Barry Sookman

APRIL 26, 2025

Copyright lawyers and copyright lovers: I once again presented the Copyright Year in Review to ALAI Canada. This year had some particularly interesting caselaw developments including cases on copyright subsistence and ownership, infringement, defenses and remedies. As in prior years, there were also a few questionable holdings by courts around the country.

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Intepat

APRIL 26, 2025

The music industry is in constant flux, driven by waves of technological innovation. From the advent of electric instruments to the digital studio revolution, each shift has brought new creative possibilities and new challenges for protecting your work. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest game-changer, demanding that musicians and industry professionals understand the evolving landscape of intellectual property (IP) law to safeguard their rights and careers.

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Music IP Ownership Intellectual Property 52

The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2025

Does a trade mark consisting of the name of its founder become deceptive and, therefore, liable for revocation, if the founder leaves the company? This question is at the heart of Advocate General (AG) Emilious Opinion in PMJC (C-168/24). Background Fashion company JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC, S.A. owned various trade marks for the sign JC de CASTELBAJAC, including French trade mark no.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 26, 2025

Originally posted 2013-02-07 00:01:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter A fan wrote us about her summer camp job encounter with a mischievous campers who presented her a goofy food -mash they called “Chunky Monkey.” Monkeyshines aside, she – & we! – knew the name was a keeper. A fan, huh? Ben & Jerry have been […] The post Chunky Money appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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Blogging Branding Branding Brands 95

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 IPKat

APRIL 26, 2025

World Intellectual Property Day is commemorated every 26 April. Millions of people worldwide celebrate the essential role of IP rights in fostering creativity and innovation to drive human progress.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 26, 2025

The internet has made video entertainment more accessible than ever before. With plenty of legal streaming services releasing new content every week, there’s no shortage of options. While this is good news, choice brings its own difficulties. Because there are a myriad of legal options available today, paying several monthly subscription fees can become a costly endeavor.

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Social Media Privacy Advertising Advertising 94

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically changing how consumers interact with products and services, while creating a host of challenges and opportunities for trademark law. Smart devices being used as intermediaries for our purchases challenges the traditional meanings of brand identification the confusion to the consumer and trademark protection.

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Trademark Law Trademark Law Branding 52

IIPRD

APRIL 26, 2025

The intellectual property (IP) licensing has gone a long way with the pace of technology developments, changes in regulations, and globalization. The businesses have begun depending on the IP assets for earning revenues, which is why licensing could get more and more complicated and dynamic. Promises to be certainly transformed for IP licensing, 2025 would be the year from AI contracts to IP protected through blockchain.

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Licensing IP Intellectual Property Contracts 59

Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 26, 2025

Photo: Author (one of my overcrowded book cases) Today, April 26, is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD). Independent bookstores in all countries, especially in a country as geographically dispersed country as Canada, form a community based network allowing readers of all ages to access the wonder of the written word, often beautifully illustrated.

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