Fri.Nov 26, 2021

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Dubious Outfit Uses Copyright Claims for Black Hat SEO Scheme

TorrentFreak

At TorrentFreak, we write about copyright issues on a daily basis. However, this week we find ourselves on the receiving end of an infringement claim. A few days ago we received an email from Robert Bradley at Photocredit.org. The outfit accused us of using a photo in one of our articles without permission from the copyright holder. Attribution Required.

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OSFI Launches Consultation On Draft Technology And Cyber Risk Management Guideline

IPilogue

M. Imtiaz Karamat is an IP Osgoode Alumnus and Associate Lawyer at Deeth Williams Wall LLP. This article was originally posted on E-TIPS For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on November 24, 2021. On November 9, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) launched a public consultation on Draft Guideline B?13: Technology and Cyber Risk Management (the Guideline).

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The UK Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill

The IPKat

The Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill has now been published , proposing new laws for equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency. Background Readers may have followed the IPKat reports on the UK DCMS Select Committee Streaming Inquiry [ here ], which took place in October 2020.

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Revisiting the Black List

Likelihood of Confusion

David Bernstein writes: [Northwestern Law Prof Martin] Redish concludes, and this Reviewer agrees, it was entirely appropriate — under the First Amendment, and also morally — for businesses and individuals. The post Revisiting the Black List appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Indian publishers call for overhaul of copyright fair use

Managing IP

Academics and publishers demand lawmakers take a balanced approach when amending the fair use provision of India’s Copyright Act

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

Christmas markets are already here, the lights are bright and shining, but before November is over, this Kat brings you another bundle of joy in the form of IP events and opportunities. Events Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) CIIPM will hold an event on 15 December 2021 (from 2:00pm to 5:30pm GMT) on the topic of 'Disruption and the Innovation Lifecycle'.

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Patent Filings Roundup: Light Week Leading up to the Holidays Sees Record District Court Terminations

IP Watchdog

Happy Holidays! Thanksgiving has come and gone. A light week last week headed into the holidays saw 20 Patent Trial and Appeal Board filings (two more against MemoryWeb, and a lot of one-offs, including one by gaming company Zynga against IGT). District courts saw 58 patent filings, with a whopping 115 terminations again this week—at least a few attributable to transfers, but many, many more attributable to file-and-settle settlements headed into the end of a very lucrative year in monetization,

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Mainstream focus on supply chains will impact US patent fights

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: Inflation and goods shortages are making the supply chain an everyday conversation topic this holiday season, and that is already influencing arguments over IP enforcement.

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Pumpkin or Squash?

LexBlog IP

As Fall comes to an end and we’ve consumed enough pumpkin pie to last us until next year, we remind you of the pumpkin vs. squash advertising debate that is more mind-boggling than what Grandma brought to your Thanksgiving feast. To wit, canned pumpkin is not always canned pumpkin. Canned pumpkin is sometimes packed from field pumpkin, sometimes packed from certain varieties of squash, and sometimes packed from a mixture of the two.

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Pumpkin or Squash?

Above the Fold

As Fall comes to an end and we’ve consumed enough pumpkin pie to last us until next year, we remind you of the pumpkin vs. squash advertising debate that is more mind-boggling than what Grandma brought to your Thanksgiving feast. To wit, canned pumpkin is not always canned pumpkin. Canned pumpkin is sometimes packed from field pumpkin, sometimes packed from certain varieties of squash, and sometimes packed from a mixture of the two.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Inside the patent portfolio Ericsson gets as part of its $6 billion Vonage acquisition

IAM Magazine

While not great in number, the incoming IP is of good quality and will boost the Swedish company’s presence in key areas such as security, machine learning and wired networks.

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IFPI & MPA Oppose ‘New Safe Harbors’ in Digital Services Act

TorrentFreak

In an effort to keep up with a rapidly changing online environment, the European Commission has adopted various legislative changes to tackle piracy. Notable examples include the Copyright Directive passed in 2019 and the Digital Services Act , which was unveiled in 2020. In common with all complex pieces of legislation, the final text will probably fall short in meeting everyone’s demands but at the moment, interested parties are doing whatever they can to ensure that their interests are

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Inside the patent portfolio Ericsson gets as part of its $6 billion Vonage acquisition

IAM Magazine

While not great in number, the incoming IP is of good quality and will boost the Swedish company’s presence in key areas such as security, machine learning and wired networks.

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European parliament adopts intellectual property action plan

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 11 November, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on an intellectual property action plan aimed at supporting the EU’s recovery and resilience. The recitals note the importance of balanced protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) to the European economy as well as to the EU’s recovery and resilience, in particular to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mainstream focus on supply chains will impact US patent fights

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: Inflation and goods shortages are making the supply chain an everyday conversation topic this holiday season, and that is already influencing arguments over IP enforcement.

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City Government Can’t Remove Off-Topic Comments to Its Social Media Account–Kimsey v. Sammamish

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Sammamish is a city in the greater Seattle metro area. It operates a Facebook page entitled “ City of Sammamish – Government.” City employees post about events, public safety, and more. The city also livestreamed its city council meetings on its Facebook page and encouraged comments. The city has a policy on acceptable comments that restricts any comment that: (1) That is not related to the particular article being commented on; (2) Promotes or advertises commercial service, entities or products

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Big Chinese prosecution firms continue to ride the wave of rising patent filings

IAM Magazine

Prosecution data shows the patent agencies in China that obtain the most patents for clients in key technical fields.

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Big Chinese prosecution firms continue to ride the wave of rising patent filings

IAM Magazine

Prosecution data shows the patent agencies in China that obtain the most patents for clients in key technical fields.

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Big Chinese prosecution firms continue to ride the wave of rising patent filings

IAM Magazine

Prosecution data shows the patent agencies in China that obtain the most patents for clients in key technical fields

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