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Special Section: Intellectual Property 2024

In The Legal's Intellectual Property special section read about new trademark scams, AI and terms of service obligations and whether or not Disney's famous mouse is actually free to use.
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National Law Journal

The Strategy Behind a $525M Patent Infringement Verdict Against Amazon Web Services

"In massive, high-stakes litigation, it's really, really difficult to try cases [against] somebody like Amazon who's got, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources," said the plaintiff's counsel, Courtland Reichman, noting his team put more than 30,000 hours into the suit.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Trademark Parody at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

The court found no likelihood of confusion, emphasizing that "an effective parody will actually diminish the likelihood of confusion." Over a decade later, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that the First Amendment does not grant trademark parodies a safe harbor from infringement claims.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Disney's Public Domain Mickey Mouse Trap

Earlier this year, media and news outlets widely reported that Mickey Mouse had entered the "public domain" because Disney's copyright in the cartoon "Steamboat Willie" expired on Jan. 1, 2024. What implications does the expiration of this copyright registration actually have and may we all start using Mickey to promote our products and services?
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The Legal Intelligencer

Tiger Doesn't Own All Stripes: Understanding the Trademark Battle Between Adidas and Thom Browne

The dispute between fashion powerhouses Adidas and Thom Browne over stripe designs reveals the intricacies of brand protection and the scope of trademarks based on common elements especially within the fashion world.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick Lures Kramer Levin's Life Sciences Practice Head

"We see her as another game-changing addition to our growing national team handling cutting-edge cases," noted Alyssa Caridis, co-head of Orrick's IP business unit, about Irena Royzman.
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Corporate Counsel

2 Extremes of AI's Copyright Fight: Permit IP Theft on Colossal Scale or Hinder Advancements in Human Expression

"We should be prepping ourselves for what directions we want society to move in. We probably want society to maximize creative expression, rather than let everyone assert property interests over every idea," Midjourney General Counsel Maxwell Sills said.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

AI Offers New Challenges and Opportunities for Trade Secret Protection

New technologies create new challenges for the law. This has certainly been the case for artificial intelligence, which has generated a great deal of discussion, and some litigation, in patent and copyright law. One area that has not been explored is its impact on trade secrets. But recent events indicate that this is about to change.
7 minute read

International Edition

Veteran IP Lawyer Tapped as Managing Director for IPH Limited Canadian Member Firm

Dario Pietrantonio has been with Quebec-based ROBIC for 30 years in various leadership roles.
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Legaltech News

Da Vinci Partners Sues Kili Technology, Claiming Gen AI Tool 'davinci' Infringes Trademark

Swiss patent law firm Da Vinci Partners sued Kili Technology for trademark infringement and unfair competition over the naming of its generative AI-powered patent drafting tool davinci, arguing the lines between "goods" and "services" have blurred. This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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