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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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StreamSafely: Anti-Piracy Campaign or Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Machine?

TorrentFreak

StreamSafely: How it All Began The people who came up with the StreamSafely campaign and still run it today are collectively known as Ctam Cable Marketing Association Inc. , As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v.

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The EU AI Act has been published

The IPKat

This Regulation ensures the free movement, cross-border, of AI-based goods and services, thus preventing Member States from imposing restrictions on the development, marketing and use of AI systems, unless explicitly authorised by this Regulation ”. This sprawling regulation comprises 180 recitals and 113 articles.

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3 Count: Phanatic Decision

Plagiarism Today

Harrison/Erickson created the original costume in 1978 and licensed its use until 2019, when negotiations broke down. Billion Illegal Piracy Market, Report by Digital Citizens Alliance and White Bullet Finds. 3: Advertising Fuels $1.34 billion annually through advertising.

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General Court rules that shape of Guerlain's Rouge G lipstick case can be registered as a trade mark

The IPKat

The judgment (correctly) reverses the earlier, contrary decision of the EUIPO First Board of Appeal ( 2292/2019-1 ). According to the Board, the applicant’s sign was a mere variation on the shapes of lipstick cases normally available on the market. As such, it differs from any other shape on the market.

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Expert Group Analyzes AI, Copyright and Designs

IP Watchdog

The report is a product of the Impact of Technology Expert Group, which was established in early 2019. This describes how human online activity is regulated by law, social norms, and the market, taking into consideration the internet’s technical infrastructure.

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Pirate IPTV Operator Ordered to Pay $231,000 in Damages

TorrentFreak

With torrent sites remaining fairly popular, Swedish authorities have also been attempting to disrupt the pirate IPTV subscription market, services that allow users to access premium live TV channels (plus movies and TV shows) at a fraction of the official market rate. MacIPTV Reported to the Police in 2019.