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Russia Claims Ukraine & Allies Use Pirate Sites to Spread Propaganda

TorrentFreak

Following the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, new video content produced by major Western companies mostly disappeared from Russian cinemas and online platforms. Local reports suggest that at least 200 films owned by Disney, Sony, and other Hollywood studios, will disappear from licensed streaming platforms, including market leader Kinopoisk.

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The state of the Africa creative economy: Thoughts on the Creative Vibrancy Index for Africa

The IPKat

For participation and attractiveness, data sources such as sites and landmarks; museums and galleries data; cinemas data, theaters, concerts, etc. NB: Cinematograph films registration system exist in most of the countries where these cites are located but the report does not indicate whether such registries and/or registers were consulted].

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Straight outta …?

The IPKat

Background On 8 September 2015, BIW Invest AG (‘BIW’) applied for registration of EU trade mark no. In 2020, New Yorker Marketing & Media International GmbH (‘New Yorker’) filed invalidity applications against BIW’s trade marks, alleging that they lacked distinctiveness and were descriptive at the filing date ( Art.

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Protection of Domain Name In the Indian Context

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Since domain names have a worldwide outreach, its registration is done by an international organization called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Even before applying for registration, the registrant will have to check whether his domain name is similar to any other registered domain name in the WHOIS.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

Tech Square which was passed against a cancellation petition filed by Toyota against the registration of “Alphard” by Tech Square. On March 13, the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte interim injunction in Markets and Markets Research Pvt. Meticulous Market Research Pvt. First, in Toyota v.

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