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Jan 28, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Inter partes activity involving design patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was relatively low in 2024. The PTAB rendered just two inter partes decisions involving design patents: Next Step Group, Inc. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., IPR2024-00525, Paper 16 (PTAB Aug. 6, 2024) and Hangzhou Taihe Trading v. EP Family Corp., IPR 2023-00658, Paper 16 (PTAB Aug. 16, 2024).
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
January 27, 2025
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) remains a pivotal forum for addressing intellectual property disputes under Section 337, particularly those involving design patents.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Since platforms like Midjourney and DALL-E became popular, using text-to-image models to generate “AI art” has surged, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between AI-generated art and human-created works. This rapid evolution in art generation challenges global intellectual property law.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Leen Mosa also contributed to this article. Global E-commerce platforms continue to grow, with many online marketplaces replacing traditional brick-and-mortar stores. While online marketplaces help legitimate products reach consumers more widely than brick-and-mortar stores, they also make it easier for knockoffs and copycats to cannibalize sales of legitimate products.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Ben Gitzinger also contributed to this article. 1. The Copyright Registration GuidanceCopyright Registration Guidance on the Requirement for Human AuthorshipThe Guidance states that the Copyright Office’s long-standing position is that human authorship is required for a work to be copyrightable and eligible for registration.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Ben Gitzinger also contributed to this article. 1. The Copyright Registration GuidanceCopyright Registration Guidance on the Requirement for Human AuthorshipThe Guidance states that the Copyright Office’s long-standing position is that human authorship is required for a work to be copyrightable and eligible for registration.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Ben Gitzinger also contributed to this article. Since the release and popularization of platforms such as Midjourney and DALL-E, the past few years have seen a staggering proliferation of art made using text-to-image models—familiarly known as “AI art.” Tens of millions of images are created daily using generative AI, and, as time continues, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between AI-generated art and human-created works.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Leen Mosa also contributed to this article. Ten Section 337 Investigations were terminated in the first half of 2024. Of those ten investigations, two involved design patents.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta
Summer Associate Ben Gitzinger also contributed to this article. Since the release and popularization of platforms such as Midjourney and DALL-E, the past few years have seen a staggering proliferation of art made using text-to-image models—familiarly known as “AI art.” Tens of millions of images are created daily using generative AI, and, as time continues, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between AI-generated art and human-created works.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ivy Clarice Estoesta |William G. Milliken |Monica Riva Talley
Welcome to the May 2024 issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that copyright owners may recover damages for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. We also highlight the recent INTA session about the USPTO’s new Federal Trademark Search System. Kind Regards,Monica Riva TalleyEditorIn This Issue:
