JD Supra Law

AUGUST 17, 2021

If your marketing team has yet to come to you with questions about the legal issues involved with sponsoring college athletes, they probably will shortly.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The government plans to release its final policy direction on Bill C-11 today just days ahead of the start of a weeks-long series of hearings at the CRTC on the Online Streaming Act (I am scheduled to appear in early December). St-Onge continues that approach with her comments about the Bill C-11 policy direction.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 20, 2023

For an example, see Training AI Models – Just Because It’s “Your” Data Doesn’t Mean You Can Use It and You Don’t Need a Machine to Predict What the FTC Might Do About Unsupported AI Claims. The FTC has also issued a report to Congress (Report) warning about various AI issues.

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IAM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Reservations linger over whether rights holders will agree to license under the new rules

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 13, 2022

Gowling WLG’s Jian Xu breaks down China’s plans to build a “powerful IP nation” and what this strong top-down signal means for policy and practice.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

While I don’t think any individual journalist biases coverage based on media funding, I do think the government’s media policies – both the significant public funding and Bill C-18 – have led to biased editorial coverage and a growing public perception of media bias. The situation is even worse with Bill C-18.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2024

Do they take part in policy discussions with organizations, associations, and the government agencies that are involved in the world of trademarks? Do they provide free information and resources on their website to help educate others about their trademark needs and the world of trademarks? Do they have a laser focus on trademarks?

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

I moan constantly about Congress’s refusal to do its job and make policy decisions about trademark and copyright via legislation that reflect the technological and economic realities of our time, The post Garbage in, garbage out appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office unveiled proposed Patent Trial and Appeal Board rules Thursday that would codify current policies on when multiple challenges to one patent are permitted and set a new briefing process about discretionary denials, which attorneys say should add clarity.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 9, 2024

There is unquestionably a need to address AI policy, but this approach appears to paper over hard questions about AI governance and regulation. Meanwhile, the $300 million for AI startups and adoption has the feel of the government’s failed $4 billion Digital Adoption Program with vague policy objectives and similar doubts about need.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. This policy does not mean that technological tools cannot be part of the creative process – what matters is the extent to which the human had creative control over the work’s expression and “actually formed” the traditional elements of authorship.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 12, 2024

Copyright Office told Congress in a report Tuesday about the intellectual property implications of nonfungible tokens, identifying opportunities and concerns about the technology, while advising against changing IP law or policy as a result. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2023

If last year was about listening…this is really the year where we’re trying to bring that to impact,” said Vidal. We now have more knowledge to shape real policy,” Vidal said.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 14, 2023

Your employees and copyright awareness – sharing your policy may not be enough. shows that companies are discussing their copyright policies more frequently, leading to 74% of employees reporting awareness of those policies. However, employee behaviors are often misaligned with policy expectations.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

These documents – customer agreements and their related privacy policies — reveal that when people sign up as customers to at least two UK ISPs, they do so on the understanding that piracy might lead to their information being shared with third-parties. ” Virgin also has a dedicated anti-piracy relating to its own TV services.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

The social media company allegedly failed to respond adequately to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy. Among other things, this includes claims that X’s repeat infringer policy was inadequate and that it willingly turned a blind eye to pirating users, especially those who have a blue checkmark.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 9, 2023

The government released its long-promised draft policy direction on Bill C-11 to the CRTC yesterday. The policy direction is open for public comment until July 25, 2023, after which the government will release a final version that gives the CRTC guidance on its expectations for how the bill will be interpreted.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Canadian digital law and policy in 2023 was marked by so many legislative battles that you needed a scorecard to keep track: Bill C-11 on online streaming, Bill C-18 on online news, and Bill C-27 on privacy and AI were the headliners, but there were notable developments on content regulation, competition, and a digital services tax.

