INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- For the Want of a Nail – Copyright Claims Fail When Plaintiffs Can’t Show Ownership
- Thomson Reuters v. ROSS case will test limits on protections for subscription-based database: ROSS Intelligence alleges monopolistic, anticompetitive control over legal research market
- Bernie and his Marvelous Mittens. It’s all Good Fun Until a Copyright Lawyer Gets Involved
- Anthropomorphized Characters Representing Human Emotions are Not Copyrightable
- Annotations that Accompany State and Local Laws are not Copyrightable
- Generalized Expressions of Scientific Facts and Generic Themes are Not Copyrightable
- Spoofs, Parodies, Compatibility, and Comparisons: When Can Competitors Borrow from Each Other?
- Music – The Scope of Protection
- The Lies Told About The EU Copyright Directive’s Upload Filters May Help Get Them Thrown Out In Court
- Japan Looks To Amend Copyright Law To Force Some Cosplayers To Pay To Cosplay
- Pitch perfect appeal for James Arthur
- Is your joint copyright work purple or red/blue?
- Mitigating Copyright Issues in Remote Learning
- Music Licensing in the Video Streaming Era
- Pocky Ruling Denies Trade Dress Protection for the Useful, Though Not Essential, Shape of Cookie
- Third Circuit Panel Revises Half-Baked Trade Dress Functionality Decision
- Please Dough Not Use My Trademark
- Much ado about ballet shoes – important designs case on copying
- The Shape of Things to… Eat
- The Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Finding that Trademark Use Can Be Established Without a Physical Presence in Canada.
- Federal Court grants interlocutory injunction in trademark action for second time in six months
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office allows requests for expedited COVID-19 medical trademarks
- Taste, Smell, Hear, Touch, and See – Appealing to All Five Senses with Non-Traditional Trademarks
- Taylor Swift in ‘Evermore’ Trademark Lawsuit Over Utah Theme Park Name
- Trademark Modernization Act Strengthens Rights of Brand Owners
- The Trademark Modernization Act: Real Change to Address the Realities of Trademark Law
- Brewery Industry Insight — A Play-on-Words Mark Prevailed
- Annual Reminder: You Can Probably Just Call The Super Bowl The Super Bowl
- A decision based on Aesthetics – UK IPO rules stylisation is enough to overcome confusion
- General Court finds no likelihood of confusion in BBQLOUMI opposition – Cypriot cheesemakers continue to struggle in EU trade mark courts
- Lady A vs. Lady A: (Trademark) Battle of the Bands
- TTAB Precedent No. 46: No Abandonment of A.W. SHUCKS
- Cannabis Trade marks and commercialisation in the US, UK and EU.
- Minimalist trademarks: end of the road for uniqueness?
- Cybersquatting trends and strategies that brand owners need to know
- Janssen’s abiraterone acetate and prednisone combination therapy patent found invalid
- When is There an “Actual Invention” Involving Computers?
