News of the Week; January 8, 2020

By Jon Festinger on January 12, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  1. What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law
  2. 2019 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law
  3. Appeals Court Smacks Down Patent Troll Blackbird, Orders It To Pay $363k In Attorneys Fees To Company It Sued
  4. In flashpoint for the rebellion against big tech, Sonos sues Google for patent infringement
  5. Securing Copyright and Trademark Rights for Broadcasts and Promotions Related to NFL Championship Games and Super Bowl LIV (54)
  6. George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue Is In The Public Domain And Gerswhin’s Nephew Is Worried Someone Might Turn It Into Hip Hop
  7. The Murkiness of the Public Domain
  8. Tackling bad faith registration of domain names in a fast-changing landscape
  9. Fox Factory v. SRAM – According to CAFC, No Presumption of Nexus for Bicycle Chainring Patents; IPR Decision Reversed and Remanded
  10. The big IP stories you will be reading about in 2020
  11. Oracle copied Amazon’s API—was that copyright infringement?
  12. Turns Out Oracle Copied Amazon’s S3 APIs; When Confronted, Pretends That’s Different (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not)
  13. SCOTUS Grants Google’s Cert Petition in Oracle API Dispute
  14. Java API Classes as Fictional Characters – A Proposal for Google v. Oracle
  15. EU top court rules out possibility to create second-hand marketplaces for content
  16. Text and data mining under the digital copyright directive
  17. New Tool Enables YouTubers To Snip Sections Of Videos That Have Been Copyright Claimed
  18. Facing the Music: Protecting Photography in the Age of Instagram
  19. Disappointing: Apple The Latest To Abuse DMCA 1201 To Try To Stifle Competition, Security Research, Jailbreaking And More
  20. Can you resell an e-book online?
  21. Redistributing E-Books Online Constitutes Copyright Infringement, Says Top EU Court
  22. EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor
  23. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patents – Will the Patent Office Change the Rules?
  24. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Takes on Artificial Intelligence
  25. WIPO Releases Draft Issues Paper on IP Policy for AI Inventions
  26. Ex Parte Linden Gives a Boost to the Subject Matter Eligibility of AI inventions
  27. USPTO Designates Ex Parte Linden as an Informative § 101 PTAB Decision
  28. Class action lawsuits may be available for copyright infringement cases in some instances
  29. Nintendo wins injunction against seller of Switch mod, pirated games: Defendent allegedly also sold modded NES Classic with over 800 games
  30. Nintendo Responds To RomUniverse’s Lame Argument That First Sale Doctrine Makes The Site Non-Infringing
  31. Crytek wants to dismiss its own lawsuit against Star Citizen developers
  32. Crytek seeks to dismiss its own Star Citizen lawsuit until Squadron 42 launches: Creator of CryEngine believes Star Citizen’s single-player game will be delayed past June, moves for October trial
  33. CD Projekt signs new agreement and ends dispute with The Witcher author: The game developer has the rights to the IP in video games, graphic novels, board games and merchandise
  34. Take 2 Sues Fan Over Project To Finally Bring ‘Red Dead 1’ To The PC
  35. Case Update: Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. v. 3D Realms Entertainment ApS
  36. At 10 million players, Xbox calls Sea of Thieves its most successful new IP this gen
  37. U.S. Patent no. 10,275,947: Modifying a simulated character by direct manipulation

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