The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

Miscellaneous IPTango discussed a recent transparency report published by Mercado Libre, divided into four main topics: user information requests (section one), product security and quality (section two), protection of IP rights (section three), and privacy matters (section four).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

This discussion is part of the EU Industry Days 2022 , an annual event that highlights industrial frontrunners and ongoing industrial policy discussions whilst improving the knowledge base of European industry.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

APRIL 12, 2022

Indeed, much had been written on the duty, but there was much more froth and fiction than fact or critical legal thinking on the topic. Subsequent to Margaret’s seminal paper, the New South Wales Supreme Court, the New South Wales Court of Appeal and the High Court of Australia have weighed in to support Margaret’s ‘anchor’ view.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For a long time, pirate site blocking was considered a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. politicians would rather avoid. Those challenging times are now more than a decade old, and momentum is shifting.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There are two main legislative instruments dealing with the protection of designs in the European Union. In the Commission’s proposal , the so-called Repair Clause is the hottest topic. Design law, however, is not the only IP regime regulating this topic. The amendment relevant to this blogpost concerns the Design Directive.

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The IPKat

MARCH 28, 2022

The conference lasted almost three days and with a large number of topics having been discussed. The IPKat reports on some of the trends and topics from the conference below. The original conference program (which was only slightly amended due to some covid-related absences).

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

A “performer” granted protection under New York’s law is someone living in New York at the time of their death and had, regularly acted, sung, danced, or played a musical instrument. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss this topic on The Briefing from the IP Law Blog on YouTube at this link , and on their podcast at this link.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The final survey instrument required respondents to spend no more than 15 minutes to complete and contained approximately 20 screens of questions. Topics in the questionnaire covered the following areas: demographics, information-seeking behaviors, content access and consumption, sharing habits and behaviors, and copyright awareness.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The statements by Germany (speaking on behalf of Group B), the EU, as well as the Central Europe and Baltic States (CEBS) made it clear, however, that none of these countries were ready to greenlight the proposal, due to concerns that the work plan could provide a path to binding legal instruments.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Use of Damages Expert to Help Establish Causation The panelists also discussed the how the use of damages experts in trade secrets litigation may be instrumental in addressing causation and highlighting the link between trade secret misappropriation and the alleged economic harm suffered by the plaintiff.

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Trading Secrets

MAY 18, 2023

Use of Damages Expert to Help Establish Causation The panelists also discussed the how the use of damages experts in trade secrets litigation may be instrumental in addressing causation and highlighting the link between trade secret misappropriation and the alleged economic harm suffered by the plaintiff.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 15, 2023

Building on relevant EU legislative instruments, the Commission will encourage Member States and private parties to use the tools available in EU law to tackle illegal online transmission of live content more efficiently. Potential topics include – but are not limited to! – upcycling); Green patents.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2023

” The complaint alleges three different violations of the FTC Act – including a count that they provided the means and instrumentalities for others to engage in deceptive practices – with no Rule violation alleged.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Requesting information from Marshall on topics listed in the Interim Order. Bank accounts, safety deposit boxes, investment accounts, cryptocurrency, and other “financial instruments” must all be declared. The identification, review and copying of documents found on the premises; e.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Fender Musical Instruments , 94 USPQ2d 1549, 1555 (TTAB 2009) (guitar shape). "[C]ourts I blogged some thoughts on this topic a few years ago [ here ], although I did not include a discussion of "genericnes." Genericness: Generic product designs cannot be registered. See , e.g., Stuart Spector Designs, Ltd. Text Copyright John L.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

The main national legal instrument for copyright is the Brazilian Copyright Law ( Law n. One of the instruments of the PNI is the National Strategy for Innovation (ENI) , which provides more specific initiatives. In Brazil, TDM came to be included in the Legislative Bill on AI as one specific topic.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ragavan was the First Texas Instruments Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property at the University of Washington at Seattle. Learn the practical aspects of Patent application and prosecution in the context of Indian IPR law. from King’s College, University of London.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

Ayyar, the then Additional Secretary to Govt of India, Dept of Higher Education, who headed the Delegation played an instrumental for the promotion of IP teaching and research as he felt the need for IP experts during the preparation of the Diplomatic Conference. Conclusion If Any? I am grateful to Prof. NS Gopalakrishnan, Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. This is a topic that the Data Act will likely address. Stage I: to the Open data directive. It is a further ambition of the E.U.

