IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As the Notice further highlights, the USCO has been engaged over the years on questions involving machine learning and copyright, and, in fact, has issued decisions recently declining to register an artwork generated by AI and parts of a graphic novel that were created using a generative AI system. Emphasis added.)

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

58, which regulates the complaint and redress mechanism (in a way that is akin to the notice and action procedure under Ukrainian law). 58, an OCSSP, upon receiving a notice from a rightholder, has 48 hours either to disable access to the content or to send a counter-notice, explaining its reasons for declining to do so.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

TL;DR: a copyright takedown notice that doesn’t meet the elements of 512(c)(3) cannot give rise to a 512(f) clam. Specifically, the putative copyright owners didn’t send a proper 512(c)(3) takedown notice because: it lacked specific identification of the copyrighted works. And without a DMCA notice, § 512(f) does not apply.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

” As the Notice further highlights, the USCO has been engaged over the years on questions involving machine learning and copyright, and, in fact, has issued decisions recently declining to register an artwork generated by AI and parts of a graphic novel that were created using a generative AI system.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Malobika Sen Our readers would have noticed that since November 2023, we have been publishing hard hitting, incisive posts by our fantastic two new SpicyIP Fellows Yogesh Byadwal and Tejaswini Kaushal. Malobika writes in on what led her to her topic and what the focus of her research and her goals are going to be.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

They are taking judicial notice of the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Justice Godbout emphasized that rules of evidence allow courts to take judicial notice (i.e., Across the country, courts are recognizing that their expertise is law and not medicine. Now, unvaccinated parents can even face a loss of their parenting time.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 24, 2023

The Office has also provided updated guidance ( here ) as to what types of issues the Director will consider in DR, as well as additional guidance on various topics, such as the initiation of DR at the sole discretion of the Director ( sua sponte DR), remands to PTAB for further proceedings, and sanction authority of the Director.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. was sent dozens of copyright infringement notices. For one IP address, the rightsholders sent over 100 infringement notices, without any meaningful response. Filmmaker Sue WOW! No Meaningful Action.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

The call is quite broad and could include hot topics such as no-fault injunctions , which would allow copyright holders to more easily pursue pirate site blocking orders in the United States. There are no concrete proposals at this stage but the agency is interested to hear what strategies have proven to be effective.

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Chicago IP

MAY 12, 2021

30(b)(6) notice in this patent dispute. Of particular note: Carjams’ claim that Putco should be limited to ten topics, without some agreement by the parties, was not supported by the Federal Rules or the law. The Court would not prevent damages topics because Carjams intended to use a damages expert.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) posted two notices on Regulations.gov seeking public input on the requirements to practice before the USPTO and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). ” [1]. ” [1]. The USPTO is now considering other procedures and standards for non-registered attorneys.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

The letters themselves are called Notice of Penalty Offense (Notice) letters, and since it has been awhile since we discussed the topic, we will provide a brief recap of the legal authority that the agency is invoking. Misrepresenting the level of substantiation that exists for a product.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. Infringing Voice models?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

“TorGuard knows and encourages its end users to use its VPN service to access The Pirate Bay and pirate content” the complaint read, pointing to a topic in the Torguard forums. Amidst growing concerns surrounding online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. Filmmakers sued Torguard.

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Patently-O

JULY 28, 2021

For example, imagine key docketing personnel leave and that leaves a knowledge gap, or an unanswered email box, allowing a deadline to pass by. FYI I am writing a short article on this topic and would love to share with other practitioners what you have learned. At other times, the lawyer misses the date.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Two years ago we reported on a wave of bogus DMCA notices that targeted various adult sites. The theory was that these bogus notices were sent by rivals or competitors to these platforms in an effort to damage their presence on the web. Traffic to Rule34’s Homepage Nosedives. Google Reveals That Content Was Indeed Removed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The labels argue that Grande failed to take any meaningful action in response to the notices, while the ISP counters that the notices are unreliable and inaccurate. The labels argue that Grande failed to take any meaningful action in response to the notices, while the ISP counters that the notices are unreliable and inaccurate.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The FTC has previously issued guidance and reports on these topics and brought enforcement actions against companies that misused or misrepresented their AI capabilities. The resolution indicates that the FTC will continue scrutinizing AI practices and hold companies accountable for any harm they cause to consumers or competition.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With more than 10,000 responses, it is clear that the topic is close to the hearts of many people. Over the past year, artificial intelligence enjoyed its mainstream breakthrough. The instant success of ChatGPT and follow-up releases of other large language model-based tools kickstarted what many believe is a new revolution.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 31, 2021

According to the latest in a series of studies on this topic, researchers and academics are most interested in journal articles, book chapters, books, and conference proceedings. Scholarly peer-reviewed articles remain the most highly rated source of information. This is where the availability of electronic resources has changed habits.

