This week in Other Barks & Bites: the FTC files an antitrust suit against Facebook in U.S. district court over monopolistic business acquisitions and anticompetitive conditions on software developers; the EPO releases a report on Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technology trends; the CJEU nixes a 2016 licensing agreement between Paramount and EU regulators because of its impact on contractual rights of third party licensees; the USPTO publishes a final rule eliminating a presumption in favor of IPR petitioners when a genuine issue of material fact is created by patent owner testimony; Senator Tillis proposes a legislative draft creating prison sentences for illegal streaming that is expected to be passed in next week’s omnibus spending bill; shares of Ericsson stock drop after the company files a U.S. patent suit against Samsung; the Federal Circuit finds abuse of discretion in a lower court’s refusal to transfer disputed Japanese patents to their rightful inventor; and the CNIPA issues administrative penalties against a regional trademark agency in China that forged documents to solicit business.
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- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board
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- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board