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Counterfeiting vs. Infringement: Second Circuit Weighs In
In two recent cases, the Second Circuit provided guidance as to the circumstances that may give rise to liability for counterfeiting, as distinct from mere infringement, and addressed liability for contributory infringement for counterfeiting.
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TikTok Dances Around Another Copyright Infringement Suit
The Texas lawsuit alleged that the social video app and parent company ByteDance Ltd. copied software code, and deleted or altered copyright management information in the code, and then used the code in the app that has 175 million downloads.
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Federal Circuit Invalidates Parts of VoIP Patent
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The World of NFTs and Their Implications In Intellectual Property Law
NFTs have been all the rage in the world. So what exactly are NFTs, and how do they reconcile with the basic tenets of intellectual property law?
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Supreme Court Leaves As Many Questions As It Answers In 'Google v. Oracle'
The Court cleared Google of copyright infringement in terminating a 16-year long dispute as to whether Google's Android mobile platform had infringed Oracle's Java programming language's copyright. However, the Court did not answer the question of whether specific components of computer software qualifies for copyright protection at all.
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Not Your Property, Your Business: When Customized Products Become the Business of Rights Holders and Courts
In some instances the appearance of third-party intellectual property on items purchased, owned and customized by the purchaser may be legal under the doctrines of first sale and fair use.
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Federal Circuit: The Doctrine of Equivalents Is Not a Binary Choice Federal Circuit: No Estoppel for Party That Joined IPR
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Say What? Are PTAB Judges Really 'Inferior Officers'?
United States v. Arthrex, Inc. Proving that even the driest of constitutional issues can have significant practical effect, the U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in United States v. Arthrex. Before the Court was whether administrative judges of the PTAB have been appointed unconstitutionally.
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Navigating Defamation Litigations Today
Tensions erupted both on and off the set of a Newsmax TV segment when MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell bolstered his claim of a rigged presidential election with…
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Implications of 'Amgen v. Sanofi' On the State of Enablement Law
The decision appears to take steps to harmonize the prior cases that appropriately were guided by the Wands factors with the cases discussing the "full scope" of enablement that have engendered some confusion in the law.
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