TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After thriving in what was once a localized traditional market, Japanese comics known as ‘manga’ took the world by storm. Publishers and authors could only watch as their work fueled a huge but unlicensed black market. Once again, the companies requested access to information held by U.S.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The IP blogs have been active over the past week bursting with a wide range of different topics. DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. The IPKat has once again compiled some of them for you.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2024

A sampling of opinions on this controversial topic would likely place sentiments like these at the edge of a spectrum, acting as a perfect counterbalance to equally extreme positions adopted by a subset of particularly aggressive rightsholders. And then something unexpected.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Among the additions to the Act’s scope is a set of rules for general-purpose AI (GPAI) systems and models, added to address issues raised by generative AI models such as GPT4 and Midjourney that have become available over the past two years. Overall, the copyright provisions in the AI Act are a step in the right direction.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Eventually, it appears the game restricted her access. ’ Another 230(c)(2)(A) defense ruling on the heels of Daystar v. ’ Another 230(c)(2)(A) defense ruling on the heels of Daystar v. Forge of Empires appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. She sued pro se for a variety of claims. Negligence.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The music industry group submitted its notorious markets comments to the USTR last week. “In addition, ICANN has failed to adopt meaningful solutions to improve the accuracy of registrant information, despite discussions on this topic for the last several years,” the RIAA adds. RIAA Calls Out ICANN. GDPR Byspass?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 7, 2022

Opportunities University of Edinburgh Chancellor’s Fellowship - Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law The Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Law School at the University of Edinburgh are offering a Chancellor’s Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law. The deadline for application is 14 January 2022.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Advertising Standards Authority (“ ASA ”) has issued its first ruling under the new rules that prohibit gambling ads with “ strong appeal ” to under-18s, providing a useful example as to how the new rules will be applied. Importantly, the ASA Guidance sets out some key exemptions from the “ strong appeal ” rules.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a result, AR may be attractive not only to potential users of the cultural heritage-related services, but also for market operators with commercial interests. However, as mentioned, AR can also be developed by third parties, and in particular by market operators that have no initial connection with bodies managing cultural heritage.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. The Supreme Court vacated that decision and told the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s Van Buren ruling. The court predictably reaches the same conclusion as in its first ruling.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Bloggers often pay attention to issues that are too niche-y or esoteric for mainstream media coverage, and bloggers can provide expert commentary and repositories of source materials on fast-moving topics. Due to these rulings, research bloggers can do their socially beneficial work knowing that fair use is there to help them.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Advertising Standards Authority (“ ASA ”) has issued its first ruling under the new rules that prohibit gambling ads with “ strong appeal ” to under-18s, providing a useful example as to how the new rules will be applied.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 23, 2023

Because shareholders acquire shares on the stock market and have no personal access to the company, it is not possible to have every member present at every meeting. When the Satyam fraud occurred in 2009, the whole financial market trembled.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This is a “serials crisis” i.e., a situation when rising subscription costs for scholarly journals exceed academic library budgets, hampering researchers’ access. One may ask – is open access a solution? More specifically, is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? (I Swaraj’s post is on this point.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

The event shall tackle the use of gender-neutral language in decisions, potential priority for the selection process and other relevant topics. Attendees will learn about the types of ethical issues that arise in daily practice, as well as fundamental principles, rules, and insights to help them handle these issues.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

Is IP a rule or an exception, in a free-market society? If we were talented enough, we could’ve perhaps tried to create it as a play-script, but as you’ll see, it is more just an imagined conversation, where we also take ‘creative liberties’ in inserting connected readings, and jumping between topics.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the words of the UKIPO: “ this is an issue that industry can, and should, seek to fix itself, although it does not rule out the possibility of legislative action in this area if industry does not take adequate steps to improve the situation.” Copyright law has always been an emotional topic.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By integrating 16 nations’ markets, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) aspires to make it simpler for each nation’s goods and services to be available throughout the region. The post Cambodia and its RCEP Accession first appeared on IPLF. By 2050, the predicted $0.5

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 15, 2022

Fox News had been launched two years earlier; and the Wall Street Journal had begun charging $50 per year for subscription access to its online edition. The more common description of these “measures” was as “anti-piracy tools” or “digital rights management” (DRM, a term from the market).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 14, 2022

This is a troubling ruling on TOS amendments. Given how rarely TOS amendments use clickthroughs, this opinion could anticipate the widespread failure of TOS amendments if it’s the final word on the topic. There’s no guarantee the Ninth Circuit will correct the ruling. I hope it’s not. * * *. Dropbox, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Markets all around the world has been specially targeted the most under the globalization. Thus, brought many effects on all the markets globally; some have been reengineered, some have been revamped and the rest have been in a state of flux. Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Law: Is There Any Tussle Between The Two? “It

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This article will discuss a topic related to the complex subject of “food plating” and how it is protected under copyright law. At the moment, there is no explicit rule or ruling in place in order to protect artistic work used in the plating of a dish.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

As expected, Florida has appealed the ruling to the 11th Circuit. Before reading this post, read my new article, Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules. For example, Facebook has hundreds of content moderation rules. (3) 3) Why does this matter? (4)

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Topical Highlight. Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility. Equitable access to learning materials and textbooks for education, both online and offline, constitutes a basic requirement for the realisation of this goal. Delhi High Court Clarifies Law on Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

Homeland Security Investigation Agency, we were able to identify access from a specific space in Korea, and based on this, we were able to identify and arrest the operator of the ‘Shelter’ site.” The authorities claim that the site marketed itself as a comic review platform but was really a pirate-linking site in disguise.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Market dynamics in the health and innovation space are making the biotech and life sciences sector an industry to watch out for. the IPAB had to rule on the patentability of a pharmaceutical composition used to treat renal hepatic and gastrointestinal diseases. [This post has been co-authored with Rahul Bajaj. Kibow Biotech Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Mods are separate creations of the game and can be accessed without logging into the game. However, the question of who owns the rights to these creations has been a topic of debate for some time. On one hand, some argue that players should have the right to own and control their creations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The plaintiffs lost the Section 230 ruling in the Ancestry case, but the court says collateral estoppel doesn’t apply because the plaintiffs are appealing that ruling (?) and the Knapke and Sessa rulings reached different results. FWIW, I raised this issue as a possible paper topic in 2008. Section 230. Whitepages.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this context, Austria’s Supreme Court requested a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). A freely accessible website is addressed to all Internet users, while a website secured by access restrictions is addressed exclusively to persons who have gained lawful access to it (paras 32, 33 of the Opinion).

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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IIPRD

APRIL 13, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] He acknowledged the actions taken by the government to advance business accessibility. In India, the topic of criminal punishment for copyright infringement has generated considerable controversy. The Supreme Court ruled in Knit Pro International v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. Part II 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. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Database Directive and Open data directive have a shared history, going back to the late 1980s when the European Commission first got serious about copyright in the internal market ( Van Eechoud 2021). because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights.

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Patently-O

MARCH 31, 2024

Role of Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia In American civil litigation, jury instructions are the set of legal rules and guidelines provided to the jury by the trial judge before the jury begins deliberations. In contrast, commercial success and long-felt need may depend more on post-introduction market reactions over a longer period.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

This is the latest ruling in an investigation by DC Attorney General into Meta’s content moderation practices, especially regarding COVID-19 policies. ” * Washington Post : American teens are unwell because American society is unwell The post 2023 Quick Links: Social Media appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Thus, it could be argued that some journalistic pieces do not qualify for copyright protection as they would follow too strictly pre-determined rules. To comprehensively understand the key implications of robojournalism, copyright lawyers should also take a close look at the topic from the angle of media and communications studies.

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