Michael Geist

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Meanwhile in the House, Bill C-18 cleared the Canadian Heritage committee with changes that invite legal challenges and make a showdown over blocking news content increasingly likely. . Credits: TVO, The Agenda, How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Today’s post raises an unlikely issue given that Bill C-18 is the responsibility of Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who also has part responsibility for copyright law in Canada. However, one of the problems with this approach is that platforms don’t typically use the news in a manner that would be compensable.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023 edition. Patent Law . Technology Law . Copyright Law . Trademark Law .

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As Bill C-18 heads to clause-by-clause review later this week, the prospect that Facebook could block news sharing on its platform in Canada in response has attracted the ire of politicians and concerns from media outlets that rely on social media as part of their business model. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 12, 2023

Bill C-18, the Online News Act, heads to clause-by-clause review this week at the Senate Transport and Communications Committee. Last month, I devoted the Law Bytes podcast to my appearance before the committee, including my opening statement and exchanges with various senators.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Welcome to Off The Bench, Law360's rundown of the most essential sports and betting news. This week, a chess prodigy is reinstated after a messy defamation fight; the head of Spanish soccer faces calls for his job; and Michael Avenatti can't undo his conviction for attempting to defraud Nike.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

Kardashian Kopycat? Energy Drink Company Claims Competitor Stole Kim's Copyrighted Look - The Instagram posts look nearly identical, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-the-difference kind of way—or so says the complaint filed by Alani Nutrition.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

“Five Rs” To Remember When Letting Employees Go. It is inevitable in almost every business. You will need to let an employee go. Whether it’s a seasoned designer coming with plug-and-play experience or a fresh face just out of design school, sometimes it just doesn’t work out.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The government has yet to release its final regulations for the Online News Act , but recent comments from News Media Canada seemed to suggest that it is hoping to find common ground with Google , stating that it supports the company’s proposed amendments to Bill C-18 draft regulations.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act is a United States law (codified at 36 U.S.C. Olympic and Paralympic Committee: The Gold Standard for Trademark Protection. By Kelli Ovies August 3, 2021. 220501 et seq.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Intellectual Property in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” 2021 edition. Patent Law. Technology Law. Trademark Law. Copyright Law.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I posted a reality check tweet noting that Meta is not returning to news in Canada, the law’s regulation stipulating a 4% fee on revenues is not found anywhere else, and that Bill C-18 has emerged as a model for what not to do. Meta has blocked all news links in Canada and cancelled existing deals with Canadian news outlets.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After months of urging Heritage Ministers Pascale St-Onge and Pablo Rodriguez to stand up to Google and Meta’s response to Bill C-18, News Media Canada – the lead lobbyist for the legislation – appears to have waved the surrender flag as it is now urging the government to accommodate Google’s concerns with draft regulations.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 11, 2023

Blocking of news links on Facebook and Instagram in Canada has becomes increasingly widespread in recent days, leading to a growing number of public comments from media outlets and reporters expressing surprise or shock about the scope of the link blocking. That leaves Google and Meta, provided that they qualify as DNIs.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2024

Welcome to the second edition of The Leisure Law Insider! It will be released quarterly, covering the latest news and developments in leisure and hospitality law, regulation, and policy. By: Akerman LLP

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Stepping into the 21st Century, the Boston Patent Law Association yesterday approved by an overwhelming vote, an amendment to its By-Laws to change the name of the Association to the BOSTON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION. Congratulations to President Keith Toms for making this a priority.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

1: Embattled copyright lawyer suspended from practice in New York. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that controversial copyright lawyer Richard Liebowitz has been suspended from practicing law in New York State following a ruling by an appeals court. In response to this, Google pulled Google News from Spain.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Bill C-18 legislative process was marked by repeated warnings from the government that this was an urgent issue that justified its repeated efforts to cut off debate in order to fast track the bill into law before the summer break. Meta has made it clear that it is exiting the news business in Canada.

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Michael Geist

MAY 9, 2023

Meta has adopted a consistent position for months that the bill creates the prospect of unlimited liability for linking to news articles, the vast majority of which are posted by the media companies themselves. But that response won’t work if Bill C-18 becomes law and news sharing disappears on Facebook and Instagram in Canada.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

Check out the latest IP events, news, and opportunities! The IPKat in the News The IPKat gets hyperlinked on the NYT! The New York Times covered the dispute involving a German puzzle maker, a 1000-piece puzzle bearing Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ and the Italian Cultural Heritage Code. 5 th IP Case Law Conference.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 21, 2023

In my view, the issues associated with these tragic events have little to do with Meta blocking news links and the attempt to bring it into the conversation is a transparent attempt to score political points (the connectivity issues with some NWT communities completely taken offline for days is somehow never mentioned).

