In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Federal Circuit addressed an “anachronistic exception, long mentioned but rarely applied” in the field of patents: the “reverse doctrine of equivalents.” This marks the first time the doctrine has appeared in Federal Circuit precedent in more than 15 years. As the Court noted, it had “never […]
Last week I gave two presentations in Asia. On Monday, I presented The Law and Economics of Wrongful Patent Assertion at IEEM (Instituto de Estudos Europeus de Macau)’s 20th Intellectual Property Seminar, “Proportionality in Intellectual Property Law,” in Macau, S.A.R. The presentation summarized some of my current book project, Wrongful Patent Assertion: A Comparative Law
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Last week I gave two presentations in Asia. On Monday, I presented The Law and Economics of Wrongful Patent Assertion at IEEM (Instituto de Estudos Europeus de Macau)’s 20th Intellectual Property Seminar, “Proportionality in Intellectual Property Law,” in Macau, S.A.R. The presentation summarized some of my current book project, Wrongful Patent Assertion: A Comparative Law
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A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley. Source link
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In Short The Situation: Photo wallpaper will most likely be copyright-protected. There are limits to implied consent of the rightsholder, particularly in relation to the commercial use of images or other copyright-protected objects in the background. The German Development: In late 2024, the highest German court for civil matters defined and limited the copyright of
Last week I gave two presentations in Asia. On Monday, I presented The Law and Economics of Wrongful Patent Assertion at IEEM (Instituto de Estudos Europeus de Macau)’s 20th Intellectual Property Seminar, “Proportionality in Intellectual Property Law,” in Macau, S.A.R. The presentation summarized some of my current book project, Wrongful Patent Assertion: A Comparative Law
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Our friendly neighbors in the Great White North are implementing important changes in 2025 with respect to language requirements for trademarks and a new pilot project initiated by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) to issue cancellation proceedings against trademark registrations based upon non-use. Language Requirements In connection with the Charter of the French Language,
Last week I gave two presentations in Asia. On Monday, I presented The Law and Economics of Wrongful Patent Assertion at IEEM (Instituto de Estudos Europeus de Macau)’s 20th Intellectual Property Seminar, “Proportionality in Intellectual Property Law,” in Macau, S.A.R. The presentation summarized some of my current book project, Wrongful Patent Assertion: A Comparative Law
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Last week I gave two presentations in Asia. On Monday, I presented The Law and Economics of Wrongful Patent Assertion at IEEM (Instituto de Estudos Europeus de Macau)’s 20th Intellectual Property Seminar, “Proportionality in Intellectual Property Law,” in Macau, S.A.R. The presentation summarized some of my current book project, Wrongful Patent Assertion: A Comparative Law
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Yesterday, we examined how DeepSeek has shaken up the AI landscape, particularly regarding copyright and plagiarism. Simply put, DeepSeek has created AI models that rival the current top-tier U.S. models at a fraction of the cost and computing power. Furthermore, they released the models under an open-source license, making them available to everyone to build
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