IIPRD

APRIL 2, 2024

The implementation of TRIPS-Plus provisions can also readily facilitate the emergence of monopoly power for brand-name pharmaceutical companies. [v] The topic of data exclusivity is controversial; some current agreements include it, while others—such as India’s position—prioritize access to reasonably priced medications.

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Corsearch

APRIL 5, 2024

These sessions, led by esteemed panelists from organizations such as Warner Music Group, Estée Lauder, PwC, and more, explored a diverse range of topics crucial to the modern trademark landscape, which are covered in more detail below.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 15, 2022

In mass media, Walt Disney Company, proprietor of “The Happiest Place on Earth” ®, had recently (1995) acquired the ABC television network, and Marvel was still mostly a comic book company, and just emerging from bankruptcy and reorganization. Marvel’s first widely successful superhero film, Blade , was released in August.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Thanks to a recital that emerged during the last weeks of negotiations, we now have some more clarity on the legislator’s intention here. Section 1(c) provides additional clarity for both rights holders and AI model providers, but will only really help them if a generally accepted standard emerges in this area.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the Commission’s proposal , the so-called Repair Clause is the hottest topic. The new rules will, in the words of the Commission, ‘help to open up and increase competition in the spare parts market, allowing consumers more choice in repairing complex products such as cars in particular.’

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After thriving in what was once a localized traditional market, Japanese comics known as ‘manga’ took the world by storm. Publishers and authors could only watch as their work fueled a huge but unlicensed black market. from which the CDN company emerged with a clear win. Cloudflare lawsuit in the U.S.,

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Board of Appeal considered that it clearly emerged from the case-law that a formally unusual structure of a slogan such as, for example, humor or unusual alliterations would be a criterion for a finding of distinctive character. Comment This decision adds to the increasingly relevant debate on greenwashing.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The UKIPO chaired the meetings, while representatives from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Office for Artificial Intelligence and the Competition and Markets Authority attended as observers. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. Such issues emerge in two respects.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

After the miniseries was seen by millions earlier this month, private prosecutions – which allow alleged victims of crime to prosecute their own criminal cases – are now a topic of national debate. As a result, the government is under pressure to act against what some believe is an emerging two-tier justice system.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

The event shall tackle the use of gender-neutral language in decisions, potential priority for the selection process and other relevant topics. This year’s topics will include mental health as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. Registration can be made on the event's website. Other information about the event can be found here.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

1] In this context, “synthetic data” has emerged as a potential solution. 2] A new type of business has even emerged: companies are now specializing in providing synthetic datasets, either from a pre-existing proprietary database or by creating “bespoke” synthetic data generated on demand for specific customers.[3]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Market dynamics in the health and innovation space are making the biotech and life sciences sector an industry to watch out for. Typically, biologics are produced from living cells with the exception of emerging technologies such as the mRNA platform. [This post has been co-authored with Rahul Bajaj. All views expressed are personal].

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. To avoid this risk, the Chinese market has created a different Chinese name for NFTs: Digital Collection (数字藏品, hereafter also referred as “DC”). Applicable IP rights.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2021

In my breakout room, he explained that as a student he had to pay to learn about interesting topics, but now he does so constantly in his role at B&P. Working on innovative and unique projects has enabled him to develop new skills and build knowledge about emerging fields, such as artificial intelligence and cannabis.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the emergency application to restore the injunction against HB 20, Texas’ social media censorship law. Given the strength of the 11th Circuit decision, it would be ideal to have that opinion frame SCOTUS’s consideration of the topic. ” I agree. Chamber of Progress et al.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Introduction Over $67 billion USD was transacted in the worldwide contemporary art market in 2018, an increase of nearly $3 billion USD from the previous year’s value. Having a thorough understanding of these topics is crucial for avoiding problems. The IP legislation and the function of modern art are at odds with one another.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The first topic up for discussion by the panel was the actual definition of the metaverse. The current market figures do not support the thesis that metaverse is virtual reality (VR) per se. The next topic in the discussion was user protection in the metaverse. are starting to emerge and there will be more of these.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This is the second installment of a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. This second part explores the potential of property rights to increase bias in content moderation by looking at the topic from the perspective of Article 17 CDSM Directive.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

A specific consideration was highlighted in relation to the introduction of virtual influencers and their role in the same virtual worlds and the constant threat represented by influencer marketing and dark patterns. The only solution that emerged was to let the technology develop and norms and legal standards will follow.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 30, 2023

Jessica is Senior Director, Information and Content Solutions at CCC, responsible for the strategic direction of CCC’s Ringgold portfolio and go-to-market efforts for products and services across the scholarly publishing ecosystem. But where to start?

