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E-Contract India’s present legal framework and next steps

IP and Legal Filings

Electronic contracts, or “E-contracts,” in the present economy became ubiquitous due to the rapid development of the internet. Meaning Of An E-Contract. E-contracts are agreements made electronically instead of physical meetings between the parties involved in the transaction. Image Source: Shutterstock].

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[Guest Post] Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers

The IPKat

The disproportionate remuneration stemmed from contracts entered into with dominant players, especially in the music industry, and this has over time been a major source of worry for the South African government. The MITT and CRC found the Copyright Act to be inadequate in addressing the issues.

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Facebook Faces Contributory Trademark Liability for Marketplace Listings–Car-Freshner v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I see potential legitimate trademark defenses for the design. Contract Formation and Amendment The news wasn’t just bad for Facebook on the trademark front. I don’t understand the shirt’s message, but it clearly has a message unrelated to Car-Freshner’s trademark rights.

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Well-known Cases Proving the Importance of Intellectual Property Rights – part 3

CopyrightsWorld

turned out to be almost identical, and Gassée believed this to be a breach of contract. When Apple sued Samsung in 2010, Google had to step in and help Samsung partly due to a ‘Mobile Application Distribution Agreement’ that gave “partial or full indemnity with regard to four patents.”. However, Windows 2.0

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The Quest for a Meaningful Threshold of Invention: Atlantic Works v. Brady (1883)

Patently-O

Brady for an improved dredge boat design. It found that Brady’s claimed arrangement would have been obvious to any skilled engineer tasked with designing a dredge boat, given the existing knowledge in the field. 593, 654–55 (2010). The case addressed the validity of a patent granted to Edwin L. Kappos , 561 U.S.

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EDPB provides guidance on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR (Part I)

LexBlog IP

The Guidelines replace the previous Opinion of the Article 29 Working Party on the concepts of controller and processor (Opinion 1/2010). Article 28 GDPR requires a written contract to be put in place governing the processing between a controller and processor. General Concepts. Control can stem from law (e.g.

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If “Trespass to Chattels” Isn’t Limited to “Chattels,” Anarchy Ensues–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Nevertheless, because adware often provided poor consumer experiences, adware largely fizzled out by 2010. Implied-in-Law Contract/Unjust Enrichment. A boundary-less commercial trespass doctrine creates plenty of problematic edge cases: By design, ad blockers block portions of how websites display. 1-800 Contacts v. Intel Corp.,