Sun.Jan 29, 2023

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Watching Pirate Streams in the UK is Illegal: Risk of Prosecution “Minimal”

TorrentFreak

As outlined again only this month , people who simply watch pirate streams break UK law. If the content comes from an illegal source, it’s illegal to consume it under copyright law. That is a fact – there is no debate. The problem for rightsholders is that copyright cases are complex, difficult to prove, and won’t end in a prison sentence under civil law.

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Copyrightability Of Players’ Creation In The Gaming Regime

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The efforts of the game developing companies in making the virtual spaces have ample scope for fostering the gamers’ innovation for birthing new creations has induced the development of the million-dollar gaming industry. Modern games provide an interactive gaming environment, wherein players have ample freedom to sculpt their independent creations in the pre-existing gameplay, and such “ original ” creations are essentially Player-Created Content (PCC).

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The future of commodity trading

McKinsey Operations

A new normal of commodity trading will call for new types of traders.

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Chamberlain Closes on Overhead Door

Patently-O

The Chamberlain Group v. Overhead Door Corp., 21-CV-00084 (E.D. Tex. 2023) Overhead door won a jury verdict in this case back in March 2022. However, Judge Gilstrap ordered a partial new trial because Overhead Door had failed to disclose key features of its products until just before trial. New Jury, New Verdict. Second time around, the new jury found the asserted claims valid and not infringed — setting the royalty at $43 million.

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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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Becoming a Privacy Professional ? Study Strategy to help you Pass the CIPP/US Exam on a Budget

LexBlog IP

Privacy Law is emerging as one of the fastest and most dynamic growth areas of corporate governance and compliance globally. 2023 is the year to get yourself into study mode to attain the gold standard Privacy Professional qualification, a CIPP from IAPP the largest global organization of Privacy Professionals.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

Introduction In the 21 st century, a virtual identity is not a new concept. It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. The idea of the Virtual Individual was explored and popularised by the game Second Life. The sudden growth of Virtual YouTubers (Vtubers) has gained traction, fame and financial stability in a few years. [1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues.

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Rep. Issa – House IP Leader

Patently-O

Ryan Davis at IP360 is reporting that Rep. Darryl Issa is the new chair of the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. He was previously Chair 2015-2019. Issa has been called-out by the group US Inventor for his previous failure to focus on their particular concerns. He has not announced particular plans for the committee.

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Nokia inks Samsung deal; Ericsson set for 5G licensing push; ERS Genomics willing to litigate CRISPR patents; AI data mining subject of new lawsuits; trade secrets moving to centre stage; plus much more

IAM Magazine

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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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-28

Barry Sookman

SCC hears case with implications for online privacy | Canadian Lawyer [link] 2023-01-22 [link] 2023-01-22 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-21 [link] 2023-01-22 She was denied entry to a Rockettes show because of facial recognition software [link] 2023-01-22 NYC's controversial AI bias audit law gets new hearing [link] 2023-01-22 First AI Art Generator Lawsuits Threaten Future of Emerging Tech [link] 2023-01-22 whoswholegal – Analysis – Data 2023 – Privacy &

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Nokia inks Samsung deal; Ericsson set for 5G licensing push; ERS Genomics willing to litigate CRISPR patents; AI data mining subject of new lawsuits; trade secrets moving to centre stage; plus much more

IAM Magazine

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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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.