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Eli Lilly Says Tampa Health Biz Can't 'Pass The Buck' In TM Suit
Eli Lilly and Co. is asking a Florida federal judge not to throw out its claims that a Tampa Bay company falsely advertised that it [...]
SCOTUS Denies Petition Challenging Post-Patent Expiration Royalty Obligations Upheld in Arbitration
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. v. Insall, which challenged an arbitration [...]
Labcorp Accuses Ex-Sales Exec Of Stealing Customers
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings took its former sales marketing executive to North Carolina federal court, along with his new employer, claiming that the worker [...]
Crown Packaging Can Patents Ruled Invalid In Reversal
The Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that a series of Crown Packaging's patents on a machine that produces aluminum beverage cans is invalid, the latest in [...]
BioNTech, Pfizer Rival Wants Party Flip In Covid Vax IP Fight
German biotech company CureVac asked a Virginia federal judge to flip the positions of the litigants in its COVID-19 vaccine patent fight with rivals Pfizer [...]
Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for [...]
How Duracell Uses Trademarks and Trade Dress to Fight Counterfeits | IPWatchdog Unleashed
This week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. During our conversation we [...]
Judge Newman Says Fed. Circ. Threatened Her To Seal Filings
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked the D.C. Circuit Monday to unseal supplemental documents attached to her opening brief arguing that the suspension her colleagues [...]
Jones Says Waiver Gave Onion Unfair Edge In Infowars Auction
Lawyers for Alex Jones on Monday stepped up their criticism of satirical news outlet The Onion's bid to buy the conspiracy theorist's Infowars website, urging [...]
Intellia Can't Escape Patent Suit Over $100M Regeneron Deal
Biotechnology company Intellia Therapeutics cannot ditch BlueAllele's claims that it infringed three patents related to gene editing to reap over $100 million under a deal [...]
Bill Aiding Not-So-Small Patent Applicants Advances
A federal measure that would allow patent applicants to avoid financial penalties for incorrectly seeking reduced fees for small applicants has made its way to President [...]
Federal Circuit Reiterates Limits of Incorporation by Reference in Win for Priceline
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, December 9, in a precedential decision affirmed a district court determination that Priceline.com [...]
Blockchain Co. IP Fight With Investment Firm Will Go To Trial
A California federal judge has said a jury should decide whether the investment firm Franklin Templeton misappropriated trade secrets of Blockchain Innovation LLC and breached [...]
O'Melveny & Myers Faces DQ Effort In Hyundai TM Dispute
An attorney defending computing company Hyundai Technology in its trademark dispute with Hyundai Motor Co. told a California federal judge Monday that O'Melveny & Myers [...]
Meet The Attorneys Arguing Over TM Liability At High Court
A Gibson Dunn partner who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 27 times will square off against the former solicitor general of West Virginia [...]
Campbell's Accuses Rival Of Copying Iconic Can Design
The Campbell's Co. is accusing a competitor of copying the soup giant's "famous and iconic" can design, claiming in a New Jersey federal court complaint [...]
Condom Co. Says Rival Owes $744K In 'Naked' IP Dispute
A U.S.-based condom company told a Florida federal judge during a bench trial on Monday that an Australian rival owes at least $744,000 in attorney [...]
Verizon, Ericsson Agree To Settle Co.'s Wireless IP Row In EDTX
Verizon Wireless and Ericsson have agreed to a deal that will end a suit accusing them of infringing a pair of wireless network patents owned [...]
Nintendo Suit May Have Major Impact On Video Game Patents
If Nintendo and The Pokémon Co. win their patent infringement case in Japan against Pocketpair, the game developer behind Palworld, it could pose new challenges [...]
Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
In addition to fight-or-flight, witnesses may experience the freeze/appease response at trial or deposition — where they become a deer in headlights, agreeing with opposing [...]
Patently Strategic Podcast: Obviousness Case Law Review
An invention cannot be patented if the differences between a claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole [...]
Fed. Circ. Backs Priceline, Booking's Patent Case Win
The Federal Circuit on Monday backed a Delaware federal court's ruling that Priceline.com LLC and Booking.com did not infringe an e-commerce patent, agreeing with how [...]
Ga. Attys Urge Companies To Develop GenAI Policies
Companies need to develop policies mitigating the affects of generative artificial intelligence as the tool is already impacting contracts and other aspects of business across [...]
Boies Schiller Adds 2 Litigators In New York, San Francisco
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired two litigators for its New York and San Francisco offices, the firm announced Monday. [...]

