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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 07/26/2021

TorrentFreak

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three new entries in the list. “Black Widow” is the most downloaded title.

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A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System

SpicyIP

As some of our readers may have noted, a Parliamentary Standing Committee Report, titled ‘ Review of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India’ was released on July 23, 2021. Though the report gives some word space to ‘public interest’ and similar concepts, the overall approach seems to be a very pro-industry one, with academia and civil society stakeholders not even being consulted, even though corporate trade groups’ and law firms’ views were heard (

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The Cat and Mouse Game of Fighting Counterfeit Goods

IP Tech Blog

Counterfeit electronics coming from China are an increasing problem for many companies. The proportion that are seized by US customs is miniscule compared to those that reach make it into the country, despite recently increase efforts. Raids on the sources of such goods (e.g. a factory) may not help much because, in many cases, other sources can quickly take over production.

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Google’s Search Disambiguation Doesn’t Create Initial Interest Confusion–Aliign v. lululemon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Aliign “is an event, lifestyle, and apparel company” allegedly with a first trademark use in 2011. Since 2014, they have sold a total of 7 units of apparel (5 of which were bought by the CEO’s friends). lululemon is the well-known yoga gear company. In 2008, it launched its successful “Align” yoga mat line. In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales.

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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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‘AISITAs’ and Written Description Requirements: Considerations and Guidance for AI Patent Applications

IP Watchdog

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, touching nearly every aspect of our daily lives, including how we work, communicate, shop, travel and more. The term “AI” is generally understood to encompass computerized systems that perform tasks ordinarily perceived as requiring some form of human intelligence. Many AI-based systems are able to recognize trends, patterns and connections, test hypotheses using available data sets, and continuously improve decision trees based on user input.

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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

The IPKat

The Tiroler Adler may fly, but the Tiroler Katze prefers to snooze The IPKat served as a platform for reporting and debate on a range of topics last week, not least through the range of guest posts published. Copyright PermaKat Eleonora Rosati reported on the publication of AG Øe's Opinion, advising the CJEU to rule that Article 17 is compatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and should not be annulled, pursuant to Poland's complaint in C-401/19.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Conferences, webinars On September 10-11, the University of Pavia will organise the AIDA 2021 Conference, ‘General Clauses and intellectual property’. The event will be held online and participation is free of charge. For the full programme and registration details, see here. On September 17, 24, and October 1, the University of Strasbourg will present a series, entitled, ‘The geopolitics of intellectual property: intellectual property as a challenge of power’.

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Likelihood of Reciprocation

Likelihood of Confusion

LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®’s “blogroll” policy has not really changed, even though LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is bigger and better than ever, but it may be useful to clarify it, because I. The post Likelihood of Reciprocation appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Apple’s UK FRAND threat; Pool myths debunked; DoJ antitrust pick is hold-out sceptic; Top companies’ innovation diversity pledge; Ericsson’s LG deal?; 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 2021-07-24

Barry Sookman

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-07-17 [link] 2021-07-18. Disinformation: It’s History – Centre for International Governance Innovation [link] 2021-07-20. Norwich order made against Google Portakabin Ltd & Anor v Google Ireland Ltd (Approved) [2021] IEHC 446 (02 July 20… [link] 2021-07-20. Federal Court decision a step towards determining whether Canada will have a right to be forgotten | Canadian Lawyer [link] 2021-07-22.

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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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Apple’s UK FRAND threat; Pool myths debunked; DoJ antitrust pick is hold-out sceptic; Top companies’ innovation diversity pledge; Ericsson’s LG deal?; 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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Akamai: Online Pirates Are Clever But Not Unbeatable

TorrentFreak

The anti-piracy ecosystem is quite diverse. It ranges from DMCA takedown farms to more technologically enhanced companies, ones that use machine learning and advanced content protection technologies to keep pirates at bay. While it actively supports the DMCA process, Akamai considers itself among the second group. The company, which specializes in content delivery and cybersecurity, is a partner of several streaming services that offer live or on-demand content.