Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 11, 2023

Roughly a month after the CRTC charged out the gate by launching public consultations on the regulations it will issue to implement Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, (Implementing Canada’s Online Streaming Act: The CRTC is Fast Out of the Gate), the government has finally issued the promised Policy Directive that is to guide these … Continue reading "Implementing the Online Streaming Act: Government Policy Directive to CRTC is Missing Key Elements"

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 11, 2023

On 20 April 2023 in the joined cases Blue Air ( C-775/21) and SNTFC (C-826/21) the CJEU pronounced once again on the infringement of the right of communication to the public, making a further contribution to the already rich case law in this field. This time the questions related to the existence (or not) of a communication to the public by persons who have installed equipment that can be used for the broadcasting of copyright protected works.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 11, 2023

On June 9, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several affiliate organizations filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio raising a series of constitutional challenges to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At issue in the lawsuit are several statutes granting the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the authority to set prices for Medicare drugs.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 11, 2023

First published August 8, 2012. My über-sharp friend Oliver Herzfeld, moving up in the world, has written an article in Forbes magazine on a recent Copyright Office policy statement that, as he puts. The post Best of 2012: The borders of Terpsichore appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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?

Technology

IP Watchdog

JUNE 11, 2023

On June 9, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several affiliate organizations filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio raising a series of constitutional challenges to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At issue in the lawsuit are several statutes granting the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the authority to set prices for Medicare drugs.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

JUNE 11, 2023

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the sole sponsor and the overall coordinators on Cutia Therapeutics (02487.HK)'s mainboard listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Cutia Therapeutics is an R&D-driven, dermatology-focused biopharmaceutical company. The company focuses on broader dermatology treatment and care therapeutic areas, including localised adipose accumulation management medication, scalp diseases and care, skin diseases and care, and topical anesthe

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 11, 2023

Guests Jerry Ferguson and Scott Kominers discuss NFTs and how they can create opportunities for brands in the marketplace with the help of some Really Awesome Raccoons. Questions and comments: gferguson@bakerlaw.com. Listen to the full episode.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 11, 2023

On June 9, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several affiliate organizations filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio raising a series of constitutional challenges to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). At issue in the lawsuit are several statutes granting the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the authority to set prices for Medicare drugs.

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Government Litigation Intellectual Property Patent 52

Barry Sookman

JUNE 11, 2023

A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. [link] 2023-06-04 Microsoft says Irish DPC intends to slam LinkedIn with a $425m fine [link] 2023-06-05 ChatGPT Secret Training Data: the Top 50 Books AI Bots Are Reading [link] 2023-06-05 Don’t hold your breath for global AI rules- is google, already refusing to innovate in Canada because of our restri… [link] 2023-06-05 Academic feathers ruffled in twitter storm: claims for harassment, misuse of private information,

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 11, 2023

In the wake of the 30+ year prison sentences handed down to the people behind Flawless IPTV, we’ve been exploring various aspects of the service’s operations and the extraordinary effort expended by the Premier League to bring Flawless down. While no single facet of Flawless’ operations can explain why such punitive sentences were considered appropriate, the emphasis on the service’s efforts to undermine the Premier League’s ISP blocking program played no small part

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2023

I’m blogging this ruling mostly for completeness. I’ve blogged so many pro se lawsuits by suspended Twitter users and they all end the same. This one doesn’t break any new ground. Apparently, the plaintiff Taiming Zhang used his Twitter account to repeatedly complain about another Twitter user (@troyejacobsxxx, now apparently tweeting at @troyejacobs–VERY NSFW) for committing various misdeeds.

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Patently-O

JUNE 11, 2023

Guest Post by Samuel F. Ernst [1] As Dennis reported, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Vidal v. Elster to determine if the PTO violated Steve Elster’s First Amendment right to free speech when it declined to federally register his trademark TRUMP TOO SMALL in connection with T-shirts. The PTO had denied registration under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c), which provides that a mark cannot be registered if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a parti

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