Hugh Stephens Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Warning: this blog post has a long opening sentence, so take a deep breath.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Following a request by the Office of the United States Trade Representative for stakeholders to identify so-called ‘notorious markets’ involved in large-scale infringement, submissions are now publicly available. After reporting on submissions by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) ( 1 ) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ( 2 ) this week, today we present a roundup of three key submissions, all of which target the pirate IPTV / live sports streaming ecosystem.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 15, 2023

We all understood by now that under Wal-Mart, trade dress that is deemed to be “product packaging” — unlike “product configuration” — “may be inherently distinctive and therefore, registrable, without. The post Too square appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Last month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) announced that it had joined with 30 other signatories to publish a framework of intellectual property principles designed to reshape the narrative around intellectual property (IP) rights and maintain America’s global lead in innovation. Broadly speaking, the principles focus on five primary goals to be achieved by American lawmakers and policymakers: 1) national security, 2) technological leadership, 3) fostering

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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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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

When assessing whether a work of applied art affords exclusive rights granted through copyright, what factors should be considered? Should the originality requirement focus on factors related to the creative process and the author’s account of the actual choices that they made, or rather factors concerning the work itself and the final result of the creative process?

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Barry Sookman

OCTOBER 15, 2023

In response to criticisms about Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act , 2022, and especially criticisms related to AIDA, the Government disclosed amendments it proposes to make while the Bill is before the INDU Committee. This blog focuses on the proposed amendments and, in particular, the areas where the Minister’s proposed amendments have helped to move the Bill in the right direction or have failed to address or failed adequately to address criticisms of the Bill.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It’s no news that there is a dearth of empirical research in the Indian IP landscape. As explained by Swaraj here , it’s a particularly perplexing situation as when one is able to find some data on a specific issue, there is no certainty that the data is accurate or that the data has come out of rigorous methodology. Exploring the idea of reforming the current IP legal research methodology, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Niharika Salar, arguing in favor of “mixed” socio-legal

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