IP Watchdog

AUGUST 11, 2021

An absurd position even for a law professor who is ideologically predisposed to an irrational hatred of patents, but precisely the position Feldman articulated.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Kwantum case ( C-227/23 ), involving a dispute over a work of design or applied art, questions the application of the reciprocity test in light of harmonized copyright law and the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) decision in RAAP ( C-265/19 ). Any limitation must be clearly defined by law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2024

Yogesh Pai, Associate Professor of Law, in charge of the SPRIHA IPR Chair at National Law University, Delhi. The course will also contain topics that involve the interface of IP with areas such as human rights, free speech and competition law. Duration Fifteen weeks and runs on online e-learning platform Swayam.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 1, 2023

In addition to teaching and supervising the trademark clinic course at Howard University School of Law, I have taught many webinars and other courses on a variety of trademark topics, and I want to share three things that I’ve learned while teaching about trademarks: Every case is unique.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 17, 2023

Request for Submissions Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum June 29-30, 2023, Yale Law School Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Law Schools are soliciting submissions for the 2023 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, to be held at Yale Law School on June 29-30, 2023. QUALIFICATIONS: Authors who teach law in the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2022

It was one of the hot topics in patent law during those last few months before the pandemic. But since then, given all the other crazy and disorienting stuff that has happened in the world, we have become desensitized to the question, even if it is just as radical and important today. To be sure, the U.S.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It is certainly a hot topic, and whether you look at government interventions or the spate of legal actions, it has to be seen as an important issue. CCC: I would expect that there is also a #2, #3 and #4 on that list of priority topics, though. We recently caught up with Roy for an industry update. CCC: Hi, Roy. Am I right?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We have already traversed through Junes , Julys , Augusts , Septembers , Octobers , Novembers , Decembers , and shared some stories like Rahul Cherian’s Legacy, 2010’s International Efforts on Pandemics, Corruption in IP Offices, Law Making via Leaked Documents, etc. Then, Arundathi Venkataraman discussed the topic using the case of Garcia v.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Request for Submissions Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum June 9-10, 2022, Harvard Law School Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Law Schools are soliciting submissions for the 22nd session of the Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum, to be held at Harvard Law School on June 9-10, 2022.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We are very happy to announce the results of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! Like previous years, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. We received several excellent submissions across a various range of topic areas.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law, on May 14 th , 2021 we announced the 2 nd edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on the occasion of Shamnad ‘s 45 th birth anniversary. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. The essay is available here.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

The UPCKat getting into the spirit of the proceedings As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat is kicking off a series of reporting on preliminary injunctions that analyzes the development of preliminary injunction case law from the UPC.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Before any new laws or policies are introduced, the Government typically seeks input from stakeholders. 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. ” one of the questions reads.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Yogesh is a second year student from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Tejaswini is a third year student from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Additionally, she offers an elective course on Disability Law and Legal System. Here is what she has to say!

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

We’re pleased to inform you that a free online course on intellectual property starting on July 31, 2023 is being offered for students on the e-learning platform SWAYAM by Dr. Yogesh Pai, Associate Professor of Law, in charge of the SPRIHA IPR Chair at National Law University, Delhi. 2023 Course Highlights I.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

One interesting event was the BIE Symposium 2023 hosted lasted week by De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek on questions surrounding the functioning of the UPC. The conference constituted the annual event organised by the renowned Dutch IP law journal ‘Berichten Industriële Eigendom’ (BIE) in cooperation with publisher deLex. mr. C.J.J.C.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

If the Office becomes aware that information essential to its evaluation of registrability “has been omitted entirely from the application or is questionable,” it may take steps to cancel the registration. The Office recognizes that AI-generated works implicate other copyright issues not addressed in this statement.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 24, 2022

Simultaneously, the ever growing division between “pro-IP” and “anti-IP” people have polarised views to such a large extent that it has become increasingly difficult to question another’s position, without being forced into a camp – a theme Shamnad touched upon frequently.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In-Depth Topics: Covers vital aspects such as penalty frameworks, wage thresholds, and notice requirements. Feel free to reach out to your dedicated Seyfarth attorney for any assistance or questions regarding non-compete and trade secrets law. California and New York’s unique non-compete laws will also be discussed.

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The IPKat

APRIL 9, 2024

The shoes in question? The description available on its website concerning the history of the shoe – which was created in 1954 for Audrey Hepburn – was found to be lawful. Is it an infringement of a person’s own personality/image rights to say that a shoe was designed for that person (and that fact is true)? Not an infringement.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In-Depth Topics: Covers vital aspects such as penalty frameworks, wage thresholds, and notice requirements. Feel free to reach out to your dedicated Seyfarth attorney for any assistance or questions regarding non-compete and trade secrets law. California and New York’s unique non-compete laws will also be discussed.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2022

The EPO Board of Appeal has published its full decision on the question of whether a machine can be an inventor ( J 8/20 ). Thus, contrary to the recent Nature article on this topic, AI is not breaking patent law. The patent applications purportedly relate to the inventions of an AI ("DABUS").

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2023

Katfood The Centre for IT & IP Law, a research unit of the Faculty of Law and Criminology at KU Leuven is looking for a research fellow with a focus on IP law. Katfood The Centre for IT & IP Law, a research unit of the Faculty of Law and Criminology at KU Leuven is looking for a research fellow with a focus on IP law.

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The IPKat

APRIL 1, 2024

As Merpel was wading through the usual analysis, she stumbled across a novel topic in a post from her Parisian Kat friend, Lionel Martin ( August-Debouzy ) posing the question as to whether the Court of Appeal's panel composition is in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) - and whether anyone would care enough to challenge it.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Bonnie Hassanzadeh is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As part of the Osgoode Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program, I had the wonderful opportunity of completing a 10-week internship at AstraZeneca Canada (“AstraZeneca”).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights , curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi , Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. The topics vary. Such gestures couldn't be overlooked in a book on moral rights.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Matters relating to copyright, trademark and advertising law give rise to some special ethical considerations. We explored these and other important ethical questions to have on your radar the next time a copyright, trademark or advertising issue pops up in your practice. Rules of the road for investigating competitors.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

In this series, the blog's authors offer answers to 21 topical copyright questions for the 21st century. It reviews the basic issues on the topic, then elaborates on the importance of performers’ rights for creative industries and the main debates and developments in the area. Last week’s post is dedicated to performers’ rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. This opinion is the first I can recall that answers the question squarely, but the most interesting questions get sent to a jury trial. Background. She now does her tattoo artistry pro bono. Nature of Use.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

The significance of the two decisions finding a lack of legal basis for the description amendment requirement ( T 1989/18 and T 1444/20 ) has been questioned in light of the opposing case law. The users were invited to join the online workshop on this topic organised by the EPO for 23 June 2022.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Participants may indicate interest in attending and also submit any questions to Mr. Claudio Bergonzi before the seminar via email no later than February 12th. The online event will provide takes on recent topics in the field of AI. The application is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Japanese.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 15, 2024

For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. With no Internet providers present at the hearing, this question remained unanswered. politicians would rather avoid. That’s no longer the case… In recent years calls for a U.S. site-blocking regime have started to flare up.

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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. ML Genius v.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The question before the court was whether "the product" under Article 3(a) of SPC Regulation should be interpreted as limited to the specific active ingredient recited by the marketing authorisation, i.e. safinamide by itself. The marketing authorisation in the case specifically recited the active ingredient "safinamide".

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Thus, we are calling all practitioners, judges, law professors, law students, economists, legal professionals, writers and anyone with interest in the fields of intellectual property, law and technology! Logo of Patent & Trademark Office Society. Looking forward to your submissions!

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