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.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

RLP submitted almost 1000 pages of trial exhibits completely under seal and did not provide the relevant public and redacted versions required by the Board. The TTAB granted RLP 20 days to file redacted, public versions of all confidential submissions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While creating AR experiences, so-called markers provide information on the real-world element of reference to be overlapped with digital images. Markers are visual cues triggering the display of the virtual information; they are real-world objects or part of them. i) Public domain works. The cloud hosts databases.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

For more information on the background to the initiative and EUIPO's call for proposals, click here. The webinars are open to Member State representatives and observers, as well as the general public, and will be held approximately every two weeks in the form of one-hour lunchtime sessions with a presentation followed by a Q&A session.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Handing over personal and financial information to strangers can have unexpected consequences, as the ‘customers’ of MalStreams quickly discovered. The culprit was found in one of the routers where for the first time in over a year, a site had triggered blocking measures on non-VPN outbound traffic.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2023

” When the man was informed he’d been making copyrighted content available to the public, he began deleting the files. In both cases, semantics over links or direct links still underpin the non-commercial use of copyrighted content. Do the Czech Pirates still approve of non-commerical piracy?

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2021

Nevertheless, Justice McHaffie also rooted his judgment in the longstanding public interest policy of the non-protection of facts. Scassa states that facts and information put forth as the truth should be available to the public to be “tested, challenged, verified, or disproved”.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s, unethical business activities and dubious corporate policies plagued the global corporate sector, giving rise to the topic of corporate governance. The nomination committee will then consider the evaluation report before deciding the independent director’s reappointment.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation on geographical indication (GI) protection for craft and industrial products, also known as non-agri GIs. The “in particular” part will surely open way for further preliminary rulings on the topic. The adopted text is available here. A PGI-like scheme According to art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With the exception of CC0, CC licences allow authors to keep their copyright whilst at the same time communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for public benefit. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have become a buzzword in recent years. This means we may hear more from CC on this topic in future.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 9, 2022

Reading it, I recognized some information in it, specifically a paragraph about what many consider the world’s first plagiarism case involving the Roman poet Martial in 80 AD. However, that information is not unique to my site, and I include many linked citations in my write-up on the topic. Bello’s Non Explanation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here the final version is a clear improvement over the original Parliament text as it no longer suggests that model providers need to distinguish between copyright-protected and public domain training materials and then apply different transparency standards to both, which would be unworkable.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2023

Applicants who have already submitted applications for works containing AI- generated material should check that the information provided to the Office adequately disclosed that material. If not, they should take steps to correct their information so that the registration remains effective.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 30, 2024

This interview originally appeared in Information Today. You can read a detailed account of the webinar in the May 2024 issue of Information Today. We explored the webinar topics in more depth, and the following is our edited and abridged conversation. Republished with permission. Does CCC license these types of content now?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Copyright Office which launched an inquiry asking the public for input. With more than 10,000 responses, it is clear that the topic is close to the hearts of many people. The SFWA stresses that it doesn’t take offense when AI tools use the works of its members for non-commercial purposes, such as research and scholarship.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

The repository must include information on the period during which the advertisement was/is being presented to recipients of the service, and for one year after the ad’s final exposure. If you would like further information on this topic, please contact A&L Goodbody’s Commercial & Technology team.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. AI has been front and center in the legal space as well, as this blog has detailed here and here. Now, the U.S.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), International Trade Administration (ITA), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended the deadline for public comments on their request for information on standards and intellectual property. Specific topics of interest include: Participation of U.S.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Although the Canadian legalization of psilocybin, similar to cannabis, is an interesting and contentious topic, this article intends to highlight the potential patentability of psilocybin and its derivatives, as well as the current trends in the field. Patenting Psychedelics: Novelty and Non-Obviousness.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

Applicants who have already submitted applications for works containing AI- generated material should check that the information provided to the Office adequately disclosed that material. If not, they should take steps to correct their information so that the registration remains effective.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Walled Culture is the first book providing a compact, non-technical history of digital copyright and its problems over the last 30 years, and the social, economic and technological implications.” As you may expect by this point Moody has some views that range from copyright is “a bad fit for creativity,” to copyright is “problematic.”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

More information on the lecture here. More information on the event here. More information here. Special Issue information and submission portal here. However, this framework currently provides insufficient defences against the unauthorised exploitation of country names as a commercial springboard. More details here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We’re pleased to inform you that The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi is inviting submissions for its official blog, The IP Site on a rolling basis. Contact Information. About the IP Site. Call for Posts. E-mail: ciprblog@gmail.com.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. AI has been front and center in the legal space as well, as this blog has detailed here and here. Now, the U.S.

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43(B)log

MARCH 25, 2024

The Fifth Circuit held in NetChoice that the state’s interest in “enabling users to make an informed choice regarding whether to use [social media] Platforms” was sufficient to survive review under Zauderer. Crucially, “factual” does not mean “true,” because that would make “purely factual information”—the language of Zauderer —surplusage.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2023

It’s a fairly sensitive topic, to put it mildly. Kopjra’s Aggressively-Worded DMCA Takedown After identifying itself as representing Sky UK, Kopjra informed GitHub via a DMCA notice that the tools allow for the decryption of Sky content otherwise protected by Widevine DRM.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

IViR | Call for participation: Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act (DL: January 16, 2023 ) The Institute for Information Law (IViR) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory are organising a workshop at the University of Amsterdam on the afternoon of 15 March 2023 on the DSA. Further information can be found here.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For a long time, pirate site blocking was considered a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. politicians would rather avoid. Those challenging times are now more than a decade old, and momentum is shifting. Zoe Lofgren noted.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Said to have been inspired by the American COMPETES Act, 2007, the draft Act was to “facilitate public, private or public-private partnership initiatives for building an Innovation support system to encourage Innovation ….” where Prof. However, a well-conceived plan for their commercialization needs to be carved out.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

The court says the CFAA’s legislative history makes clear that it was intended to “apply only to private information—information delineated as private through use of a permission requirement of some sort.” Van Buren therefore reinforces our conclusion that the concept of ‘without authorization’ does not apply to public websites.

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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 I of this post briefly discusses the concept of bias and examines the role of property rights in data and factual information, with a focus on copyright. Scenario (1): Public Domain. Introduction.

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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. It’s important to note that Comstock is a private sector case; those employed in the public sector have specific – and often more onerous – obligations when attempting to register patents and other issues related to intellectual property.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Although unknown to most of the public, the creation of a motion picture starts with someone’s idea and very often the idea does not come from a traditional studio but from creators, and in Latin America creative people are all around the corner. For more information contact felipe.acosta@olartemoure.com.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

In response, he sued the RIAA , asking the federal court in Connecticut to declare his service non-infringing. In Yout’s response to the RIAA filed this weekend, the focus returns to the same thorny topic. Yout.com’s Johnathan Nader was fed up with a bombardment of DMCA takedown requests and alleged defamatory claims.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

What makes these matters interesting is that Watch Tower does not commercialize its content, so the classic arguments about preventing lost sales are a non-starter. In February we pondered whether a lawyer might view McFree’s defense as being in the public interest. Something didn’t sit right. Nothing sat right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

One small sign that the Database directive is under pressure is in the current Public consultation on a set of European Digital Principles. Much bigger pressures come from the 2019 Open data and public sector information directive , the 2020 proposal for a Data governance regulation , and the still to be announced proposal for a Data Act.

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