Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Both Access Copyright and the RRO in French-speaking Canada, Copibec , have expressed support in the wake of the judgement for the Court’s invitation to rightsholders to seek a legislative remedy from the Canadian Parliament. We have been watching legislative developments in South Africa for many years and continue to do so.

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Michael Geist

MAY 19, 2022

CRTC Chair Ian Scott appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday and Bill C-11 proved to be a popular topic of discussion. ” Scott Benzie from Digital First Canada has also said that “while the government says the legislation will not capture digital first creators, the bill clearly does capture them.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is in line with the UK’s attempts to resolve complicated AI issues through industry self-regulation, rather than top-down legislative intervention. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. The bigger problem I see in this policy-making exercise is transparency and inclusivity of the process itself.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) closed the public comment period on the contentious topic of patent eligibility. provided contrasting viewpoints on the matter, with some corporations urging legislative reform, and others quite pleased with the current state of law. On October 15, 2021, the U.S Current State.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Issues Paper , the document that outlines issues for public consultation but does not list specific legislative proposals, was published on 9 December 2022. Copyright and AI was one of the topics covered in the Third Roundtable that was held on 28-29 August 2023.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

Congress members, the plan is to propose judicial site-blocking legislation that will see local ISPs compelled by law to prevent consumer access to pirate sites. When an urgent drive for new legislation is imminent, there’s no room for complacency and at CinemaCon the nature of the threat left nothing to the imagination.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2023

Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission), is currently in the process of being established in accordance with the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act ( OSMR ). The TCO is EU legislation aimed at preventing the misuse of hosting services for the public dissemination of terrorist content online. What is the TCO?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The deal reached on Friday night now paves the way for the adoption of the AI Act in the first half of 2024, bringing to an end a legislative process that has lasted more than two and a half years and during which the scope of the Act has been significantly expanded.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It can cover a wide range of topics and is not restricted to just one, including music, art, agriculture, and medicine. When people or groups patent conventional medical treatments or farming methods, they are engaging in biopiracy—making money off of the communities who created them in the process.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

APRIL 12, 2022

As many will know, the legislative and regulatory bedrock underpinning the $3.3 Indeed, much had been written on the duty, but there was much more froth and fiction than fact or critical legal thinking on the topic. Indeed, Margaret propounded that the word ‘best’ in the ‘best interests’ duty was otiose.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the coming weeks, we will dive deeper into critical topics covered by the new EO. The EO comes as major industry leaders including Open AI, Google and Microsoft have called for federal or globally-coordinated AI regulation, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has launched a major effort to write legislation regulating AI.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

From the perspective of online platforms, Part 4 and Part 5 will be of key importance as they impose new obligations on platform providers to (i) ensure transparency in respect of online political advertising on their services; and (ii) to notify/take action in respect of dis/misinformation relating to online electoral processes on their services.

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

There exist four primary legislations which serve to protect IPRs in India. At the outset is it important to note that interpreting these legislations gives rise to uncertainty, one which forms the topic of discussion in the next section. 8] A design may be eligible for protection under the Copyright Act under §15(2).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI is already impacting the document review and production process, legal research, and the drafting of court submissions. The rapid development of AI is introducing new opportunities and challenges to dispute resolution. 6] For example, the CMA published an initial report on AI foundation models in September 2023. [7] 2] Ibid , at para.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v. As Yogesh Byadwal’s most recent post on this topic made me think. Intrigued, I parsed the past posts to understand how the discussion on this topic has evolved over the years. Well … not really! Controller and Rediff.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In turn, crafts and industrial products are protected by EU Member States on the basis of national legislation, including national GI rights and collective marks. First, a national body (such as a national IP office) will process the GI application at the national phase.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The updated guidance emphasizes the risk of facilitating or processing payments, specifically noting that OFAC has listed SUEX, a company that allows customers to convert digital currency into cash or other forms of assets, as an SDN. government cyberstrategy and legislative efforts. government cyberstrategy and legislative efforts.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 15, 2024

In order to guarantee employment safety and support for employees during maternity, paternity, and family-related conditions, two historic pieces of legislation—the Maternity Benefit Act of 1961 in India and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the USA— were passed. The foundation for further legislative measures was created by this.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

