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Supreme Court says TTAB rulings on "likelihood of confusion" can be binding on later infringement litigation business.cch.com/ipld/BBHardwar….

Cal ND rules NCAA violates antitrust act by preventing players from being paid for use of names/images/likenesses. espn.go.com/pdf/2014/0808/…

John Wayne's estate and Duke University in court again, this time over alcohol. sfgate.com/business/artic…. Cue 1,000 bad Duke headline puns.

Supreme Court: Aereo violated copyrights by leasing antennas to users to stream TV network content over internet. google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j…

Seventh Circuit shuts down attempt to extend copyright by claiming revelations in later works inform earlier works. docstoc.com/docs/171266156

SCOTUS rejects 9-0 Fed. Circ. indefiniteness test. New test has 'reasonable' standard. Issues of fact forthcoming? www2.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop…

SCOTUS: no inducement liability under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) when no one has directly infringed under Section 217(a). www2.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop…

FTC report calls for legislation to reform and regulate commercial big-data and enable individuals to control data. ftc.gov/system/files/d….

IKEA ruled not a famous trademark as of 2009, if at all. ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=….

Pending bi-partison federal "Defend Trade Secrets Act" bill with right to litigate in federal court picks up steam. coons.senate.gov/newsroom/relea…

Big Decision: SC changes standard of review for attorney fees awards in patent cases to abuse of discretion; eases threshold to award fees.

Aereo: Supreme Court wary of adverse unintended impacts on existing and forthcoming technologies however it rules. supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…

Tarantino copyright suit thrown out: merely linking to content posted on sites owned by third party not actionable. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Prada sued in USDC CD of California for copyright infringement over handbag pattern. (Case 2:14-cv-02941).

Congress sends letter urging revision of patent "utility" standard by Canadian courts. freepdfhosting.com/06e4637b68.pdf

"Reputation management" company sued for registering harassing domains to generate customers. Randazza v. Cox, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49762

Interesting article about a stolen domain name, and steps one can take to recover it. mashable.com/2014/04/02/ram…

Dropbox reveals it scans users' shared links for copyright violations. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…. Lawyers should be very careful using dropbox.

UK set to legalize ripping CD/DVD's to owner's devices "for private purposes such as format shifting or backup." gov.uk/government/new…