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

SpicyIP

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

TorrentFreak

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.

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A Message from IP Osgoode’s New Director, Prof. Carys Craig

IPilogue

Under her leadership, IP Osgoode has become a key voice on intellectual property law and technology issues, forging fruitful relationships with academics, legal professionals, policymakers, and industry actors, while offering wonderfully rich learning opportunities to our students and graduate researchers.

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Federal Circuit Concluded that Operating Manuals Subject to Confidentiality Restrictions are Prior Art Printed Publication

Intellectual Property Law Blog

2009), the Board concluded in the IPRs that the operating manuals were not sufficiently publicly accessible to qualify as printed publications under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § Patent Nos. 10,639,812 and 10,625,436) relate to high-speed mechanical slicers for slicing and packaging food articles. By applying the framework in Cordis Corp. 3d 1319 (Fed.

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Easy, Breezy, Bioprintable: 3D Printing in the Cosmetics Industry

IPilogue

In Europe, following the EU Regulation on cosmetic products (EU/1223/2009) which banned animal testing for cosmetic purposes, cosmetics companies have had to seek alternative methods of ethical testing on varying skin types that would also produce accurate results. 3D Bioprinting & Canadian Patent Law.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2009 the Committee initiated text-based negotiations on L&Es for persons with visual impairments, which led to the adoption in 2013 of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled , the first WIPO treaty to focus on user rights.

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Book review: Terrell on the Law of Patents

The IPKat

These days, the volume is edited by skilled team of members of the British intellectual property bar, with Douglas Campbell KC taking over as general editor, and Tim Austen as deputy editor, of the latest edition.

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