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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants

Michael Geist

He writes about constitutional and human rights, as well as topics in law and technology. Credits: CP24, Four Ontario School Boards Suing Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for $4.5 Those lawsuits have now come to Canada with four Ontario school boards recently filing claims. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.

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World IP Day 2022 – With a Side Look at TikTok

Velocity of Content

That strikes me as certainly a worthy and intriguing topic, but before saying more about why I’m inclined to think so, I think the terms used could probably stand a little unpacking first. Why did WIPO select the topic “IP for young people” this year? It’s not a perfectly clear concept , and the laws concerning each form differ.

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[Guest post] Dutch IP battle about the hyped “Crompouce®”- a croissant-tompouce hybrid

The IPKat

This month a hype emerged in the Netherlands – originally on TikTok – when the two sheets of puff pastry were replaced with the bottom and top half of a croissant and voila, the Crompouce was born! The validity of the design right(s) to the Crompouce® might be a topic for another post. Are we missing anything?

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European Commission designates VLOPs and VLOSEs under the Digital Services Act

LexBlog IP

17 VLOPs and 2 VLOSEs were designated under the decisions adopted by the Commission: VLOPs: Alibaba AliExpress; Amazon Store; Apple AppStore; Booking.com; Facebook; Google Play; Google Maps; Google Shopping; Instagram; LinkedIn; Pinterest; Snapchat; TikTok; Twitter; Wikipedia; YouTube; Zalando. VLOSEs: Bing; Google Search.

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High Court: YouTube-Ripping is Illegal. UK National Newspaper: Totally Legal

TorrentFreak

Strangely, the value of ‘likes’ and ‘views’ is comprehensively understood when the topic of conversation isn’t centered on ripping music from YouTube. With no copyright experts immediately available on TikTok or Facebook, we turned to the UK’s third pillar of wisdom to get answers the big questions.

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[Guest post] Retromark Volume XIII: the last six months in trade marks

The IPKat

Acquiescence is a topic of interest following the CJEU in Heitec (see Volume 9 ) and the UK Court of Appeal in Combe (see Volume 12 ). There’s some context to this case: it is part of a much broader dispute over TikTok’s use of “ Stitch ” as a “creation tool that allows you to combine another video on TikTok with one you're creating”.

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What Do You “Meme” That’s Copyrightable?

IPilogue

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. It’s no secret that memes have taken the internet by storm.