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Protecting Assets: Trademark Filing Practices in the Age of AI, Social Engineering and Inventive Schemes

The need for heightened awareness of solicitations and scams is such that even the USPTO has dedicated a page on its website providing information on common scams and warning signs when someone is contacted about their marks.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Circuit's 'LKQ' Decision Strikes Down Long-Standing Test for Design Patent Obviousness

"Whether the 'new' standard will prove significantly less stringent in practice is just one of many open questions," writes Greenberg Traurig's James Ryerson.
8 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Amazon Faces Similar Patent Suit Over Alexa, Echo Technology After $46.7M Jury Verdict Against It

A federal jury in Delaware awarded VoiceBox $46.7 million in damages in November. Last week's complaint alleges that Amazon has continued to infringe upon those previous four patents at issue, as well as five others.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Insulet v. EOFlow': Revisiting Standard for Preliminary Injunctions in Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases

Trade secret cases present an intrinsic conflict between the open court principle and the confidential nature of trade secrets. Plaintiffs are often unwilling to identify and define their trade secrets with particularity, even under protective orders.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Costco, Walmart, Shell, Starbucks, Kroger and VW Hit With Patent Infringement Claims Over Payment Tech

Fabricant Law of New York filed complaints against the six companies alleging that the contactless payment systems used in their apps violate a patent held by RFCyber of Texas.
3 minute read

The Recorder

14 NBA Teams Hit With Music-Use Copyright Infringement Claims by Johnson & Johnson Firm

Plaintiffs alleged that the teams used several popular songs in videos that were posted on their official websites and through their social media accounts.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Quizlet Faces Claims of Infringing Copyrights, Trademarks in $1M Suit Brought by Test-Prep Company

A complaint filed July 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleges that San Francisco-based Quizlet hosts copies of Barkley & Associates' study materials and distributes them without a license to users across the state, the U.S. and globally. The five-count complaint, filed by boutique intellectual property firm SoCal IP Law Group alleged trademark and copyright infringement, as well as unfair competition under the Lanham Act and unfair business practices, among other claims.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Elon Musk's X Must Face Trademark Infringement Suit Brought by Legal Ad Company

U.S. District Judge John Antoon II issued an order July 15, allowing three of X Social Media's claims against X Corp. to proceed. Antoon agreed with X Social Media's argument claiming its trademark for "X SOCIALMEDIA" was "incontestable" and plausibly alleged the likelihood of consumer confusion.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Kanye West Hit With Copyright Infringement Suit by Baker & Hostetler, DJ Khalil

Baker & Hostetler contends that West used the plaintiffs' composition in the Grammy-winning song "Hurricane" and has refused to pay royalties despite crediting them as songwriters.
4 minute read

Law.com

Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners

This article explores the issues associated with trademark protection in blockchain domain names and examines new steps and policies that blockchain domain registrars should implement to safeguard brand owners.
8 minute read

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