IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

and French medicine developer Orano Med for an exclusive license for a radiation treatment for rare cancers. Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Thursday that it will pay up to €320 million ($353 million) to U.S. biotechnology group RadioMedix Inc.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Licensing allows companies to enter new markets, reduce production and distribution costs, and strengthen consumer loyalty. However, the success of any licensing strategy hinges on a well-negotiated agreement that includes legal safeguards, clear responsibilities and protections against misuse of the trademark.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

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. . . 35 U.S.C. §

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Starting a company by licensing technology from a university is a complex process with unique challenges and opportunities. Here are the most critical points for founders to consider when navigating university technology licensing. By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Licensing Executives Society (LES) recently held its annual meeting in New Orleans, drawing together a diverse group of intellectual property (IP) licensing professionals, including attorneys, academics, service providers, and industry leaders in fields like life sciences and high technology. By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. This requires the proprietor to exercise quality control measures while granting licenses to use the trademark, as a deviance in the quality would cause confusion. In El Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By: Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Benjamin, managing partner of the New York office and chair of Kilpatrick’s Advertising and Marketing group, was honored to present on September 13 at the New York City Bar Association’s continuing legal education program, Intellectual Property Licensing 101. By: Kilpatrick

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Adult-Use Processor Type 3 Branding license (Brand License) authorizes the license holder to market their brand(s) in New York State's adult-use cannabis market by entering into white labeling agreements with other licensed adult-use processors. By: Vicente LLP

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2024

15, 2024) This putative class action alleged that Amazon overcharged and “[d]eceived consumers by misrepresenting that it was selling them Digital Content when, in fact, it was really only licensing it to them[.]” The court disagreed: there’s a plausible difference in value between owning outright versus purchasing a revocable license.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. Content creators contribute their work to the platform, making it available for licensing, while end users can easily browse, license and utilize them.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2023

While few companies will create AI models from scratch, most will find themselves licensing AI models from others. Negotiating those licenses requires a keen understanding of the risks and rewards of AI licensing. Artificial intelligence (AI) models are transforming industries and the workplace. By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whether for social media advertisements, customer surveys, or email campaigns, a data licensing agreement is often at the center of arrangements concerning the use and transfer of consumer data. Join us for our September Advertising Law webinar program, which will examine the role of data licensing within the advertising industry.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 28, 2024

This article provides a general overview of certain Chinese legal considerations for licensing and collaboration deals in the life sciences industry. In particular, this article focuses on two types of transactions. By: Hogan Lovells

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IP Law 360

JUNE 18, 2024

investors asked a California federal judge to greenlight a $75 million settlement that would resolve their claims that the chipmaker misled the market by stating it kept its licensing and chip-supply businesses separate when it regularly bundled the two in negotiations and agreements. Qualcomm Inc.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Offering your software product under an open-source software (OSS) license has its advantages. It’s even more likely if your software is licensed under so-called “permissive” terms, such as the MIT license or Apache License, Version 2.0 By: Goodwin

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IP Watchdog

JULY 21, 2024

With exquisitely bad timing, the National Institutes of Heath (NIH) floated a new policy governing licensing inventions made by its scientists subtitled “Promoting Equity in Access Planning.”.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Businesses own valuable trademarks, which, once registered, can be licensed out. The rights that flow from a trademark can be licensed to others to receive royalties for commercialization. Licensing your trademark can be a beneficial business strategy that can not only strengthen the brand but also allow for expansion into new markets.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 23, 2024

To date, the vast majority of training content, whether books or blogs or songs or images, has been scraped from the web […] The post Facilitating Efficient and Effective Copyright Licensing for AI appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia has inked a multiyear patent-licensing deal with hardware manufacturer HP Inc. over its video technologies, pouring cold water on litigation between the pair in all jurisdictions, it announced Tuesday.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Circuit has issued an interesting nonprecedential order in In re VLSI Technology LLC , denying VLSI’s petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to reverse a district court order allowing Intel to amend its answer to assert a declaratory judgment counterclaim regarding a patent license defense.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 15, 2024

Companies that generate revenue from patents are seeing less willingness to negotiate in recent years among businesses they approach about potential licenses, requiring more litigation in order to reach agreements, executives from IBM, InterDigital and others said Monday.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Let’s explore why responsible AI use starts with proper licensing and implications for businesses like yours when navigating these waters. In fact, there’s a clear path forward for businesses that understand the importance of leveraging AI responsibly: licensing.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 29, 2024

A California federal judge on Friday threw out Intel's counterclaim arguing that it has a license to VLSI's microchip patents in a multibillion-dollar dispute, indicating that it can be raised in a separate case.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2024

On July 12, 2024, the Delhi High Court (DHC) issued two orders in a matter involving a dispute between Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and Al-Hamd Tradenation concerning interim injunctions and compulsory licensing (CL). PPL had informed Al-Hamd through the restaurant that a license was required for the use of these recordings.

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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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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Just a day after our update on the Lenacapavir patent oppositions ( here ), Gilead has signed “Royalty-Free Voluntary Licensing Agreements” (VLAs) ( pdf ) with generic manufacturers aimed at boosting HIV prevention in “high-incidence, resource-limited countries.” It did so to six pharmaceutical manufacturers—Dr. For instance, clause 2.5

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 29, 2024

InterDigital said Tuesday that it has inked a licensing agreement with Chinese smartphone giant Oppo that will bring an end to the cross-border litigation between the companies over patented smartphone technology.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Federal Circuit's recent decision that Aetna's credit card licensing agreement with AlexSam did not give the insurer immunity from patent infringement claims serves to warn licensees to read their contracts carefully, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Licensing intellectual property (IP) can be a game-changer for a company’s commercialization, whether creating research and development opportunities, opening new markets or gaining access to complementary technologies.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Pandora Media, LLC, a group of high-profile comedians, including Lewis Black, George Lopez, and the estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin, has filed a motion for partial summary judgment claiming that Pandora is infringing on their copyrights by streaming over 2,000 comedy routines without the necessary licenses.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 19, 2024

Copyright Clearance Center has officially announced their first long-in-development licensing program for AI re-use rights. This first step lets participating publishers include these rights in CCC’s annual copyright licenses (ACL), their enterprise content licensing program that businesses subscribe to.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

federal judge has freed an Illinois food and beverage holdings company from a Mexican restaurant operator's trademark infringement lawsuit accusing it of distributing canned vodka beverages donning the restaurant's "Surfside" mark, saying the holdings company didn't even have a license to sell alcohol.

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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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Nelligan Law

JANUARY 24, 2024

Now, let’s delve into the legal galaxy of licensing. “Spaceballs” undertakes a delicate dance in the licensing arena, where the gravitational pull of intellectual property laws is a formidable force. The post The Legal Ballet of Parody and Licensing in Spaceballs appeared first on Nelligan Law.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By offering reuse rights on a collective basis, the Annual Copyright License for Curriculum and Instruction, included as part of the combined RightFind Curriculum solution eliminates the need for users to negotiate individual licenses with each publisher, saving time and easing administrative burdens.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The foundation established by the actor Paul Newman cannot license his publicity and intellectual property rights to any university or other nonprofit, studio or publisher or any luxury brand for advertising, a Connecticut state court judge has said, responding to a request to clarify a preliminary injunction she issued.

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