TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

GitHub Transparency Report 2022 In 2022, GitHub received and processed 2,321 valid DMCA notices, an increase of almost 27% over the 1,828 notices reported for 2021. “[W]e received and processed 36 valid counter notices, one reversal, and seven retractions, for a total of 44 notices that resulted in content being restored in 2022.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2024

Russian media outlets are reporting that the volume of pirated content on the internet doubled between 2022 and 2023. million links is a notable uplift over the 485,000 reported in 2022, removal or blocking of links to allegedly-infringing content is just that. That’s not exactly true, or indeed true at all.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The country’s music publishing industry has grown significantly, reaching INR 845 crore during FY 2022-23. The E&Y report is rather an interesting read and most definitely a needed initiative in light of the growing music industry in India, especially in light of the booming streaming business in the country. 2021-2022 17.27

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In another case, the PTAB found that claims that expressly recited “machine learning” and its outputs were merely a concept performable by a “generic computer”, sealing the fate of the claims. A growing number of companies will vie to innovate and lead in this space. See Ex parte Hussain , Appeal No. 2020-005406 (PTAB Feb.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Overall, the latest study shows that piracy traffic started to grow again at the start of 2021, after years of decline. Current piracy levels are still nowhere near what they were five years ago. The EUIPO report also examined live sports piracy for the first time.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2022

The theme of WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Day (April 26 th , 2022) this year is “ IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future.” These of course were results of the mysterious algorithm that selects the “for you” choices TikTok that serves up to its audience.). It has a powerful demographic, and a lot of room to grow.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

. “The good reputation of the UK’s treatment of copyright exceptions was threatened in 2022, when the Government proposed, as part of its national AI strategy, to introduce the new exception to copyright to include the training of AI models for ‘any purpose’,” the MPA writes.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions are not limited to geographic and temporal limits, in fact, they stretch beyond the border of our nation, attracting foreign companies to invest in our diverse and ever-growing market (Walmart acquired Flipkart). Vodafone now owns 45.1% The Tata Group acquired Air India for an estimated amount of $2.4B

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Velocity of Content

JULY 20, 2022

In May 2022, CCC acquired Ringgold , a well-known provider of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in the domain of scholarly communications. I even worked my school and university summers at scholarly publishers in the warehouse, stuffing renewal envelopes and such, so journals were part of my upbringing. LC: It is a growing landscape.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Alleged Infringement of ‘Copyrighted Images’ In March 2022, Richard Byrne of freetech4teachers.com uncovered a scam in which website operators were informed by supposed law firm Arthur Davidson Legal that they’d infringed copyright in an image and a lawsuit could follow. What is a Mental Health Crisis?

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 9, 2022

On August 10, 2022, Colorado’s new statute further restricting non-competition and non-solicitation provisions becomes effective. House Bill 22-1317 (“the Act”) was passed in May and signed by Governor Jared Polis on June 8, 2022, making it effective on August 10, 2022. Colorado’s House Bill 22-1317 and its implications.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Specifically, the Austrian law were found to violate the country-of-origin principle in Article 3 of the Directive. billion in 2022, growing 26.7% The report stressed once again the need for transparency when generative AI is involved in the creation process, especially as regards the training process.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

APRIL 5, 2022

Growing up, he was enthralled by stories of recoveries of shipwrecks and by the stories of Robert Ballard about the discovery of the wrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck. Despite only being founded in 2017, the company is growing fast, both organically and through a string of acquisitions. Both were fulfilling and enjoyable.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 9, 2022

On August 10, 2022, Colorado’s new statute further restricting non-competition and non-solicitation provisions becomes effective. House Bill 22-1317 (“the Act”) was passed in May and signed by Governor Jared Polis on June 8, 2022, making it effective on August 10, 2022. Colorado’s House Bill 22-1317 and its implications.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This July at a Washington district court, Destiny 2 developer Bungie filed the latest in a growing list of lawsuits aimed at curtailing cheating in its online games. On July 25, 2022, ten days after the lawsuit was filed, @inkcel’s attorney advised the court that his client is in fact a minor child.

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43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2022

2022 WL 898598, No. 28, 2022) Take it away, Judge Altman: If you want to build with plywood in the United States, you generally need a certification— called a PS 1-09 stamp. Defendants denied making any statements at all , since in their view it was the Brazilian companies that made and stamped the wood, and who were really speaking.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

In another case, the PTAB found that claims that expressly recited “machine learning” and its outputs were merely a concept performable by a “generic computer”, sealing the fate of the claims. A growing number of companies will vie to innovate and lead in this space. See Ex parte Hussain , Appeal No.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

But the Ninth Circuit held that expert testimony “would be particularly useful” in determining the extent to which the plaintiffs’ claimed similarities were in fact “pirate-movie tropes” and remanded the case. Breitbart News Network. However, trials are expensive and jury verdicts are difficult to predict.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Since 2017, Abbott has supplied these through the NHS and has secured a significant majority of the UK CGM market, as well as a significant number of users in Germany which is growing year on year. Abbott sought a listing of an 8-9 day trial floating no later than 28 February 2022, but argued for a trial in January 2022.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

