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“Perfect” Piracy Shield & Propaganda: Blocking Blunders Branded “Fake News”

TorrentFreak

The text here shows that this option is useless for those wrongfully blocked; it seems highly unlikely that an unknown third party would receive a copy of an order in advance of Piracy Shield accidentally blocking them. Once an order is published there is a five-day window of opportunity for a complainant to file a complaint.

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A National Right of Publicity: the Federal Anti-Impersonation Right (FAIR)

Patently-O

Although publicity rights initially emerged as a privacy interest, I find that students are quick to see its kinship to trademark law and unfair competition. While typical privacy rights focus on personal interests and one’s peace of mind, the right of publicity is more economic and commercial in nature. What do you think?

Privacy 98
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WIPIP 2022, Session 7 (internet law/antitrust)

43(B)log

Policy discourse should explicitly consider the social roles legal reform would construct for platforms to help public understand whether platforms are doing what they should, guide platform behaviors, and guide further reform. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. If something isn’t protected by IP, it’s free for copying.

Law 119
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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. This tension between copyright policy and contract law is not new , but developments within and outside the law might put it center stage again. by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 17- January 22)

SpicyIP

Differentiating the right to privacy and the right to anonymity, the court held that a tussle between RTBF and public interest needs to be settled mainly through legislative action and, in some cases, by Courts using a balancing exercise. On this the court observed that “ The brand name of the cooler is, in fact, really irrelevant.

Designs 105
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Intellectual Property Rights For Fintech

IIPRD

Since FinTech is a dynamic concept and originated from the intellectual labour of its creator, the chief question running in the minds of stakeholders is “How to protect their work from copying”? To solve this problem, various countries have inducted its shielding in their national Intellectual Property Rights [“IPR”] policies.

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15th Trademark Scholars’ Roundtable: Session 1: Congress and the Courts (including the role of the Supreme Court)

43(B)log

Doesn’t have a sense of the policy landscape. Gorsuch is interested in history of old Acts and TM Office doing public policy that’s a little broader than source/origin confusion. Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? Standing makes him nervous b/c of privacy.