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U.S. Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

TorrentFreak

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes. For example, we have seen hosting companies, advertisers, and social media platforms being added.

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Publishers Target LibGen Domains, IPFS Gateways, Plus $30m in Piracy Damages

TorrentFreak

The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages.

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Guide for influencer advertisement

Olartemoure Blog

On August 21, 2023, the Advertising Guide for Influencers of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF). Among the suggestions in the guide are: E Advertising must be clear, truthful and without misleading information.

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US Govt Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

TorrentFreak

In its yearly “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets”, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists a few dozen websites said to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. However, in recent years we have also seen hosting companies, advertisers, and e-commerce platforms being added. Hosting, Advertising, and Shopping.

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Nigerian Advertising Regulator Tackling Meta

IP and Legal Filings

Forbidding the employment of foreign models and voice actors in advertisements starting of October 1, 2022, was one of ARCON’s first actions. According to the sources, the Council claims that “the ads on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the Nigerian markets are not verified and allowed by the federal government”.

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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. All this would serve to ‘foster the availability of reliable information’.

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False advertising and TM infringement receive very different damages treatment: case in point

43(B)log

17, 2023) Another entry in the “courts treat Lanham Act false advertising very differently than Lanham Act trademark infringement, despite identical damages provisions” line. CareDx sued Natera for false advertising. Natera, Inc., 19-662-CFC, 2023 WL 4561059 (D. Natera made superiority claims for its Prospera.