The Illusion of More

APRIL 22, 2025

Twelve years ago, when I first engaged in copyright advocacy, I was surprised to discover how many critics argued that copyright rights conflict with the speech right. Initially, I thought this had to be a fringe, internet thinga vibe cooked up in the adolescent blogosphere that no legal scholar or expert took seriously. It would […] The post Maybe Now, Copyright Critics Know What Censorship Looks Like appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2025

The following is an edited transcript of my video Trademark Tips for Journalists. Journalists consistently struggle with some of the nuance, terminology and language of trademark law. This is a challenge and somewhat upsetting when I’m trying to teach law students about proper terminology, concepts and issues, and the stories that their friends ask them about because they know they’re studying trademarks.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 21, 2025

The Copyright Claims Board has awarded photographer Martin McNeil nearly $3k in damages after his image was used on social media platforms. The post Photographer Wins Nearly $3K in Small Claims Case appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 20, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday addressed an issue of first impression in the patent eligibility context, holding that claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment are not patent eligible. Recentive Analytics, Inc. sued Fox Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, and Fox Sports Productions, LLC for infringement of four U.S.

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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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Nelligan Law

APRIL 22, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes While U.S. auto tariffs on imported vehicles have dominated the headlines, its actually the Canadian governments retaliatory tariffseffectively levied on its own consumersthat may cause complications if your vehicle is damaged in a collision. If your car is damaged in an accident in Ontario, youll generally be able to make a claim under your auto insurance policy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

The court summarizes the plaintiffs’ allegations: D.G. began playing video games when he was six years old and at some point became addicted. Plaintiffs further allege that D.G.s gaming has resulted in serious harm, including emotional distress, lost friends, and problems in school. When his mother tries to limit his video gaming, Plaintiffs claim that D.G. experiences withdrawal symptoms such as rage and physical outbursts that leave his mother fearful and distressed.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 20, 2025

Five years ago, the World Health Organization formally declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Follow-up measures taken by governments and organizations around the world directly affected the lives of billions of people. Those who were lucky enough to keep their jobs started to work from home, if possible. The same applied to school-going youth, who saw their social lives cut off due to lockdowns and curfews.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2025

A Senate panel has advanced three sets of bipartisan bills purportedly aimed at reforming the intellectual property (IP) landscape and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Together, these bills seek to address issues with product hopping and patent thickets. The bills also seek to improve the efficiency of patent examiners and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, as well as pharmaceutical logistics, through the creation of specific task forces.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 25, 2025

Originally posted 2013-07-11 21:24:27. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAt a recent beach-themed birthday party for a one-year-old girl, the cute, creative table-number cards were small inflated beach balls with the guests names written on the white panel in marker. At the party, all I looked at is what table my family had been assigned to. […] The post Bea©h ball?

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SpicyIP

APRIL 20, 2025

The office of Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar is looking to retain 2 advocates for her chamber in New Delhi. For more information, see below – Image generated by ChatGPT Vacancies for 2 Advocates in the Office of Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate [Apply by April 30, 2025] Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate, is looking to retain two advocates for her chamber in New Delhi.

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Advertiser: IPO

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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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2025

Tackling online piracy is a complicated endeavor that often begins with efforts to identify the operators of infringing sites and services. This is also where the first hurdles show up. Many pirates keep their identities concealed. This applies to the operators of sites and services as well as their users. This relative anonymity is a nuisance to anti-piracy groups, including the RIAA and MPA.

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The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2025

Get your own Brian action figure to play everyone's favorite game - CJEU SPC Uncertainty? (with credit to Nina Bayerl) The tulips are saluting in Broadway, the trees are blossoming in Central Park and the chattering of IP lawyers , judges, policy makers and commentators can be heard around Fordham Law School where Fordham Universitys 32 nd Annual Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference got off to an early, engaging and exciting start with a breakfast-time panel on Patents in Pharma.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2025

The Fedtrade podcast recently interviewed Artur Czerniejewski, Head of Swiss Business Hub USA of Switzerland Global Enterprise, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) is the official Swiss organization for export and investment promotion. With a unique global network, S-GE supports more than 5,500 Swiss companies every year in their international business and helps innovative foreign companies on their way to settling in Switzerland.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 22, 2025

Image generated via ChatGPT [ This post is authored by Kartik Sharma. Kartik is a fourth-year student at the National Law School of India University and was the third prize winner in the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP law. ] To all the interested readers, there is another intriguing update in the Azure-PPL litigation story. Last week, a division bench of the Delhi HC had modified the single benchs interim injunction passed against Azure Hospitality and on law held that PPL cannot i

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2025

Since early February, Spain has faced unprecedented yet avoidable nationwide disruption to previously functioning, entirely legitimate online services. A court order obtained by top-tier football league LaLiga in partnership with telecommunications giant Telefonica, authorized ISP-level blocking across all major ISPs to prevent public access to pirate IPTV services and websites.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 24, 2025

The State Bar of California recently revealed that it used AI to write questions for its new bar exam. The response has been very heated. The post California Bar Admits to Using AI to Develop Bar Exam Questions appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2025

The Fedtrade podcast recently interviewed Adam Boltik, Program Manager for the Office of International Commerce of the State of New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. The Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) is the premier resource for businesses considering expansion in, or relocation to, New Hampshire, as well as people seeking a home in a place where they can balance their careers amid the natural.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 22, 2025

Something exciting is in the works for the Indian IP enthusiast community. After a sneak peek a few weeks ago, we have now started accepting applications for the inaugural edition of the SpicyIP Summer School! Designed to empower students to cultivate critical pluralism in approaching Intellectual Property (IP) law and policy, the Summer School aims to break move away from the traditional approach that treats IP in isolation, and rather, positions it as a dynamic governance mechanism that shapes

