IPilogue

JUNE 20, 2022

These inequities can include limited access to health care services and a corresponding lack of access to relevant health information. But this recognition raises questions about the scope and standards to be applied to the province’s legal obligation to collect data about the health of LGBTQ2IA+ communities.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2024

Through these platforms, individuals can access content that was previously inaccessible and engage in discussions on topics that were once considered sensitive or controversial. However, between now and then social media influence also has some problems. One of the biggest obstacles is defamation.

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Social Media Journalism Television Law 79

Patently-O

JUNE 15, 2022

UMass’s claimed invention is a topical skin care product containing adenosine that is applied to the skin. UMass’s claimed invention is a topical skin care product containing adenosine that is applied to the skin. University of Massachusetts, Carmel Laboratories, LLC v. L’Oréal, S.A.,

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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. According to the regulations, management cannot act unfairly to any of the shareholders.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 15, 2024

The act, which was passed to protect the rights of female employees and to ensure their physical and financial security during maternity, has been amended to take modern societal standards and economic factors into account.

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Law Government Publishing Business 82

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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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2022

As of 1 July 2022, the old international standard for sequence listings, ST.25, 26 standard. 26 also accommodates a greater variety of sequence information relating to non-standard sequence features, and thus reflects the growing use of non-standard sequence types and residues in patent applications. The shift to ST.26,

Patent Application 82

Patent Application Patent Copying Publishing 82

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

4iP Council - Licensing Negotiation Groups: what, why, how 4iP will hold an online webinar to discuss the proposed formation of Licensing Negotiation Groups (LNGs) of implementers that would collectively negotiate and license standard essential patents (SEPs). Events This Kat is always amazed by the colours of the leaves in autumn.

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Intellectual Property IP Registration Intellectual Property Law 78

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. 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).

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Blogging Contracts Copyright Law Copyright 91

TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

A similar but broader effort failed in 2012 but twelve years is a very long time; in the tech and internet world, it’s almost forever. At this year’s CinemaCon ‘State of the Industry’ event at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said that the United States now has plenty of catching up to do.

Television 101

Television Business Reporting Law 101

IP Tech Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The UK Advertising Standards Authority’s ‘Committee of Advertising Practice’ (“ CAP ”) and its broadcast sibling (the “ BCAP ”) have recently published guidance (“ Guidance ”) considering the interpretation of the UK Codes of Broadcast and Non-Broadcast Advertising (“ Codes ”) in relation to in-game purchases.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Blogging Contracts Cease and Desist Social Media 95

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What is the UK advertising regulator’s position on the costs of mystery items, bonus time, and levelling up? Several platforms urgently need to change their game mechanics to comply with new rules. It is this crossover with the real world that has caught the regulator’s attention.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

1] The generally accepted standard of financing documents comes from the National Venture Capital Association (“ NVCA ”). The NVCA documents are regularly updated form documents that contain standardized language and various provision options to customize the documents based on the specifics of the deal terms that were negotiated.

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Government Confidentiality Registration Business 64

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

It’s an election year, and like clockwork, legislators around the country want to show they care about protecting kids online. This pre-election frenzy leads performative bills that won’t actually help any kids. What the Bill Says. Who’s Covered? . The bill defines “social media platform” as.

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Social Media Privacy Designs Design 86

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

21, 2021, the Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), updated its published guidance regarding sanctions risks associated with making ransomware payments and its official policy on such payments. Background on ransomware payments and sanctions. Updated guidance. ” Coordination with U.S. ” Coordination with U.S.

Privacy 52

Privacy Government Designs Design 52

Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. How and Why Texas is Different When it Comes to Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants.

Confidentiality 69

Confidentiality Law Contracts Business 69

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Image from here As October passed, Halloween festivities and the Day of the Dead provided a backdrop for contemplating the past. After all, reflecting on what’s passed helps us anticipate what’s ahead. This brings me to my Octobers’ sift – a sift that yielded some sinuous ​​IP stories. Is Creative Commons a solution?

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Trademark Publishing Journalism Copyright 59

43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

GDPR has become a gold standard but how much do we know about whether it’s enforced or whether it makes any difference in people’s actual level of privacy? US pushes to provide alternative standards—crossborder privacy regulation as an alternative. Polarization/globalization as a response to isolation of Russia and China.

Law 52

Law Privacy Litigation Social Media 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. How and Why Texas is Different When it Comes to Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Law Contracts Business 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled. The legal world is buzzing about AI and its use for all kinds of things, including generating logos, text, and other things people would normally want to register for copyright or trademark protection. The lack of exclusive rights here is fatal.

Designs 52

Designs Design Trademark Copyright 52

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

After a few sessions on conceptual and theoretical ideas around IP, this set of sessions will now take the class on a different not-so-theoretical topic and deliberates upon IP issues that crop up around clinical trial test data, drug innovation, Indian drug regulatory regulation etc. WHO is the authority? and ethylene glycol as contaminants.

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IP Invention Patent Marketing 118

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Panel #2, TM, moderated by Vice Dean Felix Wu Jack Daniels says that use as a trademark is special: like copyright’s bête noire, confusion caused by trademark use is the central concern of trademark law. I’m going to start by going back to some earlier cases, Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana, from 1992. Then, in Lexmark v.

Trademark 59

Trademark Fair Use Registration False Advertising 59

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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Advertising Advertising Social Media Government 64

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Lacking relevant solutions in international treaties and with the general topic still being debated in international fora , the UK is one of few national jurisdictions that have already provided for CGW protection. Part 1 of this post focuses on the computer-generated works provisions (CGWs), while part 2 turns to the TDM exceptions.

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IP Public Domain Copyright Intellectual Property 60

Velocity of Content

JANUARY 20, 2023

In early December, CCC hosted “ Workflow of the Future: Standards & Sustainability ” a webcast where a panel of industry experts discussed sustainability challenges in trying to reduce our impact on the environment and in managing the effects of the changing environment itself.

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Government Blogging Publishing Marketing 98

Velocity of Content

MARCH 31, 2022

Cooper attempted to share his enthusiasm for a topic which many (most, I bet) other people would consider obscure – the ins & outs and prominent characteristics of national banners. Note: At present, I am at present mostly focused on technical and engineering standards. You know, vexillology; Old Glory, the Union Jack and all that.

Television 97

Television Journalism Publishing Licensing 97

Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

You have been reading about them all over the news, they’re the hottest topic in tech right now, especially in the blockchain space. Copyright Licensing of Digital Assets Attached to NFT Sales. Bonus: Free Open Source Copyright License for NFT sales below]. Blockchain and blockchain technology is in the spotlight right now.

Due Diligence 113

Due Diligence Licensing Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright 113

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The Doctrine of Fair Use is a concept that originates from the case of Folsom vs. Marsh. Justice Story observed in his judgement, when the courts of law decide on cases like this, they must look to the nature and objects of the selection mode, the quantity and value of material used. Definition. Indian Perspective. Global Perspective.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Copyright Law Copyright Law 52

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The desire to avoid litigation at all costs has helped to create a “clearance culture” in which the standard operating procedure is for content creators to obtain a license (often at substantial expense) for every use of copyrighted material appearing in a production, regardless of whether permission is legally required.

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Artwork Copyright Infringement Copyright Art 87

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If you really care about the kids, shouldn’t the protections be ubiquitous? [Sorry it’s take me this long to get this blog post off my desk. I hope it was worth the wait.] We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Though it won’t be the final word on the topic, the decision gives us more insights into the Copyright Office’s thinking on the matter. This summer, the Copyright Review Board issued an interesting decision about the registrability of emojis. Note: you may not have heard of the Copyright Review Board before. copyright law.

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Copyright Registration Fair Use Designs 117

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. As such, it is necessary to reconsider this provision in light of the intended policy aim, including focusing on access to datasets, incentivizing cooperation with rights holders, and possibly standardization of opt-outs.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Law 138

Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

This blog post summarizes some of the significant decisions grouped by the hot topics below. On appeal, plaintiff argued that the district court did not correctly apply the plausibility standard under the DTSA. There have been some noteworthy recent decisions in trade secrets law. In Oakwood Lab’ys LLC v. Thanoo , 999 F.3d

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Law Confidentiality Designs Design 59

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In December 2017, the Apex Court in Toyota v Prius Auto Industries, set the standard of claiming transnational reputation in a mark backed by adequate evidence. [This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Hiranya Bhandarkar. Hiranya is a fourth-year law student at the School of Law, Bennett University. Image from here.

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43(B)log

APRIL 12, 2024

Ashford University, LLC, 100 Cal.App.5th 5th 485, 319 Cal.Rptr.3d 3d 132, D080671 (Feb. 20, 2024) Defendants Zovio and Ashfort are the former owners and operators of an online university. It imposed $22,375,782 in civil penalties. It has now been rebranded as the University of Arizona Global Campus.]

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In common with all complex pieces of legislation, the final text will probably fall short in meeting everyone’s demands but at the moment, interested parties are doing whatever they can to ensure that their interests are taken care of. Rapid copyright takedowns, trusted flaggers, and other types of enforcement are all hot topics.

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Due Diligence Music Business Copyright 120