the owner without his consent. In this article, we will look at compulsory licensing in Copyright and under what conditions a compulsory license is granted in India.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

On the other hand, the debate around TDM has not developed in a context devoid of licensing practices, at least in Europe. It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law. The latest news, however, is that such a reform will not go ahead.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Traditional considerations in technology deals are often inadequate for governing artificial intelligence use, which means lawyers should revisit and reimagine existing terms across the full spectrum of relevant contracts, ranging from procurement agreements and data licenses to customer agreements, say Marina Aronchik and Samuel Hartman at Mayer Brown. (..)

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