Megatron Nvidia: AI Debater Unleashed?

15th July 2022 - admin

The future may not be set in stone. However, one thing is certain: an AI integrated future. Over the next decade, researchers expect AI to permeate into virtually every industry. It will be the driver of innovation and focus of technological advancement. Every day, innovators unlock new applications for machine learning. However, AI tech is […]

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WHAT ARE NFTs AND HOW DO THEY WORK

10th June 2022 - admin

The Covid Pandemic has transformed many businesses to conduct their affairs through digital transactions. Quarantine encouraged people to interact, sell, and trade on the Internet through different online platforms. For some, this is a disadvantage. However, for others, this is an opportunity; especially for NFT. While NFT began in 2014, it did not hit the […]

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Woebot gets $90M Funding

19th May 2022 - admin

Meet Woebot, a personal health ally that is grounded in clinical research and powered by AI. Woebot is a chatbot built to connect with users and helps people to lessen the symptoms of anxiety and depression whether you feel “stuck, sad or anxious”. The chatbox was founded in 2017 by Dr. Alison Darcy, a University […]

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HUSKEE PRODUCT PROTECTION FOR THE REUSABLE COFFEE CUP

29th April 2022 - admin

Huskee is a design company that found a way to reuse an originally single-use product. The central purpose of their design is to enable people to move away from single use into a more sustainable way of having their daily cup of coffee. They achieved this by using a coffee husk and turning it into […]

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THE ‘NEW’ NEW ZEALAND PRIVACY ACT IS MORE IN LINE WITH AUSTRALIA’S, BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES

1st April 2022 - admin

New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020, amending Privacy Act 1993, was passed on June 30, 2020, and came into effect on December 1, 2020. Consistent with global trends, this law was created in order to strengthen New Zealand’s privacy laws with the implementation of stricter privacy compliance through additional obligations and requirements. The changes to New […]

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Phase Out of the Innovation Patent

11th March 2022 - admin

On February 2020, the Australian Government started the 18-month long process of phasing out the innovation patent. Applicants needed to file their innovation patent applications before the 25 August 2021 deadline. Innovation patent applications filed on or before 25 August 2021 will continue to be in effect until they expire so as not to disadvantage […]

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Brunellino Wins Bad Faith Trade Mark case in China

8th February 2022 - admin

Brunello di Montalcino is one of the most well known and loved wines in Italy and the fame of this wine has spread to other jurisdictions. In May 2021, Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (‘Consorzio’), a prestigious Italian wine company, obtained favorable decisions from the Chinese Trademark Office (“CNIPA”) to invalidate three trade marks […]

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What Is A Series Trade Mark Application?

27th January 2022 - admin

A trade mark is your most valuable marketing tool. It is a sign that identifies a business as the origin of the supply of its products or services to distinguish from another business, product, or service. Businesses most commonly use their brand names or logo as their trade marks. There are, however, also a number […]

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Freight Industry Embracing AI

24th December 2021 - admin

In the past year, businesses that adopted virtual platforms have undergone a significant digital transformation to increase the efficiency of their platforms. AI’s has spearheaded many of these transformations. AI continues to revolutionize the digital status quo. Predicted to gain half-trillion in revenue in 3 years, it is arguably the talk of the technological industry. […]

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The Catastrophic Facebook Outage

24th November 2021 - admin

On 5 October 2021, “Sorry, something went wrong,” greeted every screen requesting access to Facebook. This significant outage hit Facebook rendering it inaccessible for almost a day and made numerous Facebook-owned outlets like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp unavailable too. While the disconnection did not affect certain geographic areas, the services globally were down. Massive Failure […]

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