TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

In Yout’s response to the RIAA filed this weekend, the focus returns to the same thorny topic. The RIAA argues that YouTube has but according to Yout’s lawyer, it still isn’t clear whether YouTube’s technical hurdles were intended to act as copyright protection measures.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. While there was a public call for responses to the consultation run by the UKIPO in 2021-2022, nowhere was there a call for participation in the working group. Fuelled by AI concerns, it becomes borderline explosive. Such issues emerge in two respects.

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The IPKat

APRIL 10, 2024

Thus, the call recording falls under this scope of right and as such privacy of communication is inviolable. Court's reasoning: Balancing act or missed opportunity? In this case, the court deemed the infringement on privacy rights justifiable in light of the public interest served by the regulation.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 4, 2021

Considered in this way, they are simply a new format for sound recordings, which have been around for quite some time , and protectible by copyright (although not under the terms of 2018’s Music Modernization Act, which only applies to recordings made of musical compositions !)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

PeopleConnect has digital records related to Mr. Abraham that come from yearbooks. The search results provide a list of sixteen records associated with Mr. Abraham. ” Statutory Publicity Rights Claim (3344). For example, Plaintiffs allege as follows regarding Geoffrey Abraham. Section 230. Copyright Preemption.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2024

Relevantly, it states that “Insistence upon such permissions/NOCs from copyright societies is in violation of section 52(1)(za) of Copyright Act 1957 and is adversely affecting not only the citizens but also the economic/tourism activities in the State.” Tis an important point, given the general fear of police among the common public.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. If a webinar’s speeches, lectures, and addresses (collectively referred to as “lectures”) are scripted, they are copyrightable as literary works under section 13 of the Act (i.e.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

The Times applied to register the six Marks in August 2020 for use in connection with columns covering various topics in Class 16 and providing online publications in Class 41. An example specimen for THE NEW OLD AGE mark is below: Source: Op. Publ’ns, Inc. [1]

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

” Multiply that by hundreds of millions of people shrugging several times a week, and the answer is “the recording industry, big time.” Strangely, the value of ‘likes’ and ‘views’ is comprehensively understood when the topic of conversation isn’t centered on ripping music from YouTube.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2023

For applications that have already been processed and resulted in a registration, the applicant should correct the public record by submitting a supplementary registration. Applicants who fail to update the public record after obtaining a registration for material generated by AI risk losing the benefits of the registration.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

” Decades ago, Congress enacted the National Organ Transplant Act which authorized UNOS to create policies to facilitate the equitable distribution of organs among potential recipients. The Court opened its opinion with a powerful question: “Organ donation saves lives—but whose?”

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Velocity of Content

JULY 22, 2021

In this post, I want to get back to the registration topic itself, this time in greater detail. Under US copyright law, typical web sites are understood as a collection of pages, basically a stack of written materials, although these are likely supplemented by still images, as well as moving images and perhaps audio recordings.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Glyn Moody says about the book: “Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa get sued for alleged plagiarism and the majority of creators see pennies for their work, while the revenues of the record labels are exploding. Moody argues that these laws strengthened copyright in unreasonable ways.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

For applications that have already been processed and resulted in a registration, the applicant should correct the public record by submitting a supplementary registration. Applicants who fail to update the public record after obtaining a registration for material generated by AI risk losing the benefits of the registration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Over the last few months, each working group has discussed, researched and dissected these issues, and produced four Position Papers encapsulating their outcomes, available now on the CC Medium Publication. Below you will find the webinar recording, summaries of the four papers, and links to read them.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They included stories of the Patent Agent examination, the Indian Innovation Act, the opening of the Trademark database, the presumption of patent validity, and the South Asian Basmati fights and more. Nevertheless, such data, regardless of their apparent public interest implication, are not disclosed to the public.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Hundreds of trademark applications filed this year referenced masks , COVID, quarantine, social distancing, and other pandemic topics. When Congress passed the CARES Act in late March, it featured provisions allowing the USPTO to extend some deadlines for applicants and registrants for a few months. Proposed legislation stalled.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

