JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If you are in business and use a word, phrase, symbol, design, or any combination of these to identify your goods or services, you have a trademark and need to consider "What does trademark law protect against?". By: Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It's the Fashion Law Institute! Will there be beautiful people? Please, darling! The post Fashion. appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law invites you for its upcoming trademark law symposium, "Section Two Small: Exploring the New Constitutional Limits on Trademark Law" on Friday, November 3, 2023.The Full program here. Registration here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

But, are face scans really an option for age verification, or will it conflict with other privacy laws? In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information. Choice of Law.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The increasing sophistication of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had widespread effects on fields ranging from art and film to law and healthcare.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

There are billions of people who are governed by the same set of territorial laws when it comes to administrative functions like taxes, contracts and even criminal offences. But, when it comes to personal laws regarding culture, the India constitution is very vast in terms of how it has laid down different rules for different cultures.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The GUIs at issue in THJ What does originality in copyright law mean? In THJ , Arnold LJ tackled the perduring relevance of CJEU originality case law to post-Brexit UK copyright law. This is an evergreen – yet still vexed – question. Let's see what happened. The CJEU did agree and has agreed ever since.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

California is poised to become the third state to enact a right to repair law aimed at making it easier for independent repair shops and consumers to repair electronic devices. This might sound well and good—until you think about what it actually means for IP owners.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As has been reported in the music press, the well-known digital music service Spotify has announced that it will be imminently ceasing its operations in Uruguay due to certain amendments included in the country's copyright laws regarding the remuneration of performers.

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Songwriters, including Frank Zappa, John Denver, and Dee Snider testified in Senate hearings to oppose the […] The post Court Demolishes Texas Book “Rating” Law appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following legislative update on the new Ukrainian Copyright Law from Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk (both Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). This prompted intensive work on the text of the draft law. See also here for the previous law.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The weekend has just closed on another very rainy Floridian ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference (Last year we had a hurricane, so this would qualify as an uninspiring upgrade). If artificial intelligence is so great, why can’t it reliably predict the weather?

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The regulation is aimed at ensuring that the UK's post-Brexit 'one-way' exhaustion regime continues after the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act comes into effect on 1 January 2024, at least for now. By: Hogan Lovells

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 8, 2023

Via fashionista-lawyer-to-the-fashionista-stars Olivera Medenica, it’s time to roll up for the Federal Bar Association‘s 2016 Fashion Law Conference at the Parson’s School of Design! The post Fashion Law at the Federal Bar Association appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Look, here’s the text I copied.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 4, 2023

Murphy’s Law prevails however, and I am sitting on the computer now waiting for new sizes of the one “must have” shoe to release at midnight… I digress. As I embarked on this journey to secure the latest Nikes for each member of my family, I couldn’t help but marvel at the intriguing world of Canadian sneaker law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” ” A New York federal district court preliminarily enjoined the law on constitutional grounds, and the case is now on appeal to the Second Circuit.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Prominent Kirkland & Ellis LLP trial lawyer Jim Hurst is back at the firm, just months after announcing that he was leaving the practice of law, according to the firm's website and court filings.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On the other hand, about the other legal bases for processing, the CJEU pointed out that, as these are situations that allow processing without consent, they must be interpreted restrictively and that it will be the controller who will have the burden of proving the lawfulness of the processing under one of these legal bases.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the belief that represents a breach of EU data protection laws, the digital rights group, ISPs, and other like-minded supporters, took their fight to the French legal system. Under EU law, member states may not pass national laws that allow for the general and indiscriminate retention of citizens’ traffic and location data.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Since the Canadian copyright law reforms in 2012, education and libraries have increased spending on licensing and a non-partisan House of Commons study found no need to create new restriction on education and library copying rights. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the CFLA statement and copyright law in Canada.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

With the amended Counter-Espionage Law, China has broadened its definition of “espionage” to give information related to “national security and interests” the same protections already given to state secrets.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The post New video series: Law Learnin’ Wednesdays appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Instapundit is rife with gag guides to law school, and some serious ones, too. Done that — in this 1992 article called “Welcome to Lincoln Law” (in the old Student. The post The original parody guide to law school – “Welcome to Lincoln Law” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that addresses AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Following the Bulgarian’s settled case-law to estimate harm based on the retail price of the originals, the defendant was charged under Art. Directive 2004/48/EC The competence to legislate on criminal law lies mostly with EU Member States, and not with the EU. 61 of the TRIPS Agreement, EU Member States need to comply with EU law.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 5, 2023

George Washington University Law School is launching an intellectual property and privacy and technology law center, focused on preparing future lawyers for careers in those industries through new courses and other opportunities, according to a Monday announcement.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The often-controversial UK Online Safety Act (the OSA ) has finally become law after receiving Royal Assent yesterday UK children and adults to be safer online as world-leading bill becomes law – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) heralding the end of the era of largely self-regulation for user generated content by technology platforms, whether large or small.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 5, 2023

Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. plaintiff), who alleged that earlier in 2023, she had participated in the “Global Jural Conclave 2023” organized by Lloyd Law College (Defendant no.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 5, 2023

To address these situations and provide a structured outline for resolving them, the UAE enacted Federal Decree-Law No. This comprehensive law outlines the rules and procedures governing insolvency, aiming to protect the interests of debtors and creditors alike. 19/2019 on Insolvency.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

This is another lawsuit between personal injury law firms over competitive keyword ads. The plaintiff is Nicolet Law, based in Hudson, Wisconsin with 14 offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota. However, note that Nicolet Law, a surname, isn’t registered with the USPTO and there may be questions about its secondary meaning.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Philip Palmer is a former Justice lawyer who appeared before the House of Commons committee studying Bill C-11 to make the case that the law does not fall within the scope of federal powers. He joins the Law Bytes podcast to explain why and what it might mean for the Internet streaming and online news laws.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

These new laws will become effective on January 1, 2024, and now is the time for employers to assess and revise their employment-related agreements and restrictive covenants accordingly. The two new laws are detailed below. must give the notice to all employees, not just those in California. FOOTNOTES [1] California Bus. &

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The Illusion of More

JULY 25, 2023

Citing the class action lawsuits Andersen and Tremblay, I predicted that if the courts do not find that ML unavoidably violates the reproduction right (§106(1)), copyright law may not offer much relief […] The post AI Machine Learning: Remedies Other Than Copyright Law? appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Almost every week sees a new development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) law. By: AEON Law Here are some recent highlights.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 12, 2023

Kilpatrick Townsend’s Sindy Ding-Voorhees recently spoke at the “13th Annual Fashion Law Symposium” held by the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University Law School.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2023

Think you know the law? If you’re an attorney or simply well-versed in legal matters, you may have a working knowledge of statutory and case law. However, the area of intellectual property (IP) law is rife with surprises about which even seasoned lawyers may be unaware.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

law firms are steadfast in their commitment to the pursuit of further growth despite ongoing economic uncertainty. Here’s what the leaders of four Leaderboard firms have to say about how the legal industry is preparing for next year.

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