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43(B)log

MARCH 25, 2024

R J Reynolds Tobacco Co. Food & Drug Admin., 2024 WL 1208111, F.4th 23-40076 (5 th Cir. 21, 2024) The sudden shift in the political valence of the commercial speech doctrine strikes again! A facial challenge was rejected by the Sixth Circuit in 2012, but the DC Circuit struck down the FDA’s first attempt on an as-applied challenge.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Books3 was first published on The Eye in late 2020 and was eventually removed when the Rights Alliance sent a formal takedown notice. In many other instances that’s not the case, so rightsholders can’t send takedown notices, even if they wanted to. This should be the rule going forward, not the exception.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Here is another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh, where he looks into a variety of topics ranging from IP and Gaming to Biodiversity and Benefit Sharing! Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. This and a lot more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

Smaller / niche cosmetic brands have noticeably increased even in the Indian social media space. Another topic of concern that this news story gives us time to ponder over, is the treatment of trademarks in the Indian insolvency process. As reported , Revlon, the iconic cosmetics brand, has filed for bankruptcy.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2022

Among other things, the submission cites 2018 data from Google, which reported that takedown notices removed more than 14,000 items from the Play Store in that year. This should include “enhanced vetting” of developers, “screening” apps for infringements, and an effective notice and takedown system.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 10, 2024

Image from here Refuse: (1) to vacate an interim injunction, (2) to remand back to the patent office, and (3) to continue allowance of a patent grant! In the last few days, the Madras and Delhi High Courts have passed a few significant orders on these topics. Let’s take a look at these three orders in this quick tidbit.

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Patently-O

APRIL 14, 2023

Judge Newman was eloquent, coherent, cogent, and spoke passionately about various topics, including section 101 (which requires a bit of mental agility, I would say). I’ve now seen several other articles about this, reporting more or less a consistent story. I was there speaking on patent ethics.)

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. It’s no secret that memes have taken the internet by storm. Copyrighting a Meme. Originality.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. Examples of such content can include text, images, audio and video content, etc. 35 U.S.C. § 35 U.S.C. §

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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. from Audible Magic or Pex ).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2022

In addition, the orders require broad notice to purchasers as well as website notices. ” Well, if they could, they would, but the Act does not allow for penalties. Right to repair is indeed a hot topic in 2022. “Right to repair” is a consumer protection issue that is rapidly picking up steam.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

To evaluate the capabilities of Generative AI, we selected the USPTO’s recent announcement about grants of digital patents as a topic, and compared a blog that we prepared and a blog that Generative AI (here, Google Bard) prepared. Examples of such content can include text, images, audio and video content, etc. § 120.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Still, the guidelines spend some time on the requirements of a prima facie case; the necessity of both evidence and reasoning to support any obviousness rejection; and consideration of all evidence before the examiner. It will be interesting to see whether the rates go up even further following this new guidance. John Deere. John Deere Co.,

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the past, much like intrepid time travelers, we journeyed through the months of June , July , and August , uncovering how some stories like the Mashelkar Report, the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) Bill, the Whistleblower Act, or the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill, unfolded with time.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In fact, multiple documentaries on the topic have been produced and released in the last two years, including Framing Britney Spears and, more recently, Netflix’s Britney vs Spears. Britney Spears has long been a household name, reaching superstardom in the early 2000s in ways that few others had at the time.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The RSS is conducted online to allow for international speakers. EVENTS 27 October 2022 | 4iP Council: webinar " IP Waiver in pandemic times " (online) This webinar provides an overview of the challenges during the pandemic and the impact of the TRIPS waiver on innovation, global public health, global collaboration, the patent system, etc.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2022

Vice President of CARU Mamie Kresses explained that this warning “puts advertisers, brands, influencers and endorsers, developers, and others on notice that CARU’s Advertising Guidelines apply to advertising in the metaverse and that BBB National Programs’ CARU will strictly enforce its Guidelines against metaverse advertising.”

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