JD Supra Law

AUGUST 28, 2024

On August 9, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released a draft of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (hereinafter referred to as the “AMGP”) for public comment.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The government is not promoting those changes – there is no reference to it in the press release – but bill gives it broad powers to order inquiries into any market or industry and dictate the terms of the inquiry to the Competition Bureau.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Earlier this month, the RIAA shared its recommendations for the USTR’s annual review of overseas notorious markets. ” Links and References Removed. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the operator notes that the term AI is more a marketing term than a technical description. Operator Responds.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 23, 2024

While arbitrary or coined marks can acquire even more legal protection than suggestive names, such terms may be more challenging to market and to promote, because consumers may not be able to connect the dots and therefore may not know what that arbitrary or coined brand name represents.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 22, 2024

Law Firm Seeks Rightsholder-Like Rights In an application submitted to Finland’s Market Court on March 15, 2024, the law firm Hedman Partners Oy sought a court order to compel an unnamed internet service provider to provide the personal details of an unspecified number of subscribers.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

11, 2025) This discovery dispute says some interesting things about gray market goods. Toyota argued that these documents are relevant to Allens counterclaim challenging the veracity of Toyotas statements to dealers that counterfeit parts are often intermingled with gray market parts. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., The court agreed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In some cases, it refers to little more than advanced algorithms, but complex self-learning computer systems with human-like traits are actively being developed as well. The algorithm masters your track with the same RMS, FR, peak amplitude and stereo width as the reference song you choose,” Songmastr explains.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

This is the age-old issue of when a site’s marketing representation is rendered untrue by third-party content. It is also reasonable to infer that because Angi markets its platform as “connecting verified contractors and homeowners,” Angi’s failure to verify Encor’s license contributed materially to the illegality here.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2024

Rightsholders estimate that over a two-year period, the market value of the content offered via the app amounted to at least one billion Taiwan dollars, around US$31.2m. ” CIB also references two additional suspects; who they are and what roles they played in the operation go unmentioned.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, the PTAB determined that Allgenesis failed to show that claims 4 and 5 were obvious over multiple references because the claims were directed to unexpected results. Allgenesis also asserted settlement conversations as evidence of a likelihood of litigation for patent infringement when Allgenesis brings its product to market.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Issue(s) Whether the Ressemann reference disclosed the combination of features as to preclude a nexus between the objective evidence of non-obviousness. Medtronic’s argument of legal error was a veiled attempt to overturn the Board’s fact finding that the prior art reference did not disclose the combination of features.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The organization, which represents the major Hollywood studios and Netflix, calls out the most problematic foreign sites and services in its “notorious markets” submission to the USTR each year. “These markets are an immediate threat to legitimate commerce, impairing legitimate markets’ viability and curbing U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Plaintiff contends that this number is false and misleading, because it refers to a value based on the vehicle having “clean title,” rather than the salvage title the vehicle has, which reduces the value by 20% to 40%. Copart appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. LEXIS 53009 (Cal. Superior Ct.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The court refers to it as an emoji, but it’s just an icon. Roommates.com answered this question by referring to “materially contributing” to the illegality. Airbnb appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Here is the hot tub icon referenced in this claim. Craigslist. ” Cites to Dowbenko v.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The government has seemingly tried to ignore those startups with Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez talking about 400+ news outlet closures since 2008, but neglecting to refer to the hundreds of new outlets that have sprung up during the same period. They’re publishing opinion only.”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2025

The communication platform helps to connect people from all over the globe, with optional end-to-end encryption providing improved security compared to some other players in the market. Instead, it referred users to Wikipedia and Reddit , where the links were still available.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The idea was to take market share away from piracy sites, by offering a legal and more convenient streaming platform. In recent years piracy started to grow again , including in well-served markets such as the United States. Initially, this seemed to work. These are in part standard disclosures, as every company faces competition.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Philip Morris markets the IQOS system as a “heat-not-burn” system, claiming that the heat does not result in burning of the tobacco. The allegation successfully asserted a plausible theory for why the IQOS system might nonetheless initiate combustion despite Philip Morris’ contrary marketing.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2023

According to the Commission, IP rights cannot be exercised in such a way as to contravene the creation and protection of the internal market. This also applies to non-exclusive licensing agreements and distribution agreements. Valve appealed. Incidentally, such a consideration was also more recently reiterated in Tom Kabinet [ here ].