9.610/98 ), which is complemented by the software protection legislation. The legislative debate The House of Representatives, in an effort to regulate AI, discussed and approved Bill 21/2020 on September 29, 2021. Following its approval it was sent to the Senate for discussion and to complete the legislative process.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

The popular social media platform is used to discuss virtually every topic imaginable and pre-release music piracy is no exception. Upload filters are a familiar topic in the EU, as they are indirectly required by the DSM Directive, which was adopted in 2019. Copyright infringement is a problem on Reddit too, according to IFPI.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 29, 2021

and IP: Consultation on copyright and patents legislation This consultation?is That technology can now act in the innovation process, and it is already clear that the role of AI will become increasingly prominent across different industries and wider society. Submit your views before 7th January 2022. is seeking?evidence

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This topic has become relevant again this month after Hellspy and Hellshare, two other Czech file-sharing platforms, signed a deal with rightsholders to filter uploads and search results. While Article 13 does indeed hint at upload filters, the legislation also stresses that overblocking should be avoided.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As many of our readers know one of the most recurrent tax-related topics that come into discussion in the IP field is the so-called Patent Box (sometimes also - more properly - defined as the Innovation Box since it is not all about patents ).

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

As readers may know, the German parliament recently adopted amendments of the German Patent Act (GPA) as the final step of a reform process that spanned nearly two years [final version (German) here , earlier Katpost here , news coverage here ]. For his parting post, he returns to Germany and patent injunctions.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2023

Whether anyone learned anything substantially new from that process is unknown but having gone through the motions, the EC’s recommendation will be officially released early May. The aim was to find solutions to these well-documented problems under existing law, which rightsholders insist is inadequate.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

But when it comes to corporate insolvency resolution process, the intellectual property has been a matter of issue. The rules and regulations under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code determines how the assets and the creditor claims will be handled during the bankruptcy process and these rules also applies to the intellectual property licenses.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

And when Japanese rightsholders seek to mitigate infringement in overseas legal processes, new challenges appear around every corner. More than six months later, the first process is still ongoing, and according to the recent application, no pirates have been identified. Publishers Seek Help From U.S.

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SpicyIP

MAY 16, 2023

Both Indian domestic laws and its international obligations in addition to important committees, legislations and amendments have been explained fairly. In the last sections of the chapter, the process of appellate review is explicated containing the review powers of the Controller and grounds on which such review could be sought.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Can we agree on human involvement in automation processes? There’s so much complexity and inconsistency that we could use that to say there’s no clear answer, so to harmonize the legislation, there is space for us as academics to make sense of it and keep it up to date. Might be broken down by topic. Redress mechanisms?

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Copyright Act and The Industrial Design Act both touch on the topic of employment and IP. Schecter et al the Ontario Superior Court stated that non-compete agreements prior to this new legislation remain enforceable. Importantly, this new legislation does not prohibit non-solicit and non-disclosure agreements.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Readers interested in the topic, should also note another important study on copyright and AI conducted in parallel and just released by the team of Alain Strowel, Sari Depreeuw, Luc Desaunettes-Barbero et al., as a part of a larger study on copyright and new technologies for the European Commission. developers and/or users).

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

Hayleigh Bosher and Coran Darling giving evidence at the Inquiry Artificial intelligence is a highly debated topic in the intellectual property field currently. When an AI system runs a sequence of data processing, it measures its own performance and develops additional skills. Text and data mining exception – a suitable option?

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2022

Sometimes the FTC will do reports on its own initiative (such as the recently announced pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) study ), but other times, Congress will, through legislation, require the Commission to prepare a report on a specific topic, and that is often done as part of the agency appropriation process.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. It’s also unclear if a service could thread content by topic, or if topical organization also would be an “algorithm.” LGBTQ kids trying to form communities) and whistleblowing.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2022

With apologies to those who prefer a classic menu, I’ll be approaching these topics in coming weeks in a mezze fashion, with several items arranged to whet your appetite and enrich your knowledge. The Legislation. The legislative history makes reference to a January 2021 consumer survey. Olive Oil and State Pride.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021. Legislation such as anti-SLAPP laws can have a dramatic impact on a litigant’s ability to bring or defend a claim. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021. View the Recording. View the Recording.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The legislator has left the task of construing the legal concept of “invention” and “technical” to the case law of the EPO Boards of Appeal so as to allow for developments in technology to still be taken into account when assessing patentability. .”

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