TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Strangely, the value of ‘likes’ and ‘views’ is comprehensively understood when the topic of conversation isn’t centered on ripping music from YouTube. Those who read the second, take another 20 because that claim seems fairly important and we may have to come back to it. For some it is controversial too.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Media Commission will have broad investigative and enforcement powers under the legislation and is also set to be Ireland’s “digital services coordinator” under the EU’s Digital Services Act, making it an important new regulator of the technology sector in both Ireland and the EU.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

The surge in depression and anxiety amongst adults during the pandemic has highlighted the importance of finding and implementing effective and sustainable mental health treatments. Under this Act , it is illegal to possess, obtain, or produce psilocybin without a prescription or licence. In 2020, the sales of cannabis products hit $2.6

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

After giving Android streaming apps the same treatment, recent claims in the media that ‘ illegal streaming detector cars ‘ have been deployed on the streets of Britain are depressing. While the language dances around the topic, it’s fairly obvious what the report is driving at. They also highlight a continuing theme.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2022

After all, with more than 50 million people relying on it, the tracker served an important function. Over the years the Demonii topic was brought up on occasion, but usually without success. It is important to stress that the tracker is content-neutral. “The tracker served a purpose. Legal Issues?

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. Government who will present and discuss subjects having significant importance for SMEs and being of major priority for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 16, 2023

In 1952, the Coast Guard launched a “Safe Boating Week” program to educate boaters about the importance of safety equipment, navigation rules, and safe boating practices. Boating while intoxicated is illegal and can result in severe penalties, including fines, imprisonment, and the revocation of your boating license.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

For musician Maria Schneider, whose class action lawsuit against YouTube will head to a jury trial next month, the status quo and its alleged facilitator have been a constant topic of discussion for well over a decade. “When a nail salon or spa has a back room for illegal prostitution, we shut down the business.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

It refers to marketing in respect of trending topics/events usually undertaken by brands to gain traction and benefit from the popularity that the trending events have garnered. Therefore, brands constantly look to create campaigns or post about any current topic to encash on such opportunities to stay relevant and visible.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

It might also have been interesting to examine the various topics covered from a European perspective. Another important question is raised in this chapter. Once again, opinions are divided on the importance of the right of attribution. One of the theories raised is the unclean hands doctrine.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 15, 2024

Introduction Labour laws must include maternity and family leave policies to accommodate the requirements of workers during important life events and to advance gender equality at work. This was an important step in recognizing the physical and emotional requirements of expectant and nursing moms. It built on the 1957 amendment.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Be it a trademark, patent, copyright, intellectual property has become an important part of the company’s success. Along with tangible assets, intangible assets has also become an important part for the company. Differentiated products help the client or the customer in distinguishing among the products.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

“Harassment” isn’t always illegal/tortious. However, nonymity and pseudonymity play important roles in the Internet discourse. Third, this lawsuit overlaps the broader censorial efforts to impose liability for social media addiction, including an MDL on that topic in the Northern District of California.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MARCH 9, 2023

The nature of these investments, for example in the energy and infrastructure sectors, also mean clients frequently face requests for bribes or encounter illegal activity. Diversity remains a hot topic, but there are signs of progress – particularly as regards gender. I can't see that going away.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. During the epidemic, they have turned to online learning as an alternative. Since the lockdown limits went into effect, the number of webinars has increased by orders of magnitude.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. And outside this country, the European Data Protection Board issued some interesting guidelines on the topic. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation called the DETOUR Act that would ban dark patterns.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

You should consider the following factors while determining which class your services or goods belong to: The aim and function of the products or services Whether or not the items contain any raw ingredients What actions are performed as part of the service, and What is the topic or activity of the services offered?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

To piggyback on the editorial board analogy, if the newspaper itself had published an account of its editorial policies and decisions, and it turned out to be potentially fraudulent in some way, it would not chill the newspaper’s exercise of editorial control to investigate whether the newspaper’s public statements on that topic were false.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

However, the question of who owns the rights to these creations has been a topic of debate for some time. It is important for all parties involved to be aware of the legal and ethical considerations surrounding this issue and to work towards finding a fair and equitable solution. GSPR (2021) 131 Zhaoxia Deng, Illegal To Play?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 7, 2022

