LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) posted two notices on Regulations.gov seeking public input on the requirements to practice before the USPTO and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) provides training to less experienced advocators before the PTAB.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a Request for Comments (RFC) on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) system accountability measures and policies to advance its efforts to ensure AI systems work as claimed and without causing harm.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2023

On April 11, 2023 – one month in advance of the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 – the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirmed that various Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under HIPAA during the PHE will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Specific topics of interest include: Participation of U.S. For nascent technologies, early standards adoption can help coordinates efforts to advance the state of the art. Submitting Comments: To submit comments on the joint USPTO, ITA, and NIST request, refer to the Federal Register notice published on September 11, 2023.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

As with my earlier post on the overall role of peer review in the scholarly and scientific publishing process, for Peer Review Week 2022 we are reposting this series and including some updated information on the topics we covered: An article in Nature Medicine suggests access to preprints might be good for patient outcomes.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Following the release of the groundbreaking final report of the Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group , the Law Society of Ontario and many firms across the province began to turn the gaze of justice inward – on diversity within firms, from staff and associates to advancement and firm leadership.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Is the goal here to have consumers talk about the topic of the day – e-cigarette marketing and youth uptake? And if that is the case, wouldn’t it make sense to provide consumers with access to information about the report in advance of the meeting?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To what extent, for example, will the UPC take notice of EPO Board of Appeal decisions and adopt EPO practices, such as the ‘problem/solution’ approach to inventive step? Papers, pertaining to any topic related to intellectual property law, may be submitted in French or English. And what are the pros and cons of each?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Notice and Explanation : Individuals should be notified regarding when an automated system is being used and provided information regarding how and why the automated system will contribute to outcomes that impact the individual. This Guidance covers some important topics.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 31, 2021

According to the latest in a series of studies on this topic, researchers and academics are most interested in journal articles, book chapters, books, and conference proceedings. This also allows a user to seek topics between or within papers. Scholarly peer-reviewed articles remain the most highly rated source of information.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Preprints , as the name implies, are versions of a submitted article which are made available to readers in advance of their formal review and acceptance for publication. In this one, I am focusing on the “before”, “in process” and “final” versions of articles, which is to say, preprints, postprints, and the “versions of record.”.

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43(B)log

MARCH 25, 2024

showing that the graphic warnings will ‘directly advance’ [FDA’s] interest in reducing the number of Americans who smoke.” NIFLA says that abortion is a controversial topic, making disclosures about abortion controversial; but NetChoice said that “ disclosures of social media censorship decisions” were not controversial.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

However, chat histories reviewed by the court showed employees requesting to be off-the-record—with chat history off—even when discussing potentially relevant topics. Policies can be drafted with legal counsel in advance so that when litigation hits, the company is prepared to institute holds on relevant information.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 29, 2022

So, for today’s meeting, the first substantive topic was possible amendments to the TSR, and this, oddly enough, brings us back to 2014, which is also the year that Macklemore beat out Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran for Best New Artist at the Grammys. Being able to cancel such subscriptions easily has been a frequent FTC topic of late.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Despite these advancements, the efficiency of the database (or the larger issue of transparency in the administration of IP institutions) has remained a consternating concern, often leaving practitioners dissatisfied. The topic was particularly pondered in a post called “ Is “Science” Essential for Creating Patent Lawyers ?”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This is the second installment of a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. This second part explores the potential of property rights to increase bias in content moderation by looking at the topic from the perspective of Article 17 CDSM Directive.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Actions against non-violating content include: Placing forms of sensitive media, like adult content or graphic violence behind a notice. Track impact Focus on brand-related data, changes, and notable trends, streamlining reporting and decision-making with Corsearch’s advanced analytics dashboards.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

“the consistency provision and the notice requirements do not regulate content moderation at all” The consistency provision penalizes editorial decisions. Virtually every Internet service curates third-party content topically or thematically, such as message board topical threading. Babylon Bee.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

The liability exemption mechanism on Article 17(4) CDSM encompasses a series of cumulative “best efforts” obligations to: (a) obtain an authorisation; (b) ensure unavailability of specific protected content; and (c) put in place notice and take down and notice and stay down mechanisms. 84 et seq]. by Christopher Heath. €

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 2, 2023

LLMs are undeniably a major technological advance with the potential to make a significant impact on the legal industry. Turing test However, the first thing you notice as soon as you look at current LLM solutions for patent drafting and prosecution, are the limitations to the technical field in which the new LLM tools can be used.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

AUGUST 2, 2022

In advance of the next edition of Cartel Intel , Daniel Vowden (Partner, Brussels) discussed with Ashley Brickles , (Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting) the changed nature of dawn raid inspections, the new tools and technologies available to antitrust authorities, and the precautions businesses should sensibly be taking.

