News of the Week; January 22, 2020

 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  1. IP Insight – Harry and Meghan Prioritise Trade Marks
  2. Harry and Meghan seek global trademark for ‘Sussex Royal’ brand: Filings suggest plans for items and activities from clothing to ‘emotional support groups’
  3. The “M” Word in Canadian Copyright Law – The “Mandatory” Matter (Howard Knopf)
  4. Exceptional Circumstances Now Required for Extensions In Trademark Examination
  5. Peppa Pig Owner Wins Copyright Infringement Case
  6. Zazzle’s Insufficient Copyright Oversight Procedures Support Willful Infringement Finding
  7. Fifth Circuit Holds Failure to Mitigate is No Bar to Statutory Damages Under Copyright Act
  8. Federal Court dismisses patent infringement action for delay
  9. Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy
  10. Trademark Opposition Stupidly Prevents Indians Pitcher Shane Bieber From Telling Everyone He’s ‘Not Justin’
  11. Fair use or fair dealing? Where are we now?
  12. A Blog’s RSS Feed May Not Grant an Implied Copyright License–MidlevelU v. Newstex (Eric Goldman)
  13. CRISPR Patent – “Appeal Dismissed, Patent Revoked”
  14. Breaking: EPO Board of Appeal upholds invalidation of Broad’s CRISPR-Cas9 patent
  15. Patent battle over CRISPR
  16. A Mixed Bag on New Rules – Juggling Copyright Preclusion and Patent Infringement
  17. How Sonos’s case against Google could help shift the US patent narrative
  18. Trade secret or patent protection – how do we decide?
  19. Can newly discovered cannabis compounds be protected by patents?
  20. Beat the Weeds: File Your Cannabis Trademarks in Canada
  21. Intellectual Property Outlook: Cases and Trends to Follow in 2020 – PART 1
  22. China update: IP section in the China-US trade deal (phase one)
  23. EU Advocate General suggests pay-for-delay settlement agreements may be an abuse of dominant position
  24. A new route to patent protection in Italy from July 2020
  25. The EU Copyright Directive: Potential Copyright Liability and a “Best Efforts” Standard for Platforms
  26. Why Is The NYC MTA Going After A Random Artist Who Created A Different Subway Map For Infringement?
  27. Does the principle of exhaustion apply to digital media? The CJEU provides clarity
  28. A Sale or Not a Sale? The Digital Advertising Debate
  29. Biden wants Sec. 230 gone, calls tech “totally irresponsible,” “little creeps”: Biden had harsh words about tech, seemingly spurred by anger with Facebook.
  30. Amazon retains world’s most valuable brand title by smashing through $200 billion barrier
  31. Bombay High Court in a Landmark Decision Restrains Review Video by Youtuber and Emphasizes on Responsible Use of the Power of Social Media
  32. Chinese court rules that AI article has copyright (Andres Guadamuz)
  33. Update on Federal Register Notice on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Issues
  34. The rise of AI and WIPO consultation on intellectual property issues
  35. Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence 
  36. Nintendo Wins Battle with Pirates on UK Seas
  37. Court Sides With Nintendo Over RomUniverse In Atttempt To Dismiss The Former’s Lawsuit
  38. Court overturns $10.1 million verdict against Nintendo in Wii Remote lawsuit
  39. Court reverses $10.1 million judgement against Nintendo in Wii patent case
  40. Patent infringement ruling against Nintendo Wii Remotes overturned: Dallas federal court declares patent invalid, nullifies $10m payout to iLife Technologies
  41. Crytek, Cloud Imperium battle over how to end Star Citizen lawsuit
  42. Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek’s attempt to dismiss its own lawsuit: Star Citizen developer maintains engine providers claim “is and always has been meritless”
  43. Disney confirms sale of FoxNext, Cold Iron Studios to Scopely: Acquisition does not include Fox IP licensed games, which will stay with Disney
  44. U.S. Patent no. 10,278,001: Multiple listener cloud render with enhanced instant replay
  45. U.S. Patent no. 10,279,252: Game execution environments

Jon