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Megaupload Lawsuits Remain in Limbo After Nearly 10 Years Passed

TorrentFreak

Ten years ago, online streaming hadn’t fully caught on yet and Netflix still had dozens of active DVD-mailing locations throughout the United States. Streaming piracy was relatively new as well with most ‘pirates’ still downloading movies from torrent sites or cyberlockers. While cyberlockers have plenty of legal uses, copyright holders viewed most of these services as pirate portals.

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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

The IPKat

This Kat is feeling pensive With a cold snap incoming and a change in the air, why not look back on last week's IPKat? Copyright Following on from the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee's UK Economics of Music Streaming Inquiry, Hayleigh Bosher reported on the UK Government's responses to the Committee's Recommendations. Trade marks GuestKat Nedim Malovic considered the implications of trade mark classification through the lens of the background to a dispute over Veuve Clicquot's orange:

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Was Mark Twain the Original “Bad Art Friend”?

Copyright Lately

More than a century before feuds over kidney donation stories captivated the internet, Mark Twain and his friend Edward House battled over a stage adaptation of “The Prince and the Pauper.”. If you have a subscription to The New York Times —or frankly, any sort of internet access whatsoever—you’ve no doubt heard by now about the “ Bad Art Friend.” The dispute between writers and former friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland over a short story involving a kidney donation has captured the attention

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China’s goals for 6G: self-reliance, but a single global standard

IAM Magazine

Both government and industry are pushing for an independent tech supply chain, but have called on industry not to walk away from a single unified standard for wireless.

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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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Federal Circuit Clarifies Standards for Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages While Reinstating, Affirming-in-Part and Reversing-in-Part Findings and Awards Below by the District of Delaware in Patent Infringement Action

Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

By Memorandum Opinion entered on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in SRI International, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. , Case 20-1685 (Fed. Cir. September 28, 2021), the Federal Circuit reinstated the trial jury’s finding of willful infringement, affirmed the district court’s grant of attorneys’ fees and reinstated the district court’s award of enhanced damages, and reversed the district court’s judgment as a matter of law of no willful infringement on reman

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Banner Witcoff is Seeking a Trademark Attorney

IP Watchdog

Banner Witcoff is seeking a trademark attorney for its Chicago, IL or Washington, DC offices, who will handle all aspects of trademark prosecution, counseling, and enforcement. Banner Witcoff is open to considering remote candidates for this full-time, permanent position.

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Live Streaming and Music Streaming Collide

Intellectual Property Brief

Online streaming has started to gain incredible popularity in the last few years. However, the music industry is quite unhappy about their licensed music getting played without permission. Thus, leading to disputes between online streaming giant Twitch and NMPA.

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Federal Circuit Allows Service by Alternative Means Under Rule 4(f)(3) in Patent Cases

IP Tech Blog

Serving a district court complaint for patent infringement on a foreign defendant usually requires compliance with the Hague Convention on Service. A recent Federal Circuit decision, however, endorses alternative options under Federal Rule 4(f)(3) that could significantly simplify the process for plaintiffs and make it more difficult for foreign defendants to avoid service and delay participation in patent litigation in the United States.

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Federal Circuit Allows Service by Alternative Means Under Rule 4(f)(3) in Patent Cases

LexBlog IP

Serving a district court complaint for patent infringement on a foreign defendant usually requires compliance with the Hague Convention on Service. A recent Federal Circuit decision, however, endorses alternative options under Federal Rule 4(f)(3) that could significantly simplify the process for plaintiffs and make it more difficult for foreign defendants to avoid service and delay participation in patent litigation in the United States.

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Yes, you can get your trademark judgment enforced in a foreign country!

Likelihood of Confusion

Uh, not really. Not in this lifetime. But you can get it enforced in Canada, which is the next best thing. Originally posted 2010-09-13 10:50:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Yes, you can get your trademark judgment enforced in a foreign country! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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.

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Standards for Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages While Reinstating, Affirming-in-Part and Reversing-in-Part Findings and Awards Below by the District of Delaware in Patent Infringement Action

LexBlog IP

By Memorandum Opinion entered on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in SRI International, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. , Case 20-1685 (Fed. Cir. September 28, 2021), the Federal Circuit reinstated the trial jury’s finding of willful infringement, affirmed the district court’s grant of attorneys’ fees and reinstated the district court’s award of enhanced damages, and reversed the district court’s judgment as a matter of law of no

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Ericsson’s FRAND attack on Apple; Access Advance has top HEVC pool; Litigator tipped to lead USPTO; Softbank patent acquisition; Oppo and Sharp settle; 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 2021-10-09

Barry Sookman

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-10-02 [link] 2021-10-03. New UK ISP Piracy Blocks Target Sci-Hub, Streaming & Torrent Site Proxies [link] 2021-10-03. Non-Fungible Tokens: What are the Legal Risks? [link] 2021-10-04. Why Marvel Is Right to Sue the Estates of Its Most Important Creators [link] 2021-10-04. Thank You Professor! “Explaining” Section 230 to Canadians – Hugh Stephens Blog [link] 2021-10-04.

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Pioneer Inventions

Patently-O

Pioneer Inventions pic.twitter.com/e5a8gA7UMx. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) October 7, 2021.

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China’s goals for 6G: self-reliance, but a single global standard

IAM Magazine

Both government and industry are pushing for an independent tech supply chain, but have called on industry not to walk away from a single unified standard for wireless.

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Supreme Court Denies to Hear Prenda Lawyer’s ‘Piracy Honeypot’ Appeal

TorrentFreak

In 2019, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota sentenced Paul Hansmeier to 14 years in prison , to be followed by two years of supervised release. Hansmeier was a key player in the Prenda Law firm, which pursued cases against people who were suspected of downloading pirated porn videos via BitTorrent. Hansmeier and fellow attorney John Steele went a step further though.

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Ericsson’s FRAND attack on Apple; Access Advance has top HEVC pool; Litigator tipped to lead USPTO; Softbank patent acquisition; Oppo and Sharp settle; 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.