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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

SpicyIP

Image from here. Although education has the potential to be a significant leveller of inequalities, online education because of the pandemic, has brought into stark relief the digital divide and widening socio-economic inequalities in India. Of late, there have been multiple reported cases of suicides by students (see here and here ) on account of lack of access to the means of education.

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Bald-Faced Attempt to Manipulate Venue Rejected

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch. In re Samsung Electronics Co., LTD ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). The Federal Circuit has again granted mandamus and ordered Judge Albright to transfer two cases case out of his W.D.Tex. court to a more convenient forum (N.D.Cal.). The underlying actions were filed by a patent holding company known as Ikorongo Texas LLC against Samsung and LG Electronics.

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Word on the street: graffiti and IP

Managing IP

With the interplay between street art and IP hitting headlines recently, Rebecca Newman of Stobbs runs through what the law says and what artists (and brands) need to know

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Once Again, Generic Computer Systems That Do Routine Functions are Not Patentable!

The IP Law Blog

Patents protect inventions. However, patents protect only certain inventions. In order to be patentable, an invention must fall within one of four categories of patent-eligible subject matter: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. 35 U.S.C. §101. There are some things that are not patentable (i.e. are patent-ineligible subject matter): laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas.

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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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Decision in Photographer Jim Olive’s Case Confirms What We Already Knew

The Illusion of More

“Congress, however, barely considered the availability of state remedies for patent infringement and hence whether the States’ conduct might have amounted to a constitutional violation under the Fourteenth Amendment. It did hear a limited amount of testimony to the effect that the remedies available in some States were uncertain. The primary point made by these […].

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Celebrating America’s Independence through Music and Copyright

Copyright Alliance

As most are aware, the Fourth of July is the celebration of the political separation of the 13 original American colonies from England, which was marked by the signing of […]. The post Celebrating America’s Independence through Music and Copyright appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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YouTube/Cyando – an Important Ruling for Platform Liability – Part 2

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Mizter_X94 via Pixabay. In Part 1 of this blog post, we explained the importance of the CJEU judgment in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando) for the application of copyright law, even after the introduction of a new copyright liability regime for certain online platforms through Art. 17 DSM Directive. In this part 2, we turn to the aspects of the judgment that go beyond copyright law, namely the application of the hosting safe harbour of Art. 14(1) ECD.

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TTAB Posts July 2021 (Video) Oral Hearing Schedule

The TTABlog

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-?-Bee) has scheduled seven (VII) oral hearings for the month of July 2021. The hearings will be held via video conference. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. July 13, 2021 - 1 PM: In re Cuup, Inc. , Serial No. 88326435 [Section 2(d) refusal of CUUP BODY TALK for “Providing a website featuring non-downloadable articles in the fields of women's apparel, undergarments, fitness, nutrition and wellness” a

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Do you need a prototype before filing a patent?

Patent Trademark Blog

Do you need a prototype before a patent is filed? No, you do not need to build a working prototype before filing a patent application. However, it helps to think through all the details of what it would take to build your product. Describing your invention in writing with as much detail as possible will prove to be a valuable resource as you consider the possibility of patenting.

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How pharma in-house teams do M&A deals

Managing IP

Lawyers give advice on the best way to perform IP due diligence in multibillion dollar deals

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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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Confidence in Biden’s patent policies tumbles, according to new IAM survey

IAM Magazine

Second quarter panels report finds a marked increase in negative views about the administration, but fewer covid concerns and signs of higher royalty and sales prices.

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UPDATE - SCOTUS Declines to Lift CDC Moratorium on Evictions

GDB Firm Blog

UPDATE - SCOTUS Declines to Lift CDC Moratorium on Evictions

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Everything you need to know about SCOTUS’ Minerva ruling on assignor estoppel

IAM Magazine

In a 5-4 decision the court’s justices significantly narrowed the scope of the doctrine that prevents assignors from challenging patents in court.

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Doctrine of equivalents still murky despite Birss ruling: lawyers

Managing IP

UK sources compare life before and after Actavis, and give suggestions for harmonising EU case law

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YouTube/Cyando – an Important Ruling for Platform Liability – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Mizter_X94 via Pixabay. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling in joined cases C-682/18 (YouTube) and C-683/18 (Cyando) , concerning platform liability for copyright-infringing user uploads under Art. 3 (1) InfoSoc Directive, has been eagerly awaited for a long time. Such a long time – almost a year has passed since the Advocate General opinion (see here ) – that a casual observer of copyright law may conclude that the judgment has lost its practical significance.

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