News of the Week; January 15, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  1. Appeals Court Makes The Right Call Regarding Non-Commercial Creative Commons Licenses
  2. Notable Works Entering the Public Domain in 2020
  3. Life + 70 Years: Copyrighted Works That Have Entered into the Public Domain in 2020 – Economic Rights Gone with the Wind
  4. Harry and Meghan seek global trademark for ‘Sussex Royal’ brand: Filings suggest plans for items and activities from clothing to ‘emotional support groups’
  5. Can Booking.com Trademark Its Company Name? How Will the U.S. Supreme Court Resolve Whether a Generic Term Plus a Top-Level Domain Is Protectable?
  6. Carve It All Up: Compumark Report Shows Trademark Registrations, Claims Of Infringement Both Rising Fast
  7. Smartphone Apps for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram declared patent infringing by German Court – The End of Social Networks?
  8. Who owns the ink? Reproduction of tattoos in film, photographs and video games
  9. Wells Fargo Twice Found Guilty of Willfully Infringing Patents on Remote Check Depositing Technology
  10. Non-Prior Art Evidence May Be Used to Prove Inherency
  11. When Merger Clauses Don’t Merge
  12. A Different Analysis for Manufacturing Method Patents under the 35 U.S.C. § 271 (e)(1) Safe Harbor Provision?
  13. Biosimilar Litigation Trends and Lessons Learned in 2019
  14. Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative Services
  15. The EU should not contemplate abandoning the Unified Patent Court system
  16. 2019 Will Go Down in History as “The Year of Change” in Canadian Trademark Law
  17. 2019 Will Go Down in History as “The Year of Change” in Canadian Trademark Law Part II
  18. Key Patent Decisions of 2019
  19. Who Holds the Right to Exclude for Machine Work Products? (Garry Gabison)
  20. When YouTubers Cry: Prince Concert Videos Deemed Not Fair Use
  21. SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Technology, Data and Intellectual Property Risks in International Operations
  22. Chinese court rules AI-written article is protected by copyright
  23. Chinese Court Says AI-Generated Content Is Subject To Copyright Protection
  24. Evolution of IP Protection for Artificial Intelligence in France
  25. “Alexa, Can You Receive a Patent?”: Chris Mammen Discusses AI as Inventors in MIT Technology Review Article
  26. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine can be an Inventor? EPO says NO!!!
  27. AI Update: WIPO Begins Public Consultation Process on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy
  28. How Years Of Copyright Maximalism Is Now Killing Pop Music
  29. Game Dev Torrents Its Way To More Sales, Not Less
  30. Terry Cavanagh has released the source code for VVVVVV on Github
  31. YouTuber Extortion? MxR Plays v. Jukin – Real Law Review // LegalEagle
  32. Toward a Critical History of Touch Feedback in Video Games (David Parisi)

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