June 2024

CCC Helps Establish Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES) as a Founding Member

LIFES Aims to Address the Challenges of Global Data Reuse by Facilitating an Ecosystem That Enables FAIR Principles June 5, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announced its collaboration with key industry stakeholders to launch the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES). In […]

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Patent Marking Around The World

Patent marking statutes are essential elements of intellectual property law that help inform the public of patent rights, deter potential infringers, and can significantly impact the scope of damages a patent holder can recover in an infringement lawsuit. These statutes vary widely around the world, reflecting different legal traditions and economic priorities. This article explores

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Federal Circuit Affirms Denial of Attorneys’ Fees Following Dismissal Without Prejudice

The case is Giesecke & Devrient GmbH v. United States, nonprecedential opinion authored by Judge Stoll, joined by Judges Prost and Hughes.  The case is an appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims, which hears claims against the federal government.  Patentee G&D filed suit against the U.S. claiming infringement of a patent directed

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How To Avoid Trademark Scams | 3 Scam Kinds

Kinds of Trademark Scams Scammers Posing as Attorneys When you are applying for a trademark, you may encounter businesses that are offering unnecessary services, making unrealistic guarantees, demanding illegitimate fees, or charging inflated amounts for trademark registration services such as responding to office actions. Often times, these entities turn out to be scams, operating without

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Promotion of Data Flow and Protection of Data Rights – China Intellectual Property Blog

China has issued a new landmark ruling in the field of key digital technologies. It concerns data extraction and data trading by iDataAPI and demonstrates China’s strengthened stance on protecting data rights and promoting data flow. The operator of Sina Weibo (plaintiff) sued a company and its subsidiary in Shenzhen, the operator of the iDataAPI

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World IP Day: How the Copyright System Builds Our Common Future

The following is a guest blog post by Miriam Lord, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education.  Each year on April 26, the U.S. Copyright Office joins intellectual property organizations around the world in celebrating World Intellectual Property Day. This year’s theme, set by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is

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RECENT CASES,  THE WTO, AND TRANSPARENCY – China IPR – Intellectual Property Developments in China

This is a sequel to my January 4, 2024 blog on developments in DS611, the WTO case that the EU filed against China regarding its antisuit injunction (ASI) practices for SEPs, as well as my December 18, 2023 blog on the Oppo v. Nokia case which discussed global rate setting for SEPs by a Chinese court, including its relationship with DS611. 

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Karnataka High Court Forms a Sub-Committee to Draft IPD Rules – SpicyIP

Image by freepik In an important development, the Karnataka High Court on June 20 released a notification forming a sub-committee to draft rules for establishing an IP Division. The sub-committee comprises Registrar (Judicial), Karnataka High Court (the position is presently held by Mr. E. Rajeeva Gowda)  and Prof. Dr. Arul Scaria, Associate Professor, NLSIU, Bangalore.

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The Reasons Trademarks are Refused Registration

It’s become easy, perhaps too easy, to submit an application to register a trademark on your own. You can fill in and submit an application for U.S. registration here. It takes the Trademark Office several months to examine the application. In that time, you probably invested in packaging, promotional materials, a website, and advertising, perhaps

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CCC announces collaboration to encourage FAIR data use

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has announced its collaboration with key industry stakeholders to launch the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES). In recognition of the challenges that exist with data reuse within the global research community, LIFES is a joint effort by an international public-private partnership of eleven academic and private organisations to build a wide and

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