The IPKat

MARCH 31, 2025

Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Calling all cyberlaw nerds: here is a bona fide “ Law of the Horse ” case. The plaintiff is an Oregon law firm practicing equine law. Copyrightability The case sets up one of the longstanding open questions in copyright law: when are form contracts copyrightable, and when is sharing them infringing?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Apple argues that the lower court lacked authority under federal law to extend the injunction to third party developers who were not party to the lawsuit, and that limiting the injunction “only to Epic would not offend any applicable equal-treatment principles.” Given that Apple, not the individual app developers, insisted that all U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the medical technology (medtech) and healthcare industries through the integration of advanced AI agents.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Introduction Whenever we discuss any lawful work or papers, the initial thing which comes into our brain is “a ton of paper work” A smart contract could be a unique advantage here as it can reduce or say can assist us with disposing of paper work totally. A smart contract is an agreement that gets executed naturally.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 30, 2025

However, OCLC wasn’t pleased and responded with a lawsuit at an Ohio federal court, accusing the site and its operators of hacking, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract. ” The judge is concerned that a new state law could be created through a federal court. What if they terminate their subscription?”

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Trade secrets are the lifeblood of any business. Across industries and states, companies safeguard a wealth of critical information that provides a competitive edge. Perhaps the most famous example is Coca-Cola’s secret formula — often imitated, never replicated.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

But, are face scans really an option for age verification, or will it conflict with other privacy laws? In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information. Choice of Law.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the review of The Handbook of Fashion Law (eds. Heres what Spyros writes: The cover image portrays a photograph of Signor Valentino himself, in his atelier in the 1960s Fashion law has now been fully established as a field of study, research, and practice worldwide.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Use of AI technology can impact your rights and liabilities in ways that may not even occur to you. And whether you are aware of it or not, your employees and vendors may be using generative AI tools in the performance of their duties in ways that can significantly impact you.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 29, 2024

These organizations sign contracts with sportspersons, which govern the terms and conditions of their employment, including their salaries, bonuses, and other benefits. These organizations sign contracts with sportspersons, which govern the terms and conditions of their employment, including their salaries, bonuses, and other benefits.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 19, 2024

As we continue to see AI steadily and increasingly be incorporated into service offerings, businesses should pay special attention to previously “standard” provisions when contracting for the provision and use of services that incorporate AI.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy The intersection of the Federal Arbitration Act and the law of online contracts has become utterly corrosive to our legal system. The problem with the FAA and online contracts, of course, is that no one is agreeing to arbitrate anything. Consumer Contracts (Tent. Or loudly enough.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Diplomatic Conference to Conclude and Adopt a Design Law Treaty – Plenary Sessions. Kartikeya is a second-year law student in the LL.B. He is currently engaged in WIPO-Harvard Law School Course in Patent Law and Global Public Health. Image from here [ This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Kartikeya Srivastava.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. Thus, in such cases, copyright laws would favor the producer if the BTS Footage was created as part of the production process. He clarified that Dhanush’s production company, Wunderbar Films Private Limited, did not own the footage.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

1: GPL Legal Battle: Vizio Told by Judge it Will Have to Answer Breach-of-Contract Claims. Vizio argued that the matter should be heard by a federal court, which has sole jurisdiction over copyright matters, but the SFC argued it was a contract dispute, which would be heard in the state court. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2024

“MPA opposes these restrictions because they would not only impact providers’ revenues and general freedom of contract but would also weaken copyright enforcement.” After all, the contract is not linked to an address like it works with cable TV,” Grigolo explained. Looking at the text of the most recent Bill No.

