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Apologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semite

Michael Geist

The process failure, including the lack of due diligence, can be addressed by fixing the systems and engaging in greater antisemitism education. Indeed, there was no defending the absence of due diligence or the failure to respond quickly once the concern came to light. It is a shame it does not happen more often.

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Hollywood and Netflix Report Piracy Threats to the EU, Call for ‘Intermediary’ Action

TorrentFreak

Governments around the world have recognized this challenge and, where possible, lend a helping hand to identify and address these threats. The full list, available at the bottom of this article, also includes less obvious targets, such as the messaging app Telegram, Russian social media network VK, and various domain name registries.

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Security Interests in Trademarks: Best Practices

Traverse Legal Blog

Federal trademark registrations and applications are governed by the Lanham Act. Article 9 of the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code), governs secured transactions involving personal property. Due Diligence for Security Interests in Trademarks. Perfecting a Security Interest in a Trademark. Article updated May 2022.

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The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Part 1 – Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at the Intermediaries

SpicyIP

The majority of these challenges were raised by media houses and media / journalist associations against Part III or provisions falling under Part III of the IT Rules, 2021, viz. the part of the Rules dealing with / governing publishers of online curated content and publishers of news and current affairs content.

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

To address these issues, the government has created the Takedown Services for Copyright Protection idea, which allows copyright owners to issue takedown notifications to platforms that are infringing on their rights. Legal Framework governing take down notice. He has 36 hours to act, or he will face severe sanctions.It

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U.S. Treasury Study Rejects Immediate Need for New Regulation of Art Market

LexBlog IP

The Report commended optional guidelines that some auction houses have already adopted to conduct due diligence (sometimes operating through formal compliance teams) and hoped for less client resistance to these policies. [18]. ” [25] This is especially true on third-party sales websites (social media marketplaces, eBay, etc.),

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

Given that IP rights are territorial and a particular cloud computing service can operate across multiple jurisdictions, it can be quite uncertain which IP regulations should govern activities in the cloud computing environment. Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. “The