The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2023

Welcome The event started with words of welcome delivered by our host David Stone, Hayleigh Bosher and myself (also to celebrate the very recent release of our edited collection Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law. This is the first of a series of posts reporting on the conference proceedings. received (and made!),

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

May 18, 2021) This would make a great student note topic: Is disparate impact “unfair” under state consumer protection laws? Schulte sued numerous companies for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA) through their marketing of men’s and women’s antiperspirants—the men’s is cheaper. Seems wrong to me.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2022

VPNs have recently become a sensitive topic in United States mainstream media. anti-abortion laws have increased the interest in privacy services as potential criminal penalties come into play. These are serious problems that have raised new concerns in response to the anti-abortion laws. From the letter.

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The IPKat

MAY 13, 2022

The conference brings together partner institutions of WIPO Academy IPTIs to share their experiences and discuss intellectual property (IP) education and training initiatives that they have implemented for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); women entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators; and the youth.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2023

Piracy is a complicated phenomenon but most consumer research surveys on the topic are relatively straightforward. That’s particularly true if respondents are asked about behavior that’s against the law, which applies to piracy in most parts of the world. This is a basic question that regularly appears in piracy surveys.

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The IPKat

MARCH 9, 2023

The case deals with the topic of whether the registration of slogans is allowed by EU trade mark law. Design law Marcel Pemsel provided an analysis the preliminary ruling of the CJEU in case C-472/21 (Monz Handelsgesellschaft International). v EUIPO) issued by, the General Court on 15 February 2023.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva recently hosted (on February 7, 2023) an international conference on the topic “ Intellectual Property & Sustainability ”. The programme featured several high-profile speakers. The IPKat was kindly invited and here is the report.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

This lawsuit involves the freemium videogame “ Forge of Empires.” ” The plaintiff, Penny Quinteros (a/k/a TwoCents), claims she became addicted to the game. She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. She sued pro se for a variety of claims.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that Principal Lauren Degnan has been named a 2021 “Litigation Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal. A well-known thought leader, Degnan speaks frequently on the topics of patent litigation and PTAB appeals. The managing principal of Fish’s Washington, D.C.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

To provide security and prevent this, Indian law has established protection for marks and symbols with religious connotations; hence, if a mark includes anything that might offend a certain class of people or segment of the public due to their religious sensibilities, protection may be denied to such a mark [4].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

And finding works from women scholars from this region was even more difficult. See generally, SpicyIP’s resource page ) Similarly, Kumar Sen Prosanto wrote The Law Of Monopolies In British India in 1922 on the very issue of IP. Source – From Flickr’s Kevin Lim “Are Some Scholars More Equal than Others?,” See also here ).

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Recently, I spoke in the PRS London Members' Day panel about NFTs, alongside Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) and Mike Walsh (Serenade). There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Benjamin is a future trainee solicitor at a commercial law firm. He holds degrees from the University of Oxford and King's College London, where he studied IP subjects and realised that he would like to pursue this field of law. Your grounding in IP Law 2. We wish all our IPKat readers the best for the coming year!

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Topical Highlight. Dr. Scaria points out that the Report lacks focused questions of enquiry and instead undertakes a superficial review of all IP laws in the country. A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System. The post focuses on three methodological flaws in the Report.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

Back in October, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property (“IP”), Information, and Privacy Law organized and virtually hosted its International IP Practice Seminar. Adam Ernette (UIC) reports on the seminar. Lisa Jorgenson, spoke at the Seminar’s featured session.

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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. Impact of AI in the creative industries How would you feel if you found out this blogpost was written by AI? You can watch the full session here. Does AI create?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

When the matter of conflict between two or more countries, or within a country is discussed, the topics that usually surrounds these discussions are the topics of economy, ammunition, advantages of a country, disadvantages of a country, biological and nuclear weapons etc. Therefore, it destroys the pride and ego of these communities.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

INTRODUCTION Sports have been widely acknowledged for their positive impact on the health and well-being of participants. [1] 1] The potential harm caused to athletes’ health and well-being when their integrity is compromised through non-accidental violence or maltreatment, such as harassment and abuse [2] is often overlooked.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

European laws are often aspirational and standards-based (instead of rule-based), because European regulators and regulated businesses engage in dialogues, and the regulators reward good tries, even if they aren’t successful. We don’t do “A-for-Effort” laws in the U.S., NO ONE WANTS THIS. What the Bill Says.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

IPR and Metaverse Although controlled by actual people within a metaverse , the law regarding the legitimacy of activities taken by virtual characters is still in its infancy and has not yet fully developed. Even though the metaverse feeling is real it is the base on which the real-world laws to be applicable.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2023

Jackson Women’s Health Organization. On April 12, 2023, the U.S. The proposal is intended to align with President Biden’s Executive Order 14076 , which instructed HHS to examine avenues to reinforce protections of HIPAA protected health information (PHI) and patient-provider confidentiality in the wake of the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law. The letter is available here and its contents are reproduced below.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Italian women can be tough, and so are French maisons. Lame comparisons apart, this story is interesting as it is an opportunity to discuss the protectability of artistic works under Italian laws. She was the painter’s very first love and was perhaps the most beautiful Italian lady of those times. Yet, she kept ignoring him.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Students: this post surfaces numerous potential paper topics. Cases are already going up on appeal, so there will be a lot more law coming on these issues soon. * * *. The number #1 question I get whenever I discuss FOSTA with folks who aren’t familiar with it: did Congress know what it was doing? Well, the answer is complicated.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 31, 2022

Colleagues from across our global network share their journeys as members of the LGBT+ community or allies. Sharif Abousaada. (He/Him) He/Him) | Of Counsel, Paris. Sharif Abousaada, Of Counsel in our Paris office, shares how he and his husband navigated complex practical and legal challenges as part of their journey to becoming parents. .

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 31, 2022

Colleagues from across our global network share their journeys, as members of the LGBT+ community or allies. They have centred their piece around something or someone they consider an important part of that. Sharif Abousaada. (He/Him) He/Him) | Of Counsel, Paris. Thibaut and I married in 2017. At least in theory.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The court adds wistfully: Twitter, in theory, could have been just the place for such courageous men and women, confident in their free and fearless reasoning, to put this democratic paradigm to the test. Boebert , No. 1:21-cv-00147-DDD (D. This cannot be the right outcome.

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