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Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law!

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Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. We are very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! The annual essay competition was earlier announced on 14 May 2024, on the occasion of Prof. Basheers 48th birth anniversary.

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Media Bloggers Legal Defense Project

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2009-11-05 20:39:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterA while ago the Media Bloggers Association set up a stable of attorneys “to provide MBA members with first-line counsel on matters relating to the use of intellectual property, defamation and other issues arising from their weblogging.”

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Rojadirecta & Site Operator Hit With $33m Piracy Damages Judgment

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In 2009, that position was endorsed by a district court and then upheld by a provincial court after rightsholders filed an appeal. Mediapro Delivers a Significant Blow In 2016, Puerto 80 Projects SL – the Spanish company behind Rojadirecta – was found liable for violating the intellectual property rights of broadcaster Mediapro.

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3,682 Pirate Sites Blocked to Protect Creators; More Importantly, Did it Work?

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Then seemingly out of nowhere, in 2008/2009 the government began shutting down popular sites including Extremebits, Rapthe , Superfundo and later, LeechersLair. The details appeared in a government presentation, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Malaysia , and were just as impressive.

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Extension of the Deadline for the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law – 28th July, 2024 

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Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. With several requests for extensions coming in, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law. The new deadline is 28th July, 2024 (11:59 pm IST).

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Supreme Court: Bank Can Terminate Contract Over Lacking Anti-Piracy Measures

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File-hosting platform 1fichier.com appeared around 2009 and since then has seen no shortage of copyright complaints. Most recently, it was highlighted by the U.S. Trade Representative as a notorious piracy market. The site’s response to takedown notices is seen as insufficient by rightsholders, the USTR concluded.

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Sony’s Ancient Lawsuit vs. Cheat Device Heads in Right Direction – Sony’s Defeat

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If Sony has its way and the protection software enjoys under the 2009 Computer Programs Directive is extended to transient variables in RAM, those who modify those variables – the users of tweaking software – would become direct infringers under copyright law.