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Creative Law Center

AUGUST 29, 2024

Understand the legal implications of ownership and how they can be changed with contracts. The post Copyright and Tattoo Art appeared first on Creative Law Center. Copyright and tattoo. Plus a look at the historical roots of tattoo art.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2025

There is no law or regulation instructing contractors how to mark commercial technical data delivered to the Department of Defense (DoD). government and third parties may use and disclose data without restriction, and DoD contracts include a mandatory release of liability for such disclosure.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Court of Appeal noted that the sellers accepting the extension offer late was a repudiation of the contract, a kind of breach which entitled the seller to choose whether to terminate the APS, or continue with it: the critical requirement is that this choice must be communicated to the repudiating party. Get in touch with our team today.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Someone has referred you here because you’ve said something wrong about the laws related to web scraping in the United States. The law related to web scraping is far too nuanced to make such a declarative statement. If you said or implied that the CFAA is the only law that governs web scraping. Don’t worry! You’re not alone.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Texas state jury has awarded $287 million to Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN in a contract dispute with Samsung Electronics Co., finding that Samsung breached a license agreement by refusing to pay for using a KPN patent, according to the verdict form.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 20, 2024

Keypoint: Companies onboarding AI products and services need to understand the potential risks associated with these products and implement contractual provisions to manage them.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

1: Megan Roup Seeks Dismissal in Fitness Routine Copyright, Contract Lawsuit. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that trainer Megan Roup has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by fellow trainer Tracy Anderson over allegedly copyright-infringing exercise routines. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 18, 2025

For space, defense, and industrial technology companies, securing government contracts is often a major growth milestone. But without a clear IP strategy, working with agencies like NASA or the Department of Defense (DoD) can put a startups long-term technology ownership at risk. By: Fenwick & West LLP

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

1: New Tools to Detect Contract Cheating. That caused many students to look to contract cheating, either locally or through online essay mills. Contract cheating is a much more complicated issue to detect and stop as one can’t simply search for the text. As such, expect to see rapid growth for tools to address this issue.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

by guest blogger Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A Web Scraper Beats a Platform: The Same Story, but Different It seems like we’ve been here before, and not that long ago. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

The most significant difference between is that copyright is a function of the law. As gray area as the law can be, especially in areas like fair use and determining what is “substantially similar”, the law is codified, written down and has tomes of case law behind it. This has two key benefits.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024 Update) Accidental copyright infringement occurs when someone unknowingly violates copyright law. This can happen due to: Lack of Understanding: Not fully comprehending copyright laws and regulations. By understanding copyright law and taking precautions, you can minimize the risk of accidental infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Mann, argues that Bungie misuses the law to go after cheaters while cheating itself isn’t unlawful. ” “Bungie apparently hopes to bamboozle this court into proscribing entirely lawful activities. .” ” “Bungie apparently hopes to bamboozle this court into proscribing entirely lawful activities.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2022

Thus, contrary to the recent Nature article on this topic, AI is not breaking patent law. However, this argument ignores the simple workaround that, under European patent law, the user or the owner of a device involved in an inventive activity can just designate themselves as inventor (r.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

There are billions of people who are governed by the same set of territorial laws when it comes to administrative functions like taxes, contracts and even criminal offences. But, when it comes to personal laws regarding culture, the India constitution is very vast in terms of how it has laid down different rules for different cultures.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Now, with a little more time to complete its analysis, the court wrote a more thorough and refined opinion preliminarily enjoining Ohio’s law requiring parental consent for children’s usage of social media. AG Yost disingenuously argued that the law enhances parents’ control over their children’s contracts.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The Protocol creates a harmonised system for plant variety rights (PVRs), whereby applications can be made to ARIPO and, once granted, will have uniform effect in the designated contracting states. Furthermore, Article 4(1) states that the variety will have uniform effect, provided a designated contracting state has not refused the grant.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

copyright law. However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws. However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws. Neither side commented on the decision.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

We’ve seen a growing trend in recent years of students and instructors being disciplined over academic integrity violations and then taking their case to courts of law in hopes of getting those decisions overturned. Breach of Contract: Did the school violate their own rules and contracts with the person filing the lawsuit?

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 27, 2024

As generative AI continues to be a hot topic in board rooms and an unavoidable reality on the front lines of business, leaders must make informed decisions when choosing AI vendors. The integration of AI into your operations can offer substantial benefits, but it also introduces unique risks and challenges.

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