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Telegram Block Averted For Now But Escalating Threat is Far From Over

TorrentFreak

A sampling of opinions on this controversial topic would likely place sentiments like these at the edge of a spectrum, acting as a perfect counterbalance to equally extreme positions adopted by a subset of particularly aggressive rightsholders. .” And then something unexpected.

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Instead of Shining a Light on Dark Patterns, New FTC Report Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

LexBlog IP

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. And outside this country, the European Data Protection Board issued some interesting guidelines on the topic. Here, the focus is on hidden fees, drip pricing and related issues.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Laws : A Study Of Interface

IP and Legal Filings

Competition Law on the other hand, has always regarded by market distortion, disciplining anti – competitive practices, preventing monopoly and abuse of monopoly, including optimum allocation of resources and benefiting consumer with fair prices, wider choices and better quantities. iii] OECD, Competition Policy and IPRs (1989) 2.

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Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law?

SpicyIP

Undoubtedly, issues around research (including access, inequitable participation, excessive pricing) are not novel in India. Balkin’s “ The Hohfeldian Approach to Law and Semiotics ” and “ The Promise of Legal Semiotics ” I would like to thank Prof Sean Flynn and Swaraj Barooah for their inputs on the topic.

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) Webinar – “Hot Topics in Advertising Law in North America”

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Certain practices are limited: unilateral changes of material elements like price. Drip pricing (adding fees after initial disclosure) is an area of significant interest: StubHub, TicketMaster, car rental companies that charge “environmental” fees. Substantiation of “regular” price claims is also a big issue.

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Optis v Apple Trial E (Part I): findings on specific issues and topics

The IPKat

Findings on specific issues and topics Data regarding the stack Data regarding the stack could not be obtained directly from ETSI. General approach to negotiating licences: Optis Before the hand-down of Unwired Planet (First Instance) [2017] EWHC 2988 (Pat) Optis’ rates were excessive ([193]).

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Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

LexBlog IP

The holding of two courts with essentially the same object would constitute excessive welfare for the applicant, which is not justified either by law or by practice. This was due to there being no justifiable reason for retrospectively holding two courts, one for the temporary determination and one for the final determination.

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