The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is a highly topical issue, with methods or devices which utilise technology that is essential to implementing a standard often being protected by patents, running the risk that a third-party manufacturer would be unable to create standard compliant products. Image: gov.uk

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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. She was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship (2021-2022) and is presently co-teaching third-year students Labor Law and Industrial Relations II.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 2, 2023

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in U.S. If a party wants to unmask users through the court, it has to meet a stringent standard, which isn’t the case here. “And, more importantly, it would not involve setting aside the fundamental First Amendment rights of uninvolved third parties,” Reddit adds.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

The abstract: This paper summarizes the United States’ legal framework governing Internet “platforms” that publish third-party content. While I have written Section 230 explainers before ( this is my flagship ), this piece is broader because it surveys the First Amendment in addition to 230 and other topics.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Copying isn’t the issue here; it’s the topic of the article that’s important. Instead, it’s an article from a “third-party pro-piracy website” that deals with other aspects of the business, the music companies add. The email contains a copy of a blog post published by Boing Boing.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

Another topic of concern that this news story gives us time to ponder over, is the treatment of trademarks in the Indian insolvency process. Several parties involved in the insolvency process may be interested in the company’s trademarks. Third, bidders (third parties, competitors etc.)

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

This Guidance covers some important topics. IP Infringement Various infringement lawsuits have been filed against AI tool providers alleging that the training of their AI models and/or the generated output are based on third party IP-protected materials. Some require users to indemnify the tool providers for infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski, he created the new identity as a means to shield himself when he covered politically heated topics. Jeff’s name previously appeared on at least 23 articles, at least six of which are among the ones to be retracted.

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The IPKat

APRIL 9, 2024

The Supreme Court’s decision Articles 6 and 7 of the Italian Civil Code recognize the right to one’s own name and a person’s entitlement to act against any third-party use, including but not limited to commercial uses, that might cause undue prejudice to them.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

This includes the rules as set by rightsowners in ex parte proceedings, which can deviate widely from standard doctrine–it’s whatever the rightsowners can get the judges to agree to–and the rules set by third-party intermediaries, such as online marketplaces.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Board affirmed a refusal to register the proposed mark LETTERS & NUMBERS (in standard character form) on the Supplemental Register, finding it to be generic for printed and electronic publications "in the field of educational and entertainment materials targeted to children on the topic of alphanumeric characters and symbols."

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The IPKat

JANUARY 11, 2023

Two weeks into the new year and our Kats have already discussed a number of different topics. Neil discussed how this medieval philosopher was concerned lest third-parties misused his famous treatise, and ruminated on whether Maimonides was exercising a medieval form of moral rights.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Board noted that the issues at hand, genericness and acquired distinctiveness, are interrelated in that third-party use of the same or a similar design affects each determination. The record shows that third-parties offered identical or nearly identical handbags for sale in the United States prior to Applicant's first use date."

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

To piggyback on the editorial board analogy, if the newspaper itself had published an account of its editorial policies and decisions, and it turned out to be potentially fraudulent in some way, it would not chill the newspaper’s exercise of editorial control to investigate whether the newspaper’s public statements on that topic were false.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Under the Rogers test, the use of a third-party mark in an expressive work does not violate the Lanham Act unless the use has no artistic relevance and explicitly misleads as to the source or the content of the work. The district court and the Second Circuit on appeal both said no, and the Rogers test was created.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2022

They touch on the basics of patents, trademarks, designs, domains, copyright and trade secrets, with attention to both auditing what IP rights a start-up has, as well as how to avoid infringement of third-party rights. Not all start-ups depend on IP protection; but many start-ups can fail if IP Protection is not handled properly.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Numerous screenshots from various third-party websites showed the promotion of goods like applicant’s and registrant’s under the same mark. In fact, applicant itself offers essential oils and balms, as well as non-CBD products.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2023

According to the complaint , the company sells directly to consumers and also sells products to third-party trade customers for resale as private-label products. ” Similar statements appeared in catalogs and in third-party online marketplaces. origin claims.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