29 more broadly, considering that Trend Hunter’s dealing was commercial in nature, reproduced Stross’ work in its entirety, and that alternatives were available. As IPTV is growing increasingly popular across the globe, its regulation poses a challenge in Canada. Public Consultations Ahead of 2022’s Copyright Reform.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here, again, there is no specific mention of TDM or the need to (re) consider IP rights in light of AI and data-intensive technologies. The Commission was open to contributions and held public hearings (see the Brazilian Copyright Institution presentation and Annex ), some of which were specifically on the topic of TDM.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

That decision was made final in December 2022, which led to the lawsuit in February filed by Pohl. First, she claims that at least one of the members of the investigation committee was biased against her as they were picked by the complainant and expressed interest in being involved. A Growing Trend.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

If regulated services can determine who is under-18 (spoiler: they cannot), the bill would likely result in Minnesota minors being excluded entirely from UGC websites–depriving them of the opportunity to build communities and access content they need to grow, learn, and flourish. Boy, were they pissed. The Bill Text.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

Earlier this year, Bungie and its enthusiastic Destiny fan community were plunged into chaos. While Bungie supports fan-created content and allows videos to be uploaded to YouTube, a growing number of fans came to the conclusion that Bungie was somehow to blame.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2022

Sky Targets CucoTV Again. Yesterday, GitHub published its latest transparency report , covering the first half of 2022. Over the past six months, 15,883 projects were taken down, compared to 7,675 a year earlier. A small number of reported projects, 82, were reinstated following counter-notices, reversals, or retractions.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2023

Seized domain Daftsex.com received more than 41 million visits in November 2022. Contempt of Court In December 2022, MG Premium filed a request to reopen the case so that alleged Daftsex owner Vasily Kharchenko held in contempt of court ( 1 ). As things stand today, none of those things have happened and Daftsex just keeps on growing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

First, this wasn’t a typical pro se suit; actual licensed lawyers were involved. Biden , 2022 U.S. March 18, 2022). YouTube (Again) Defeats Lawsuit Over Content Removal–Lewis v. An Account Suspension Case Fails Again–Perez v. This case had two minor twists. Second, the lawyers could echo Prof. Zuckerberg.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 22, 2022

As is often true in fashion, what once was old is now new again. 2022), the Second Circuit held that JLM Couture’s non-compete was enforceable through New York’s oft-overlooked “uniqueness” exception. While the contract was originally to run through 2016, the parties extended the agreement through August 1, 2022. Cohen , 173 F.3d

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2022

A recent Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Decision (IPEC) on 20 April 2022 has decided that ‘Muzmatch’, an online matchmaking service to the Muslim Community has infringed Match.com’s registered trade marks. Muzmatch is a comparatively niche but growing dating platform, which aims to provide a halal (i.e.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 16, 2022

In 2022, a reported 226 websites and 461 piracy apps fell to Operation 404-4 due to the combined efforts of local authorities and their international partners. Also listed were the most popular regional pirate streaming websites at the time – futbollibre.net, rojadirectatv.tv, televisionlibre.net, extremotvplay.com and rojadirecta.me.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Some GIs indicate a very tight relationship with place; these are known in older protection systems as Appellation of Origins (also used for wine growing areas) or Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs), or in French, Appellation d ’ Origine Prot é g é e (AOP) or Appellation d ’ Origine Control é e (AOC).

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

After over 2 years in lockdown, we are proud to share that the IP Osgoode Speaks Series returned on 31 August 2022, welcoming Dan Bereskin to speak on “Balancing Freedom of Expression with Copyright and Trademark Rights: Art or Science?”. We are currently recruiting Clinic Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic term.

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43(B)log

APRIL 15, 2024

GMI removes embryonic fertilized chicken eggs, minces the tissue and places the cells in culture, grows cells in culture, and then 3D prints the cells into shapes resembling cuts of chicken. A notice of allowance issued in 2022. Proximity of the goods: They were similar at a high level of abstraction. Favored confusion.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2022

A recent Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Decision (IPEC) on 20 April 2022 has decided that ‘Muzmatch’, an online matchmaking service to the Muslim Community has infringed Match.com’s registered trade marks. ’ Muzmatch is a comparatively niche but growing dating platform, which aims to provide a halal (i.e.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As we navigate these challenging times and hope to see many of you in person again in the coming months, our commitment to your learning and growth remains stronger than ever. It is our great pleasure to provide you all with a sneak preview of what we have planned for the 2021-2022 academic year and encourage you to participate.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 31, 2022

It was clear from an early stage in our relationship that we both want to explore options for having a family and once we were married we started to seriously consider our options. First step was to check that we were both fertile and involved going to a clinic and explaining how long my wife and I had been trying to conceive… awkward.

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