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SpicyIP

JULY 3, 2022

This (mental) mixing of meanings may give rise to situations where even though a legal entitlement is supposed to be instrumental in reaching an end, it gets legitimacy regardless of its intended role, even when it is not leading towards that end, or worse, even when it is leading away from that end. Anyways, good points by the class overall!

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Here is another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh, where he looks into a variety of topics ranging from IP and Gaming to Biodiversity and Benefit Sharing! Other Posts Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Image from here Sit back, relax, and sift through the pages of January’s posts on SpicyIP!

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Back to the meeting – and we will start with the dark patterns discussion because we keep hearing about this topic. It would also outlaw providing the means and instrumentalities that enable others to do such impersonations. ” (And as a disclaimer, one of us gave closing remarks at the workshop.)

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IIPRD

APRIL 13, 2023

In India, the topic of criminal punishment for copyright infringement has generated considerable controversy. High Courts have disagreed about Section 63 of the Copyright Act, the primary clause that is used in these cases, for many years. In actuality, India is not required under the TRIPs agreement to make all copyright violations crimes.

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Art Law Journal

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We cover topics including career paths, preparing for interviews, using social media to grow your footprint, networking, and much more. Instrument. Together, Artrepreneur and Creative Circle have put together this comprehensive article series to support budding artists in the early stages of their art careers. Big Spaceship.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

Hayleigh Bosher and Coran Darling giving evidence at the Inquiry Artificial intelligence is a highly debated topic in the intellectual property field currently. With the sudden popularity and accessibility of AI systems such as Open AI’s ChatGPT, there has been a lot of attention regarding the regulation and governance of the industry.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Might be broken down by topic. But also, this is a regulation—an act—a directly binding instrument which is very different from what we grew up with (directives, which are instructions to member states to do certain things in harmonized fashion). Justin Hughes: Some topics here are premature, others old hat (trusted flaggers).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, during discussions, these two topics have been the main points of disagreement. Image from here One significant international effort aimed at promoting global agreement to enhance reaction and readiness in the face of pandemic threats is the Pandemic Preparedness Accord.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Lacking relevant solutions in international treaties and with the general topic still being debated in international fora , the UK is one of few national jurisdictions that have already provided for CGW protection. Coming to the more concrete legal points, the UKIPO sought opinions on resolving domestically the status of AI authorship.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We have covered several introductory topics about 337 Investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC) through the lens of its most common context [1] —as another forum for patent litigation. [2] 8] See Texas Instruments Incorporated. 3] However, patent litigation is but one potential use of this forum. 125 U.S.P.Q.2d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This is a topic where anything could happen.] The State is therefore favoring engagement with certain topics, to the exclusion of others.” [The publisher analogy was very much on the Supreme Court justices’ minds in oral argument. NetChoice noted how the law distinguishes between different online publishers. .”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The goal is to collect factual information and relant views toadvise Congress on national and international issues on the topic. Further, it states that the copyright holders of AI-generated works would be the authors or rightsholders of the works instrumental in designing the AI-generated creation.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2022

Miscellaneous Essex University – Scholarship for PhD studentship looking at the drivers of demand for intellectual property (IP) instruments in the UK Essex University is offering a fully funded PhD scholarship to look at the drivers of demand for intellectual property (IP) instruments in the UK. Check her article here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay In recent years, a so called ‘Secondary Publication Right’ (SPR) has been adopted in a number of European countries and become a policy hot topic at the EU level. The instrument implies no obligation for the author to republish.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Regarding the implication of the decision on IP, he interprets the judgment to extend the concept of State and its instrumentalities to include any in rem/ public action by anyone. Continuing with our annual tradition, we curated a list of the top IP developments in India. State Of UP.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Our members are leading European scholars and academics from various European countries seeking to share their views with the public and decision makers and to pursue the overall public interest on all topics concerning the authors’ rights, neighboring rights, and related matters.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

” Our audience members that are unfamiliar with IP basics will benefit greatly from a brief description of the general principles of patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, and an explanation for why those specific instruments would be most effective for sustainable innovation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As a follow-up to a previous post about the concept of portability and its emergence in personal data protection and consumer law, this second part focusses on portability rights and IP in two forthcoming instruments of “data economy law”: the Digital Markets Act and the proposal for a Data Act. Portability & the Digital Markets Act.

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