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Informal innovation: The re-emergence of ‘informal’ washing machines

SpicyIP

Image from here A topic close to this blog’s heart – informal innovation, recently made headlines. Informal innovations are ultimately about finding simple, workable solutions to wide-spread problems. Successful commercialisation of informal innovation, however, remains a significant but challenging issue ( here ).

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The digital markets act

Olartemoure Blog

The Digital Markets Act is a groundbreaking law from the European Union that regulates the performance of large online platforms (designated as gatekeepers) in the digital economy to guarantee fair competition, which started applying on 2 May 2023. Being designated as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act will bring some consequences.

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How Grey Is Your Market? Identifying Grey Market Issues and Strategies to Combat Them 

Corsearch

However, whilst international trade fosters economic growth and exchange, it also creates opportunities for grey market goods to emerge. Table of contents : • What is the grey market? • Supply chain inefficiencies: Misallocation of products or product returns can lead to grey market sales.

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Neutral Intermediaries are Not Notorious Piracy Markets, Coalition Warns

TorrentFreak

Earlier this month, several prominent copyright holder groups sent their annual “notorious markets” recommendations to the U.S. Government uses these documents as input for its yearly review of notorious piracy markets, which aims to provide an overview of threats to various copyright industries. Trade Representative (USTR).

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Section 230 Protects Zillow for Publishing Property Information–Choudhuri v. Specialized Loan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

“Choudhuri appears to allege that Zillow ‘illegally’ published information regarding the property at issue on its website, including listing it ‘for auction.'” Zillow case, which also involved Zillow’s publication of incorrect property information. ” This leads to an easy Section 230 dismissal.

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MarkIt to Market® - August 2022

JD Supra Law

Thank you for reading the August 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. In this issue: - Show Cause Showdown for Fraudulent Filers at the USPTO - gTLD Sunrise Period Now Open: August 2022 Please see full Publication below for more information. We also provide an update on a new gTLD Sunrise Period.

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StreamSafely: Anti-Piracy Campaign or Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Machine?

TorrentFreak

Put much more bluntly, entertainment companies want to make sure that the people ‘stealing’ their content are kept safe and don’t have their private information unnecessarily exposed. As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v.

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