On July 8, Ananthakrishnan G in the Indian Express reported that the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has ordered withdrawal of the 159 show cause notices issued to different officers of the Indian Patent Office. This move seemingly comes after the proceedings at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) where the All India Patent Officers Welfare Association […]
With the rise in patent filings and the rapid development of industry standards like 3GPP, ITU-T, and IEEE, the number of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) declarations has surged. This increase means that not all the declared standard essential patents will be true SEPs. Buying or licensing such patents will cause significant financial and legal problems
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I think you would agree with me that protecting a brand has become increasingly difficult in this digital era, where originality is becoming a thing of the past. Recently, one of the most frustrating challenges awaiting brand owners at the time of filing a trademark application doesn’t seem to be the lengthy registration process of
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. slapped a Philadelphia special event company with a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming infringement of intellectual property rights it holds in “The Simpsons” animated series and movie, saying JMC Pop Ups is creating unauthorized replicas of Moe’s Tavern from the popular show. Source link
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By Gina Kim (July 11, 2024, 11:25 PM EDT) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation dubbed the COPIED Act on Thursday to fight the growth of AI-generated “deepfakes,” proposing a framework that would give journalists and artists control over their work via a watermarking process and allow them to sue those who
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By Ivan Moreno (July 11, 2024, 10:10 PM EDT) — The Beastie Boys can’t stand it. Chili’s parent company, Brinker International Inc., has allegedly been using the band’s 1990s hit “Sabotage” in social media videos to promote the restaurant chain without permission, and the band wants it to stop, according to a complaint filed in
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By Dani Kass (July 11, 2024, 9:39 PM EDT) — VLSI Technology is urging the Federal Circuit to revive the patent it used to win a $1.5 billion infringement verdict against Intel, saying the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s invalidation was tainted by mishandled sanctions proceedings…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A
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By Dani Kass (July 11, 2024, 9:22 PM EDT) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday said it has been able to cut down lags in reviewing patent and trademark applications through increased hiring, better pay for patent examiners and improving technology…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription
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By Adam Lidgett (July 11, 2024, 9:24 PM EDT) — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would pump the brakes on the ability of pharmaceutical companies to steer patients away from generic versions of a drug, a measure that lawmakers said would lower drug costs…. Law360 is on it, so you are,
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