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2021 Emoji Law Year-in-Review

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A recap of emoji law developments in 2021: Court References. The latest version enumerates a total of 586 opinions through the end of 2021. Courts rarely display the symbols in their opinions; it happened in less than 10% of the 2021 opinions I indexed. I found 166 cases in 2021 (so far), a 23% increase over 2020.

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US Govt Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

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In its yearly “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets”, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists a few dozen websites said to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. The music industry nominated several stream-rippers as notorious markets and FLVTO.biz, 2Conv.com, and MP3Juices.cc Music, Games, Books, and Science.

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Spanish ISPs Blocked 869 Domains & Subdomains in 2021 To Prevent Piracy

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Spanish Companies Sign Protocol in 2021. In April 2021, the Coalition of Content Creators and Industries, an association representing the local entertainment sector, plus partners including internet service providers (98% of ISPs in the country), signed a voluntary protocol designed to protect intellectual property rights.

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2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 1 (Marketing, Privacy)

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Marketing. * 15th, 2021 – Get your tickets for ‘American Skin’ in the following theaters,” Nathaniel Parker (@origi_nate), Instagram, [link] plaintiffs do not offer any other instances in which the defendants engaged in D.C. Hovermann , 2021 WL 9032222 (E.D.N.Y. FTC cracks down on live reads on the radio. * Comptroller , No.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Intellectual Property Appellate Board abolished through the Tribunals Reform Act, 2021. Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

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Court Says “You May NOT Amend Your TOS by Posting New Terms to Your Site”–International Markets v. Thayer

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The most recent court to scowl in the direction of a company that purported to unilaterally update its terms-of-use agreement with little or no notice to users was Int’l Markets Live, Inc. Int’l Markets at 5. Reading the language of Int’l Markets and Dropbox , I think the answer should be no, but I haven’t seen a court say as much.

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

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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. million expenses, $1.1

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