Copyright Lately
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Many rulings missed the mark, but these five went the extra mile to secure their spots as the year’s worst copyright disasters. Hello and welcome to Copyright Latelys fifth annual countdown of the years biggest copyright misfires from coast to coast. When I first launched this tradition in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, best of lists felt a little out of touch.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The global recording industry portrays itself as a dynamic and successful business that’s either fighting an existential crisis right now, or sounding the alarm for the next one looming on the horizon. Considering the upheaval caused by Napster, its predecessors, and the demise of the lucrative album format, concerns of another technological surprise creating havoc aren’t entirely unreasonable.
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Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Originally posted 2011-12-07 18:16:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDiscussing trademark law blogging with a colleague last night, I was asked whether I’d written anything about the EAT MORE KALE story. In order to excuse my laziness, I said, well, these low-hanging-fruit items that everyone is busy with, why, I let everyone else opine on them, […] The post A trademark lawyer’s got to loy… er appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.
Barry Sookman
DECEMBER 29, 2024
There is a principle of statutory interpretation that Canadian legislation is presumed to operate in conformity with Canadas international treaty obligations. This presumption avoids interpreting a law in a way that conflicts with Canadas international obligations and censure under international law. The presumption is important in many areas of the law including under copyright and other IP statutes where Canada has numerous treaty and convention obligations including under the Berne Convention
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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?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Photo by Igal Ness on Unsplash On 23 October 2024, the five-year dispute between Valve and UFC-Que Choisir has come to a close. With the French Supreme Court upholding the Paris Court of Appeals decision, and ruling that consumers cannot resell digital copies of videogames distributed online. Putting the final seal on the question of digital exhaustion in France, and ending what was, and what seems likely to be, the last outlier in the EU on digital exhaustion.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Delhi HCs ruling on Celebrity Rights and the Powers of Regional Directors under Companies Act vis a vis Trademark Similarity. This and a lot more in this weeks SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Image from here and here.
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Patently-O
DECEMBER 29, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Copyright Act and the Patent Act each include an attorney fee provision — permitting the district court to award “a reasonable attorneys fee to the prevailing party.” Because of similarities in the provisions, they tend to be interpreted together — at least with regard to what qualifies as a “prevailing party” under the statute.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The debates surrounding the 2024 election focused on hot button issues like abortion, immigration, and transgender rights. But several important IP issues also loom over the next administration and Congress. These issues include AI-generated deepfakes, the use of copyrighted works for AI training, the patentability of AI-assisted inventions, and patent subject matter eligibility more generally.
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