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

Introduction The Indian fashion market is pegged at an impressive value of $50 billion, out of which 10% consists of international luxury brands. [1] At the outset is it important to note that interpreting these legislations gives rise to uncertainty, one which forms the topic of discussion in the next section.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Changing market dynamics have also obviously changed the digital ad market, with more money moving toward companies such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Would Canadians agree that this link to the front page of the Globe and Mail is using the Globe’s content?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Hedonic regression seeks to isolate the fair market value of each of the technology generations over the previous, all other things being equal (such as the screen size and the processing power). Then it moved on to the inevitable topic of appeal. The Judge declined to put any weight on InterDigital’s top-down analysis.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

products include edibles, topicals, vape pens and beverages. The federal government is also responsible for establishing regulations surrounding the branding, labelling and marketing of cannabis. Interestingly, British Columbia was allegedly, Canada’s largest illicit market of recreational cannabis prior to legalization.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

AUGUST 2, 2022

FTI Consulting is a market-leading global consultancy that has assisted clients with many of the world's largest, highest-profile antitrust investigations. 1 Michael Grenfell, the Executive Director of Enforcement at the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA"), has also publicly warned of more home raids.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 30, 2024

In fact, the emergence of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” attacks (whereby data is being captured and stored now, to be decrypted later, when more advanced quantum algorithms are developed) [3] shows that the intention to abuse quantum technology already exists. .

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

The lyrics of the song’s chorus ‘fish sticks n’ tater tots’ repeats five times in the dance routine, during which the burlesque dancer wearing a ‘reverse mermaid’ costume with the head of a fish and legs of a woman steps behind a sign that says ‘hot oil’ to change into brown leggings, removing the fish head, and emerging as a fish stick.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

There are more than 300 opinions by federal courts dealing with the express preemption of contracts, and within them two main approaches have emerged. Second, zooming out further, the case revolves around a topic covered on this blog routinely: data scraping. From this perspective, Genius’s complaint is rather standard.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The long history of the parties’ joint presence on the UK market clearly added a degree of complexity to the judgment, which contains a detailed review of each side’s business over the years. Acquiescence is a topic of interest following the CJEU in Heitec (see Volume 9 ) and the UK Court of Appeal in Combe (see Volume 12 ).

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

You have been reading about them all over the news, they’re the hottest topic in tech right now, especially in the blockchain space. Be an NFT expert if you want to take advantage of this emerging market. You cannot use the art for your purchased NFT or included NFT to advertise, market, or sell any third-party product.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

As seen in the EBIA and ENPI, the PNI is also divided into different thematic axes, which relate to education, funding, markets, IP and a culture of innovation (art. In Brazil, TDM came to be included in the Legislative Bill on AI as one specific topic.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

However, the modern concept of trademarks as legally protected intellectual property emerged in the late 19th century. Today, trademarks are recognized and protected around the world, and play a vital role in the branding and marketing of goods and services. However, trademark protection in the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. FWIW, I raised this issue as a possible paper topic in 2008. The post Yearbook Defendants Lose Two More Section 230 Rulings appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Whitepages.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. Against this background, a crucial question emerges for the future of online content moderation and fundamental rights in the EU: what happens when these tools are based on “biased” datasets? Introduction.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about. In this upcoming paper, this author takes a different approach to this hot topic. One important question has been whether copyright law should be extended in order to protect such works.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2023

Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation , the Bombay HC stated that the disparagement would be constituted if the following elements are met: The information provided is false The said act is done with malicious intent The decimation of such information leads to special damage to the plaintiff.

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