News of the Week; March 18, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  1. Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue
  2. Industry Committee Recommends Adding Digital Lock Exception to USMCA Copyright Provisions (Michael Geist)
  3. False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit
  4. Cruz v. Cox Media Group: District court holds Cox Media Group liable for copyright infringement due to publication of bystander’s photograph of 2017 terrorist attack in conjunction with news story, finding no fair use.
  5. LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview
  6. After A Long Climb, Led Zeppelin Prevails In The Stairway To Heaven Copyright Battle
  7. Is “This Land is Your Land” in the Public Domain?
  8. The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees: Print-on-demand companies allow anyone to upload designs for T-shirts, mugs & other items. But many images violate I.P. rights.
  9. Cofemel decision applied for the first time by UK court
  10. The Philadelphia Phillies Are Phighting for Their Rights to the Phanatic
  11. March Madness Trademarks: Avoiding a Foul Call from the NCAA (2020 Update – Part 1)
  12. March Madness Trademarks: Avoiding a Foul Call from the NCAA (2020 Update)(Part 2 – Even if the Tournament is Off)
  13. Google’s Servers Hosted by Third Parties Do Not Establish Patent Venue
  14. Failure to Mark Can Put Damages Underwater
  15. Protecting Trade Secrets During a Pandemic
  16. Natural Language Processing
  17. Former Refrigerator Manufacturer Says Companies Using Open Source, Royalty-Free Video Technology Must Pay To License 2,000 Patents
  18. Patent Marking – Federal Circuit Clarifies Noncompliance is not Cured by Ceasing to Sell Products or by Willful Infringement
  19. 2020: A Busy Year for CRISPR Patents at the EPO
  20. Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test [Updated]
  21. After Theranos suit, Fortress makes patents available on royalty-free basis for COVID-19 tests
  22. Softbank-Owned Patent Troll Now Promises To Grant Royalty-Free License For Covid-19 Tests; Details Lacking
  23. True or false: testing limits of comparative advertising
  24. Patent-Eligible Improvements to Computer Functionality Must Be Directed to an Improvement of the Computer or Network Platform
  25. Claims Using Naturally-Occurring Phenomenon in Method of Preparation Found Patent Eligible
  26. Choosing Advocacy over Candor Renders Patent Unenforceable
  27. Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court – Is it all over or is there a Plan B?
  28. The Growing Importance of International Arbitration for Intellectual Property Disputes
  29. Intellectual property law: a year in review
  30. As Congress Explore New Awful Copyright Plans, Maximalists Look To Rewrite The History Of SOPA/PIPA
  31. SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents
  32. Facebook unleashes the legal hounds against deceptive web domain names
  33. The challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the field of IP
  34. Who owns AI creations? Comment on WIPO’s ‘Draft Issues Paper on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence’ (Guido Noto La Diega)
  35. Identifying the Legal and Business Risks of Disinformation and Deepfakes: What Every Business Needs to Know
  36. Board finds that Nintendo Joy-Cons don’t infringe on Gamevice controller patents
  37. Nintendo wins patent dispute against Gamevice: Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidates all 19 of mobile accessories maker’s claims against platform holder
  38. Ittle Dew 2+ returns to Nintendo Switch: Former publisher Nicalis denies allegations it attempted to re-publish title without permission
  39. U.S. Patent no. 10,286,314: System and method for providing continuous gameplay in a multiplayer video game through an unbounded gameplay session

Jon