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ADA Doesn’t Apply to Newspaper’s Website–Suris v. Gannett

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

USA Today defended on the grounds that its website isn’t a place of public accommodation. Instead, judge simply says the Second Circuit hasn’t addressed the topic. The court acknowledges the precedent applying the ADA to retailers’ websites, but it doesn’t extend to a standalone content website.

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Inviting Applications for the SpicyIP Doctoral Fellowship!

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The candidate’s doctoral research must be in the broad area of intellectual property rights and/or innovation policy, and, with a focus on public interest, transparency and accountability, or socially beneficial legal and policy levers. This will consist of at least 2 blogposts per month.

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Announcing the SpicyIP Inaugural Doctoral Fellow!

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Considering that IP disputes often involve technical subject matters, different High Courts have accommodated provisions for appointing independent subject matter experts and also allow parties to file affidavits in evidence by their respective experts to assist the Court in understanding the nitty-gritty of the subject matter IP.

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[Guest post] Conference Report: Fourth IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference

The IPKat

Spread over 4 days to accommodate many exciting topics and parallel sessions, over 160 presenters from all over the world logged in to experience upcoming Intellectual Property law scholarship. The full program of the Fourth IPIRA Conference can be found here and the abstracts here.

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Can Tattoos Infringe Copyrights, and If So, What Happens Then?–Sedlik v. Kat Von D

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. ” The court says the defense can raise that issue to the jury.

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Would it be SMART to Tweak the DMCA?

Velocity of Content

STMs are important because, as Section 512 states, the DMCA’s protections for online service providers depend, in part, on their accommodation of STMs. As a public policy question, some people see a need for these sorts of controls , while others are distinctly averse to their development and deployment.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 9 – 15)

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Topical Highlight. They highlight that this failure is typified by the stark realities that have come to light in a pending public interest litigation before the Bombay High Court [BHC], regarding access to life saving drugs. Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? Decisions from Indian Courts. 9 August, 2021].