TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 9, 2021

When torrent sites were gaining significant traction in the mid 2000s, discovering information about their infrastructure and even their operators could be a simple affair. Even if domain WHOIS information was secured with an anonymity service, basic searches often revealed where sites were hosted, meaning that platforms could be put under immediate pressure, when the legal environment allowed.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2021

On September 21, 2021, India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry published amended Patents Rules, 2021, to amend the 2003 Patents Rules. The amendment now includes a new category, “eligible educational institutions,” which qualifies for the same reduced fees as natural persons, startups, and small entities.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2021

We’re pleased to inform you that the Centre for Health Law and Policy (CHLP), the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) under the aegis of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), in collaboration with the Prof. N R Madhava Menon Interdisciplinary Centre for Research Ethics and Protocols (ICREP), CUSAT and the Kerala State Higher Education Council are conducting an international webinar on ‘Vaccines and Immunization: Et

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The Trichordist

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Registration is open for the Texas Entertainment Law Institute that Chris Castle is directing this year. The Institute will be virtual so it’s much easier to attend. We have a bunch of great speakers and panels so please check it out and register here!

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The AmeriKat enjoying the slower paced validity track. Ahhh, the German injunction gap. A topic of interest in the UK courts at the moment (see the various applications to expedite trials because of it here ). But turns out the German patent litigators are also talking about it. From September 15 to September 17 2021, the annual meeting of the German Association for Intellectual Property ( GRUR ) took place in Bonn.

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Reporting Patent Intellectual Property Litigation 57

Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 9, 2021

This is big, but stay calm. Though I hardly can. I took some heat a little while ago for suggesting, contrary to my generally skeptical view of what constitutes trademark. The post Second Circuit and the whole of the law on confusion appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IAM Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Saturday Opinion : A memorable two days in the Irish capital showed definitively that face-to-face trumps video and allowed for some detailed debate on key topics.

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IAM Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Saturday Opinion : A memorable two days in the Irish capital showed definitively that face-to-face trumps video and allowed for some detailed debate on key topics.

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