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Copyright Trolls Invade Canada Again, Pirates Surprised Despite 6,000 Days’ Notice

TorrentFreak

On an ordinary weekend roughly 6,000 days ago, news that so-called ‘copyright trolls’ had arrived in Britain came as a big surprise to the country’s file-sharers. Aside from the well-publicized RIAA lawsuit campaign in the United States, in 2007 ‘trolling-as-a-business-model’ was considered a mostly German problem by the minority who’d even heard about it.

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[Guest post] Interpreting Article 17 of the Berne Convention: An unexplored emergency provision in international copyright law?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution by Lokesh Vyas (upcoming doctoral candidate at Sciences Po, Paris), exploring the potential of Article 17 of the Berne Convention. Here’s what Lokesh writes: Interpreting Article 17 of the Berne Convention: An unexplored emergency provision in international copyright law? by Lokesh Vyas When COVID-19 happened, the discussion on whether intellectual property (IP) is a barrier to access to knowledge and health abounded.

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Logos Remain Relevant: Source Confusion and Design Patent Infringement

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a previous post, I examined the important issue of comparison prior art that emerged from the dispute between Columbia Sportswear and Seirus. This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. The Federal Circuit’s pair of decisions provide guidance on how logos factor into the design patent infringement inquiry, and begin to tease-out differences in policy concerns underlying design patent law versus trade

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The deputy PTO Director

Likelihood of Confusion

At the Volokh Conspiracy there’s a good discussion on the lawsuit you read about over at Marty’s. It seeks, as you recall, to oust Margaret J.A. Peterlin from her position. The post The deputy PTO Director appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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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Generative AI and copyrights: My talk to the IPO

Barry Sookman

I was pleased earlier today to participate on a panel on generative AI and copyright at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) in Boston. My co-panelists were Professor Jessica Silbey (Boston University), Troy Prince (Raytheon Technologies), and Edward Ryan (Tutunjian & Bitetto P.C.). The moderator was Jenevieve Maerker (Finneganm Henderson).

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PTAB From the In-House Perspective

LexBlog IP

Boardside Chat This Thursday The next Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Boardside Chat webinar will be this Thursday, September 21, from noon to 1 p.m. ET. The Chat this month will be a discussion with in-house counsel on their perspectives on America Invents Act (AIA) trial proceedings before the PTAB. The panel will touch upon their past experiences and strategic considerations in handling proceedings before the Board.

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SoCal IP Law Institute MCLE meeting of September 18, 2023 – CAFC regarding claim construction and analogous art.

CoCal IP Law Institute

Please join us on Monday, September 18, 2023 at Noon , where we will discuss two CAFC decision for Patents: one re: Claim Construction Apple v Corephotonics 22-1350.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188207 and the other regarding Analogous Art Netfix v Divx 22-1138.OPINION.9-11-2023_2188240. Angelo Gaz, of Counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.

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