Hugh Stephens Blog

MAY 8, 2022

On April 28, with little advance notice, an announcement was released by various governments informing the world that they had just signed a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet”. In all, sixty-one countries signed this grandiose-sounding document, ranging from Albania to Uruguay. Signatories notably included the US, which was the sponsor of the Declaration, … Continue reading "The “Declaration for the Future of the Internet”: What Does it Mean for Copyright Industries?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2022

Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success. Site blocking has emerged as one of the preferred solutions. While blocking measures are not bulletproof, the general idea is that they pose a large enough hurdle for casual pirates to choose legal options instead. The blocking approach was still relatively controversial at the start of the last decade but it’s increasingly being normalized.

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on the treatment of prosecution history in trade mark infringement proceedings. Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi. Eashan writes about Indian intellectual property law on his Medium page.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 8, 2022

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO's) new director wasted no time getting down to business in terms of protecting design innovation in the United States. Only two days after being sworn in, Director Kathi Vidal announced the release of the USPTO’s Summary of public views on the article of manufacture requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 171. This report summarized public comments received in response to a December 2020 request by the USPTO.

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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 IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Kat friend Sarah Neil brings the following cautionary tale when the Registry gets over its trade mark skis on the issue of bad faith. Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC, sitting as the Appointed Person, assessed the legal competence of the UK IPO to raise bad faith as a ground of refusal of its own motion, finding their approach “legally deficient”. The issue of bad faith is rarely raised before the UK IPO in trade mark matters.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2022

Tackling online piracy is a complicated endeavor that often starts by identifying the operators of infringing sites and services. This is also where the first hurdles come into play. Most people who pirate still keep their identities concealed. This applies to the operators of sites and services as well as their users. This relative anonymity is a nuisance to anti-piracy groups, including the RIAA.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2022

U.S. Patent No. 1,792,572 discloses a container for use in one of the “nineteen or more recognized holidays, which are featured by retailers dealing in candy, flowers, favors, etc.,” including Mother’s Day, as is clear from the image on the left.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MAY 8, 2022

Chutzpa! Originally posted 2014-04-24 11:15:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post “All Criticism of This Website Is Hereby Forbidden” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Blogging 52

IAM Magazine

MAY 8, 2022

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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IP Patent 52

Barry Sookman

MAY 8, 2022

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-04-30 [link] 2022-05-01. The Anti-Copyright Hyperbole Fails to Sway the Canadian Government – Hugh Stephens Blog [link] 2022-05-01. It is not unlawful for a government to use modern means of communication which delete communications and make them… [link] 2022-05-01. European court of justice finds that consumer associations can sue for enforcement of GDPR privacy obligations [link] 2022-05-01.

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Privacy Contracts Government Blogging 58

Advertiser: IPO

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IAM Magazine

MAY 8, 2022

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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IP Patent 52

SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a place to get voiced either due to long standing assumptions, or due to being seen as ‘too trivial’ to discuss in more formal settings. The series is authored by Lokesh Vyas and myself in equal measure.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 8, 2022

Both Facebook and Twitter restricted Hart’s account access due to various posts over COVID, masking, and other culture war issues. Hart sued them for violating the First Amendment. You can guess how that went. The court says they are not state actors and therefore aren’t required to follow the First Amendment. Joint Action. “Facebook and Twitter made contemporaneous statements that they took action because they concluded that Hart had violated company policy,” not because

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