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Art Law Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2021

What’s more, there’s not a dearth of useful information on the topic. He realized his increase percentages could shift depending on whether work was on spec or commission, but he also noticed a clear framework was missing. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: there’s too much alternative information out there.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Notice and Explanation : Individuals should be notified regarding when an automated system is being used and provided information regarding how and why the automated system will contribute to outcomes that impact the individual. This Guidance covers some important topics.

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SpicyIP

JULY 3, 2022

Mindy: I get it … perhaps ( murmured ) … so you are simply suggesting that ‘IP Right’ was created to advance some purpose and now it has become more important than the purpose. Okay … all good … all true… all agreed … ( not at all understanding ) when and how does that happen … care to contextualise?

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This post originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen on 11/28/23 Monday, October 30 was the final date for interested parties to submit comments to a comprehensive “ Notice of inquiry and request for comments ” issued by the United States Copyright Office entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2023

President Joe Biden’s Executive Order (“EO”), titled “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concerns,” and the corresponding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) issued by the Treasury Department.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

ANPRM an Unnecessary Slog to a Small Rule Package It has been almost a year since the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) released its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on AIA trial practices. all of the controversial topics have been dropped).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. Click here and here to know more. More information is available here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2022

Still, I prefer it when judges rely on Section 230(c)(1) to take the “good faith” topic off the table entirely. It’s nice to see the judge distinguish erroneous and bad-faith applications of content moderation policies, especially on a motion to dismiss. ” Contract Breach/Promissory Estoppel. .’

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Similarly, since hosting platforms have already been subject to detailed rules under the E-commerce Act regarding notice-and-take-down and complaint-and-redress mechanisms, as well as the prohibition of general monitoring obligations, OCSSPs will not necessarily need to amend their procedural settings to comply with the new regime.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

is non-alienable and, therefore, is still very beneficial to authors, despite its evident shortcomings (such as the exclusion of “works for hire” and derivative works, as well as the requirement of notice from the author to effect the termination rights). By contrast, the 35-year termination right in the U.S

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

Topical Highlight. She emphasises that as per Sullivan’s model in this regard, investors or exchange platforms offer to purchase the future stream of royalty earnings for limited periods or permanently from artists in exchange for advance payments. The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021: Overbroad, Disproportionate and Unnecessary.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion tackles one of the hottest topics in Internet Law: do UGC services engage in editorial functions protected by the First Amendment? Up to this point, I think the panel’s ruling has been pretty straightforward and obvious, even though it rejects the voluminous pro-censorship FUD directed towards these topics.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 1, 2022

If timely, resets the 63-day deadline for filing a notice of [8]. The board fashioned a new single-reference obviousness ground from the multi-reference combination advanced in the. ”[7] As discussed below, however, current outcomes have yet to match the breadth of these examples.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And while we’re on the topic of an opinion covering multiple interesting trade secret issues, the U.S. The ULC’s proposed statute, which was released last year, advocates for advance notice of noncompetes to new employees and relaxed enforceability against terminated employees, among other proposals.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

“When you use one of these [takedown] tools or you provide notice, typically it takes a period of time, it’s not instantaneous. the ‘networks’ (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) and the ‘advanced’ platforms, UFC terminology for dedicated pirate sites. The full panel discussion can be watched here.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Similar to the procedures for rehearing, a party request for Director review is limited to 15 pages, must be filed within 30 days of the final written decision, and, if timely, resets the 63-day deadline for filing a notice of appeal. Likewise, as with rehearing, the interim procedures do not reserve briefing for the non-requesting party.

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