IP Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2023

Current artificial intelligence (AI) systems can generate an astonishing variety of content, including text-based works, audio, video, images, programming code, product designs, technical papers, etc. In many cases, the output from an AI system is virtually indistinguishable from that of a human. This trend is expected to continue at an ever-increasing rate in the coming years.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 9, 2023

It’s the summer of 2008 and the owner of a fairly new streaming site based in the north of England is on his way to a London hotel to meet a potential investor. Two surveillance teams are already in place; one covertly video recording the meeting from a table in the restaurant, another monitoring the exits. After the meeting, the site owner returns to the north by train, a surveillance team in tow.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 9, 2023

“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Watson.” “Watson who?” “Not much. But there is this decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois…” It. The post Now you can go Holmes again! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 9, 2023

Pirate Site Blocking Decreases Internet Traffic, Research Finds [link] 2023-04-02 Critics of Generative AI Are Worrying About the Wrong IP Issues – Center for Data Innovation – or Center for work a… [link] 2023-04-02 Start Preparing For “THE SINGULARITY.” There is a 5% to 10% chance it will be here in five years. [link] 2023-04-02 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-01 [link] 2023-04-02 Notes from the IAPP Canada Managing Director, 31 March 2023 [link] 2023-04-02 Copyright in

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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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CoCal IP Law Institute

APRIL 9, 2023

On Monday, April 9, 2023, Marina Lang will lead the discussion about recent 9th Circuit Opinion RIGSBY V. GODADDY INC. See Published Opinion Here: [link] The panel held that Plaintiff--a well known athlete and speaker-- could not satisfy “use in commerce” prong of the Lanham Act & could not overcome GoDaddy’s immunity protections under the [.

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The IPKat

APRIL 9, 2023

We may be in April now, but here’s what you missed from the IPKat back in March. Copyright Guest contributor Desmond Oriakhogba discussed the impact of Nigeria’s new Copyright Act 2022 on libraries, and how they stand to benefit from a range of exceptions in the act such as specific provisions to support research. Eleonora Rosati reported on the Federal Court of Justice of Germany’s decision that it is “clear” that works of applied art are to be treated like other works following Cofemel, despit

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