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Fair Dealing, Fair Use…and Fair Play

Hugh Stephens Blog

Credit: author Yes folks, it is Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week again (Feb 20-24, 2023). As I wrote last year at this time, the activity is promoted by the Association of Research Libraries in the US, with separate components labelled Fair Dealing Week in Canada and the UK.

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Oscar Nominees See Interest Spike on Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

The Oscars are the most anticipated movie awards show of the year, closely followed by hundreds of millions of movie fans around the world. Next month, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where millions of movie fans will see the crowning of this year’s “Best Picture”. There are currently ten contenders in the race for the prestigious award.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Image by Pixabay This week’s miscellany post brings new conferences and announcements. Conferences, Seminars and other Events UCL – Question to Trade Mark Judges The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation La (IBIL) and MARQUES , the European Association of Trade Mark Owners, will host the event “ Question to the Trade Mark Judges ” on the 7th March 2023.

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What the Patent Bar is Saying About the USPTO’s Call for Comments on AI Inventorship

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) announcement early last week that it is requesting public comments on artificial intelligence (AI) and inventorship indicates that changes may eventually be implemented with respect to how the Office considers inventions created, or partially created, by AI machines. The Office is asking for input on 11 questions, including “how does the use of an AI system [in the invention process]…differ from the use of other technical tools”; whether AI invent

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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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IPH Sues Again, as Competition Hots Up for Australian and New Zealand Patent Filings in 2022

LexBlog IP

As I recently reported, Australian (standard) patent filings in 2022 remained close to the historic highs of the previous year. This implies, of course, that patent attorneys filing applications on behalf of domestic and foreign clients should, overall , also have maintained high numbers of new filings. But, of course, individual firms fared differently in the competition for this work.

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How Do Patents Impact Drug Prices?

Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Journal Blog

Written by Michael Nega INTRODUCTION Many people in today’s world rely on prescription drugs to live. According to reports by the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) from 2015 to 2018, 48.6% of people in the United States have used at least one prescription drug in the past thirty days. [1] … The post How Do Patents Impact Drug Prices? appeared first on Chicago-Kent | Journal of Intellectual Property.

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XPeng Motors interview; Imdex ITC victory; InterDigital licensing revenues; Brazilian Oppo injunction; UPC launch confirmed; plus much more

IAM Magazine

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-02-18

Barry Sookman

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-02-11 [link] 2023-02-12 Bitcoin file format not protected by copyright: Wright v BTC Core [link] 2023-02-13 Proposed Retail Payment Activities Regulations Issued | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2023-02-13 Fifty-one McCarthy Tétrault Lawyers Recognized in Lexpert®/ALM 500 Guide | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2023-02-13 AI should not be viewed as threat but as opportunity to enhance quality of legal practice: SC judge Hima Kohli [link] 2023-02-13 NJ AI bias law

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XPeng Motors interview; Imdex ITC victory; InterDigital licensing revenues; Brazilian Oppo injunction; UPC launch confirmed; plus much more

IAM Magazine

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

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A Free Speech Right to Accuse Others of Patent Infringement

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure sets out a bold goal for civil litigation: “ the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.” Patent litigation is rarely speedy; quite expensive; and, many would argue, often unjust. In the case below, one party attempted some quick relief via preliminary injunction, but the Federal Circuit has vacated on free-speech grounds.

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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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Status Quo Of Sex Workers In India: A Decade Long Judgement

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Sex Workers are often looked at in bad light and with prejudice but they are also human beings who shouldn’t be shunned because of the work they do. They must be given the liberty and the right to live with dignity and respect. Just because they are in the sex work trade it doesn’t give anyone the right to harm their life and liberty because everyone is equal before the law and the same has been ensured under articles 21 and 14 of the Indian constitution which cannot be snatched awa