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Lululemon vs. Costco: Law Suit Over “Dupes,” Design Patent, and IP Integrity

ByPiAdmin

The Spandex War. Lululemon Athletica has filed a high-profile intellectual property lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corporation, claiming that the retail giant’s Kirkland Signature line and other in-store apparel offerings include “knockoffs” or “dupes” of Lululemon’s signature designs. This case pits a premium athletic wear innovator against a cost-conscious retailer—and could shape the future of fashion-focused IP enforcement. Spandex War: Trade Dress, Design Patents, and Trademarks in Focus You might think of this as the Spandex…

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Future of IP + AI? Regenerative AI

ByBizMan

These are the GenAI prompts used to gather information about intellectual property (IP) and the world of artificial intelligence (AI), i.e., IP+AI.  This is part of our Regenerative AI project; recreate as needed, when needed, with the GenAI engines available to you at that time. Select results from various Generative AI engines (ChatGPT 4.0, Gemini, Claude, Copilot).  Look at writing and analysis of Human + Artificial Intelligence by Hall and (Hall & Lentz, 2024) over…

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Samsung Takes over from IBM in the US Patents issued in 2022

ByBizMan

Samsung Electronics received the most US patents in 2022 for the first time since 1993. IBM, which had held the top spot for 29 consecutive years, came in second place. Rank Company Patents 1 Samsung Electronics 6,248 2 IBM 4,398 3 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 3,024 4 Huawei Technologies 2,836 5 Canon 2,694 6 LG Electronics 2,641 7 Qualcomm 2,625 8 Intel 2,418 9 Apple 2,285 10 Toyota 2,214  In terms of the total “assigned” patents,…

Innovative Countries — Global Innovation Index
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Innovative Countries — Global Innovation Index

BySustainMe

This is a great summary of innovation by country from Visual Capitalist. See the Global Innovation Index (GII) map here:https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-innovative-countries-2022/ First Published on IntellZine.com. Note the sustainability implications from innovation, and the lack of innovation. We, at Strategic Business Planning Company, www.SBP.com, are always interesting in all aspects of innovation. Sometimes we hear from a layperson or an executive that the most innovative country in the work is …   Israel and Ireland were mentioned in…

The Patent KING: IBM for 28 years
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The Patent KING: IBM for 28 years

ByBizMan

IBM is again the leader in patents issued. That’s 28 years and running.  IBM had 9,130 patents issued in 2020, compared to the next highest, Samsung with 6,416.  There’s about 15 electronic and manufacturing companies with 2,000 to 3,000 patents issued. Note that all the top 10 are electronics and/or chip makers.  Forbes has a nice article by Roberts about the top 20 patent recipients of 2020.  Apple, the largest company by market cap ($2.1T),…

Invest in the Future of Self-Driving Cars and EVs

ByBizMan

When you look at the future of cars (and trucks) there’s a couple things that you can learn from the Jetsons. Yes, the cartoon characters of the future. Self-driving. Not limited by Gravity.  There are several things that would be reasonable to expect in the future of autos: 1.     1.      Huge computing capabilities.2.       Mountains and mountains of data.3.       Lots of sensors.4.       Vehicles that can talk to each other, directly and indirectly. Kind of…