This week in Other Barks & Bites: the USPTO promulgated a final rule aligning the agency’s code of conduct with the ABA’s Model Rules, as well as a notice of proposed rulemaking to allow high-capacity physical media submissions for certain patent applications; China’s drug patent linkage system, similar to the U.S. system enacted under the Hatch-Waxman Act, goes into effect next Tuesday; the EUIPO released a study showing that IP-intensive industries, although among the most harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, are expected to bounce back quickly from economic shutdowns; the Second Circuit affirms a district court’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims involving a 2016 Super Bowl commercial aired by Pepsi; Senator Tillis sends letters to the Copyright Office asking Register Perlmutter to study state bills on compulsory copyright licenses as well as the feasibility of deferred examination for copyright registrations; and strong earnings for Nvidia, Dell and HP this week show that computer and GPU sales have not been negatively impacted by the global chip shortage.
Copyright
- Computer Law
- Fair Use
- First Sale Doctrine
- Win for Photographer in Ninth Circuit Reversal of Fair Use Finding
- Entrepreneur Spotlight: How Ray Young is Fighting Content Theft Encouraged by Big Tech Platforms
- Testing the Bounds of Copyright Protection in Choreographic Works: Hanagami v. Epic Games, Inc.
- IP Issues for Retail Businesses Advertising in Augmented Reality
- Intellectual Property Risks in the Metaverse: Protection, Jurisdiction and Enforcement
Recent Posts
- Certification Marks: The Tie that Binds Scotch Whisky, the International Ladies Garment Worker’s Union and a Rated R Motion Picture
- Win for Photographer in Ninth Circuit Reversal of Fair Use Finding
- Entrepreneur Spotlight: How Ray Young is Fighting Content Theft Encouraged by Big Tech Platforms
- Studebaker & Brackett is Hiring a Patent Attorney or Agent
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 5: Win for AbbVie at Seventh Circuit; Eleventh Circuit Affirms Ruling for Monster Energy; and Ninth Circuit Reverses Fair Use Finding in Death Valley Lake Photo Case