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Indigenous Art and Cultural Appropriation: The Art Scandal Involving Fake Norval Morrisseau Works is Finally Coming to a Close

Hugh Stephens Blog

Credit: Ontario Provincial Police In the past I have written about the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples and artists in protecting their works and cultural heritage (for example, here, here and here).

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Hackers Invited to Pirate IPTV Blocking Hackathon to Silence Illegal Devices

TorrentFreak

Android-based set-top devices have saturated the market in recent years, and it’s not uncommon for households to have several; downstairs, upstairs, and probably at least one in a drawer. These devices, including the ubiquitous Amazon Firestick, are mostly content agnostic and equally capable of streaming video from legal sources such as Netflix or BBC iPlayer, or from unlicensed IPTV platforms.

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The 2024 Regional Powerhouses

IP Law 360

The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.

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Record Label Sends Bogus Takedown Notice, Defeats 512(f) Claim Anyway–White v. UMG

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Surprise, another 512(f) claim fails. But the sender’s dereliction in this case really got to me, so it’s worth the blog post. The case revolves around a “beat” produced by Jordan Jenks (a/k/a Pi’erre Bourne). Jenks licensed the beat non-exclusively to Jordan White (a/k/a G-BABY GVVAAN), who incorporated it into a song called “ Oi!

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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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Supreme Court’s Patent Docket: A Preview of the October 2024 Term

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court’s October 2024 term begins a day early this year. On September 30, the Court will meet for what has become known as the “long conference” — passing judgment on dozens of petitions that have been briefed over the summer break. The long conference is primarily a time to deny a large swath of petitions with very few certiorari grants.

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Conn. High Court Snapshot: Firm's Bill Battle Rages In Sept.

IP Law 360

The Connecticut Supreme Court's September case lineup tasks the justices with helping a federal court judge decide if McCarter & English LLP can fetch punitive damages in a billing battle with an ex-client, and if parents suing Target and others can be compensated for the impairment of their relationship with their injured child.

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Austrian Supreme Court tackles right of reproduction, three-step test, and parody defence in Robber Hotzenplotz copyright case

The IPKat

The owner of the rights to children's book series Der Räuber Hotzenplotz ('The Robber Hotzenplotz') by German author Otfried Preußler sued a political party (SPÖ - Austrian Social Democrats) for copyright and trade mark infringement in connection with the unauthorized reproduction of the book cover (below, left) in the latter’s political campaign 'Räuber Rathausplatz' (below, right).

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 9-September 15)

SpicyIP

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on posthumous rights of artists, and book reviews of “Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore” and “Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (2 nd Ed.). This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.

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'Hold On' Don't Play Me: Court Says Trump Can't Use Song

IP Law 360

Donald Trump and his campaign can not use the Isaac Hayes' penned song "Hold On, I'm Coming" at his future campaign events, a federal court in Georgia has ruled.

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Eddy Grant Wins: Trump’s ‘Fair Use’ of ‘Electric Avenue’ Was Anything But

TorrentFreak

As Donald Trump used every available resource to ensure his tenancy at the most recognizable house in the United States was extended, some social media platforms had adopted an unorthodox approach to his accounts. Despite receiving a number of takedown notices alleging copyright infringement in Trump’s tweets, and in some cases removing content in response to apparently valid claims, the president’s account wasn’t suspended or terminated as is often the case.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Trump Can't Rock Down To 'Electric Avenue,' Court Finds

IP Law 360

Former President Donald Trump lost a copyright lawsuit Friday that alleged his campaign improperly used the song "Electric Avenue" in a social media video attacking President Joe Biden.