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Provisional refusal in Colombia

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Rightsholders Urge U.S. Govt to Pave the Way for Pirate Site Blocking

TorrentFreak

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. This stance was a remnant of the SOPA defeat, which drove copyright holders to focus on blocking efforts in other countries instead, with success. After more than forty countries around the world instituted site-blocking measures, including in Canada, U.S.

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Bitcoin’s File Format protectable in copyright: a Wright decision?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”). In the simplest of terms, the BFF is a description of the structure of each block (or file) within the Bitcoin blockchain system. Each block records information specific to transactions of the digital currency, Bitcoin. The judge disagreed.

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U.S. Govt Launches Consultation on Future Anti-Piracy Strategies

TorrentFreak

Roundtable on Future Anti-Piracy Strategies This coming October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ) will hold a roundtable on the subject, with members of the public invited to join. It’s no secret that rightsholders would like to have more anti-piracy tools, including site blocking and increased ISP liability in the US.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v. Does the exclusion on “Business Methods” patents need revision?: ‘ Tis known that Section 3(k) of the Indian patent law explicitly excludes business method patents. As Yogesh Byadwal’s most recent post on this topic made me think.

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Combining Multiple Inventions into a Single Patent Application: Risks vs. Cost Savings

LexBlog IP

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: What is Blockchain Technology?

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

A blockchain is a type of large database called a distributed ledger system wherein collections of data (such as transaction records) are stored in “blocks” that are chained together using cryptography such that they cannot be changed later. Each block of a blockchain contains a header and one or more transaction records.