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TV Piracy Increased 30% This Year With Help From “Squid Game”

TorrentFreak

There is little doubt that, for many people, streaming services have become the standard for watching TV-shows. This is no surprise, since subscription-based streaming services are among the best and most convenient alternatives to piracy at this point. However, the appeal of the streaming model becomes diluted when there are too many ‘Netflixes.’ Most people gladly sign up for one or two streaming services, but more than a handful is a bridge too far for many.

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Brazil Has Begun Accepting Applications for Position Trademarks

IP Watchdog

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) began accepting applications for position trademarks on October 1, 2021. Position marks are trademarks characterized by the particular spot in which they are placed on a product. While position marks were previously acknowledged by the BPTO and by the courts, they had yet to qualify for separate trademark registration; most brand owners registered them as figurative or three-dimensional marks. .

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[Guest post] The subtle line between “historical” and “reputed” marks – a bird’s-eye view

The IPKat

Under EU trade mark law, trade marks with a reputation are entitled to enhanced protection. But what about 'historical' trade marks? Let's find out more with this analysis by Katfriend Federica Pezza (Hogan Lovells), who looks at how the latter are protected under Italian law in the aftermath of the Alitalia saga and what their relationship is to the former.

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IP rights are an important part of the push for more renewables

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion : IP protection is a significant driver of clean energy production, but it’s not the only key factor.

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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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Anti-lawyer / doc gripe sites: More information, not regulation

Likelihood of Confusion

Julie Hilden considers the legality of “Web ‘Blacklists’ at FindLaw: With the chance of misinterpreting information considerable, why not regulate – or even ban – sites like Litipages? And why. The post Anti-lawyer / doc gripe sites: More information, not regulation appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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