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Screenwriters publish new ‘created by’ credit guidelines

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain has published a new practice guide for crediting screenwriters working in British broadcasting, with the aim of standardising IP rights allotted by the “created by” credit.   24 September 2021

Patents

Has Justice Birss found a route for AI inventorship?

While the campaign to list DABUS as an inventor appeared to be waning, could a controversial opinion by Justice Birss herald a change of fortune?   24 September 2021

Copyright

YouTuber indicted in ‘massive’ $34m TV piracy plot

A recently unsealed indictment has accused a prominent YouTuber and two associates of operating a $34 million cable TV piracy scheme.   23 September 2021

Patents

New bill planned to tackle PTAB’s reliance on NHK-Fintiv denials

Plans are unfolding for new legislation to erode the power of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reject inter partes reviews under the controversial NHK-Fintiv rule, Senator Patrick Leahy has announced.   23 September 2021

Jurisdiction reports

Strategies for generic/biosimilar market entry in Australia

After surviving the Great Patent Cliff of 2011–2016, the pharma/biopharma industry finds itself in the Second Great Patent Cliff of 2019–2024. With it we find low-hanging fruit for generic/biosimilar market entrants, and the importance of having an elegant patent strategy enabling early market entry for generics and biosimilars is underscored.   23 September 2021

Copyright

Apple can’t avoid ‘Austin Powers’ copyright suit

A New York court says that Apple will have to face a copyright lawsuit from the copyright owner of the film “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”.   22 September 2021

Patents

Next USPTO director should review IPR decisions in Apple dispute: VirnetX

Rehearings of inter partes review decisions should be stayed until the next permanent director of the US Patent and Trademark Office has been appointed, according to a request filed by tech company VirnetX.   22 September 2021

Patents

English Court of Appeal rejects DABUS appeal, Birss dissents

The English Court of Appeal has rejected physicist Stephen Thaler’s latest bid to list his artificial intelligence machine as an inventor in a 2:1 decision.   21 September 2021

Patents

Gowling hires IP director from Norton Rose

Gowling WLG has appointed London-based IP barrister Seiko Hidaka, as the new director of its global IP practice.   21 September 2021

Patents

PTAB invalidates fintech patent in Alice challenge

The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated the majority of claims of a Swedish company’s fintech patent under Alice, and rejected a motion to amend the claims.   21 September 2021

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