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WTO Decides on the Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Is Late as Good as Never? 

SpicyIP

[This post has been co-authored by Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour. Rahul is an attorney at IRA Law and a former Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi. Rahul is a Rhodes Scholar (2018) and has worked as a law clerk for Justice D. Y Chandrachud (2020-21). He has also blogged for us in the past and was the SpicyIP Fellow for 2016. Readers can access posts by Rahul here.

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Third Circuit Declares Copyright Independence for Fireworks Systems–Pyrotechnics v. XFX

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves copyright protection for fireworks systems–a relevant topic for July 4th! Pyrotechnics (under the “FireOne” brand) claims to be the “world leader in digital pyrotechnic firing systems.” The system involves a central unit, field modules, and software to run the system. Communication between the central unit and the field modules takes place via a “proprietary protocol.” FireTEK , a Romanian competitor, reverse-engineered Pyrotechnics

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ACE Seizes Domains Of Large Sports Streaming Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

There is no denying that the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment ( ACE ) has been rather successful over the past few years. The anti-piracy group, which represents prominent rightsholders such as Apple, the BBC, Canal+, Disney, Sky, Netflix, and Warner Bros, systematically hunts down key piracy players. ACE is well connected with law enforcement around the world and continues to expand its user base.

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US Copyright Office advises not to introduce ancillary copyright protection for press publishers in the US

The IPKat

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines. But is the EU press publishers’ right a model for other legislatures to follow too?

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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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Your Child is Being Watched: EdTech and Children’s Privacy Part 1

IPilogue

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pandemic-related school closures pushed the adoption of educational technology (“EdTech”) in classrooms to new heights. In fact, Forbes estimates that the industry will surpass $377 billion by the year 2028. In response to the pandemic, Teachers across the globe were forced to adapt to online settings and were left scrambling for fun virtual tools to keep their children engaged in the

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American Axle Denied: Patent Stakeholders Sound Off on SCOTUS’ Refusal to Deal with Eligibility

IP Watchdog

As we’re all aware by now, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition in American Axle & Mfg., Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC late last week, in its last Orders List of the term. This leaves it up to Congress and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to restore any semblance of clarity on U.S. patent eligibility law for now. In a statement sent to IPWatchdog following the denial, the U.S.

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Border

Michael Geist

It isn’t every day that a Senate committee examines legislation and makes notable changes against the wishes of the government. But that’s what happened last month as a Senate committee reviewed Bill S-7 , which raised significant privacy concerns regarding the legal standard for searches of digital devices at the border. A chorus of opposition sparked by Senator Paula Simons led to changes in the bill with the Chair of the committee acknowledging “we did not have one witness except the minister

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4th of July

Patently-O

4th of July is a big American holiday. I’m either out at the grill or eating apple pie. While you wait for more Patently-O content, check out our Sponsor, MBHB LLP. – Dennis.

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Nationally leading decarbonisation work continues as HSF advises Edify Energy on the largest approved utility scale grid-forming battery in Australia

Herbert Smith Freehills

Cementing its leadership in energy sector transactional work, Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Edify Energy on the development, project financing and major equity sale of the largest utility scale grid-forming battery in the National Electricity Market – the 150MW/300MWh Riverina Battery Energ The Project will comprise three battery energy storage partitions, each supported by its own battery storage services agreement with Shell Energy or EnergyAustralia.

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July 4, 2022

LexBlog IP

Posted on July 4, 2022 by bwheelock. It’s the Fourth of July, 2022, and time to celebrate the holiday, as this blog always does, with patents. We begin with the appropriately named Fourth of July Echinacea, the subject of PP26075, issued November 10, 2015: U.S. Patent No. PP2605, Fig. 2. Edward Driscoll, Jr. was issued U.S. Patent No. 250507 on December 6, 1881, for a Toy Whip that used caps to make a cracking sound.

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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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Nationally leading decarbonisation work continues as Herbert Smith Freehills advises Edify Energy on the largest approved utility scale grid-forming battery in Australia

Herbert Smith Freehills

Cementing its leadership in energy sector transactional work, Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Edify Energy on the development, project financing and major equity sale of the largest utility scale grid-forming battery in the National Electricity Market – the 150MW/300MWh Riverina Battery Energ The Project will comprise three battery energy storage partitions, each supported by its own battery storage services agreement with Shell Energy or EnergyAustralia.

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Let it flow

Likelihood of Confusion

The Invent Blog® reports on the latest fashion (and maybe a good idea) for IP lawyers: Flowcharts on IP for Clients to help them understand the options and contingencies before. The post Let it flow appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Six things to know about patent cases in the Southern District of New York

IAM Magazine

Although few disputes reach trial, some rights owners have won big in a venue that has one of the US’s speediest dockets

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Broadest US Pirate Site Injunction Rewritten/Tamed By Cloudflare

TorrentFreak

When video and broadcasting companies take on their pirate site competitors it’s only natural that once they have their day in court, measures are taken to ensure the sites don’t just simply come back online. While even airtight injunctions can’t work miracles, they do make it easier to disrupt a pirate site’s business to the point that it may not be worth carrying on.

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Six things to know about patent cases in the Southern District of New York

IAM Magazine

Although few disputes reach trial, some rights owners have won big in a venue that has one of the US’s speediest dockets.

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Pfizer to commercialise its IP with the help of trailblazing Roivant approach

IAM Magazine

The partnership is aimed at helping the pharma giant to moentise deprioritised IP in the autoimmune space

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Pfizer to commercialise its IP with the help of trailblazing Roivant approach

IAM Magazine

The partnership is aimed at helping the pharma giant to moentise deprioritised IP in the autoimmune space.

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