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High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Students

TorrentFreak

Studying can be a costly endeavor. Aside from the party budget, there are books and tuition fees to pay as well. To reduce costs, some students choose to share books or buy cheaper second-hand versions. Others go a step further and venture onto the dark side, by downloading or even buying ‘pirated’ books. These cost-saving tactics are nothing new.

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Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum: Highlighting the Lost Stories of American Innovation

IP Watchdog

Some of the earliest chapters in the story of U.S. innovation have been written by Black Americans who not only advanced the state of industry in our country, but also fought to ensure that they were credited for what they achieved. Within the next few years, the city of Newark, NJ, will be the home of a museum properly paying homage to the historic contributions that these inventors have made to medical science, telecommunications, transportation and more.

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National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications (NM-QTA) – III

SpicyIP

In the first post , I introduced the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications (NM-QTA). In the second post , I provided an overview of international quantum technology space. In this third and final post, I will offer high-level comments on the NM-QTA. If India aspires to capitalize on quantum technology, she should aim to position herself at the top of the quantum value chain.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

As the sun sets on a warm weekend in Europe , here are some news and events for the IPKat readers. Art and the Metaverse: Unravelling the Legal Palette Image via Pexels The hybrid event hosted by Bird and Bird on the 6th June, will consider the relationship between art and the Metaverse, ranging from digital landscapes and artistic expression to the legal challenges and opportunities that arise ion the virtual domain.

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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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Section 230 Once Again Immunizes Google’s Search Results–Metroka v. PA Law Enforcement

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In June 2022, Nadia Metroka (a Florida lawyer , apparently) was arrested in Pennsylvania. “Information about the arrest was published on the Montgomery County Crimewatch website, and it was ‘picked up by GOOGLE’s search engine.'” (Is this the news release in question ?) Metroka sued Google pro se for the search results. The court easily dismisses per Section 230: ICS Provider.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

Patently-O

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Christopher J. Moreau: Algernon Pharmaceuticals Receives Notice of Allowance from the Japanese Patent Office for Repirinast and the Treatment of CKD (Source: Yahoo Finance) Blake Brittain: US Jury Says Google Owes Sonos $32.5 Million in Smart-Speaker Patent Case (Source: Reuters) Blake Brittain: Amgen Settles Patent Lawsuit Over Biosimilar of J&J’s Big-Selling Stelara (Source: Reuters) Paul Monckton: Apple Reveals Radical iPhone Camera Flash Upgrade (S

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Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted on July 11, 2006. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the U.S. District Court for the. The post Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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