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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Image by Bekka Mongeau via Pexels The last week of April is just about to start, and through whatever Spring weather you may be experiencing here you can find some interesting events to hold you over until May. More information on the event taking place on the 14 June 2023 here.

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IP Reveries: Class 4.2 Ruminating on the “R – Rights” of IPR!

SpicyIP

… ( smiling ) Let’s do it here – the answer to ‘what is a right’ … ( pause to create interest ) … depends upon whom you ask – a law person or a lay person? Antilegend: Haha, from an “intellectual right” to an “intellectual duty” to now an “intellectual wrong” … interesting! Pocrati: Yeah, exactly.

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Take Aim at AI Freeloading

TorrentFreak

This clash between AI and copyright piqued the interest of the U.S. With more than 10,000 responses, it is clear that the topic is close to the hearts of many people. “The current content-scraping regime preys on that good-faith sharing of art as a connection between human minds and the hard work of building a common culture.

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Right to Research (“R2R”): An Independent Right with an Imposed Dependence in Copyright Law?

SpicyIP

privilege under copyright law. I specifically support the first (constitutional right) and the third (privilege under copyright) premises. Per Hohfeld Taxonomy , if ‘right’ to research is regarded as a privilege, no duty will lie in the users and no-right will exist in copyright holders.). a right under the constitution 2.)

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

The Act established the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (‘ College ’), an independent public interest regulator of patent and trademark agents in Canada. First Time Interpreting Patent Agent Privilege. Similar to solicitor-client privilege, patent agent privilege was introduced by section 16.1

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Taking IP “Rights” Too Seriously – A Look Through History

SpicyIP

Appositely, while the ‘property’ image of IP has become a part of our legal consciousness, the nature of user interests is unclear. here ), some call them freedoms or privileges (e.g. Please note that I will use “user interests” as a catch-all, for whatever the chosen definition of it may be.

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IFPI & MPA Oppose ‘New Safe Harbors’ in Digital Services Act

TorrentFreak

In common with all complex pieces of legislation, the final text will probably fall short in meeting everyone’s demands but at the moment, interested parties are doing whatever they can to ensure that their interests are taken care of. The issue of due diligence is of particular interest to rightsholders.