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When a Trademark is Not a Copyright

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock Since this is a copyright blog, I am guessing that most of my readers will be saying to themselves, “I know the difference between trademark and copyright; doesn’t everyone?”. Everyone does not, and this can lead to considerable confusion especially when the media use the two terms loosely or interchangeably.

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) of 2024: From Oz to Earth

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch As its name suggests, the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is designed to substantially overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , 566 U.S. 66 (2012), and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208 (2014). Together those cases created a firestorm of invalid patents and challenges for the patent office and patent holders alike.

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Threatening Anti-Piracy Messaging Fails to Stimulate Intent to Subscribe

TorrentFreak

After years of anti-piracy campaigns, there’s a tendency to wonder whether the secret sauce of success is right around the corner or just as elusive as it’s ever been. Yet, even briefly considering the perspective of those creating these campaigns can be a fairly sobering experience. There’s a blank sheet of paper and this campaign has to work, what can it possibly say that hasn’t been said before?

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[Sponsored] PatSeer Launches AI-Driven Industrial Design Database with Unrivalled Worldwide Coverage

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by PatSeer on the launch of their new Industrial Design Search solution. For more details, read on below. PatSeer Launches AI-Driven Industrial Design Database with Unrivalled Worldwide Coverage The new solution brings a generational leap in Design Search PatSeer announces the launch of its new Industrial Design Search solution, featuring cutting-edge AI-driven image search.

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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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As Publishers Beat Internet Archive, Are Libraries The Real Losers?

Copyright Lately

A court win against the Internet Archive has publishers celebrating, but what does it mean for the future of public libraries and digital access? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has spoken, and it’s not the news advocates of “controlled digital lending” were hoping for. In last week’s ruling in Hachette Book Group, Inc. v.

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Journey Through “Mays” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) 

SpicyIP

Image from here As I conclude my summer vacation at home, it’s the perfect moment to bring the series I started over a year ago to its conclusion … Welcome to the climactic finale of our “ Sifting Through SpicyIP Pages ” series! Yes, it’s the 12th and final post, culminating this year-long time-travel-ish journey. I began the series with a sense of Sankofa —aiming to fetch what was left behind (if any) and see how we can take things forward.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

September always brings this back-to-school-feeling, so if you are looking for ideas to learn new things (or to apply your existing skills at a new job), check the opportunities we share in this post and in our ‘ Forthcoming events ’ page. Vacancies Maynooth University is currently recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher and a Research Assistant for a research project that investigates the role of bioethics in the patenting and licensing of technologies related to the human body.

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Analysis of Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 – An IPR Perspective

Selvam & Selvam Blog

The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 which came into effect recently on August 1, 2024 has garnered significant attention across the country. The Act, having brought amendments to various Acts of our legislation, including those related to Intellectual Property (IP) and media laws among others, primarily aims to decriminalise the provisions – aiming to shift from punitive measures like imprisonment to more lenient penalties such as fines and pecuniary penalties.

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Second Circuit Says More About the “Reasonable Internet User” Standard for TOS Formation–Edmundson v. Klarna (Catchup Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[I missed this opinion when it first came out in 2023. Blogging for completeness because of the importance of the “reasonable Internet user” standard.] Klarna offers a “buy now, pay later” option to consumers at third-party e-commerce sites. If a consumer chooses to pay with Klarna, it divides the bill into 4 equal amounts and debits the consumer’s bank account every 2 weeks until paid.

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Voice Clones and Legal Tones: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Posthumous Personality Rights

SpicyIP

Discussing the impact of reviving and utilizing deceased persons’ voices through AI tools, and the sufficiency of the legal frameworks in India and other countries to address this phenomena, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Julia Anna Joseph and Snehal Khemka. Julia is an Associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Bengaluru and Snehal is an Associate at Chadha and Chadha IP, Gurugram.

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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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Copyright versus privacy: the CJEU rules that access by a public authority to data associated with an IP address can be justified

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Nikin from Pixabay In its jugment of 30 April 2024 (C-470/21) , the Court of Justice of the European Union answered three questions referred by the French Administrative Supreme Court (‘Conseil d’Etat’), that can be summed up as follows: must Article 15(1) of Directive 2002/58 on privacy and electronic communications be interpreted as precluding national legislation which authorises the public authority responsible for the protection of copyright against infringements of those rights co

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Talking a leak

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2013-11-03 23:05:02. Republished by Blog Post PromoterWant to know the difference between a leaker and whistle-blower? Johnny Dollar posits the distinction. The post Talking a leak appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.