Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Case load of the #UnifiedPatentCourt since start of operation in June 2023 update 30 June 2025 unified-patent-court.org/en/news/case... confirming the dominance of the German #patent world 020
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsJames Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Re: Anthropic. Training use was a fair use. Print-to-digital format change was a fair use. Denies summary judgment for Anthropic that the pirated library copies must be treated as training copies. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/wp-content/u... 022
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsDimitris Xenos @dimitrisxenos.bsky.social · 18/07/2025'Forum shopping within the UPC is not an aberration, it is a rational adaptation to structural plurality.' #patent #unifiedpatentcourt NB: Read with caution. t.co/agWILtNXdct.cohttps://legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/patent-blog/the-coded-procedural-landscape-forum-shopping-inside-the-upc-matrix/ 011
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025European Parliament Deal on #patent rules exception to ensure the supply of critical products. New “compulsory licensing” regime agreed by EU co-legislators t.co/497ggeJa3Ot.cohttps://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250519IPR28503/deal-on-patent-rules-exception-to-ensure-the-supply-of-critical-products 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025US Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... 'A Texas law that requires age verification on porn sites, finding that the state's age-gating law doesn't violate the First Amendment.'arstechnica.comSupreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the stateAdults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification, 6–3 ruling says. 000
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsThiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 25/03/2025barandbench.comDelhi High Court allows Natco to make Roche's spinal muscular atrophy drug in public interestThe Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed an interim injunction application filed by Swiss pharmaceutical giant F Hoffmann-La Roche AG against Indian drugmaker N 124
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsDimitris Xenos @dimitrisxenos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Enforcing the #OnlineSafetyAct: Platforms must start tackling illegal material from today www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet... A number of online services to provide an illegal harms risk assessment Enforcement: Fines of up to 10 percent of global turnover; Shutting down the platform; Jailed sentencesofcom.org.ukEnforcing the Online Safety Act: Platforms must start tackling illegal material from todayFrom today, online platforms must start putting in place measures to protect people in the UK from criminal activity, while Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compl... 001
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Google joins OpenAI in pushing feds to codify AI training as fair use Google says it just wants "balanced" #copyright rules arstechnica.com/google/2025/... Article by @rwhitwam.bsky.socialarstechnica.comGoogle joins OpenAI in pushing feds to codify AI training as fair useGoogle says it just wants “balanced” copyright rules. 000
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsFederation of European Publishers @fep-fee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025👀Looking for news to kick off the week? In #France, #publishers and #authors associations united in a lawsuit against #Meta to Protect #Copyright from infringement by generative #AI developers Read the press release by SNE, the French Publishers' Association! 👉 fep-fee.eu/Authors-and-... 023
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 21/02/2025UK IPO's open consultation: #Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Closes: 25 February 2025 This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together. www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThis consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together. 020
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsDimitris Xenos @dimitrisxenos.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Academic publishing: Liverpool University Press has been selected as the new (long-running) publishing partner of British Academy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/liverpo...thebritishacademy.ac.ukLiverpool University Press selected as new publishing partnerThe British Academy has chosen Liverpool University Press as the new partner for its prestigious and long-running publishing programme. 001
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2025UKIPO partially dismissed Gap's action to block Transport for London’s application to register “MIND THE GAP" for use on eyewear, bags, and helmets, etc. but not for purses, wallets, etc NB: Bad faith and prior agreement See, also, comment by Geoff Weller trademarklawyermagazine.com/did-transpor... 010