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Michael Geist

MARCH 13, 2024

Those bills, which addressed Internet streaming and news, faced widespread criticism over potential regulation of user content and the prospect of blocked news links on major Internet platforms. Instead, the government seems ready yet again to gaslight its critics and claim that they have it all wrong.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 17, 2024

Panuwat”), in which the SEC alleged shadow insider trading, in violation of the federal securities laws. Pfizer”) to trade ahead of the news for his own enrichment. The SEC’s complaint alleged that Panuwat used highly confidential information of his employer, Medivation, Inc.’s s (“Medivation”) upcoming acquisition by Pfizer Inc.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The report that Google is conducting a national test that removes links to Canadian news sites for a small percentage of users sparked a predictable reaction as politicians who were warned that Bill C-18 could lead to this, now want to know how it could happen. None of this week’s developments should come as a surprise.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Online News Act has quickly emerged as one of the government’s biggest policy failures with Canadian news outlets facing lost traffic, lost revenues, and lost competition. With Meta out of news in Canada, the government is hoping to salvage the law by convincing Google to pay at least $172 million for news links.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 29, 2023

The worst case scenario for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, the Canadian news sector, and the Canadian public has come to pass: Google has announced that it will block news links in Canada in response to the mandated payment for links approach established in Bill C-18. Yet it also valued news in a way that Meta does not.

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Copyright Alliance

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In October, Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to dominate copyright law headlines as the U.S. Copyright Office received initial comments for its AI study, the White House issued an Executive Order […] The post October 2023 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While the regulations establish what amounts to a minimum 4% link tax on Google and Meta if they link to news content, they set no minimum requirements to spend the resulting revenues on journalists or news content. Moreover, recently cancelled deals will not be revived and the value of free referral traffic will be lost.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 23, 2024

Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: After IPR victory, Intel wins appeal on $2.2 billion patent award - Bloomberg Law reports on the U.S. history”: $2.2 billion awarded against Intel Corp.

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Michael Geist

JULY 5, 2023

With Meta and Google announcing that they will block news sharing and links on their platforms before the law takes effect, the Canadian media sector stands to lose millions of dollars with lost links, the cancellation of dozens of existing deals , and a bill that might not generate any new revenues.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Law Bytes podcast is back after a brief break, and with it, talk about the Online News Act or Bill C-18. All news – both Canadian and foreign – is blocked on Facebook and Instagram in response to Bill C-18 and the reports suggest that the move has had no real impact in use of the platform.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The government is releasing its draft regulations for Bill C-18 today and the chances that both Google and Meta will stop linking to news in Canada just increased significantly. In fact, with the government setting an astonishing floor of 4% of revenues for linking to news, the global implications could run into the billions for Google alone.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

The RIAA and MPA submitted an amicus brief together with the NMPA and the News Media Alliance. “Digital piracy has inflicted a huge economic toll on those industries and, by extension, on their ability to invest in new creative works and the artists who make them. .” RIAA, MPA, et al. – Copyright Alliance.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law 2. Caving on Bill C-18: Government Outlines Planned Regulations that Signal Willingness to Cast Aside Core Principles of the Online News Act 3. Why Is Meta Blocking All News Links? Because Bill C-18 Covers All News Outlets 5.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 28, 2023

St-Onge got the headlines she was no doubt looking for, but it was pretty obvious that not much had changed, with Meta confirming that she had requested the meeting and that it is continuing to end news availability in Canada. First, signing agreements does not result in an exemption from the law. Indeed, most of the law is finalized.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2023

Think you know the law? If you’re an attorney or simply well-versed in legal matters, you may have a working knowledge of statutory and case law. However, the area of intellectual property (IP) law is rife with surprises about which even seasoned lawyers may be unaware.

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Michael Geist

JULY 17, 2023

The Online News Act has continued to create a political firestorm this summer with a legislative battle that leaves the future of some Canadian news organizations stuck in the middle between sabre rattling from the government and Internet platforms. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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