Producing, selling (attempting to sell), or importing a product by utilising an existing registered brand in an unlawful manner or by a person who does not have the authorization to use it is considered direct trademark infringement. Indirect and Direct trademark infringements are both possible: Direct Infringement. Unfair Advantages.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 7, 2022

Producing, selling (attempting to sell), or importing a product by utilising an existing registered brand in an unlawful manner or by a person who does not have the authorization to use it is considered direct trademark infringement. Indirect and Direct trademark infringements are both possible: Direct Infringement. Unfair Advantages.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Initially, mod creators used in-game donation links to pick up the gap between illegal paywalls and unpaid mod creation. [33]. In the context of crowdfunding with unsophisticated investors, these limits would be especially important in preventing a disgorgement of donation funds. [36]. First, are mod creators crowdfunding infringement?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We received a number of fantastic questions, covering topics such as the implications of recent legislation on Cloudflare’s operations, enforcement best practices and alternate forms of recourse, and further insights on what Cloudflare should be doing to tackle the issue. In the second half of the session, we hosted a Q&A with viewers.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

As NFTs per se are currently unregulated by statutes in the US, common law protection through trademarks may become all the more important. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs. Protection of NFTs seems more problematic in China.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 14, 2024

If the vision for the creation of the web included a day one feature that could restrict access to content, people working on their own specialist topics, catering to their own niche audiences, would’ve happily pressed the button. Code § 1201 , cannot be answered without a proper technical analysis.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2024

Eccentric and inept, awkward yet self-important, Alan was named by The Guardian as one of the greatest comedy characters in British television history. We suggested that Alan should be allowed to wander off-topic with his trademark anecdotes before being quickly brought back by his guest. Pirate Partridge – Ahaarrrr?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) or, more specifically, Machine Learning (ML) has become a hotly debated topic. However, some aspects of IP are missing from this important debate. The Act also provides a few defenses for moral rights infringement, the most important of which is a ‘reasonable use’ defense.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

As NFTs per se are currently unregulated by statutes in the US, common law protection through trademarks may become all the more important. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. The Specific Chinese Name for NFTs. Protection of NFTs seems more problematic in China.

IP 52

IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 52

Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. California and Washington have new laws prohibiting employers from using employee agreements that prohibit the disclosure of certain conduct the employee believes is unlawful, such as illegal harassment or discrimination.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

It will enable the metaverse to run smoothly without any brand abusing and illegal copying of the existing IP owners. As the number of companies are increasing in the domestic and international markets the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is also increasing.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In any case, what’s even more important for us lawyers and IP practitioners is Big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence (or rather automated decisions), all moving and changing at an extreme speed. Marco Spolidoro gave a lecture on the very topical subject of NFTs (which this blog recently covered here ).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. California and Washington have new laws prohibiting employers from using employee agreements that prohibit the disclosure of certain conduct the employee believes is unlawful, such as illegal harassment or discrimination.

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Confidentiality Business Intellectual Property Law 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

Despite the various regulatory approaches, litigation is starting to emerge due to the inherent uncertainty of the topic. These flagrantly illegal shadow libraries have long been of interest to the AI-training community. On the legal side it is worth noting that the policy is mainly represented by an AI Risk Management Framework.

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Copyright Derivative Work Copying Copyright Infringement 98

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). The other important developments which do not fall in the above two categories have been highlighted in the third category. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Topicality/Impact]. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Between the two decisions, we get a powerful opinion on the topic of “aiding and abetting” online, while Section 230 dodged its first SCOTUS review. To be sure, it might be that bad actors like ISIS are able to use platforms like defendants’ for illegal—and sometimes terrible—ends.

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Social Media Law Fair Use Blogging 137

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

The topic of the 2014 paper was provided by Bernt Hugenholtz. Similar choices face a player ‘blasting’ the ball, though precision may be less important. They say what cannot be done, what is foul or illegal, but they say nothing about what can be done, what constitutes good or effective play.”.

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Copyright Intellectual Property Social Media Law 102