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Pirate Site Blocking Expansion to Mobile Networks Raises New Questions

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The reason that happened so easily in the UK is that the injunctions obtained by the BPI, Hollywood, publishers and sports companies only cover fixed-line broadband, not mobile networks. Pirate site blocking in the UK is now commonplace, with the movie, TV show, music, live sports and publishing industries all directly involved.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

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by Dennis Crouch. The Supreme Court has not yet granted writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term. And, absent an unusual shadow-docket patent case, it is now too late for any case to be granted and heard this term. Rather, any new grant this term will very likely be pushed back to the October 2022 Term for hearing and decision. 35 U.S.C. §

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TM Scholars' Roundtable: Session 2: Relevance of Ornamentality Elsewhere in Trademark Law

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Does the ornamentality doctrine have doctrinal purchase elsewhere in trademark law? For example, embedded within analysis of likely confusion factors? In the fair use calculus? As the basis for the development of “defendant-side functionality”? In other defences? Introduction: Ilanah Simon: EU perspectives from the infringement side of things.