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A “Game of Life” That Can’t Be Terminated

Copyright Lately

The First Circuit rules that the classic 1960 board game “The Game of Life” was created as a work made for hire. Here’s why it matters. If you’ve ever played “The Game of Life,” you know there are lots of important decisions to make on your way to Millionaire Acres. Do you take the career or college path? Do you buy the overpriced home insurance that costs nearly as much as the house itself?

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CJEU rules on seeding, trolls, and interplay between copyright enforcement and data protection rules

The IPKat

Back in 2019, The IPKat reported on a referral from Belgium – Mircom , C-597/19 – asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify the treatment of (i) seeding under the InfoSoc Directive and (ii) ‘trolls’ under the Enforcement Directive , as well as the interplay between copyright enforcement and data protection law ( GDPR ). Earlier this week, the Court issued its ruling , substantially endorsing the earlier Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Szpunar.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-19

Barry Sookman

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-12 [link] 2021-06-13. Bill 95: The Québec government’s desire to allow access and optimal use of its data [link] 2021-06-14. Getting Cyber Insurance Right: 5 Practical Tips [link] 2021-06-14. Submission to Consultation on Developing Ontario's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework [link] 2021-06-14.

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The Supreme Court’s 2021 Personal Jurisdiction Decision – presented by Marina L. Lang

CoCal IP Law Institute

Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct. 141 S.Ct. 1017 (2021) For our discussion, we will analyze how the Supreme Court expanded personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants. The majority held that a Court’s specific jurisdiction standard includes suits that sufficiently “relate to” a defendant’s forum contacts, even in the absence of a "causal [.].

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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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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

Wishing all the Dads a Happy Father’s Day!