Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 22: Strike Three for Former Copyright Register in Injunction Bid; Ninth Circuit Finds Contract Term Implied by Copyright Duration; and First Circuit Dismisses Attempt to Toll Copyright Statute Until Registration
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Nvidia instructed suppliers to halt production of chips made specifically for the Chinese market. Masimo filed suit against U.S. Customs over ex parte administrative rulings that allowed Apple to circumvent an exclusion order and enable alleged infringing pulse oximetry functions. Federal Trade Commission Chair Ferguson warned U.S. tech companies that compliance with foreign consumer data laws could trigger domestic enforcement actions. The Ninth Circuit implied a contract term for songwriting royalty distribution based on copyright duration and reversed a lower court. Appellate decisions addressed copyright registration limitations, statutes of limitations, and various patent and infringement disputes domestically and internationally.
Nvidia Corp. tells its suppliers to halt production of made-for-China chips; Masimo sues U.S. Customs over ex parte administrative rulings allowing Apple to circumvent an exclusion order and enable infringing pulse oximetry functions; Federal Trade Commission Chairman Ferguson warns American tech companies that they could face enforcement actions for complying with foreign consumer data laws; the Ninth Circuit reverses a district court ruling
after finding that the term of a contract involving the distribution of songwriting royalties could be implied from the duration of copyright in works subject to that agreement; Netflix survives the latest lawsuit filed by a self-published author against the 2021 movie Don't Look Up; the First Circuit rules that the Copyright Act's statute of limitations cannot be tolled based on a prospective plaintiff's inability to file lawsuit until their copyright has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office;
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