In March, 2019, the US Supreme Court released its decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. Public Domain work. These are not written in legalese and are intended for use by the general public. Part I: Bloggers and the DMCA. Image Attribution: John Tenniel (1865). There are standard answers to many of these questions.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There are other book datasets as well, which are too large to have been created from public domain content. “Books3 was a special case, as the creators of the data set had made public its origin, and at the same time, some artificial intelligence developers had indicated that they had used Books3.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

“The District, perceiving a mismatch between these public statements and the widespread dissemination of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, is investigating Meta’s potential violations of the CPPA.” Facebook resisted a subpoena demanding public (or near-public) posts. Six4Three v. Facebook , CIV 533328 (Cal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

It’s also unclear if a service could thread content by topic, or if topical organization also would be an “algorithm.” A reminder: like this bill, the Communications Decency Act from 1996 required online publishers to use age verification to restrict minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

for deceptive advertising of dietary supplements in violation of the FTCA and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Given its powers under the COVID-19 Act, the government sought not just a permanent injunction, but damages, including recission/restitution/disgorgement, as well as civil penalties. Were the publications at issue ads? “

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

” Before Graham and the 1952 Act, the courts had ground their obviousness analysis in the statutory requirement of “invention” and the Constitutional purpose to “promote the Progress.” The Office continues to seek input from the public on that question and will issue additional notices as warranted.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

I’ll now deconstruct some of the most dubious parts of the state’s brief: “Large media companies with the power to influence public debate are nothing new. Virtually every Internet service curates third-party content topically or thematically, such as message board topical threading.

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

It is recorded that 31% of the total counterfeit goods in India are apparel. [3] These are the Copyright Act, 1957; Designs Act, 2000; The Geographical Indication Act of Goods Act, 1999; and the Trademark Act, 1999. This shows that designs form a subset under the Copyright Act.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

The complaint raised concerns that Dolezal was using copyright law to purge the historical record of her controversial past, while seeking substantial monetary damages in the process. It’s hard to know if the sanctions, fees and public rebukes visited upon copyright trolls has had a widespread effect in curbing the practice.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Copyrights Act of 1957 regulates copyright law in India. Subject matter of a copyright is covered under section 13 of the Copyrights Act 1957 (hereby referred to as the Act) which subsists of the following: Literary Work. Sound Recordings. Subject Matter of Work. Cinematographic Work. Originality of Subject matter.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The law allows such acts of usage of copyrighted material for the purposes of research , reporting, criticism, commentary and so on. This legal provision lists down certain acts which do not constitute infringement of copyright. Unless the alleged infringer had any improper intention, the act would constitute fair dealing.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

However, the recording and broadcast of a sports event may be protected by copyright when the originality and creativity requirements are met by the recording. On the other hand, in some countries, domiciliary rights (also called “house rights”) are held by the sports event organisers.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2022

But despite having a judge on record testifying to that, Watch Tower insisted that meant absolutely nothing. 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. However, citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Bartnicki v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

In India, trademarks are controlled by the Trade Marks Act 1999, which lays out several rules that clarify the system and stages required for registering a trademark. The Registrar evaluates the application and determines grounds for denial under Trademarks Act Sections 9 [1 ] and 11 [2]. This is due to the fact that it may lead to.

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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 ). The first modification that was proposed concerned the system of the tax incentive.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

Thus, it makes no sense to register your IP in order to avail statutory protection but then keep them locked away out of the public eye. Keeping Records – Records form a valuable source when drafting patent applications and keeping records of one’s inventions help in proving the date and ownership of the said invention if and when needed.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

large hospitals) that make their ONC-certified electronic health record (EHR) system available to community physicians may be health IT developers of certified health IT for purposes of the information blocking regulations, and thus subjected to higher potential penalties for information blocking violations.

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