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‘Piracy Shield’ Fails to Convert Pirates to Paying Subscribers, Data Suggest

TorrentFreak

Nearly a year has passed since Italy officially implemented Piracy Shield , a system that aims to deter and decrease live sports streaming piracy. Since last February, Piracy Shield has blocked access to thousands of IP-addresses and domain names associated with unauthorized broadcasts. This massive blocking operation is seen as a grandiose success by the authorities and many participating rightsholders.

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Epitope claims stand firm: Board of Appeal upholds functional antibody patent despite insufficiency attack (T 0326/22)

The IPKat

The recent Board of Appeal decision T 0326/22 is yet further confirmation, if any were needed, that functionally-defined antibody claims remain viable at the EPO. In this decision, the Board of Appeal upheld Inhibrx's European patent EP2812443 directed to a genus of anti-CD47 antibodies defined by their epitope binding and functional characteristics, finding both sufficient disclosure and inventive step.

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Moore Tells Appellate Court that Newman’s Challenge to Suspension is Doomed

IP Watchdog

The Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) told the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that Judge Pauline Newmans appeal of her effective removal from the CAFC should fail because her claims do not meet the exceptional circumstances warranted for transfer to another circuit and her constitutional challenges are precluded.

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Clothiers and disclosure

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2016-05-06 13:38:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry is not made up of tax evading Italian design houses. Instead, it is a slew of big-name brands and famous bloggers teaming up […] The post Clothiers and disclosure 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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The Information Age Broke the Republic

The Illusion of More

I recognize the psychological need to believe the American Republic will survive the coming four years, and I freely admit to being the biggest cynic in almost any room. But if the analogy is a shipwreck, we are already treading water with no ship or shore on the horizon. “Democracy lives in the people,” say […] The post The Information Age Broke the Republic appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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