Hugh Stephens Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Should user-generated content (UGC) on social media platforms be free from any regulation and the rule of law, simply because it is user-generated? Should social media platforms be given a pass when it comes to any responsibility for the UGC that they distribute? That seems to be the message from those busy attacking Canadian Heritage … Continue reading "Should User-Generated Content (UGC) be Exempt from Law and Regulation?

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 24, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, Can You Change a Trademark? Brands often evolve over time, and sometimes brand names or logos change or evolve. Some changes are subtle – such as Coke at one point evolving (temporarily) into New Coke. Sometimes they’re more dramatic – when a brand shifts its name entirely, or when two companies merge, Exxon becoming ExxonMobil, for example.

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Managing IP

MAY 24, 2021

Beau de Loménie explain the timelines set out in France for the release of court rulings to the public, although further patience is required in concern of first instance decisions

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Chicago IP

MAY 24, 2021

Norix Group, Inc. v. Correctional Techs., Inc. d/b/a Cortech USA, et al. , Slip Op., No. 20 C 1158 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 19, 2021) (Feinerman, J.). Judge Feiinerman granted in part defendant Cortech’s motion to stay pending ex parte reexam and denied Coretech’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) in this patent case involving “intensive use” beds and shelving units used in prisons.

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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

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MAY 24, 2021

Mary Kate Fernandez, The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Unfair and Deceptive Advertising in Children’s Apps, 66 Loy. L. Rev. 211 (2020) Intro: The University of Michigan released a startling study (“the Michigan Study”) in October 2018 which unveiled that “manipulative and disruptive” advertisements are deceptively built into phone applications (“apps”) designed for children.

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