Sat.Dec 03, 2022

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Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright Takedown Notices and User Bans

TorrentFreak

Without doubt, Reddit is one of the most popular user-generated content sites that exists on the Internet today. The community-driven news and discussion platform has been around for more than 17 years and, over time, its popularity has steadily increased. In addition to rising visitor numbers, copyright enforcement complaints have skyrocketed to previously unimaginable levels.

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Eleventh Circuit Rules for Viacom in FLORA-BAMA Trademark Case

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit earlier this week ruled in favor of Viacom in a trademark fight over the media conglomerate’s Floribama Shore reality television show. MGFB, the company that filed the appeal, owns the “FLORA-BAMA” trademark and owns and operates the Flora-Bama Lounge on the border of Florida and Alabama. The company filed a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 when Viacom first aired Floribama Shore in 2017.

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Facebook Can’t Shake Lawsuit Over OnlyFans Bribery Allegations–Dangaard v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. Allegedly, the spiking included naming the plaintiffs on the services’ lists of “dangerous individuals or organizations,” which then fed into GIFCT to block the plaintiffs on other sites too.

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Intellectual Property Due Diligence Considerations for Prospective Investors of Emerging Life Sciences Companies

JD Supra Law

The objective of an intellectual property due diligence investigation is to provide an evaluation of the quality of the IP assets that cover the company’s commercial products and services. For life sciences companies, their patent estate is often a crucial piece of their business and revenue model. However, investors do not always view a due diligence of these IP assets as the center of a prospective business transaction, because the valuation of the company is often more centered on its.

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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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A letter to a new lawyer

Likelihood of Confusion

In the form of Blawg Review! Originally posted 2013-06-27 11:41:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post A letter to a new lawyer appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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177 Trademark Registrations Issued to Indiana Companies in November 2022

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 177 trademark registrations to persons & businesses in Indiana in November 2022 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys: Reg. Number. Word Mark. 6913163. MGI. 6913162. RISI. 6912977. LOAN BUTLER. 6914739. LOVELL’S TRUCKING SOLUTIONS. 6912910. ALTERNATIVE DESIGN. 6912863. GSP. 6912233.

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Role of a Patent Attorney

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A patent is an exclusive right granted to the owner of an invention, that allows him to prevent others from making, using, or selling the invention without the consent of the owner. The patent law in India is governed by The Patent Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). A patent is territorial in nature. It is granted by the Central Government and is enforceable within the Indian Territory.

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The UPC must take action to clear up its CMS access mess

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: Difficulties gaining case management system access are throwing the court’s start date into question

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The UPC must take action to clear up its CMS access mess

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: Difficulties gaining case management system access are throwing the court’s start date into question

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