.” A review of Massimo’s recent posts suggests that his Twitter account is mainly used to post content created by third parties. ” After writing in hope that “a solution can be found”, an unexpected third-party suddenly chimed in.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The third agenda topic I would like to highlight is an arcane but important matter of judicial administration: judicial assignment and venue for patent cases in federal trial court. The following comes from Chief Justice John Roberts’ end-of-year Report on the Federal Judiciary for 2021.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

The topic is always controversial, and most of the interesting questions have answers that have the potential to make it even more so. The company says that the main culprits are domestic cinema chains and other third-party companies.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

Since the complaint was filed both parties have gone back and forth in court with various arguments and accusations. The ISP plans to argue that account terminations are only appropriate when a court has confirmed the infringing activity, instead of taking action based on third-party accusations.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2021

After a lunch break, the final panel of the day will evaluate the adequacy of the existing legal arrangements as they seek to erect a new “appropriate [copyright] balance” around regulating the input (sometimes termed ‘ingestion’) and use of third-party content in ML. Agenda and registration information are available here.”.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

This claim is excluded insofar as, in light of the special circumstances of the specific case and the principles of good faith, it would cause the infringer or third parties disproportionate hardship, not warranted by the right to exclude. In this case, the aggrieved party shall be granted a reasonable monetary compensation.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Anna’s Archive is basically a meta-search engine that can find content from third-party ‘pirate’ sources. The privacy angle is a topic that has become very relevant this week. This includes direct downloads through Library Genesis forks and Z-Library, two well-known shadow libraries. Leave No Trace.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2023

Patents Annsley Merelle Ward reported on the Berichten Industriële Eigendom Symposium 2023, which featured a panel comprising Dutch UPC judges and a member of the drafting committee of the Rules of Procedure which addressed topics such as the Rules of Procedure and the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Other pre-existing third party obligations. Determining whether the conveying party has sufficient rights in the copyright(s) to the software code may seem like a straightforward process. During the development process, software coders often rely on open source code written by third parties. IP infringement risks.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

. “If Cloudflare’s provision of these services made it more difficult for a third party to report incidents of infringement to the web host as part of an effort to get the underlying content taken down, perhaps it could be liable for contributory infringement. The ruling is an important victory for Cloudflare.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

SECTION 3 – ALLEGATIONS REGARDING CONDUCT The final main section of the Judgment is on the allegations regarding conduct of the parties. He awarded interest at the rate agreed between the parties in the draft licence i.e. 4% compounded quarterly. Then it moved on to the inevitable topic of appeal.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

The third one, before the judge or court of appeals in a hearing convened for that purpose. ” For more details on this topic and other current issues, we hope to see you in Cartagena! iii) support -in which the objections are developed through a plot exposition-.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2023

ACE says that a third of the site’s seven million monthly visits can be attributed to users in Germany, where Streamzz itself was based. In order to build a popular service, Streamz needed two things; people to upload movies and TV shows to Streamz, and people to watch them on third-party streaming sites where they would be embedded.

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The IPKat

JUNE 3, 2022

Preliminary remarks The AG began his Opinion noting how the topic of intermediary liability has always raised novel questions over time. This said, the interests of rightholders cannot be considered in isolation and cannot, on their own, justify a finding of liability of platform operators due to third-party infringements.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 19, 2021

In the third , I looked at the copyright options currently available for podcasters. This will make it easier for parties to represent themselves. Discovery will be limited and mostly paper-based, and parties will rely primarily on written materials. CCB proceedings will be designed for people to understand and navigate.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 19, 2024

The defendant argued that the AI system is provided by a third party, and the defendant only provided a platform for the public to access the AI system. The plaintiff discovered that, upon inputting suitable textual prompts (e.g.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

The contrast between $35 million in advertising revenue and the hardware on display has been a topic of discussion since the raid, and probably best summed up by the comment , “The shelter operator lives more frugally than I thought.”

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The IPKat

AUGUST 27, 2023

This course leads to the appropriate qualification for European patent attorneys (who are entitled to act as professional representatives before the EPO in accordance with Article 134 EPC) to represent parties before the Unified Patent Court according to Article 48 AUPC. For further information and to register, click here.

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