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Federal Circuit Redefines Prior Art Requirements Under § 102(e)/102(a)(2): In re Riggs

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit has established a more rigorous test for determining when a published patent application claiming priority to a provisional application can be considered prior art as of its provisional filing date. In re Riggs , Case No. 2022-1945 (Fed.

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Ruth Shalit Barrett Sues The Atlantic for $1 Million Over Retraction

Plagiarism Today

” The lawsuit comes more than a year after an article Barrett published in The Atlantic came under fire for alleged fabrications and factual errors. For the next 20 years, Barrett did very little in the field of journalism, but The Atlantic invited her to publish a lengthy article in the November 2020 edition of the publication.

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Sky’s Enhanced High Court Pirate IPTV Blocking Order Closes Loopholes

TorrentFreak

Why that’s the case isn’t mentioned in the High Court order, and the same applies to other confidential aspects of the case to prevent circumvention. The IP addresses are unblocked at the conclusion of each Blocking Window , the durations of which are confidential. Fortunately, not everything is shrouded in darkness.

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Manga Publishers’ Lawsuit: Cloudflare Fails to Terminate Pirates or Verify Identities

TorrentFreak

Early this week news broke that major manga publishers Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa were about to sue Cloudflare in Japan. The lawsuit filed Tuesday at the Tokyo District Court is yet to be made public but in a joint statement, the publishers now lay out their grievances against the US company.

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Discord Disputes DMCA Subpoena, Rejects Role as ‘Anti-Piracy’ Partner

TorrentFreak

” After the parties got together, an agreement was reached to confidentially disclose basic subscriber information related to 64 Discord User IDs. ” After the parties got together, an agreement was reached to confidentially disclose basic subscriber information related to 64 Discord User IDs.

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Kerala High Court on Publishing Judgments and Right to be Forgotten: Some Points to Ponder Upon

SpicyIP

And within this binary of – to be known/remembered and to be forgotten, a lot can come, including what public documents can be published and what cannot be. For instance, in a matrimonial matter, where the law mandates confidentiality of the parties involved, RTBF can weigh heavier than other opposing rights.

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Analysing Dipak Ranjan Mukherjee vs. Ministry of Commerce & Industry in Context of Transparency, Privacy and the RTI Act

SpicyIP

In an interesting development, the CIC recently rejected an RTI application concerning information on IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act, upholding privacy for private organizations and confidentiality of inquiry reports that have not been tabled in front of the Parliament. Do Copyright Societies Fall Under the RTI Act?

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