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Avoiding a Bad Trip: How Cannabis Companies Can Mitigate the Risk of an Infringement Lawsuit

LexBlog IP

The Toking Dead (cannabis company parodying the famous “Walking Dead” television marks). Put simply, cannabis companies should consider conducting due diligence before investing in brands that play off a parody. (cannabis mark parodying famous marks, such as “Skittles”) Robert Kirkman, LLC v.

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[Guest post] At last Spain transposes the DSM Directive

The IPKat

The same also transposes other Directives the implementation of which was pending, including Directive (EU) 2019/789 on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes. The implementation measures of the DSMD entered into force yesterday, the 4th of November.

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The Intriguing Debate Over Copyrighted Content in AI Training: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

LexBlog IP

You see, when I was growing up, computers took up entire rooms and content was published on paper – books, newspapers, magazines, and yes, sometimes even broadcast on television or radio. Are you safeguarding your innovations with due diligence? It was always perfectly clear to me what someone else authored and owned.

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ACE Seize Pirate IPTV Domains, Press Cloudflare to Hand Over Identitities

TorrentFreak

“Israeli TV is the innovative TV service from the Israeli TV Company, a pioneer in digital television. Israelitvcompany.com , for example, appears to have sold IPTV subscriptions relevant to Israeli customers. ” the site used to read. Details of the DMCA subpoenas can be found here ( 1 , 2 , 3 pdf).

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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

Kashishipr

Patent trolls often conduct through IP Due Diligence to acquire high-quality patents capable of exponential monetization. Consider, for example, the telephone or television manufacturing industry. Point of View 1: Patent Trolls do not Hurt Innovation. According to this viewpoint, patent trolls give way for further innovation.

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Second Circuit signals some minimal flexibility on Polaroid analysis in another strip club false endorsement case

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Several had appeared in magazines, advertising campaigns, television episodes, and films. It is also a widely known fact that on the outset of creating a highly coveted endorsement deal, clients and/or their advertising agencies will conduct due diligence of models in advance of contacting a model to discuss an endorsement opportunity.”

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , 39 F.4th Petrella , 572 U.S. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir.

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