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[Guest post] ‘Ghiblification’ and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Angela Chung (Berkeley Law) reflecting on the flaws and grey areas for artistic protection through the moral rights of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) in the era of AI, and discussing the controversies of the recent Studio Ghibli AI craze as a starting point to get at the heart of ethical concerns on artistic extraction.

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Federal Circuit Affirms Trade Secret/ Contract Damages Award But Remands for Interest Correction

IP Watchdog

On April 4, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision largely upheld damages awarded to ams-OSRAM USA Inc. (formerly Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, or TAOS) in a long-running trade secret and contract dispute against Renesas Electronics America Inc. (formerly Intersil). The court affirmed tens of millions of dollars in disgorgement, exemplary damages, and reasonable royaltiesbut remanded for a narrow correction to the prejudgment interest

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Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2007-02-04 00:42:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Barrister Blog: Once you have decided to do something, the thing which will distinguish you from the crowd is the very fact that you follow up this good intention with action. Very often this may mean breaking away from the crowd. Geothe said of boldness that […] The post The Barrister Blog appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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breaking down the charges against manchester city: what’s at stake?

IP and Legal Filings

One of the most prominent football teams in the world, Manchester City is a professional team based in Manchester, England, and it plays in the Premier League (the League) which is the highest level of English football. This description would have been unfitting for the club until the club was bought by Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008 who has since gone on to win eight Premier Leagues, one Champion League, three Football Association (FA) cups and six League Cups.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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What’s Up With Copyright Lately?: Spring Cleaning Edition

Copyright Lately

Im back. The courts never left. While I was moving firms, they were moving cases. From AI to Mariah, heres everything I missedrounded up and casually swept behind the couch. When I announced last month that I was switching law firms , I proudly assured everyone it would still be business as usual for Copyright Lately. Naturally, I followed that announcement by not writing a single blog post for the next three weeks.

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The Resilience of Independent Bookstores (My Visit to Livraria Lello, Porto)

Hugh Stephens Blog

Photo: Author Much has been written about the decline or even the imminent demise of independent bookstores, yet most of them continue to survive, even thrive.

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