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Background A number of generic pharmaceutical companies (collectively, “Defendants”) filed Abbreviated New Drug Applications (“ANDAs”) to market generic versions of the Trintellix® antidepressant. sued to enjoin Defendants from marketing generic versions on the basis of inducing and/or contributorily infringing various patents, including U.S.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 4, 2024

Sugraone' was the first seedless table grape variety introduced in Italian market in late 1980s. The evidence included reports of the marketing of grapes of the 'Sugraone' variety in the United States dating back to 1975. The decision (English translation here ) also dismissed the claims of trade mark infringement and invalidity.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Due to this, Lexology decided to publish a series of reference guides that allow for comparison among more than 20 jurisdictions all around the world. A Clear Guide for the Regulation of the Pharma and Medical Device Industry in Colombia The Pharma and Medical Device industry is one of the biggest in the world.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Any surviving services may need to be structured as marketing agencies that push all of the legal risk to the users and third-party vendors. Causation, as used in the traditional sense, refers to the connection between the tort and the plaintiff’s harm. Sunfrog appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

To achieve this, co-defendant Max Louarn put Bowser in charge of operating maxconsole.com, through which he helped to market and sell Team-Xecuter devices. Bowser’s role was to market the enterprise’s products, post news releases about new products and updates to products, and work with retailers who distributed the enterprise’s products.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With the filing of a single application, referred to as International Registration, administrative inconvenience is avoided when companies want to secure trademarks in any of the countries that participate. Separate applications for trademarks are still required for those markets. Operational Mechanism of the Madrid Protocol 1.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2023

Vivek Pahwa , clarified that huge sale figures or commercial success in the market, which though can establish goodwill, will however not establish that the term has acquired a secondary meaning. Not sure about the market of chutneys, the Division Bench order has clearly shaken the law of trademarks for now.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Rightsholders such as the Premier League, Sky and BT Sport, with support from the Federation Against Copyright Theft, now tend to conduct their investigations before referring them to the police. When cases are progressed, this usually means police-led raids, arrests, and seizures of key evidence.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2006), Incept argued that when a prior art reference describes a genus and the challenged claim recites a species of that genus, anticipation turns on whether the genus was of such a defined and limited class that one of ordinary skill in the art could have “at once envisaged” each member of the genus. Relying on Eli Lilly & Co.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 9, 2022

Inspired by Netflix’s success, new streaming portals such as Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Paramount+, and Peacock started competing for a share of the lucrative streaming market. piracy market share in June. The suggestion that “subscription fatigue” may motivate people to start pirating again isn’t new.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2024

This is what was seen in the recent case of M/s KG Marketing of India v. KG Marketing India, through its proprietor, Mr. Karan Kumar, against Rashi Santosh Soni and Santosh Soni (the defendants) to seek an injunction to prevent the use of the trademark “SURYA”. Rashi Santosh Soni & Anr. Meenakshi case and the Ashok v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 21, 2024

The influence of variations in taxes on the choices regarding the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) may not be as significant as structural factors such as proximity to end markets, the competitive landscape in labor and product markets, and similar determinants. REFERENCES Bénassy-Quéré, A.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

At the abbreviated preliminary injunction hearing, which took place on Monday, November 7, 2022, as scheduled, counsel for ID Tech effectively conceded his client’s misconduct (though he referred to it as a failure by a “young business” to put in place “proper procedures”). The CourtListener page.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Case Background: "Heat not burn" Philip Morris (PM) and BAT both market so-called "heat-not-burn" devices as alternatives to conventional cigarettes. In these electronic devices, cartridges of tobacco are heated ("not burned"). Smoke Free World. "

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mr. Beast makes it abundantly clear at multiple points in the video that his work is based on Squid Game , and he repeatedly references the show throughout. Squid Game’s success was largely dependent on a combination of word-of-mouth promotion and a marketing push from Netflix. To be clear, no one is punishing original works.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 10, 2024

However, the case is not fully resolved, as part of it was referred back to the General Court. This decision underscores the strict scrutiny of anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical industry and its impact on market strategies. By: Dechert LLP

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

271751, titled “Preparation of AZOXYSTROBIN” The plaintiffs manufacture and market Azoxystrobin under the brand name AMISTAR. The ToR, referred to as the Proposed Consolidated Reference , included provisions for sample collection, testing protocols, and confidentiality measures.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

We usually get ours at the local farmers market.] CPUSA2 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Yum, and easily veganized. In an April 2023 summary judgment ruling , the plaintiff established that it “possesses the legally protectable, incontestable trademarks TEXAS TAMALE and TEXAS TAMALE COMPANY.”

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