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2025

This Kat has spent her Easter break reading about her favourite topic: Protecting Geographical Indications in Africa by Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam (Oxford University Press, 272 pp.). As its title suggests, this book is an obvious fit for lawyers, consultants and researchers who work with the issue of GIs in the African region. This Kat, however, would also recommend it to a broader audience of GI-interested readers, and this for several reasons.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 23, 2025

Eighteen years ago, a popular character disappeared from the Yu-Gi-Oh card game. Now, fans finally have an explanation. The post How Copyright Solved an 18-Year-Old Yu-Gi-Oh Mystery appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational damage whether through external hacking or internal theft. Its your job to take steps to minimize threats that could come from disgruntled workers, departing employees, unscrupulous competitors, or even state-sponsored actors.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 25, 2025

Discussing an anomaly in the results of the Indian Patent Agent Exams, Rajiv Kumar Choudhary explains how viva voce played a determinative role in the results for some of the candidates, despite them securing the qualifying marks in Paper I and II. Rajiv is a practicing advocate based in New Delhi. He specialises in IP law, with a focus on high-technology and patent law.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 20, 2025

A dispute over stage rights in To Kill a Mockingbird is testing the boundaries of copyright terminationand has drawn the U.S. Copyright Office into the fray. Its one of Americas most beloved novels, but To Kill a Mockingbird s courtroom drama has now spilled off the page and into actual courtrooms. The fight centers on who controls the rights to stage the playspecifically, so-called nonfirst-class productions: the stock and amateur performances typically mounted in community theaters and high sc

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2025

Another glorious day that IP lawyers in midtown only got a glimpse of. Although missing the wonderful spring weather in Manhattan, the IP glitterati were enjoying an afternoon of more IP debate on the first day of the Fordham IP Conference. The final panel of Day 1 of the Fordham promised insights into the European judicial landscape. Over to Kat friend, Emily Bottle ( HSF ) who, at her first Fordham, reports on the session for IPKat readers: " Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (Freshfields, D

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Singapore-based XP Power has been ordered to pay $17 million in attorneys fees to opponent Comet Technologies, USA, following Comets victory at trial. The Northern District of California issued the order in January 2025, and it follows a jury award to Comet of $40 million in unjust enrichment damages. XP Power and Comet Technologies are rival companies, producing products including semiconductor chips, radios, and power supply materials.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2025

For those not directly involved, assessing the effectiveness of an anti-piracy campaign meets significant challenges. The results of campaigns are often measured by those behind them, in some cases after receiving significant financial assistance from friendly governments. Whether by coincidence or otherwise, subsequent reports suggesting that everyone wasted their money are impossible to find.

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Intepat

APRIL 25, 2025

INTRODUCTION The fashion industry, celebrated for its artistic expression and creativity, has recently ventured into the digital frontier through Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). NFTs, a form of blockchain-based digital assets, have opened unprecedented avenues for creativity and commerce. However, their rapid rise has also resulted in unique and complex legal disputes within the fashion industry.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2025

This post concerns extremely unusual subject matter to reach the Court of Appeal. The case is Makeality Ltd v City Doggo Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 400 and, despite the presence of dogs, is worthy of this Kats attention. It concerns a dispute about litter trays and case management but involves important questions about the role of appeal courts and the ongoing relevance of EU law in the UK.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Established 25 years ago at the turn of the century by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World IP Day celebrates the unique contributions made by global inventors and creators. Over the past half century, intangible asset value has skyrocketed from 17% of S&P 500 market value in 1975, to 68% in 1995, to more than 90% today. Ocean Tomo leadership and their predecessor firms have been an active participant in IP markets for decades and have seen this evolution firsthand.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2025

Back in 2019, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, alongside the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Hollywood’s MPA, had reason to celebrate following a successful enforcement operation. Their target was a CDN (Content Delivery Network) known as Moonwalk, which offered vast quantities of movies and TV shows for pirate site operators to embed in their own sites.

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Intepat

APRIL 25, 2025

Although copyright and trademarks are frequently associated with intellectual property in the music industry, patents constitute a critical, but understated, mechanism for protecting music innovation. As we observe World Intellectual Property (IP) Day , themed “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP,” and advance our campaign, “Hitting the Right Notes with Intellectual Property,” this analysis will examine the significant role of patents in driving technological advancement an

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2025

The IPKat recently covered (see here ) the decision of the Delaware District Court (the Court) in Reuters v ROSS (Case 1:20-cv-00613, ECF 770), in which it held that a fair use defence was unsuccessful on a summary judgment motion for copyright infringement. The trial, which was due to take place next month, has now been postponed pending an interlocutory appeal.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Imagine getting your hands on the ultimate creator cheat code the behind-the-scenes playbook MrBeast uses to dominate YouTube. Now imagine going viral not for using it, but for allegedly walking off with it. Thats exactly whats unfolding with Leroy Nabors, a former IT contractor turned full-time employee at MrBeast YouTube LLC (Beast) the content machine built by digital juggernaut, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 24, 2025

Warner Music Group sues Crumbl, India's supreme court clarifies copyright/design divide, and Mariah Carey seeks fees from Vince Vance. The post 3 Count: Cookie Crumbl appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

Today, former U.S. Patent and Trademark Director Andrei Iancu delivered a keynote address to open the Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS) 2025 being held at Dolby Labs in San Francisco, CA. Iancus comments excoriated recent calls to weaken U.S. intellectual property laws for the purpose of devaluing American intellectual property (IP), a political viewpoint that he said cedes economic and technological dominance to foreign rivals like China.

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