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… owns Warner Bros., as far back as the mid-1990s, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. “It’s Warner Bros., so they don’t mess around,” said Ken Port, a professor who teaches about intellectual property law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. “Warner Bros., has prior rights in Central... Continue reading
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A Alice Corp V CLS Bank (LSB 387) America Invents Act (LSB 398) (BL 607) Apple vs Samsung (LSB 388) Agricultural issues (LSB 394) Arden v. Colombia pictures (LSB 405) Avoiding Genericide (LSB 419) B: Blonde to Blonde knockoff thing (LSB 379) Business method patents (LSB …
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It doesn’t look as if Harvard and MIT will have to share its patents on revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology with the University of California any time soon. The U.S. Court of Appeals sounded skeptical of the appeal brought Monday by UC and Munger, Tolles & Olson partner Donald Verrilli …
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Allowing companies and researchers to lock up the mathematical concepts for artificial intelligence, whatever the expected incentivizing benefits, is pretty clearly beyond the original purpose and scope of patent law. But let’s say the USPTO and other governments ignore that argument. Keep in mind that …
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Marks & Clerk Canada will provide patent and trademark agency services. Another outfit, Marks & Clerk Law, will specialize in IP legal services, such as commercial law and IP litigation. The combination came as a result of longtime contacts and work between the two firms, said Maureen Kinsler, …
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Sometimes the best way to start structuring a license deal is to think about how to end it. Intellectual property licenses seem straightforward, but in reality are tricky business. On their face, these instruments simply confer specific rights to licensees for a period of time in exchange for some consideration …
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According to the USTR website, “[t]he ideas and creativity of American entrepreneurs fuel economic growth and employ millions of hardworking Americans” and “[t]his report sends a clear signal to our trading partners that the protection of Americans’ intellectual property rights is a top priority of the Trump …
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Law360 (April 30, 2018, 5:35 PM EDT) — A California federal judge ruled Thursday that Akeso Health Sciences LLC gave up the right to sue Designs for Health Inc. over a migraine supplement patent by waiting 10 years to file a complaint after threatening litigation, creating the misleading impression …
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The Network scheduled a national meeting and invited international experts to help with capacity-building and information, including on the 1994 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the so-called “TRIPS Flex” provisions on …
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has released a report warning companies and other intellectual property holders about countries that it says come up short in regard to IP protection and enforcement. China has made the list of the most problematic countries once again—and in a move that …
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