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Blocking Offshore Pirate Content Sites: The Philippines is Joining a Growing International Consensus

Hugh Stephens Blog

In the ongoing struggle against content piracy, a global scourge that undermines and competes unfairly with legitimate content producers and distributors, blocking offshore web and streaming sites that distribute pirated content has proven to be an effective tool in many countries.

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What does a trademark portfolio look like?

Erik K Pelton

A portfolio of trademarks entails multiple brand names, logo, slogans, and/or other source indicators protected by a business. Many, or even most, businesses have more than one trademark that could be protected – different brands, or a good slogan or logo. For example, I list my portfolio below – I certainly like to practice what I preach.

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The Bell Stopped Ringing

BYU Copyright Blog

As promised, here is an update on the Bell v Eagle Mountain-Saginaw School District case. If you'd like to read our previous posts related to this case please click here for the first, and here for the second.In its opinion and order, the court used an extended comparison to a boxing match to explore each of the four factors to determine whether or not the tweet was fair use.As a refresher, courts generally consider four factors in determining whether a use is fair: (1) the purpose and character

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Bio-Rad Co-ownership Defense Fails at the CAFC

IP Intelligence

On April 29, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision holding the importation and sale by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (Bio-Rad) of certain microfluidic systems and components used for gene sequencing or related analyses infringed certain 10X Genomics Inc. (10X) patent claims and, moreover, that 10X practiced the patent claims satisfying the requirement of a domestic industry.

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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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The stranger’s guide on when to file patent continuations

Managing IP

Counsel say changes in the law, preparing for licensing and litigation, and sowing uncertainty among competitors are great reasons to file continuations

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FORGET ME, FORGET ME NOT: THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN THE UNITED STATES

JIPL Online

By: Shivani Patel While the right to be forgotten is an understood legal right in Europe and many other countries, it is also a right that does not align with the values of the United States, specifically our First Amendment values. With privacy laws becoming a more commonplace discussion, it seems that this is inevitable conversation. How do we in United States deal with the clash between our First Amendment rights and a potentially necessary right to be forgotten?

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Operating Agreements Allows Resigned Managers to Initiate Trade Secret Suit

Chicago IP

Got Docs, LLC v. Kingsbridge Holdings, Inc. , Slip Op., No. 19 C 6155 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 2, 2021) (Guzman, J.). Judge Guzman denied defendant Kingsbridge’s summary judgment motion and granted plaintiff Got Docs’ summary judgment in this trade secret case involving manage-document business. The parties disputed whether plaintiff Got Docs’ managers were authorized to file suit.

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Breaking Patents — A Futile Response to the Global Pandemic That Benefits Businesses, Not People

IP Close Up

When it comes to intellectual property rights, nothing impedes like success. President Joe Biden last week threw his support behind the World Health Organizations proposal Continue reading.

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FORGET ME, FORGET ME NOT: THE RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN THE UNITED STATES

JIPL Online

By: Shivani Patel. Introduction. You get a text that says, “You’re going to be on Google.” A month later, that message comes true. Your ex has published sexually explicit images and videos of you on the internet. You ask the websites to remove the images and videos, and they do just that. But it’s too late…the internet has done its job and the images and videos are everywhere.

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