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TPAC slides from meeting March 12, 2021

Erik K Pelton

The post TPAC slides from meeting March 12, 2021 appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. TTAB filing increases have moderated some lately, but they always lag a year or more; given the increased applications and record number of registrations, a rise in TTAB filings seem inevitable to me in the near future.

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Some Copyright Highlights in 2021-Around the World and in Canada?

Hugh Stephens Blog

It seems as if it was only a few weeks ago that I was writing a similar summary for 2020, the “annus horribilis” when COVID first hit us, but in fact it was 51 weeks ago yet many of the same pandemic and copyright-related issues that I wrote about last year are still with us, … Continue reading "Some Copyright Highlights in 2021-Around the World (..)

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What Lies Ahead for Canada in 2022 from a Copyright and Content Perspective?

Hugh Stephens Blog

As I noted in my year-end wrap up a couple of weeks ago, some of the copyright and content related issues that were under discussion in Canada in 2021 will likely move forward in a more aggressive way this year.

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The Growing Threat of Trademark Scams – article published by ABA

Erik K Pelton

1, September/October 2021, by the American Bar Association. They also result in countless inquiries from befuddled clients that consume trademark counsel’s valuable time.” ” The full article can be found at: The Growing Threat of Trademark Scams. Published in Landslide , Vol. See the full article (no login required) here: [link].

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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. pic.twitter.com/00sjHsmntF — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 17, 2021. — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 16, 2021.

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Waiver Of Intellectual Property Protections For COVID-19 Vaccine Unlikely To Have Meaningful Impact In Short Term

Intellectual Property Law Blog

On Wednesday, May 7, 2021, the United States officially endorsed waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. 1] Press Release, Executive Office Of The President, Statement From Ambassador Katherine Tai On The Covid-19 Trips Waiver (May 5, 2021), [link]. FOOTNOTES. [1]

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Singapore Inhibits Rightsholders Ability to Use Contracts to Prevent Unlicensed Text and Data Mining of Content

Hugh Stephens Blog

These provisions were introduced back in 2021 when … Continue reading "Singapore Inhibits Rightsholders Ability to Use Contracts to Prevent Unlicensed Text and Data Mining of Content"

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