News of the Week; February 19, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. The Copyright Board’s Access Copyright Post Secondary Decision: The Incorrect Correction (Howard Knopf)
2. Oops, the Board did it again, and again, and again (Ariel Katz)
3. Moschino Counterpunches on Cardi B Paparazzi Pic
4. District Court Grants Judgment on the Pleadings, in Part, in Kanye West Copyright Suit
5. Let Go of My LEGOs: Copyright Protection for Plastic People
6. “Into the Garbage, Fly Boy”: A Review of the Star Wars Legal World; One Court at a Time
7. Expansion of UK copyright law for the fashion industry
8. Otto v. Hearst Communications Inc: District court denies attorneys’ fees to photographer who prevailed in copyright suit against Hearst Communications based on its unauthorized use of photograph of President Trump
9. Artist Sues Cannabis Company and Agencies Over Mural Used in Ads
10. No, Disney Probably Didn’t Infringe A Unicorn Van Artist’s Copyright, But It Would Have Sued If The Roles Were Reversed
11. Making waves: Copyright in ‘Wave Fabric’ can be protected as a ‘work of artistic craftsmanship’
12. I Scream, You Scream: Museum of Ice Cream Vindicated in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
13. Failure to Register Copyrights in the U.S. Can Bar Statutory Damages for Infringements
14. A guide to intellectual property in the creative industries – protecting pitches, brands and concepts
15. IP Enterprise Court expands copyright protection for designs
16. Open access journals get a boost from librarians—much to Elsevier’s dismay
17. IPCom GMBH & CO KG v Vodafone Group PLC and others
18. Open Source Voice Assistant Promises To ‘Nuke From Orbit’ Patent Troll
19. Judge Shuts Down Copyright Troll’s Cut-And-Run Effort; Hits It With $40K In Legal Fees
20. Lost in the Amazon: how to combat trademark infringement in the e-commerce marketplace
21. Xiaomi Sues Sisvel in Beijing: The First Lawsuit Seeking a Determination of Chinese SEP Royalty
22. Presidents’ Day 2020: Presidential Patents Beyond Lincoln
23. Patentability 101: A Review of the 2019 Guidance and Update on Subject Matter Eligibility
24. Motivation to Combine Prior Art Can Come from Knowledge of those Skilled in the art, the Art Itself, or the Nature of the Problem
25. Top five cosmetic trends shaping IP in 2020
26. Top Issues in 2020: Trademark
27. Happy Valentines Day (Patents) 2020
28. Patentability in Canada: Federal Court of Appeal questions the fixed dosage amount vs dosage range distinction
29. The Best of the Decade – Canadian Patent Law in the 2010s
30. 2020 Outlook – Patents
31. Top Issues in 2020: Patents
32. The New Cybersquatters: The Evolution of Trademark Enforcement in the Domain Name Space (Michael Karanicolas)
33. Court Allows Chooseco’s Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Bandersnatch’ To Move Forwar
34. Mills v. Netflix, Inc.: District court dismisses plaintiff’s DMCA claim of removal and altering of copyright management information
35. Susan Wojcicki Reveals YouTube Paid Out $3 Billion To Music Industry Last Year
36. Hughes v. Benjamin: Court dismisses copyright and DMCA claims, finding use of plaintiff’s YouTube video was for criticism and commentary, and therefore transformative fair use
37. Bell v. Chicago Cubs Baseball Club, LLC: District court grants motion to dismiss contributory infringement claim against Chicago Cubs based on retweet that allegedly copied key passage from plaintiff’s book.
38. A new spin on 3D printing can produce an object in seconds
39. Can computers invent? EPO says no to AI inventors
40. EPO rejects AI inventor patent applications
41. Can AI Be an Inventor? Not at the European Patent Office.
42. Why AI is crucial for patent searching and mining
43. A case study comparison of the AI chips patent landscape
44. Machine Learning Patentability in 2019: 5 Cases Analyzed and Lessons Learned Part 2
45. Intelligent (patent) agents: should the patent profession be afraid of AI?
46. Enforcing Cybertech Patents is Increasingly Possible, Even for Small Companies
47. Numerical Ranges: More Than Just Endpoints in Patent Process
48. UK Court Finds GTA V Cheat Makers Guilty of Copyright Infringement
49. Rockstar Joins Other Publishers In Misusing Copyright Law To Go After Cheat Developers For GTA5
50. Capital C Infringement of Capitol Records: EMI April Music Inc. v. 4MM Games, LLC, 2014 WL 1383468
51. Game Developer Decides Best Way To Get Back At Pirates Is To Pirate Them Back
52. Google Reportedly Paying Activision Blizzard $160 Million For YouTube’s Exclusive Livestreaming Rights
53. Disney wants developers to “reimagine” its IP for video games: Exec invites DICE Summit attendees to “come and play” with its catalogue
54. U.S. Patent no. 10,279,266: Monitoring game activity to detect a surrogate computer program

Jon