Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 14, 2025

Tug of War Image: Shutterstock (modified) Welcome to Canada, where the difficult can become the intractable when you add the inevitable additional ingredient of federal-provincial politics to any policy issue. Throw in the survival of the French language and Quebec culture in Canada and you have another classic Canadian drama.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 14, 2025

Originally posted 2017-07-24 15:38:29. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI was recently, and very briefly, the toast of whatever for my efforts in making the world safe for nasty trademark registrations under the banner of the First Amendment. But today I got a result, along with my colleague Bruce Godfrey of Jezic & Moyse LLC, in a First […] The post That great, free First Amendment thing appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2025

This is one of those oh-so-stupid hard-eyerolling lawsuits that I blog for coverage purposes, but I blog it joylessly and with annoyance at the wasted time. I previously summarized this case: Jaime Rogozinski, a/k/a “ jartek ,” created the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, which became notorious for (among other lowlights) its role as a venue for hyping meme stocks like Gamestop.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2025

After a Virginia jury ordered internet provider Cox to pay $1 billion in damages for failing to take appropriate actions against pirating subscribers, shockwaves rippled through the ISP industry. The verdict, in favor of major record labels including Sony and Universal, was a catalyst for many other ‘repeat infringer’ lawsuits. This resulted in yet more multi-million dollar claims and awards, with more still in the pipeline today.

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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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IAM Magazine

JUNE 14, 2025

Saturday Opinion: With the aid of Gemini, Tangibly’s Chris Buntel and Tim Londergan unpack the profound impact of the artificial intelligence revolution on patenting and trade secret strategies

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Patently-O

JUNE 14, 2025

by Dennis Crouch Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. , 2023-2267 (Fed. Cir. June 9, 2025) In this infringement case, Judge Bataillon (D.Del) sided with the accused infringer on summary judgment -- finding that Fraunhofer's infringement claim was barred by equitable estoppel. The Federal Circuit reversed on appeal - finding genuine disputes of material fact on the key estoppel issue of detrimental reliance.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 14, 2025

After three years of negotiations, the WHO was finally able to come up with a final version of the Pandemic Agreement last month. SpicyIP Intern Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada takes a look at the key provisions of the Agreement and highlights how the instrument might not be able to overcome the challenges it originally aimed to resolve. Riddhi is a final-year law student at School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), with a focused interest in Intellectual Property Law and Media and Entertainment La

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