Thu.Jan 28, 2021

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The Impact Of The Brexit Deal On IP Professionals And Trademark Owners

Corsearch

For IP professionals and trademark owners, Brexit and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement , agreed to on December 24, 2020, impacts both the right to access EU markets and the registration of trademarks. In this article, we examine what the Brexit deal will mean for IP professionals and trademark owners.

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New cosplay copyright rules are being considered by Japan

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The government of Japan is taking into consideration the best way to regulate cosplay using copyright law protecting both the rights of the cosplayer and the owners of the relevant IP. Cosplay means costume play and is defined as the practice of dressing up as a character from a film, book, or video game and often depict their role and appearance. The main sources of such cosplay characters are from animation, comics, and graphic novels which are copyrighted by their writers.

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Estate Planning for Artists and Collectors

Art Law Journal

Artists and collectors can minimize estate taxes on artworks by employing a planning strategy and understanding the complexities involved with assessing the work's fair market value. The post Estate Planning for Artists and Collectors appeared first on Art Business Journal.

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Stobbs launches ‘IP-as-a-service’ platform for brand owners

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A new online platform has been launched aiming at brand owners by Stobbs, IP and brand law consultancy. The service called iaido provides data analysis to brand owners who wish to track the effectiveness of their trademark portfolio by blending real-time consumer purchasing patterns with their brand IP. The global drinks company AB InBev has also been enlisted.

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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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Estate Planning for Artists and Collectors

Art Law Journal

Nicole Martinez. Artists and collectors can minimize estate taxes on artworks by employing a planning strategy and understanding the complexities involved with assessing the work's fair market value.

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New cosplay copyright rules are being considered by Japan

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The government of Japan is taking into consideration the best way to regulate cosplay using copyright law protecting both the rights of the cosplayer and the owners of the relevant IP. Cosplay means costume play and is defined as the practice of dressing up as a character from a film, book, or video game and often depict their role and appearance. The main sources of such cosplay characters are from animation, comics, and graphic novels which are copyrighted by their writers.

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Contractor and Manufacturer Warranties after Completion — Owner Holds Contractor to its Manufacturer's Warranty

GDB Firm Blog

Under certain circumstances, a contractor which merely passes-through a stand-alone warranty from a manufacturer can itself be held responsible for that warranty.

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Fish & Richardson Wins Full Federal Circuit Reversal and Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement for uCloudlink in Patent Dispute

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Fish & Richardson secured a full Federal Circuit reversal and summary judgment of non-infringement on behalf of Hong Kong uCloudlink Network Technology Limited and uCloudlink (America), Ltd (“uCloudlink”) in a patent infringement dispute with SIMO Holdings Inc. (“SIMO”) over a mobile device roaming patent. The January 5, 2021 ruling wiped out an $8.2 million judgment against uCloudlink.

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Contractor's Liability for Warranties Received From Vendors

GDB Firm Blog

Under certain circumstances, a contractor with a pass-through warranty from a vendor can be held responsible for that warranty itself.

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