Sat.Oct 02, 2021

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Prosecutors Drop Fraud Case Against Danish ‘Copyright Troll’ Law Firm

TorrentFreak

Since around 2017, Danish law firm Njord Law has worked with movie companies to extract cash settlements from alleged pirates. The system follows a familiar pattern – use an anti-piracy monitoring firm to collect IP addresses in BitTorrent swarms, obtain court orders compelling ISPs to hand over the personal details behind those IP addresses, and send letters asking for cash to make potential lawsuits go away.

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WIPO is Seeking a Head of PCT User Resources Section

IP Watchdog

The post is located in the PCT User Resources Section, PCT Legal and User Relations Division, PCT Legal and International Affairs Department, Patents and Technology Sector.

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Hyatt; Prosecution Laches; and more Civil Actions

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch. In a June 2021 decision, the Federal Circuit supported the USPTO in its arguments that Gilbert Hyatt long-pending patent applications could be rendered moot based upon the doctrine of Prosecution Laches. Hyatt v. Hirshfeld , 998 F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2021). Those cases are now on remand and the district court is setting up for trial on the question of whether the 20+ year delay in prosecution was due to Hyatt’s unreasonable behavior and whether the delay has resulted in

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Jew eat yet?

Likelihood of Confusion

Some people are so paranoid! (Who can blame us?) UPDATE: This Randazza slings a pretty good Yiddish. Who knew? Originally posted 2011-09-07 23:59:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Jew eat yet? appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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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Judge dismisses Apple threat to quit UK; Qualcomm leaves HEVC platform; Major DoJ FRAND speech; Nokia hails patent award; Pharma licensing bonanza; plus much more

IAM Magazine

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days.