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IPilogue

APRIL 7, 2022

I barely knew anything about Canadian Heritage before my placement, but I ended up learning a lot about the organization quickly. I had plenty of opportunities to work closely with my colleagues at the department and received lots of support as I went through various research and writing tasks related to different policies.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 28, 2024

is accusing a former engineer of leaking sensitive information about its business practices, internal policies and products to employees at other technology companies as well as at least three journalists for national publications — including one saved in his phone as "Homeboy" — in a suit in California state court.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 27, 2023

According to recent data, nearly 60% of employees are either using or about to use AI in the workplace. However, just over 20% of employers actually have policies around its use. Company leaders and boards are asking the imperative question of whether to implement AI policies within their organization.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Canadian digital law and policy in 2022 was marked by legislative battles over Bills C-11 and C-18, the Rogers outage, stalled privacy and AI reform, copyright term extension, and a growing trade battle with the U.S. over Canadian policies. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Still and all, there is an interesting trademark policy issue in here somewhere. It’s one thing to say that services aren’t free and that even when, as in the case of the MTA, they succesfully address significant externalities, their costs should not be unduly disconnected from users. But it’s.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 23, 2024

Research Problem Examining the role of colonial policies in bringing such a socio-political situation in Tribal lives that they resorted to revolt against the Britishers. Eminent Domain was a policy adopted by Britishers against the tribal land which is similar to nowadays ‘eminent domain’ policy followed by the State.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 30, 2022

With exceptions that could easily capture TikTok or YouTube videos, the bill is about far more than just large companies. The policies about contributions and discoverability will fall to the CRTC. Concerned about the implications of regulation of video games? ” How about Canadian digital first creators?

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

If policy terms are “ambiguous or capable of more than one reasonable meaning, the policy will be strictly construed in favor of the insured and against the insurer.” The problem was that the policy and the exclusion were “clearly worded, specific, and directly contradictory to each other.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What kinds of conversations are you having inside CCC and with external stakeholders about generative AI? Resource.org case with a great deal of interest; I am talking with a bunch of folks about the impact that is having on Standards Development Organizations’ (SDOs) licensing, development, and sustainability practices. CCC: Hi, Roy.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), Frank Cullen, and features a Board of Directors comprised of bipartisan frontrunners in the IP realm. A new intellectual property (IP) organization launched today will be headed by former vice president of U.S. The Board includes former U.S.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

This includes Redditors who have semi-anonymously shared their thoughts on piracy warnings and repeat infringer policies from Internet providers. However, Reddit decided to share information about “ben125125”, while protecting the other users. In the RCN case, this is no different. Some Reddit users specifically mention RCN.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 24, 2023

Yet the CBC’s approach to Bill C-18 and other government digital policies seems determined to do the opposite and, in doing so, threatens its future support. If it is no different than private sources, the doubt about whether should public continue to fund it will only increase. I think that’s a mistake.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 31, 2023

His privacy legislation has languished for months and he has been entirely missing on digital policy, where fishing expeditions such as the one involving Bill C-18 are likely to make companies reticent about entering the Canadian market.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), expressing concern about policymaking on drug patents and drug prices being driven by a narrative rooted more in policy goals than in actual data. I-MAK has become very popular; its drug patent numbers are invoked as fact by congresspersons, academics, congressional witnesses, and policy activists.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 25, 2023

The big story today, as One World Trade Center nears completion, is about “rights” The post Best of 2013: WORLD TRADE CENTER naming rights and municipal IP policy – What rights? “Best of” posts will continue until next week. This was originally posted on September 9, 2013.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2022

A recent policy memo from the Hudson Institute has thoughtfully raised concerns about the data underlying this debate, and the memo made its way up to the U.S. Unpacking this debate is therefore necessary to guide the correct policy on the intersection of patents and drug prices.

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Apropos my recent response to the EFF’s standard policy of shrugging at online piracy, I want to highlight one paragraph from the post to which I replied. Katherine Trendacosta wrote: From the fever-pitch moral panic of the early 2000s, discussions about “piracy” disappeared from pop culture for about a decade.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Here are the latest opportunities and events to find out about. 4-5 April 2024: 31st Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference The Emily C. 4-5 April 2024: 31st Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference The Emily C. Click here for details and to register. Click here for details and to register.

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