TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2021

While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders also see a massive downside. The fact that “infringing sites” show up in search results has become a source of frustration. As a result, Google and other search engines are facing a steady stream of DMCA takedown notices. Google alone has processed more than five billion takedown requests and millions of new URLs are reported every week.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2021

On August 9, we once again observe the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Traditionally, international organizations take advantage of this time to promote the contributions of indigenous peoples across the globe. However, the day also presents an opportunity for States and international organizations to reflect on collective efforts to protect and preserve the culture and heritage of our indigenous communities.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Goodman made and posted a YouTube video called the “Crony Awards,” bestowing honors on countries that downplayed the COVID-19 virus. Because the court says Goodman’s company “traffics in wild conspiracy theories,” it’s likely the video actually celebrates countries for COVID denialism rather than criticizing the countries as you or I would have done.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

Bad faith pursuant to Article 59(1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation ( EUTMR ), presupposes the presence of a dishonest state of mind or intention ( Koton Ma?azacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO (C?104/18 P) ). In an interesting decision from June this year, the General Court considered that, even if the intervener’s filing of the EUTM application in question had taken place after the applicant had presented its modernization plan, this was not sufficient to establish that there had been

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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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Patently-O

AUGUST 8, 2021

Piano Factory v. Schiedmayer Celesta GmbH (Fed. Cir. 2021). The Schiedmayer family has been making and selling pianos since the 1700s, although the current version of the company makes only Celestas and Glockenspiels, not the 88 key Piano Forte that is popular in the US. The last Schiedmayer family pianos were apparently built and sold back in 1980.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

This Kat is looking out for IP events As the weekend draws to a close, there's no better time to look ahead to new IP-related events and opportunities. Events BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) is running two upcoming short courses on IP-related topics: Copyright and Data , 15-16 October 2021 Trade marks and Designs , 29-30 October 2021 Fashion Law London will hold an online event addressing legal, regulatory and policy issues surrounding the topic of 'The Fashion Mar

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2021

Last year, as worldwide unrest over George Floyd's murder fueled demands for equity and accountability in multiple professions, Connecticut-based law firm Wiggin and Dana LLP publicly committed to provide $10 million in free legal services in 10 years for businesses owned by people from historically marginalized communities.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

This Kat is just back from a jaunt around the IP blogs While the summer pause is in full swing, the IP blogosphere continues to provide its insights. Copyright Dr Elena Cooper of CREATe (University of Glasgow) considered what might be revealed about copyright history from the story one of James McNeill Whistler's paintings, 'Portrait of Lady Eden'. Over on the Kluwer Copyright Blog, the subject of what Member States might be able to learn from the AG opinion on the Polish challenge to Article 17

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2021

A team of four ex-Dentons intellectual property attorneys and a former in-house patent counsel have joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's IP group and life sciences industry team in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday, as it continues to build out a practice that has seen growing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

It is not often that one reads a decision which raises not only complex and interesting issues of the correct interpretation of Australian patent legislation, but also calls upon the reader to consider existential and philosophical questions regarding the Promethean role of technology in modern society. But that is just what his Honour Justice Beach has done in a recent judgment that a patent applicant can name as the inventor, not a human person, but an artificial intelligence ( AI ) system. [1

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 8, 2021

It’s an estate planning / New York bar exam joke — it has to do with something called the Rule Against Perpetuities. Yes, of course, we know that hands are. The post The digital dead hand appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Barry Sookman

AUGUST 8, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-07-31 [link] 2021-08-01. Damages and injunction awarded in social media libel case Aslani v Sobierajska [2021] EWHC 2127 (QB) (28 July 2021) [link] 2021-08-01. Important case on limitation periods Grant Thornton LLP v. New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31 (CanLII) [link] 2021-08-01. Supreme court give guidance on interpretation of releases Corner Brook (City) v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2021

Madras HC on the Right to be Forgotten: A Welcome Development? Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis). Hand drawn botanical vector illustration. In Part I of a two-part guest post, Sriya Sridhar discussed a Madras High Court case where the petitioner seeks his name to be redacted from a judgment in a case where he was ultimately acquitted of allegations relating to offences under Section 417 (Cheating) and Section 376 (Rape) of the IPC.

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