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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Motion To Dismiss Ruling Provides Insight Into How Courts View AI Training Data Cases

A recent decision by a California district court in J. Doe 1 v. GitHub, Inc., a case brought by computer programmers alleging that their works had been used to train AI models that generate computer code in violation of their...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Unsuspectingly Following Your Floor Plan into an Architectural Copyright Wall

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to consider revisiting an August 2021 decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Designworks Homes, Inc. v. Columbia House of Brokers Realty, Inc.,...more

Smart & Biggar

Strategies for in-house counsel to mitigate risk related to intellectual property

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In today’s competitive innovation economy, companies across industries face a wide range of potential legal issues and risks related to intellectual property (IP). Whether it is infringement of a valuable patented technology,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Doc Martens Gives the Boot to Likelihood of Confusion Expert in Trade Dress Dust-Up

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We’ve discussed a number of cases lately where flimsy consumer surveys were tossed out as unreliable under Daubert. This latest installment presents a slightly different twist....more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Third Circuit Shares Some Food For Thought On The Bounds Of Trade Dress Protection

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The overall look of a product – including the look of a snack or a treat – may be entitled to intellectual property protection as “trade dress.” But the protection of the overall look of a product as trade dress is neither...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Exclusive License Can Raise Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Issues

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The judicially-created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting is one of the most vexing doctrines of U.S. patent law. In Immunex Corp. v Sandoz Inc., the Federal Circuit added another layer of complexity to the...more

Hogan Lovells

20-year legal dispute over two seconds of music: CJEU on the never-ending sampling story

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German courts have been dealing with the Metall auf Metall [song by the German band Kraftwerk] case for two decades. Recently, the CJEU, too, has had to deal with the case and ruled by judgment of 29 July 2019 (C-476/17) that...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Edible Arrangements’ Trademark Case Bears Fruit

In a recent decision, Judge Vanessa L. Bryant shed some light on a significant new issue: trademark infringement in the world of internet keyword advertising. In a case with important implications for online marketing...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

Eight is Not Enough: Second Circuit Adopts Eleven Factor Nominative Fair Use Test in Certification Mark Case

International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (known as ISC2) is a non-profit organization that owns a registered certification mark for the term CISSP® (meaning “Certified Information Systems...more

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IP World Tour: Snapshots of Overseas IP Protection

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No matter where you look in the world, it’s a certainty that a dispute is ongoing over someone’s intellectual property (IP). The theft of ideas is nothing new, but just as important to those investing abroad is knowledge of...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Maintaining a Wall Around U.S. Intellectual Property: Federal Circuit says Disputes over U.S. Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights...

The Federal Circuit rejected an attempt by accused infringers of U.S. intellectual property rights to have claims litigated in a foreign country in Halo Creative & Design Ltd. v. Comptoir Des Indes, Inc., No. 15-1375 (Fed....more

McDermott Will & Emery

EU Court of Justice Reduces Cartel Fine: General Court of the EU Exceeded its Jurisdiction

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (Court),the EU’s highest court, recently issued a judgment in case C-603/13 P, Galp Energía España SA and others v Commission, reducing the fine imposed on certain companies that...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Liability for Commercial Speech: A Guide to False Advertising, Commercial Disparagement, and Related Claims

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This volume summarizes related bodies of law – false advertising, commercial disparagement, and defamation – that govern the conduct of business communications. It sets forth elements, damages, and related defenses for each...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Counterfeit Goods: Has the War on ISPs Just Gotten Tougher?

The pressure on ISPs to take responsibility for the sites accessible through their services has been growing in recent years (e.g., the requirement for certain ISPs to block filesharing sites). On October 17, 2014, the High...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

“Big Chocolate” Gets Injunction Against Whack-A-Mole Senator; Trademark “Services” Include Political Activities

Last week, Judge William Quarles of the District of Maryland issued an injunction preventing Maryland Republican State Senator Steve Hershey from using his own campaign literature. The case was brought by the Hershey...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Checklist Series: The Transactional In-House Lawyer’s Guide to Copyright Infringement Litigation

While the largest media companies have entire legal departments devoted to defending litigation, smaller companies may have only one in-house counsel, usually someone more familiar with business transactions than defending...more

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