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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

Kashishipr

Accolade case, wherein Accolade had copied Sega’s API code. Courts often find the rationale behind infringing use to be counted as fair or not by considering the following points: Is the infringing copy transformative and for non-profit use or not? An example of this is the Sega v. Conclusion. For more visit: [link].

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BIPLA (Boston Intellectual Property Law Association) Writing Competition call for papers

43(B)log

Law school students are encouraged to submit papers relating to topics involving intellectual property law. Articles must be submitted to the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association on or before September 30, 2024. Submission of the paper as a.pdf file is required.

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Safeguarding Access to Culture in the Digital Era in European Copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Traditionally, the purchase of the tangible copy of a work afforded the buyer or every lawful acquirer of the tangible copy the possibility to enjoy the work as long as the physical object incorporating the work exists. However, the shift from a market of goods to a market of services has changed this paradigm.

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Standards to Establish Nexus Between Objective Evidence and Non-Obviousness, and to Establish Copying in Medtronic et al. v. Teleflex Innovations

Intellectual Property Law Blog

In this case, the Federal Circuit determined the sufficiency of evidence to rebut a nexus between objective evidence and non-obviousness; and to establish the objective indicia of copying. Direct evidence of copying is not necessary to establish copying. The Board’s finding of copying is supported by substantial evidence.

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[Guest Post] Book review: Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice

The IPKat

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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Book Review: Harmonizing Intellectual Property Law for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy

The IPKat

This is a book review of “ Harmonizing Intellectual Property Law for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy ”, edited by Péter Mezei, Hannibal Travis, and Anett Pogácsás. A meow-velous cover!

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30% discount code on IPKat book now available

The IPKat

The book - titled Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law. The goods news of the day is that there is now a 30% discount code available to use for those interested in purchasing their own copy (or copies!) Twenty Years of The IPKat - will be published in May by Oxford University Press (OUP).