July 2024

31 July 2024 Brian Wu summarises the final proposed changes to the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct designed to strengthen effectiveness and compliance. In June 2024, the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct Review 2023-24 Final Report (Report) was released. Our previous blog post explored: how the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (Code) […]

By Carolina Bolado (July 30, 2024, 9:23 PM EDT) — A Florida federal judge declined Monday to vacate an arbitral award issued to sunglasses maker Verso Israel LLC in a $3 million dispute with an Israeli pop star accused of undercutting a deal to promote the brand, ruling that the pop star’s motion was filed

[co-author: Chelsea S. Chun] Facing potential insolvency by 2026, the State Bar of California is exploring various cost-saving measures, including remote administration and the use of small vendor-owned test centers for its exams. As part of this process, the Bar issued a Request for Information back in January 2024 to find a vendor capable of

By Rae Ann Varona (July 30, 2024, 11:18 PM EDT) — Guess Inc. and Macy’s have settled a copyright action lodged by three prominent graffiti artists who accused the companies of exploiting their names and donning their work across T-shirts without permission, the parties told a California federal judge Tuesday…. Law360 is on it, so

[co-author: Diego Semeraro, Vítor Montovani] The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) joined the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program on July 6, 2024. Coordinated by the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Brazil’s inclusion marks a significant milestone in the modernization of the national intellectual property system and shows the BPTO’s commitment to boosting technological innovation

By Lauren Berg (July 30, 2024, 11:39 PM EDT) — LPL Financial should be barred from using any trade secrets and confidential client information it has harvested from Ameriprise Financial through the recruitment of its competitors’ financial advisers, Ameriprise told a California federal judge Tuesday in alleging LPL has violated legal, regulatory and industry rules….

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidance on the use of artificial intelligence-based tools in patent practice to inform practitioners of important issues when using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in matters before the Patent Office.1 The Patent Office acknowledges the likelihood that AI will be used to prepare and prosecute patent applications and

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By Craig Clough (July 30, 2024, 10:03 PM EDT) — Amazon sued Nokia in Delaware federal court Tuesday alleging the Finnish tech company infringed a dozen of its patents in an effort to make a late entry into the cloud-computing technology field by “leveraging Amazon’s innovative solutions” that were developed over decades…. Law360 is on

Summer Associate Ben Gitzinger also contributed to this article.  1. The Copyright Registration Guidance Copyright Registration Guidance on the Requirement for Human Authorship The Guidance states that the Copyright Office’s long-standing position is that human authorship is required for a work to be copyrightable and eligible for registration. Nevertheless, the Guidance provides that works created