The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Should the EU unify copyright laws? The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. see Katpost here ) When finally addressing the question, "Should the EU unify copyright laws?"

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this paper, we will explore the concept of tokenization of intellectual property (IP) assets and the use of stable coins for IP owners. Intellectual property (IP) assets, such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights, can be valuable assets for businesses and individuals. Tokenization of IP assets has several benefits.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 14, 2023

When used in a marketing context, the brand has two primary goals: first, to represent the company in public to create maximum awareness and recognition for the organization and its business proposition. For a marketer, a brand is what represents the values of a company and aims to create awareness and trust.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This week in Washington IP events, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hosts an event exploring the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence, while the Hudson Institute takes a look at studies by the USPTO and the U.S. Copyright Office on state sovereign immunity from IP infringement suits.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 30, 2023

federal government on Monday to turn its focus to foreign countries' purported erosion of copyright protections, arguing that many nations have "failed to keep pace" with trends in copyright law reform. The International Intellectual Property Alliance urged the U.S.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 5, 2023

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On November 29th, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released its final report of its market study into music and music streaming. What did your Spotify Wrapped look like this year?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2023

Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. In completion of Osgoode Hall’s Intellectual Property & Technology Law Intensive Program ( IP Intensive ), this semester I participated in a ten week placement with the Copyright Policy Branch of Patrimoine canadien – Canadian Heritage ( PCH ). The idea is simple.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

The concerns voiced by witnesses and congress members today centered around harm and cost to consumers as a result of technological protection measures (TPMs) and increased use of IP tools such as design patents to thwart competition for after-market parts.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Through tactical litigation practices, copyright trolls rely on copyright law to allege infringement and threaten major statutory damages upon unsuspecting defendants. By: Foster Swift Collins & Smith

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

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. The overview is largely based on input from copyright industry groups, including the RIAA and MPA, that submitted their recommendations late last year.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the increasing sale, offer for sale, distribution, and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs), the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled such sale and distribution as illegal observing that such activities enable copyright infringement and unauthorized access to copyright content.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2022

The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently published a deep dive report, titled Study on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Infringement and Enforcement of Copyright and Designs. The report is a product of the Impact of Technology Expert Group, which was established in early 2019.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s December and time for what is now an annual ritual for this Africa Correspondent – The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“At a basic level – and common to all the technical devices mentioned – AAPA would like to see the production, marketing and distribution of any device which can be used to infringe IP made illegal” – Sheila Cassells. What’s AAPA’s position there?

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Influencer marketing offers brands a unique opportunity to target and connect with online communities, using a personalized approach. Whilst influencer marketing can yield great returns for brands, it is essential for influencers and brands to navigate this legal landscape carefully, especially in terms of contractual relationships.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

Big-name celebrities like Halsey and Florence Welch of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine have taken to TikTok to discuss their discontent with the new marketing approach of creating viral TikTok audios as promotion. In exchange for a product or service, IP rights may be given or traded away to the benefit of both parties.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

Here’s what Hans writes: Horological IP and the customization of watches by Hans Eriksson The world of high-end watchmaking is a good case study for the importance of intellectual property (IP) rights. Horology is however a market steeped in history with its own unwritten rules and customs.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. IP Challenges in the Metaverse. Taking a Step Ahead: Points of Consideration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). 11 and 13 EUCFR , 19 UDHR , 27.1 UDHR, and 15.1

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Find out how to protect your IP using our guidance pages. Copyright © Hornit, 2019. Copyright © Hornit, 2022. In the below video, Tom explains how registering his IP has given him the legal right to act against those selling fake versions of his products. Copyright Hornit © 2021. Putting an end to infringers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Photo by Udo Pohlmann via Pixabay Over the last decades, European lawyers got used to the – at times remarkable and even forceful – interventions of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in copyright law. He sues for copyright infringement and claims damages. Similarly, the CJEU has confirmed the fundamental protection of IP (Art.

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IPilogue

JULY 27, 2022

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 23 rd , 2022, the Parliament of Canada passed legislation to extend the term of copyright protection in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works from life of author plus 50 years to 70 years.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Enter copyright. It appears that the beat and lyrics (sung with an AI trained on Drake) were original to Ghostwriter977, but the songwriter inadvertently left in a small snippet of copyrighted music belonging to UMG in the form of a “producer tag.” What has Ghostwriter977/AI actually infringed and, moreover, is AI art copyrightable?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Part 1 of this post introduced the challenges for copyright associated with generative IP and the legislative developments in this field. The payment is integrated into a levy that is imposed on the cost of a physical medium or a device which allows the user to duplicate copyright protected works.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

While facilitating technology transfer, it is significant to look at how IP rights play a role. Indian Copyright Act, 1957 – sections 30 to 32 provide for licensing. Intellectual Property Rights Protection IP licensing is an essential element of technology transfer. Why must an owner of IP license it?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. You can read a first take on the copyright relevant provisions here. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Dear readers, Happy new year!

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IP Close Up

JUNE 15, 2021

IBM and IPwe, believe that NFTs, Non-Fungible Tokens – one-of-a-kind limited digital editions – can transform stagnant patent monetization into a trillion dollar market. Two IP icons Continue reading.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

Intellectual property transforms knowledge into an economic result by interacting with legal and economic forces in the market. While the firms have noticed that Intellectual property (IP) can provide a competitive edge, but understanding its nature and worth is challenging. This is where IP management steps into the picture.

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The IPKat

JULY 6, 2023

The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Alessandro Cerri (Warner Bros Discovery) regarding the most recent instalment in the Lidl v Tesco IP dispute. Tesco alleged that, on the other hand, the cost to it of eradicating the infringing signs would exceed £7m, and therefore an injunction would be oppressive to it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Emojis are an excellent device for trolling campaigns because they inevitably look alike and copyright law provides many powerful tools to copyright owners. Cub Club’s emoji are therefore “entitled to only thin copyright protection against virtually identical copying.” in varying skin tones. Apple, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As I wrote previously : lawsuits against IAPs are problematic for many reasons, including the failure of 512(a), the danger of assuming that notices of claimed infringements (NOCIs) actually reflect infringing behavior, and the mismatch between the wrongdoing of alleged copyright infringement and the remedy of terminating Internet access.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. Peter Jones acknowledged the couple's meticulous approach to intellectual property, lauding their investment in patents and other protective measures, commenting "You have done all of the right things, getting all your patents and doing all your IP".

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2022

Most keep the technical details private, but it’s commonly known that some are using residential IP addresses as proxies, to make it look like VPN users are regular ISP subscribers. GeoComply Blocks Residential IPs. GeoComply uses the term “hijacked” IP addresses, which deserves some nuance. Overblocking?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Influencer marketing offers brands a unique opportunity to target and connect with online communities, using a personalized approach. Whilst influencer marketing can yield great returns for brands, it is essential for influencers and brands to navigate this legal landscape carefully, especially in terms of contractual relationships.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 8, 2023

Copyright infringement & fair use. Rationale Behind IP Protection. Copyright is the inherent right of a creator, artist, composer or another creator to prevent the use of their work. This means that a copyrighted work can not be copied or appropriated by others without the creator’s consent. These factors are.

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