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2025The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation to assess Google’s position in search and search advertising services, and how this impacts consumers, businesses incl. advertisers, news publishers, rival search engines. www.gov.uk/government/n... #CMAGoggleprobe #Goggleprobegov.ukCMA to investigate Google’s search servicesInvestigation to determine if Google has strategic market status in search and search advertising activities and whether these services are delivering good outcomes for people and businesses in the UK... 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 03/01/2025'[US] Appeals court blocks FCC’s efforts to bring back #netneutrality rules ' by Ashley Belanger arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comAppeals court blocks FCC’s efforts to bring back net neutrality rulesA three-judge panel ruled the FCC exceeded its authority reviving net neutrality. 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 03/01/2025January 1, 2025 is #PublicDomain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924 web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd... 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Re: Artificial intelligence UK IPO's open consultation on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for #AI and #copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together. Closes: 25 February 2025 www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThis consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together. 200
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 09/12/2024'End of Hachette v. Internet Archive' blog.archive.org/2024/12/04/e... @internetarchive.bsky.social surrenders and does not appeal to the US Supreme Court. #copyrightblog.archive.orgEnd of Hachette v. Internet Archive | Internet Archive Blogs 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 05/12/2024UK Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal on Patentability of AI Inventions cms-lawnow.com/en/ealerts/2... Emotional Perception v Comptroller Re: artificial neural network (#ANNs) #patentcms-lawnow.comThe Emotional (Perception) Rollercoaster Continues: Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal on Patentability of AI InventionsIn July 2024, the UK Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Emotional Perception v Comptroller, ruling that Emotional Perception’s deep learning AI recommender... 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Chiharu Shiota: The soul trembles www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZ8... Chiharu Shiota bientôt au Grand Palais : un avant-goût en images! Dès le 11/12 #ExpoShiotayoutube.comChiharu Shiota : Les frémissements de l'âmeYouTube video by Grand Palais 010
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 29/11/2024An introduction to the EU's Influencer Legal Hub esp. Part 4: Influencers and #intellectualproperty commission.europa.eu/live-work-tr...commission.europa.euInfluencer Legal HubThis platform provides content creators, influencers, advertisers and agencies active in the European Union, with basic guidance on how to comply with EU consumer protection law. Access resources such... 001
Reposted by Intellectual Property RightsDimitris Xenos @dimitrisxenos.bsky.social · 28/11/2024OFCOM's Open letter to online service providers: Any AI-generated text, audio, images or videos is regulated in exactly the same way as human-generated content www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet... #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA2023 #onlineharms 001
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 26/11/2024#trademarklaw and college sports merchandise Penn State proved that Vintage Brand, which sells vintage T-shirts, etc., infringed PSU[niversity]’s trademarks by selling products bearing the school’s imagery without permission. www.sportico.com/law/analysis... #trademarksportico.comPenn State Wins Industry-Shaping Trademark Trial Over Logo UseIn a decision with major implications for the sale of college apparel & merchandise, Penn State wins a federal trademark trial against Vintage Brand. 010
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 25/11/2024A retired deputy High Court judge is set to front a collective action worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search #advertising. www.legalfutures.co.uk/litigation-d... #competitionlaw #Googleanticompetitive CMA file 9/24 www.gov.uk/government/n...legalfutures.co.ukRetired judge to front collective action against GoogleA retired deputy High Court judge is set to front a collective action worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search advertising. 010
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024SkyKick UK Ltd & Anor v Sky Ltd & Ors (Rev1) [2024] UKSC 36 #trademark www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS... The Supreme Court's judgment will make it harder for companies wanting to prevent others in different industries from using their brand names and logos. 010
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Pfizer Inc v UniQure Biopharma BV [2024] EWHC 2672 Revocation: #genetherapy #patent valid and infringed by Pfizer. Key: reasonable expectation of success before an alleged invention is considered obvious, considering Lord Hodge’s factors in Actavis [2019] UKSC 15 bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...bailii.org 020
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist’s spoof corruption apology Rules: artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parody #domainname www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov... Samherji HF v Fridriksson [2024] EWHC 2892 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...theguardian.comUK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist’s spoof corruption apologyJudge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parody 000
Intellectual Property Rights @iprslaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Book: The Unitary #Patent Package & Unified Patent Court. Problems, Possible Improvements and Alternatives #unifiedpatentcourt zenodo.org/records/7875...zenodo.orgThe Unitary Patent Package & Unified Patent Court. Problems, Possible Improvements and AlternativesAs of 1st of June 2023, after years of negotiations, setbacks and postponements, the Unitary Patent Package (UPP) enters into force: the European patent with unitary effect (EPUE) becomes a reality an... 000
