TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2023

Piracy is a complicated phenomenon but most consumer research surveys on the topic are relatively straightforward. Since most pirates don’t like to have their online activity monitored, piracy studies generally rely on self-reported data instead. These types of surveys are very common in all sorts of areas but they tend to come with several inherent biases.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 6, 2023

Ben Charny at eWeek reports: “Google’s ‘Oogle’ Hunters Bag Another One.” What’s it all about? The magic of the double-o, reports Charny: Google’s Rose Hagan, senior trademark counsel, explained during. The post Google down, boogy oogy oogy appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 6, 2023

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule to combat the use of fake reviews, which are deceptive to consumers. The FTC is seeking comments on the proposed rule by the end of September in order to inform its decision-making on the proposal. The FTC’s press release includes the following examples of what the proposed rule would prohibit: Selling or Obtaining Fake Consumer Reviews and Testimonials: The proposed rule would prohibit businesses from writing or s

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Above the Fold

AUGUST 6, 2023

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule to combat the use of fake reviews, which are deceptive to consumers. The FTC is seeking comments on the proposed rule by the end of September in order to inform its decision-making on the proposal. The FTC’s press release includes the following examples of what the proposed rule would prohibit: Selling or Obtaining Fake Consumer Reviews and Testimonials: The proposed rule would prohibit businesses from writing or sellin

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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

AUGUST 6, 2023

As IPKat readers know, it was only a couple of months ago that The IPKat celebrated its first 20 years of activity. To mark this milestone, we organized an event in London in June 2023 [Katreports here , here , here and here ] and Kats Hayleigh and Eleonora put together a collection of chapters authored by current and past IPKat Team Members, as well as some eminent Katfriends.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 6, 2023

Critical U.S Industry Depends on the PTAB – Not China The so-called PREVAIL Act ( here ) was floated some weeks back to “ to ensure the United States does not cede technological supremacy to our foreign competitors and adversaries. ” As the accompanying materials insist , fighting China is the rationale behind the bill’s proposed patent reforms.

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