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Muddy Waters Ahead for Clearview AI

IPilogue

muddies the waters again, challenging orders from privacy authorities in British Columbia and testing current Canadian privacy law. In February 2021, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“the Commissioner”) released a report on Clearview AI, Inc. Facial recognition software company Clearview AI, Inc. Accountability. Conclusion.

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Kat Von D, Think Before You Ink

IPilogue

Sedlik claims that Kat Von D infringed the copyright protection of his iconic photograph of world-famous jazz musician Miles Davis (“Davis”) when she tattooed the image onto a client’s body without authorization and posted photos of the tattoo on social media. On May 31, 2022, Judge Dale S. Background. Further Reading.

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The Unrecognizable Bill C-11: The Online Streaming Act Comes to the Heritage Committee

Michael Geist

Fortier patiently explained how her business owns all of its intellectual property and has a global audience that would be the envy of pretty much any Canadian content company. When Minister Rodriguez introduced this bill, he stated “we listened to concerns around social media and we fixed it.” While the Section 4.1

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 28 – July 4)

SpicyIP

Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility. In this post , we informed our readers about an announcement from LexisNexis Intellectual Property that LexisNexis Reed Tech will continue to provide patent data and document management services to the USPTO for the next 10 years. Thematic Highlight.

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Multi-Level Marketing Company Sufficiently Alleges Reasonable Efforts Despite Posting Trade Secret Materials to Thousands

LexBlog IP

” Defendants first argued that the network of salespeople and customer lists on Facebook were owned by them, as they have ownership interests in their Facebook profiles, and that because each defendant’s Facebook friends could see the rest of their friend network, these lists were not confidential.

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Generative AI Is Changing How We Do Business and How We Practice Law

IP Tech Blog

Other considerations for legal professionals abound, privacy being salient among them. Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing.

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What Even Is Ad Tech?

LexBlog IP

The agreements governing transactions in this space must address the collection, ownership and use of this data. state privacy laws and international privacy frameworks, it is important to understand and address any compliance obligations under those laws.