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In other barks of the week: US Copyright Office appoints new Deputy Director for Policy and International Affairs. Getty Images has filed a lawsuit against an AI art company. The USPTO has extended the deadline for comments on her 2022-2026 draft strategic plan. U.S. Attorney General supports Jack Daniels in Supreme Court trademark litigation.
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USPTO Extends Deadline for Comments on Strategic Plan – Following its announcement earlier this month that it would be accepting comments on the draft Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, the USPTO extended the submission deadline to January 20 on Friday, January 20. announced that it will be extended from From February 31 to he February 17 to allow more time for input. Members of the public may submit comments to his USPTO by email. [email protected]The final plan is expected to be published in spring 2023.
U.S. Attorney General Backs Jack Daniels in Trademark Dispute
On Wednesday, January 18, the U.S. Attorney General filed a complaint to the Supreme Court in favor of whiskey company Jack Daniels in a trademark lawsuit against VIP Products, an Arizona-based pet toy company. It argued that a federal appeals court’s ruling that VIP was protected by the First Amendment from accusations of infringing the Jack Daniel’s trademark when selling dog toys was erroneous. Another brief in support of Jack Daniels was also filed Wednesday by a wide range of big companies, including Levi’s and Campbell.
USPTO Announces New IP Identifier Tool for Creators
On Wednesday, January 18, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathy Vidal announced the Office’s new Intellectual Property Identifier Tool. This tool is designed to help someone who is not very IP savvy to see if they have her IP and IP rights. “This resource provides entrepreneurs with a basic understanding of their IP and leads them to resources to protect it. I would recommend people to use this tool,” said Vidal.
U.S. Copyright Office Announces New Deputy Director for Policy and International Affairs
On Tuesday, January 17, the United States Copyright Office (USCO) announced the appointment of Andrew Foglia as Deputy Director for Policy and International Affairs. Foglia joined his USCO for the first time in 2020 as Senior Advisor on Policy and International Affairs. The new Deputy Director previously worked in portfolios including Artificial Intelligence, South Asia, Canada and Mexico. Currently, Foglia works with the Copyright and Policy Directors on national and international policy analysis, legislative support, and trade negotiations.
Getty Images Files Lawsuit Against AI Art Company
On Tuesday, January 17th, Getty Images announced that it had launched legal proceedings in the UK against AI art company Stability AI for infringing intellectual property rights. Getty accused Stability AI of scrapping Getty’s database and feeding the images into an AI art generation algorithm. Getty said it would license AI companies for training purposes, but Stability did not seek such licenses, claiming it profited from Getty’s photo database and copyrights. .
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Samsung and Proxense Dismiss Phone Fingerprint Patent Lawsuit
On Thursday, January 19, Samsung and Proxense filed a joint order revoking jury selection in the ongoing patent dispute, dismissing and settling the lawsuit. Proxense accused Samsung of infringing patents related to technology for verifying fingerprints and biometric data on mobile phones.
PTAB Revokes Three Electric Fracking Patents
On Wednesday, January 18, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidated three electric fracking patents that US Well Services accused Halliburton of infringing. Halliburton was able to convince the PTAB that the patent was invalid based on the earlier invention. US Well Services said he will start litigation in 2021, and already he has seen four individual patents revoked by a district court judge.
CAFC Upholds PTAB Decision in Power Converter Patent Litigation
On Wednesday, January 18, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld the Board’s decision. between the parties Reexamination of power converter patents. The CAFC argued that Synqor’s power converter patent was not patentable. He agreed with his PTAB’s decision in favor of Vicor Corporation.
HP and Oracle Resolve Copyright Dispute
On Tuesday, January 17, Hewlett Packard and Oracle announced that they had settled their copyright lawsuit after a jury in Texas awarded Oracle a $30 million settlement in July 2022. As a result, both sides of the non-disclosure agreement want the lawsuit dismissed.
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Google plans to lay off 12,000 employees
On Friday, 20 January, Reuters reported that Alphabet’s CEO told employees in a memo that the company plans to let go of 12,000 employees. Layoffs will begin soon and affect US staff. The news reflects the recent surge and hiring freeze across the tech industry. Just a day ago, he announced that Microsoft would lay off 10,000 of his employees, and at the end of 2022, Twitter went through a highly publicized period of employee layoffs.
Crypto Lenders File For Bankruptcy In Wake Of FTX Collapse
On Thursday, January 19, crypto lender Genesis and two of its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy. At the time of bankruptcy, Genesis had more than 100,000 of his creditors, including his FTX branch, Alameda Research, from which he received over $100 million from Celsius. Bankruptcy is another blow to the crypto industry, which has been in a sharp decline since the end of 2021.
Quarterly results – The following companies, identified among the IPO’s top 300 patentees for 2022, will announce quarterly earnings next week (2022 ranking in parentheses):
- Monday: Baker Hughes Company (123rd)
- Tuesday: Raytheon (9th), Microsoft (18th), Johnson & Johnson (23rd), General Electric, (28th), Texas Instruments, (48th), Verizon (61st), 3M (85th), intuitive surgery (227th), Danaher (248th)
- Wednesday: IBM (2nd), Boeing (36th), AT&T (47th), Abbott Laboratories (147th), ASML Holding (186th),
- Thursday: Intel (12th), SAP SE (65th), Comcast (104th), visa (141st), MasterCard (144th),
- Friday: none
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