- Office Actions: Options to consider when you need an extension of time to respond to the Patent Office
- Protecting innovations through patent due diligence and FTO analysis
- Data Breaches Ain’t Just About Privacy: Risking the Loss of Patent Rights by Data Breach with Subsequent Disclosure
- All Hands On Deck: Ensuring Innovation, Not Just Patents, From All
- Third Circuit Requires Patent Validity Analysis In Adjudicating Antitrust Causation
- Federal Circuit Finds Patent Infringed After Reversing Claim Construction That Violated “Grammatical Principles” to Cover All Embodiments
- Judge Hellerstein Upholds Infringement by Microsoft of Kaufman’s “And/Or” Patent
- Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Litigation Update: Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending IPR Denied in AR Design Innovations’ Patent Case
- Update on Patent “Aggregation” Suit Against Fortress
- Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
- Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter
- 2020 IP Law Year in Review: Patents – Executive Summary
- Snapshot: intellectual property for fashion goods in Canada
- 14 States Are Now Considering ‘Right to Repair’ Legislation
- Is there Magic in those Mushrooms? Protecting Psilocybin and Other Actives from Magic Mushrooms
- IP Litigation 2020 Year in Review
- Antitrust Remedies in Highly Regulated Industries
- 27% Of Cable TV Subscribers Will Cut The Cord This Year
- How to Watch the Super Bowl in VR With Friends for Free
- Facebook Oversight Board decisions
- Apple, Its Control Over the iPhone, The Internet, And The Metaverse
- Apple’s updated App Store guidelines clarify positions on recent controversies
- Australians May Soon Face Life Without Google
- Microsoft backs Australian law forcing Google to pay for news links
- Continued Access to Service Not Sufficient to Bind User to New Terms of Service–Stover v. Experian (Eric Goldman)
- TripAdvisor Doesn’t Get Early Section 230 Dismissal–Putt v. TripAdvisor (Eric Goldman)
- No, Revoking Section 230 Would Not ‘Save Democracy’
- Removing Civil Rights Law From Section 230 Will Create Many New Problems, While Failing To Fix Existing Ones
- Columbia Law Professor Spews Blatantly False Information About Section 230 In The Wall Street Journal
- No Section 230 Has Nothing To Do With Horrific NY Times Story Of Online Stalker Getting Revenge For Decades’ Old Slight
- Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Google Play Bans Video Player App Over ASS File Extension Support
- YouTube’s new “Clips” feature lets users share 60-second clips of videos
- YouTube Will Let Viewers Share Custom Short Videos Cut From Creators’ Uploads And Livestreams
- Teespring Goes Live With ‘Spring’ Rebrand, Has 450,000 Creators On The Platform
- Microsoft Patent: Chatbots Made From The Online Habits Of Dead People
- Patent Issues for Factory Automation Inventions in AI
- FTC’s allegations of misuse of facial recognition
- FTC Settles with Fertility-Tracking App Developer Regarding Health Data Disclosures
- States Gear Up to Limit Use of Biometrics and Biological Data
- Valve loses controller patent case, must pay $4m in damages
- Valve on the hook for $4 million over Steam Controller patent infringement
- Level Up: 33 Legal Tips for Game Developers and Publishers
- Amazon Can Make Just About Anything—Except a Good Video Game: The company produces successful movies, TV shows, e-readers and speakers, but gaming has proven difficult to crack.
- Report: Mismanagement plagues Amazon’s struggling push into video games
- Amazon is reportedly spending nearly $500 million a year on its video game division
- Activision bans 60,000 Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters
- Goldeneye 007’s lost Xbox 360 remaster has leaked—as a full-game speedrun
- Scalpers aren’t the main reason you can’t find a new console
- Activision Patent Seeks to Improve Esport Footage Sharing For Future Titles: A patent filed by Activision looks at ways to improve the esports experience with detailed data that could enhance the way broadcasts look.
- How to protect your intellectual property in the games industry
- Tabletop Simulator devs face criticism for Google Translate-sourced translations
- Piracy: Does it matter? – People will try to steal your game in huge numbers, says Butterscotch Shenanigans’ Adam Coster — treat it as a design constraint
- EA signs multi-year license extension with UEFA to continue FIFA collaboration
- Star Wars has made $3bn for EA
- EA has made $3 billion in net bookings from just Star Wars games
- EA Sports revives college football games, but without NCAA involvement
- EA is getting back into college football without NCAA, player licenses
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold over 31 million copies in nine months
- Super Nintendo World Recreated in Minecraft: A Minecraft player is currently building an authentic replica of the upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park, complete with its rides and shops.
- Modded Game Boy looks like an Apple product, works as Apple TV Remote
- 25 years later, Midway’s lost “MLB Jam” arcade game has been found
- AppOnboard nets $20 million to support ‘no-code’ mobile dev platform Buildbox
- Utility Patents – What Game Developers Should Know
Jon
Communications Law