The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Summer is at its height and so are the temperatures in most of Europe. While enjoying (or not) this heatwave, check the latest IP events and opportunities to be cool for the summer! Events A Kat ready to enjoy the summer EUIPO - 25 Years of the Board of Appeal: Shaping new horizons - IP Case Law Conference, 7 and 8 July 2022 - Alicante, Spain, and Online The EUIPO will celebrate the 25 years of the Board of Appeal in the highly acclaimed Intellectual Property Case Law Conferences (‘IPCLC’) that

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2022

The word trademark is a culmination of two words, i.e., ‘trade’ and ‘mark’. Commonly trade is understood as any business in which the person specifically deals. And mark is nothing but a sign or symbol. Thus, to simply put, when the two words are read together, the meaning of ‘trademark’ comes out as- a sign or symbol used in the course of business by a person.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 26, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2022

It would not be news to anyone to hear that Indian economy finds itself in a tough spot today. Just a few days ago, the repo rate was increased 50 bps, which in turn led to an increase in the rate of interest on borrowings. In such a situation, it is unsurprising that most corporates and other institutions are preferring borrowing from foreign sources rather than from within the country.

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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?

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 26, 2022

Centripetal Networks will have to start from square one in its long-running case against Cisco after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday vacated a judge’s decision awarding Centripetal enhanced damages and royalties exceeding $2.75 billion. The CAFC ruled that Judge Henry C. Morgan, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was disqualified from hearing the case after becoming aware of his wife’s ownership of $4,687.99 in Cisco

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Michael Geist

JUNE 26, 2022

Parliament is now on break for the summer, but just prior to heading out of Ottawa, the government introduced Bill C-27. The privacy reform bill that is really three bills in one: a reform of PIPEDA, a bill to create a new privacy tribunal, and an artificial intelligence regulation bill. What’s in the bill from a privacy perspective and what’s changed?

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 26, 2022

Perhaps the “immoral and scandalous” rule is nothing to sniff at, after all. The Times asks: Will the COCAINE tradememark take a powder? I don’t know, but you have to. The post The return of the scandalous mark denial? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JUNE 26, 2022

In what could be the most important litigation in the NFT space, Yuga Labs sued Ryder Ripps for trademark infringement last Friday. There is a fast-emerging history concerning the dispute between Ryder Ripps and the founders of the Bored Ape NFT collection and the Bored Ape Yacht Club. First, Some Background. Ther is a fast-evolving background that we will try to document in the future.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 26, 2022

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.

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Barry Sookman

JUNE 26, 2022

Good overview of the test for obtaining a Norwich order; [link] 2022-06-19. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-06-18 [link] 2022-06-19. Federal Government Introduces Cybersecurity Legislation to Protect Critical Infrastructure | Bennett Jones [link] 2022-06-20. Only Fools and Characters – can copyright exist in literary characters? [link] 2022-06-20.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on his second book, recently released titled “The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law” Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 26, 2022

Most people know all too well that downloading and sharing pirated movies and TV shows is against the law. Nonetheless, millions do so on a daily basis. These pirates are not all borderline criminals. They can be doctors, veterans, police officers, or even lawyers too. In fact, many top lawyers don’t think that piracy is unethical and some even support it.

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