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The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Part 1 – Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at the Intermediaries

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the definitions) and Part II (dealing with intermediaries and social media intermediaries) of the IT Rules, 2021 and primarily impacts only the intermediaries in terms of their obligations under Rule 3. The Draft Amendment brings about certain changes to only Part I (viz. Broadly, the proposed amendments are: 1. Amit Kotak & Ors.

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[Guest post] Conference report: ‘The Fashion Marketplace: Law and Policy’

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Privacy concerns might, it was said, be a barrier to market for such traders and suppliers. Finally, the panel discussed where liability has fallen under the draft DSA with the concern being that liability is going to be linked to due diligence. The panel concluded that discussions regarding the DSA are at a pivotal point.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The safe harbour exemption clause was added to Section 79 of the Information Technology Act of 2000, which protected an intermediary from liability for third-party content on its platform if it completed “due diligence” as specified by the Central Government.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

LexBlog IP

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

4] SOLUTION IP audit and due diligence can help identify the IP rights and obligations of the parties involved, as well as the potential IP threats and opportunities. This Act bears resemblance to the GDPR [9] , acknowledged as the most stringent security and privacy law globally.

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Transatlantic Dialogue Workshop, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Amsterdam Law School Part 3: Algorithms, Liability and Transparency

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Chair: Martin Senftleben Impulse Statement: Sebastian Felix Schwemer Recommendation systems; transparency is the approach to recommender systems, which intersects with privacy/data protection. Media pluralism in DSA can be broadened to say there’s value in pluralism generally: DSA doesn’t tell you how to do things.

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