Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The first two posts in the series on why Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is a bad solution in search of a real problem focused on the risk to the free flow of information stemming from mandatory compensation for linking and how the bill encourages clickbait and other low quality news given the absence of standards in the definition of “news content.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 9, 2022

In an op-ed , MUSO CEO Andy Chatterley highlights that increased fragmentation in the streaming ecosystem, paired with higher prices, is starting to make piracy more appealing again. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Piracy is Appealing Once Again.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Last week, I appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage as part of the last panel of witnesses on Bill C-18, the Online News Act. For the first time since the start of the pandemic I attended in person, which provided the opportunity to witness a scene that partly occurred off-camera.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 19, 2022

Bill C-18, the Online News Act , represents a massive win for News Media Canada, the lobbying arm for news organizations such as Postmedia and Torstar. The bill has already led to spiked op-eds critical of the government in the papers represented by News Media Canada, with critical commentary an outlier.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2022

In a Variety op-ed published in March, RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier wrote that the problem is much bigger as many more sites are selling ‘infringing’ NFTs. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. HitPiece pulled the plug following this critique and NFT Music Stream followed soon after.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its introduction in early April, the Online News Act (Bill C-18) has flown below the public’s radar screen. The series starts with posts that examine some of the specifics in the bill, including problematic definitions for making available news, news businesses, and even the definition of news itself.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2024

There are many loud voices making a lot of noise about TikTok right now, and as someone who makes “noise” for a living, I thought I’d provide an independent musician’s perspective on the TikTok legislation before Congress: I hope it passes, both as an American and as a music maker.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2024

Among the most recent examples is the New York Times Company’s’ lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleges a variety of copyright-related claims. A spate of recent lawsuits is shining light on how some generative AI (GenAI) companies are using copyrighted materials, without permission, as a core part of their products.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2023

US Inventor is publicly opposing the appointment of Representative Darrell Issa (R – CA) to Chair the IP Subcommittee due to Issa’s record of IP reforms that are harmful to independent inventors and startups.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) released its decision this past week in Kristina Kashtanova's case about the comic book, Zarya of the Dawn. Kashtanova will keep the copyright registration, but it will be limited to the text and the whole work as a compilation.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

Innovation is the foundation of America’s ability to compete in a global economy, and the cornerstone of America’s foundation is our patent system. This is especially true when it comes to American leadership in life sciences.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 26, 2023

Of the many ways that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) works to the detriment of the U.S. innovation economy, one of the most nefarious is the Chinese government’s use of patent validity review to advance its national interests.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Confusion and misunderstanding among some independent inventors might slow or stall progress of the excellent eligibility reform bill recently introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC).

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IP Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

In April, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requested public input on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The Request for Comments (RFC) allowed the public to voice their opinion on the proposed rules, including hundreds of real, authentic inventors.

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IP Close Up

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Mark Helprin is a successful novelist. He is also on a mission to keep the content he and others create out of the public domain. Continue reading.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Novartis is currently involved in a multi-district patent litigation campaign to block generic entrants for Entresto®, which is Novartis’ blockbuster heart medication. In the fall of 2022, Novartis went to trial on the validity of one of the asserted patents, U.S. 8,101,659 (“the ‘659 patent”).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2023

The same is true for RIAA’s Mitch Glazier and NMPA’s David Israelite, who wrote an op-ed ahead of the hearing. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. “Creators and copyright owners must retain exclusive control over the ways their work is used.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

AI has evolved from merely a buzzword or a cool new idea to a substantively used tool in a variety of applications, including autonomous driving, natural language processing, drug development, finance and cybersecurity among others. The past few years saw a meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) products, services, and applications.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In a letter provided last week to members of the National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI), Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced her role as Chair of the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2). I congratulate the Secretary for this extremely important role.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, regulated entities do not include review websites and “Comments incidental to content posted by an established and widely recognized media outlet, the primary purpose of which is to report news and current events.” Indeed, the AG’s office “assured the court at the Rule 65.1

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This week, CreativeFuture CEO Ruth Vitale wrote an op-ed for The Hill , calling for action. The fact that the headline of Vitale’s op-ed avoids the term ‘site blocking’ suggests that sensitivities remain. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Yet, instead of new laws and regulations, the United States has relied mainly on tariffs in an indirect effort to convince China to curb these illegal practices. Intellectual property (IP) theft, especially of trade secrets, remains a significant threat to advanced U.S. industries, global competitiveness, and national security.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2024

It's rare that a federal policy inspires fierce opposition from both sides of the aisle. But the Biden administration's recent proposal to gut the Bayh-Dole Act is doing exactly that.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2023

In a free-market economy, patent laws can boost or destroy incentives to invent and commercialize new things. The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee—Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (IP Subcommittee) writes patent law and is responsible for other patent-related initiatives.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The other big news last week was the so-called “noisy exit” of FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson from the FTC, an exit punctuated by a pointed op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal asserting that FTC Chair Lina Khan has disregarded the rule of law and due process in her management of the FTC.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

Goldsmith , In the recently-decided case, which the Warhol Foundation had won below, the appellate court rejected the claim that Warhol’s uses of certain photographs of Prince by Linda Goldsmith (with photographs and Warhol works depicted in Slip Op. ’ (Op. ’ (Op. ’ See, e.g., Google, Slip op.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In an op-ed this summer for the Columbia Journalism Review , Pickard and Annenberg colleague Timothy Neff called for creation of a public media safety net that would deliver trustworthy information and access to democracy. “We Rebuilding & Rethinking US Information Infrastructure.

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